Post a random bass guitar thought...

[ramone57]

boom boom boom boom boom (descending)

[ack1961]

I like any forum where people mention Gary Thain & Uriah Heep.
The first time I heard Easy Livin' in '72, I knew I wanted to play bass...and 35 years later, I picked up a bass.

[dadagoboi]

Flats are my kiss of death.  Must put rounds back on 4001.  Frets be damned!

Nickel is much kinder to frets than stainless.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

I do a fair amount of bending, play physically harder than most folks, but have never had fret wear problems.  Where do the frets start giving out first?

[chromium]

I thought I had heard the frets on the 4001s will wear faster than other basses when using rounds, but that could be fallacy for all I know.  I know the big issue on that bass is its ability (or inability) to support higher tension strings.  I've got some low-ish tension flats on it at the moment.

When I got it back in the 80s it had Roto rounds on it, and some nice trenches in the frets.  The neck was/is fantastic on it, though, (main reason I chose that particular one) and it still plays great despite the frets.  Part of my motivation for putting the flats on was to stave off the looming need for fretwork... and I guess it worked in the sense that anything I put flats on I stop playing  .  I've tried to like them... really!

My strings of choice these days are the EXL170s (nickel 100s), so I'll probably end up going that route on it.

[TBird1958]

I always used Rounds on my  '73 4001 - they shredded the frets in no time! Had them re-done twice. I still really regret selling that bass. 

[Highlander]

... But every note we play leads us to the next one...

"T"Rickie58...?

Nah...

[lowend1]

I just played a '66 P-Bass at $4500 and a '73 P-Bass at $2k. Why can't I rationalize that neither played or sounded markedly better than  my 2010 Squier CV P-Bass, my '84 MIJ Squier P-Bass, or either of my SX P-Basses (which cost a little over $100 new)?

[Pilgrim]

I just played a '66 P-Bass at $4500 and a '73 P-Bass at $2k. Why can't I rationalize that neither played or sounded markedly better than  my 2010 Squier CV P-Bass, my '84 MIJ Squier P-Bass, or either of my SX P-Basses (which cost a little over $100 new)?

For the same reason my 2000 MIM J sounds as good as my '63 P:  it IS as good!  One's J, one's a P - but neither is better. 

[Denis]

I will NOT look at eBay tonight, or Craigslist or Guitar Center's used section. No, no, no, no, no.

[TBird1958]

Denis, I'm channelling you to that Charvel Explorer, ............Then I'll find a way to abscond with it   

[the mojo hobo]

It seems that I might like a Squier CV P-Bass. Good thing there are no real music stores around here.

[Denis]

Denis, I'm channelling you to that Charvel Explorer, ............Then I'll find a way to abscond with it   

I can go check tomorrow and see if it's still there. It has YOU written all over it!

[Garrett]

I like any forum where people mention Gary Thain & Uriah Heep.
The first time I heard Easy Livin' in '72, I knew I wanted to play bass...and 35 years later, I picked up a bass.

I seen Rush open for Uriah Heep in 1974......good times!

[fur85]

The only way I get any gigs is by playing the root on the 1 and smiling a lot.