Terry M.

The best strap I own in terms of looks and weight distribution is made by Marusczcyk. I have none of their basses but my Warwick that I bought it for hasn't said anything yet 🤭 You might want to look away at this point but I transported my Fender Jazz to rehearsal yesterday in a Warwick gig bag 🤫 Joking aside the M strap is a game-changer for heavy basses in my experience followed closely by my 4inch wide Levy's strap.

I'm patiently waiting for one of those to turn up. I notice they're priced VERY differently from the 6 string version.

True but my 24 year old Thumb and 19 year old Streamer still have their original just a nuts with no issues so far with either of them.

Maybe it should be an industry standard?

I would never have thought to have done that but fair play. Just as well the vast majority of basses I would actually buy have clip out compartments which I would prefer anyway. No chance of losing a battery door that way.

Needing a screwdriver to break into a battery compartment. It's literally broken many deals for me in the past.I was miffed when the 2nd generation Sires went that way when they were first released especially after the 1st gen didn't.

GAK and PMT 🥲

The same (Sunbeams) but stainless steel = High Beams. I doubt you would regret giving them a try. I really like them personally. Probably the smoothest feeling stainless steel strings I've ever tried.

As in taking other opinions with a pinch of salt as they're opinions not facts. I was serious about my post too but I'm still finding the entire thread generally entertaining 😄

This is my entertainment highlight of the day so far. No way am I taking it seriously

Curious which Yamaha bass models you mean or just Yamaha basses in general?

Do you think it might be obvious because it exists already? It certainly makes nut adjustments an absolute breeze either way.

Leave Jay Kay out of this 😆

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Sitting here reading this whilst playing my Thumb 5 string. I wouldn't be without it or my Streamer and I don't play metal 😄 Who invented the adjust-a-nut of curiosity as I don't know? I assumed Warwick did.

All my basses get female names but I generally keep quiet about it. Would never mention that in a sales ad for example. My guitarist friend also give his axes female names 🤭

What I'm enjoying about this thread is learning how many gripes that I didn't even know that I had until someone else mentioned it 😄

I asked hypothetically. Would feelings about them be the same if he had included them. We'll obviously never know.

Can I assume Leo didn't put blocks on a Precision from inception to selling up in 1965? But what if he did...

It's other CUSTOMERS trying to talk to me in guitar stores I find a tad annoying 😂

White pickguards. Hofner violin basses. Classified ads that lead with Fender Squier instead of Squier by Fender. Passive pickups being called active ones just because the bass has a preamp installed. That massive swelling on the Fender headstock. I have a Fender. Bartolini pickups. It bothers me that they turn up on some REALLY nice basses. The price of 70s Fenders compared to eye-witness reports of how awful a lot of them were when new. Ernie Ball will NOT give Stingray 5 customers 19mm bridge string spacing.

I find screws in basses that aren't actually screwing anything down weird so they go in a cupboard. I've never lost one when time to sell the bass. I find the covers (for me) serve no practical use despite liking the aesthetics. I even ordered an official Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass V chrome cover all the way from Holland once just to install it and take it off within weeks and hide in the cupboard with the screws.

I've had this album a few years now. https://brotherly-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/analects

I really appreciate this post @Linus27. Sometimes in the posts on here I come across instances where I'm tempted to leave Basschat but it's posts like this that keep me sticking around ☺️ Ah I just read he was a part of Brand X with Phil Collins.I wasn't aware even though I've heard and enjoyed several of their tracks.