Another one to add to the list 
Personally although Iām really happy with the SR650 the only other bass I would seriously look at at this moment in time would have to be a Fender Precision.
If I came into a few dollars I would definitely go and try an MM but then thereās the Rickenbacker ( itās a Motƶrhead thing lol )
Thereās just so many styles/makes out there I would love to have.
SR650 is a fantastic bass!
Youāre in the same position I am. You have a great bass, and the next reasonable upgrade is not cheap 
Iām lucky in that the one I know I want is āonlyā $1500 retail. Unfortunately I have never, ever seen one used, and doubt I will. And Iām not spending that kind of money any time soon; Iām happy with my current instruments.
I could potentially see myself trading my second bass out for a P-bass or another Yamaha at some point, maybe. No rush though because I like it too.
Thatās exactly it @howard
I love my Ibanez and to be honest I donāt think I could trade it in unless it was something out of the ordinary that really caught my eye and then it would have to sound just right,
Any sound issues I have with the Ibanez are purely down to me. Itās as simple as that.
I do have a drool over another Ibanez Iāve spotted regularly but itās a five string and I donāt know if I want to go there. Not at this moment in time anyway.
As for the P bass thing,thatās why I bought the cheap copy to marginally upgrade. If I find that the SR is just gathering dust that will be the time I will consider things. I can just about get a P bass tone if I play it with neck pickups and tone altered anyway.
Yes, Yes they do, but its not only that. The Stingray just feels so right to me. IDK what it is, but I have experimented quite a bit with different basses, and it has boiled down to my Stingray being my GO TO bass.
IDk if it is just this exact one that I bought, or if they all have the same feel. I aim to find out.
After I was having Thumb pain and it got really bad, I was trying to not play for a couple days.
That was a complete failure.
But
I started playing without using my thumb at all, like, not at all. That was really interesting, but it was very informative, and thought me how to fret more ti wh my fingers, I beleive it helped me immensely with technique.
So after I started using my thumb again, but a lot less, and in a ompletely different way, IDK, but for some reason the Stingray neck feels best to play on, it is not as flat (thin) as the others, like my Ibanez SRās, or my ESP LTS B-4E, plus the strings are spaced a little further apart then the SRās.
I never would have thought that a thicker neck would have been my preference, but it appears to be.
My B-4E is my second GO TO Bass.
I still play them all.
The new Spector has a thick neck, it plays very nice as well, I do like it, but it is not a GO TO as of now.
I did play it for about an hour earlier, and right now my B-4E is strapped around my neck. I played the. SR300 and SR400 for a while as well. Gonna give my ESP LTD ARAYA FXR a play, and after that it will be the Stingray for the rest of the day.
If I am lucky, I will have another one by days end.
That Stingray 34. The guy selling it is really flakey, maybe he doesnāt want to sell it, cuz it is worth way more then what he is selling it for. The same one is not EBay for $1300. He is selling for $300. If eh ever gets back to in time to go get it.
I do have a sterling Stingray 4 that I bought new at GC a cpl months ago. It was the lowest price offering. I knew I liked and wanted a Stingray< but I did not know then, that it would be my top bass.
Had I known, I may have got the current Sterling Stingray 34, like the Black with wood grain one shown above instead.
I can take it back and trade up, and I may before the 6months is up, but I have become so attached to this one, IDK if I want to trade it in, or make some other bass moves (sell or return) to get that and keep this one.
I found a great 2012 Stingray 34 on Offer Up but the seller is so damn flakey, IDK if I will end up getting it or not, I almost think he is playing games, he is that bad.
He messages thru the app āI am available all day todayā, and I reply asking for an address or place to meet up, and I donāt hear from him again until the next day say in the same thing āI will be available todayā and then doesnāt reply with an address.
So I found this one, and am going to go check it out in a little bit. Same 2012 Stingray 34, said to be new, or like new, but I will believe it when I see it.
I am going to see if I can g et it for $400.
They are asking $500, but it has been there for over a year, so I may get to talk him down a bit.
I see them on eBay for $1300 US like this one
But I donāt really care about the dollar value, If it is what I want to play, it is invaluable to me.
Yeah, I really do like the SR necks, they are so narrow, and thin and fast. Talk to me a month ago, and I would have thought that the SR line would be my favorite to play for, well, EVER.
IDK, but something happened, I learned to not use my thumb so much, not to grip so hard, and not use if so often. To really use it as a stabilizer. It helps the rest of the hand to be precise, but I donāt use it to help with fretting (except in extreme cases, like fretting over 3 strings with my index, so I can hammer 3 strings with my pinky) so much anymore.
