So after "the last bass I'll ever need".... [UPDATE]

[Bapu]

There's this*:

 

I waited too long to order the Sunburst. Now out of stock so I ordered the "blackie"

 

* a Squier will suffice as I may not play this one every time I record. A new Fender Custom Shop Bass VI is 10 times, yes I said 10 times, the cost.

Edited December 11, 2021 by Bapu

[jackson white]

Fender's gotta pay for that Presonus acquisition somehow and have surely noted that a certain bass player seem to have plenty to spend on plugins.

Edited November 7, 2021 by jackson white

[RBH]

Everybody needs one of those, even if you just think you don't:  simple enough.

[Sheens]

at approx half Squier money, this guy with Roswell (UK) Alnico 5 pickups, maple neck, graphite nut and Diaddario strings

normally would be simular quality level to Squier.

So now I get a signed Bapu plectrum maybe ? 

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_ms_60_vw_ltd_edition.htm

 

Edited November 7, 2021 by Sheens

[craigb]

21 minutes ago, Sheens said:

at approx half Squier money, this guy with Roswell (UK) Alnico 5 pickups, maple neck, graphite nut and Diaddario strings

normally would be simular quality level to Squier.

So now I get a signed Bapu plectrum maybe ? 

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_ms_60_vw_ltd_edition.htm

 

Except that doesn't look like a bass! ?

[paulo]

2 hours ago, Bapu said:

So after "the last bass I'll ever need"....

Another bass you'll never need.....?

[Bapu]

10 minutes ago, paulo said:

Another bass you'll never need.....?

Oh I need it all right.

[SteveStrummerUK]

1 hour ago, Sheens said:

So now I get a signed Bapu plectrum maybe ? 

No chance.

He needs them all to play 57 basses simultaneously.

 

 

[Bapu]

14 minutes ago, SteveStrummerUK said:

No chance.

He needs them all to play 57 basses simultaneously.

 

 

[paulo]

2 hours ago, Bapu said:

Oh I need it all right.

Poor Bapu........It's like nobody ever told him that they all sound the same......

[Sheens]

I bought a big box of car tyre balancing weights to glue into control cavities of my cheap guitars.

that way they shouldn't feel so light and cheap anymore.

I'm mad I know

 

[garybrun]

I just bought my son a Sandberg TM5 on Friday  (5 string bass)

[Bapu]

1 hour ago, garybrun said:

I just bought my son a Sandberg TM5 on Friday  (5 string bass)

Nice.

[pbognar]

21 hours ago, Bapu said:

Oh I need it all right.

Cool, you can sound like John Lennon playing bass on Long and Winding Road.

[Bapu]

2 minutes ago, pbognar said:

Cool, you can sound like John Lennon playing bass on Long and Winding Road.

There is also speculation that he played the same bass on While My Guitar Gently Weeps too.

[pbognar]

Just now, Bapu said:

There is also speculation that he played the same bass on While My Guitar Gently Weeps too.

I think that was George, doubling the part on guitar an octave higher.  The phrasing of the two are identical and it's his song anyway.

[Shane_B.]

Just saw a vid on utoob that said John played one of these or something similar on While My Guitar Gently Weeps. It does have a very non-Paul style bass line in it imo.

[Bapu]

48 minutes ago, pbognar said:

I think that was George, doubling the part on guitar an octave higher.  The phrasing of the two are identical and it's his song anyway.

Maybe, maybe not.

The Mystery Bass of While My Guitar Gently Weeps - YouTube

[pbognar]

Listen to this one with headphones.  I hear Bass VI, and then in the chorus, there are 2 additional guitars playing with the bass, one and two octaves up respectively.  And based on the timing and phrasing, to me it sounds like the same person recorded all three.

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Isolated Bass) (Surround Sound)
 

 

[pbognar]

Oh and this for gits and shiggles...

Deconstructing The Long And Winding Road (... Naked/January 31, 1969)