r/BassGuitar

She’s nothing special. Just a MIM P-Bass deluxe. I had ordered her back in 04 for my sixteenth birthday. As it played out, Fender had just modified these to add the bass and treble knobs. Took six months for it to finally ship. Since then, she’s played at least a hundred shows and been through hell and back. She’s beat up and I’ve had to solder some of the wiring on the knobs. But she’s my ride or die and plays amazing. I’ll never get rid of her. The only thing I’ve contemplated is throwing a black pick guard on.

Not a HUGE flats guy but they sounded great in demos and I love Pinos playing. I wish they had a ‘medium’ but I’d rather the extra light over the heavier set anyways.
I’ve only had em on for a few hours and I just haven’t been able to put my Jazz bass down. Also - it feels kinda wrong to put em on a Jazz bass but boy do they sound great.

In response to the 5 string Bullfighter Chinese bass last week...

This little guy is a heavy hitter! It's got 🔥 🔥🔥 HOT pickups, so I scoop the 3 band EQ and usually slap it out, but I let the strings go half-dead, so now it's more of my Chich Bernard Edwards style humbucker sound. I play it through the Behringer straight up no effects and it sounds great. Usually just through the single 4x10, but I'll hook them both up if I want to sound extra funky or just piss off the neighbors

This little bass holds it's own, I did minor fret work to it, polished it with some beeswax oil, and I just make sure to keep the batteries fresh. Definitely my top two basses that I've had

The open G is ringing out a bit extra, giving off a bit of a sitar effect. I changed the string thinking it may have been a damaged string but still no luck.

Could it be the nut? How’s the best way to fix?

Thanks!

As per title I have green funk on the frets of my bass I bought recently. I don't really want to remove strings as I recently put new flats on. What's the way to remove this?

Note - the gunk seems to be hardened onto the frets so it's almost easier to flake it off than rub with a cloth if that makes sense?

Thanks!

Hi,

I recently bought a bitsa bass online, the seller claimed the neck is Warmoth, I was curious about the body so when changing the strings and cleaning it I checked out the neck pocket. This is what I found on both body and neck. It’s a burgundy mist jazz bass.

Any insight will be greatly appreciated.

Last year I decided I wanted to join a band having never played an instrument before. I was too broke to get anything of my own so the guitar player in my band let me borrow me her bass, which i’ve been learning and playing on for about a year. I work in vintage clothing so I knew I wanted a vintage bass and fell in love with the alembic style basses. I found a few on marketplace but I don’t know much about gear and was worried I’d buy one that needs a lot of work, but then I found this beauty at a used instrument store that’s been well tested and decided to go for it. They even let me finance it, which is super helpful. I’m super stoked!

She’s a 1977 Japanese made El Degas

This has been my main guitar for a while, but never knew what to call the color on it. I couldn’t tell if it was a Sunburst, or tobacco burst, etc.

For all you newbies or vets....don't ever be shy or ashamed about rockin' a Squier.

If you’re a bit too far from stage to tell which of the three guitarists is actually a bassist, and can’t make out the headstock to count the strings, just look for which player is having the best time. Always works

(Band is Bipolar Weather from southern AZ)

Anyone knows?

After playing a Rickenbacker for almost a decade I have finally purchased a new bass. It came about when I had to rent something a bass for a gig and realized how much more comfortable other basses are.

Sharing my custom Yamaha BB434. The stock Ice Blue colourway is already beautiful so I only changed hardwares and parts to go for the look I like for this build.

Mods I’ve done:
-EMG Geezer Butler passive PJ in Ivory
-La Bella 760FS flats
-Clear Pickguard from Pickguard.co.uk
-Gotoh GB707 Tuners
-Dunlop Straplok
-Guyker 3-string tree retainer
-Hipshot B Style FM1 Bridge
-Clear jazz style tone knobs

Here’s how it sounds:

https://youtu.be/OTESu909Nkg?is=V2S5bwZZph9c02RT

https://youtu.be/fP4slxEWulM?is=6jvi\_eLub0eGverj

https://youtu.be/\_nxwiOWuLso?is=CxaKGn9JCVckQEuW