So now the Sterling Stingray. 4 I have feels so much better, it fits my hand better, and I actually use less pressure on it to fret then with my SRās. They are all set up super low action, but the Stingray, I barely have to press to fret goodā¦ Hard to explain, you just have to feel it.
I am not really excited by P basses, or J basses.
I had a squire Modified Jaguar. I was actually very impressed with it, but I didnāt see myself. Playing it with the other basses I have, and if I have any basses that start to get ignored, its time for them to go.
But like I said, they donāt excite me, so I have not paid much attention to them. I may make it a point to play them, once the stores open and you can go in more then 10 people at a time, and they donāt try to rush you out, cuz of the line of people trying to get in. IDK, maybe I will change my mind, but with the Stingrays, I have a Fender model bass in my arsenal. 
And about the Lemmy thing. I will own a Rick someday, even if I end up not playing it (I doubt that heavily) I will still have one.
i have become pretty damn hardcore music man. i am seriously considering selling my short scale sbmm and getting an ebmm one. which makes absolutely no sense at all. btw keep an eye on reverb, you can get them a lot cheaper and orange ones pass by every now and then. got my orange bongo there.
@T_dub . Okay I canāt hammer on with my pinky over three frets yet or maybe even one ( Iām going to have to try that now you realise) but Iām wondering if the ability to play with different profile necks comes with time?
When I first picked a bass up with serious intentions I bought a P bass copy from one of our local bargain basement stores and that felt like I had a piece of 2 x 4 in my left hand. The Ibanez neck felt so much better straight away.
Fast forward on a mere 7 weeks and when I decided to build my own P style bass my first thing on the to do list was replace the neck with a J neck due to previous experiences. However, the neck feels fine even though itās hugely different to the SR.
Just my thoughts but Iām sure itās because Iām a little more confident getting around on the bass neck.
The difference between my Yamaha and my Warwick is pretty striking. My Yamaha feels right, my Warwick feels like a baseball bat
I can appreciate why people like the meatier necks. Itās not my favorite but thereās a definite difference in tactile feel when you fret notes. With the thicker, deeper profile neck you definitely have more to push against and it feels nice and solid. I still like the thinner necks a lot more personally but YMMV.
Yes, you already did answer yourself, lol, but I will chime in as well. It most certainly does. I also am fortunate enuf to have been able to amass many basses in a short time, and have been able to see myself change from the smaller to the larger in a progression, well, lets just call it progress. I hear you saying the same thing for you.
Think the last phrase in the main riff of Black Sabbathās NIB
Yes, I noticed that with the Spector neck, but I like the Spector neck, it plays nice. The bridge is something else on the Spector, the locking saddle height took some figuring out.
Oh yeah, I got the Sterling StingRay 34 - Honey Burst.
It is beautiful, it is circa ā08 - ā13, and as far as I can tell, it is unplayed, there is not a mark on it, there is absolutely ZERO fret or fretboard wear,
The strings were almost unplayable because they were are most likely the strings that were on the bass when it left the factory, and they have not been touched since.
What a good deal I got too.
Here is a tease, but I will add the pics to the Show Us Your Basses thread.
Yummy
Not gonna happen to all of us. For instance, yours truly, with his 2" pinky, needs all the slenderness he can find in a neck. No matter how much I practice, that pinky is not gonna grow another half inch.
The Warwicks play nice as well, and the solid/hefty feel there is indeed something I can see people really appreciating. Same for P-basses.
All the same I prefer thinner necks. Just my own preference.
Warwicks have locknuts on the saddles too. I actually like that feature but yeah, easy to strip a saddle screw if you donāt know about it.
I love more or less everything about the Warwick bridge. Huge advantage over most others IMO, with that and the nut system being so adjustable. Up/down at every corner of the bridge, up/down for each saddle, left/right for each saddle, and up/down at each side of the nut all via allen bolts. And still solid tone delivery because of the tailpiece. I kind of wish everyone else would just give up and buy Warwick bridges and nuts 
Gretsch TK-300 Bass
Love the headstock
Gretsch are one of those companies that if I ever wanted a certain type of instrument (in their case, hollow bodies) they would definitely be my first choice to try.
yes, great headstock !
In honor of the MM discussion in the other thread, I have to say the black-on-black Bongo looks pretty effing cool.
Also after years I finally figured out what my issue with black guitars was. It turns out I just donāt like the gloss black ones. But transparent black, matte black and so onā¦ 
It was actually playing a BB734 in a store that made me realize it.
That just looks killer.
bongoloids 
My gripe with black basses, and white ones for the most part is the lack colorful pick guards to choose from. I can deal with a black bass if it has a bright pick guard, or interesting cool one.
IDK, I just like bright colorful things more than bland black and white and gray. just like the movie Pleasantville. I want to turn everything into color.
