Don't encourage him!

Raton LaveurDeVitres il faut l’encourager. Phil est d’abord bassiste. Son opinion compte beaucoup pour moi.

@@LeMusicienDuPasse Je sais, et il joue très bien en plus. Ça fait différent. Plus de guitaristes devraient essayer la basse.

Make sure you only Up the Irons with TWO fingers when you get that bass :p

To me, nothing sounds as good as a P-bass for recording. I'll shelf my 1700 dollar Stingray for a 300 MIM P-bass and not think twice because the P simply sounds better when recording.

@@electricurinal I used to play Fender Jazz. I've never liked how the P plays. They sound awesome, I just don't like the feel. Recently switched to Dean low tier $200 range, and love them. Have an Edge 9 and Z.

You realize you have a bass player's name already - you have an extra "s" (unless it's a pseudonym), so you should be really good. Johnny Gustafson played bass for Roxy Music, other groups, and also did studio work.

bassists were much more receptive to the new tech decades ago than guitarists were, there were some outliers like the Greatful Dead, who had preamp-equipped guitars with tons of switches and stuff all the way back in the 70s but it wasn't really until EMG pickups became the standard for metal that most guitarists would bat an eyelash at anything modern

I’ve asked about that bass many times. I think it’s an SR800 and I had one when they first came out. I wasn’t doing my own guitar work at the time and the guy doing it for me didn’t like the neck because it was very finicky and changed drastically with the seasons. He convinced me to get rid of it and to this day I’m very upset that I did. They are totally awesome basses if you know you’ll be adjusting the truss rod frequently going in.

Rick Brown Maybe things have changed, but I've heard the SR series have one of the most stable necks in the industry

The neck felt like my Fender Jazz bass, My Soundgear behind be has a super thin neck, but this bass was in the sweet spot.

Phillip McKnight You’re excellent on both guitar but I really like your bass playing...I love this bass, but I don’t like the fact that the neck doesn’t taper down near the nit like a jazz bass does.

ron bZoom was percy’s fretless?

​@@wyattlytenin7715Fretless for sure. And now that I think of it, he may not have had the original Affirma bass. I know he was a big Wal guy for sometime but eventually switched to Ibanez. But was it the original Affirma? I know that he had played an Ibanez Ergodyne bass (synthetic bodied successor to the very limited Affirma) but he had the magnetic pickups removed so that it was all piezo pickups and of course, fretless. I don't think he cared for the luthite body so Ibanez did eventually build him a natural wood version of the Ergodyne. And that's the Ibanez bass I may be thinking of. So to correct myself, Percy may have never played the original Affirma. But rather a wood version of the Ergodyne who's body shape was a plastic version of the original Affirma. Yeah I know, way more than what you asked but what's a bass junkie like me to do?

ron bZoom Ha! Thanks!

I have one, I love it.

Peeeeeee----aaaaayyyyyyy-zoh

@@matth9321 - It's pretty obvious he's got some time in on the bass! I think him playing bass better suits his "vibe", if you know what I mean? Regardless of the instrument, Phil is always entertaining to watch and learn from! Cheers

I have one you will not be disappointed

Same here. I trust your opinions, Phil. I’m a guitar player thinking of buying a bass. The Mezzo is on my short list.