Bleat

Apparently word has it that this is what you are forced to watch repeatedly for 24 hrs prior to being shot by firing squad or blown up with a missile for looking at the great leader in the wrong way.

All those slap bass players on YouTube are in Kajagoogoo tribute bands... Not true. They are all lonely, have no friends, too much time on their hands, and no one wants to be in a band with them.

Couldn't he just use Fast Fret like the rest of us?

My newish Dean EVO-XM Short Scale Bass. After giving it a bit of setup, it plays great with a dead low action, looks killer, and the Dean pickups sound surprisingly good to my ears. Also note it has 24 frets, though I'm personally scared to go above the 7th, maybe the 12th if I'm feeling particularly adventurous, and the wind is blowing my fingers in the right direction. I prefer this even to the Gibson Les Paul I had, it's much lighter for a start, and cost significantly less. It's definitely vying for 1st position with the Gretsch Junior Jet as my all time favourite bass. I think it will have a couple of upgrades when money allows, but it's perfectly usable as it is in all honesty.

"plays like butter" … no, no it doesn't, it plays like someone playing a bass guitar.

Newly arrived Dean EVO-XM Short Scale.

I was looking at these a while ago. It seems at some point they changed the bridge to a Fender style which looks crap in my opinion. I like the much criticised 3-point bridge but then I'm rebellious like that. The bridge pickup is a guitar sized humbucker, and wasn't overly keen on the price also for what it is. For that sort of money you could get a used Epiphone limited edition short scale EB3, though not many around, so you would need a bit of patience to get hold of one.

I had this short scale Revelation EB-3 for a while. Really nice bass and it sounded huge! I added the bridge cover. I know it's not a Jazz bass but It shows the quality of the instruments nicely!

I find cheap strings are pretty much consistently cack in most ways, but are good for when I'm doing a setup /changing gauge of string. I can spend as much time as I like faffing / playing the strings without worrying that a good set of Ernie Balls will have lost their mojo by the time I have done all said faffing and testing and faffing again. I have just bought a set of these for that very purpose. These seem to be the least crap ones I have tried. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-STRINGS-40-95s-Light-Gauge-040-to-095/200980644509?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 😊

Pretty good deal for someone possibly? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-bass-guitar-3-4-size-and-Harley-Benton-Amplifier-with-case-and-leads/353064462327?hash=item52344827f7:g:V24AAOSwiI1eqXHY

He would utterly ruin Mustang Sally with his flamboyant display of technical prowess. 😆

Gear4Music ?

VR-B3, 11.2kohm Alnico V. I have had a Kent Armstrong before which I thought was a really nice sound, nothing like the Tesla, I suspect changing to 500k pots plays its part in producing the brightness though.

I put a Tesla pickup in a P-Bass with maple board using the original 500k pots. It definitely produced the brightest and most aggressive tone I've got out a P-bass. 🎸

Never have so many notes said so very little musically or emotionally. I do try to give any type of music a fair listen to see if I can connect with it or be inspired in some way. Sadly with this sort of thing, I just don't "get it". 🤔

Studio Projects B1 is a great condenser mic with a good reputation in that price range or the Audio Technica AT2020. The B1 got me the best results with the least amount of tweaking to sit well in mixes.

Amateur... holding his bass the wrong way round and can't even string his bass the right way up! 😉

I'm really looking forward to the "Types of bass player you don't like" thread.

I agree, I think they should have been left as trees. I call them either "conversation piece" , "mid-life crisis", or "More-money-than-sense" basses. Basses : Rickenbackers , No not in my house, sorry. Warwicks, great bridges shame about the rest of it. Any bass with a name I'm not sure how to pronounce. Sounds: Jazz pickups... just ugh! especially that honky, farting bridge sound. It just 'aint bass to my ears! Colours: that creamy off-white colour, green is a no go, light coloured "natural" also a no, however the darker natural colours are fairly nice. Design: Nothing says " I have a small willy" more than those stupid big single cut things. LED lights also... wtf? 🎸

I have one of these on my 80's Encore P-Bass. Solid bridge, unique look, string through body. The bass has the best sustain of any P I have owned so far. 👍

You need a Lego "Build Your Own Integrity" set ... your current one seems to be missing a few pieces.

So let's get this right just to clarify things... you have presented the world's most ridiculous idea to a forum of strangers who have no vested interest apart from to give you honest advice, the concensus being it is at the very least "not a good idea" or approach to help fund your lifestyle by getting others to pay for it. You have now in turn thanked us for "entertaining" you with this honest advice, and are going to plod on regardless finding as many people that you think may be stupid enough to part with money to have the chance of winning a Lego set , so that you may continue your mission to adorn yourself with a finely crafted and very expensive instrument that will neither make you famous or allow you to demonstrate any higher level of ability than if you owned a cheap P-Bass, but at least will make a nice conversation piece as it sits in the corner of the living room..... … right you are then. You are definitely as bonkers as those who choose to play Rickenbackers.😄

Got made redundant in October 2019, so decided to take a risk and try self employment. It's been a real big jump for me, but I have always wanted to run my own business, with a good, positive ethic behind it (and one that would only need a fairly modest outlay of money to start up) , so have recently started an Eco-Cleaning Service for residential and small businesses. Only began at the start of February, but already have gained 4 regular clients which is not bad. I get to drive around the beautiful countryside of Mid Wales borders and NW Herefordshire, and also am meeting new and nice , interesting people. Hopefully If it keeps going this way, I will be a reasonably profitable business in my first 12 months.

"Deluded Pursuits" …. that's your next level bands name sorted then. 😂