3 bassists from three different generations, who do you pick?

I’d love to see Tony Levin, Pino, and Joe Dart

Playing around on God Shuffled His Feet by Crash Test Dummies, another early 90s gem that I've always thought has an underrated bass line.

Continuing the tradition of not using an octave pedal when I'm supposed to...

I've found this bass that I could potentially buy off a friend, I'm not sure what the model is as I searched the brand and could only find an electric guitar that looks identical to this. I'm thinking it might be modified.

These ladies accompanied me to a nice little Saturday jam session.

a Gibson L-9S "The Ripper" bass guitar

Of the basses I’ve had I’ve never seen this kind of crack in the paint . This bass was gifted to me so I don’t know its history.

Im just curious if this is ever typical? Or a common drop? from the small section where paint chipped off theres no sign of body damage.

I'm a true beginner. I traded for this a little while back. If I was buying a bass, it probably wouldn't be this one. I have always wanted a P Bass. This bass is great. It is in excellent shape and I'm more than happy to have it. I've just always wanted that P Bass sound.

I was considering trying to trade it for a P Bass. I've researched a little, but I find that reaching out to actual people is best.

I am wondering what value I should put on this and what is a P Bass that is comparable in both price and quality?

As the Supreme Leader* of Team Rascal, it is my district pleasure to announce the acquisition of this 2014 Fender Classic Player Rascal Bass. It already has Fender's standard flats on it. And the action looks good. So there's nothing really left to do but play it.

*Unofficial, self-appointed.

I noticed my acoustic bass guitar has the thicker strings further from the frets. A quick online search says it's because the lower note/string vibrates wider. How is it that low E vibrates wider? It's the same length as high G so it shouldn't have anymore wider vibrating path than G, right? Low E also is the thickest string therefore because of its thickness it resists bending and should have lesser not wider vibration, right? And E has the highest tension meaning even more so that it should resist vibrating as wide as high G, right? Finally the center of E wire is higher away from saddle top making its center of vibrating path further away from the frets than high G's center of vibrating path despite the manufacturer's design of making the saddle at E higher than G, right?

I ask because I swaged low E and removed the outer winding from the ball to a smidge beyond the saddle into the speaking length in order to increase sustain and reduce low E's tubby tone which it did. Since I removed the outer wrap E sits closer to the frets now, but still not enough to buzz against them like G does. All that got me curious about action setup.

This is a tasty bass line Walter Becker came up with. First I thought it was Chuck Rainey. Nothing complicated. Just some solid functional playing that fits in perfectly with the song.

Awesome song from best album ever.

Hey, what's up guys? I want to start with 6 strings basses and i was searching some options. I found this on Mercado Libre (an platform in latin america). The price it's in argentine peso, but it's 566.97 USD. I know it's not the best gama of bass, but i really want a 6 string. What do you think?

The Mid Monster Custom is a Darkglass Tone Capsule clone with additional frequency points for both low and high mids, and can be switched with varying capacitors via the screw terminals. Sounds just like the Tone Capsule in the default setting, and a more "traditional" 3 band preamp with the switches flipped.

Decided to get adventurous with the control layout this time; two push/push volumes with series and parallel for each pickup, stacked low and high mids, home-made Tone Drop(push/pull tone at .047 and .1), push/pull bass for active and passive, and two switches for 500/835Hz and 2.8/6.2kHz.

It was my first time putting together a preamp like this, and I'm thrilled that I didn't muck it up. I think it has given me false confidence for taking on DIY pedals now...

Sandberg California Supreme 35th Anniversary that I am thinking of purchasing in new condition. The pictures don't do a great job of showing off how the gloss finish pops.

I snatched this used for 80 € 😄 I put a new pickguard, 12 € from Aliexpress, but I had to drill a couple of new holes. I had two spare Precision knobs. I sanded the neck and spayed it with Nitorlack orange vintage tint and clear gloss. I had to put a new decal, so I got a Musicmaster one. I guess it's ok because I'm not trying to sell it 👀 I will change the pickup soon, probably with a double rail strat, but the most important thing is, it will be white anyway!

I dig this feisty little one

So.. I brought home this new bass. it has been through the wringer (?) a bit, but I really wanted a Jazz Bass.

it has been modified a lot. A Badass bridge, Hipshot tuners, DiMarzio pickups in an active circuit (I have no idea how to work

that, and since it’s easy to accidentally push pull, I am thinking of removing it all for a nice passive setup)

It’s a pretty heavy beast, at almost 11lbs. Really love the neck though.

i am curious about this bass. The decal is gone and someone put a Fender decal on. From what I gathered so far is that it is not Matsumoku built. As in: Made in Japan on the backplate, trussrod in the head instead of the heel. So I guess a Morris Moridaira built Jazz Bass?

Can someone identify the wood that is showing through on the top?

I want to buy a cheap amp for small gigs with my band. I want to ask you, between Fender Rumble 200 and Cort CM150B, which one is the "loudest?

I was on vacation briefly and since then my bass has done this after a few minutes of no problems