Machines

Just mocked this up in Paintshop... Fairly basic but gives an idea of potentials, oddly enough the yellow is really grabbing me at the moment !

You walk into a music shop and pretty much straight back out again because they only had 1 bass, and you were still lucky to see that.

Well he had bolt-ons didn't he ?!

For me: Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Fender Precision (3CS with red tort pickguard) Gibson Thunderbird Musicman Stingray (Cherryburst, white perloid pickguard)) Rickenbacker 4001 (Fireglo) Warwick Thumb NT5 Warwick Infinity NT5

I think general consensus would be that wooly means lacking in 'sparkle' or top end definition. A bit like when you turn down the treble control on your bass.

I doubt that would be achievable in my garage with my skills ! My painting expertise goes about as far as a few Airfix kits when I was 12 . Although that is quite nice...

Wow those Fenders are erm... quirky ! Don't think it'd be something I could a) not feel a bit queasy looking at and actually do in the first place ! I think Orange Metallic would look pretty funky, much like the BB414:

Wow, great line up. Should be there .

Nice - a tough call between that and this one: [url="http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0132000300"]http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0132000300[/url]

I'm not an experienced sprayer so simple would be best ! Car colours are a good source of inspiration, i'm not sure if [color="#FFFF00"][b]bright yellow[/b] [/color]would be a bit much on a fretless bass though ! Lime green would be the same, it'd look cool but I wouldn't want to own it. I'm thinking about a metallic gold/copper at the moment, a bit like this: or

Yamaha beat me to it

I've decided to strip down and repaint my Yamaha RBX775. The stock finish was starting to wear and look a bit tired, especially around the bridge pickup where my thumb rested. Plus I got a bit bored of looking at it ! Anyway - i've already done 90% of the sanding, but just can't decide what colour to go for. The alder body is a 3 piece and mismatched so natural is not an option. I want a colour you don't see this model in so i'm dismissing black, light silver and pretty much any red (don't want similar coloured instruments to what I already have). So what do you think would look good ?! The neck is painted black and i'll leave it that way, the headstock plastic bit i;ve got off so can be sprayed to match whatever I go for. Here's a recent pic followed by a stock image:

Love that tone, was it DI'd ?

I love them on Jazzes but they get in the way horrendously for my playing style. Precision I think look best with just the pickup cover on it's own .

I can't see any difference other than the pickguard - if you like it enough buy the standard one and make your own !

Will try and add it this weekend when i've got more time to spare. It's not really an installation, just some clever custom code so nothing can go wrong, can it ?!

Great idea ! I'll tell them I bought a 6 string set and they were all dead ! So that's 18 free packs !

The MM copies aren't that great. Ok as a starter bass but there are much much better to be honest. I'd be looking at trying to pick up a 2nd hand OLP if I were you.

Because the strings slowly decay over weeks/months it's hard to notice why you're starting to feel dissatisfied with your basses tone, even if you remember it being the holy grail a few months ago. The only exception to this is my Jazz, that I can put brand new strings on and it still sounds the same !

I think it'd suit metal very well. Shavo Odajian from SOAD had one for a bit didn't he ?

US Jazzes have seen a price increase recently, but it looks like not as much as I thought ! They seem to be £869 on GAK and Stingrays are £999 (2EQ). SO not a fat lot in it, but it's enough to expect a little extra on top or some sweeteners.

I think stick with the roundwounds if that gets you your sound, but some marine expoy would be good. I'm currently stripping and refinishing my Yamaha RBX and am going to do this on it. Bought some yacht varnish from Wilkinsons for £3.49 - should do the job.