ezbass

Charlie Freak -Steely Dan

Night Boat To Cairo - Madness

The advantage with this suggestion is that you’re not limited only to companies that were producing in the ‘50s - ‘80s (I believe instruments from the ‘80s are becoming more in vogue; Elite P Bass anyone?), newer builders become a choice, which also widens the choice of designs too.

You Make Me Feel - Sylvester

There Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan

Vintage instruments, provided they were built well in the first place, have a lovely feel to them and, if old enough, the magnets in the pickups may have degaussed somewhat, adding some tonal magic. These things are also able to be recreated with roadworn builds fitted with vintage voiced pickups. I’ve owned a ‘63 P Bass and 2 roadworn builds (a P and a Mustang) and the RWs hit the mark for me in terms of that feel and tone. However, real vintage instruments do have that caché, if you’re into the kind of thing and have deep pockets (Lady Ez encouraged me to buy the ‘63 as it was a good investment, long since realised).

Hard To Handle - Various

Ready For Love - Bad Co

Be My Baby - The Ronnettes 🐝

Without wanting to make @mcnach hurl even more 🤮, what about cream/aged pearloid, that’d go nicely with the maple.

Gone Fishing - Bing Crosby

Yet, you are not surprised and a little part of you is glad that some things can be relied on 😉.

Scottie Devine Collie Mould Puli McCartney Jaco Russell Pastorius Tina Weywoof Not slap players, but we all know this thread is now headed into pun central.

My new JMJ Mustang had a weird resonance on the open A and 12th fret harmonic. I went all over it trying to find the source. It turned out it was emanating from the nut slot. A quick pass with an nail Emery board fixed it.

I’m a Tech21 fanboy, so I’d say the Behringer BDI 21 is a great place to start and will also cover recording duties. Then, if you like what it does, you could upgrade to a full on BDDI or VTDI.

Cousin Dupree - Steely Dan

To be honest, there’s nothing wrong with my Maruszczyk bag other than it being somewhat wide in the body. I think it’s a combination of liking a bag/case that hinges up to a big reveal (like my Protection Racket) and lockdown ennui.

Seven Nation Army - White Stripes

Move Closer - Phyllis Nelson

Just revisiting this, the TGI Extreme from Bass Direct measures 106.5cm internally. Given the Mustang is only 1.5cm longer, you’d think it would fit with a bit forming at each end. Just £39 plus postage. I’m tempted.

I like the middle option, it softens the whole look.

Ooof! That is very pleasing to the eye. Any chance of some specifications?

Catherine The Great - The Divine Comedy

It’s interesting, listening to all the clips shared here, that the majority seem to be P basses and often played with a pick. It certainly is a recorded tone that stands out.

Great P tone. However, at the risk of being burned at the stake for heresy, is that an MSG I spy there @Kiwi?