GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (Part 2)

I take it you’re big fan of marzipan?

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Is that a tranquilizer or a cookie like thing :grinning:

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Once again saying hi and to post about this experience.
Not long ago I posted having acquired a vintage Ibanez which looked and played great but I simply couldn’t handle the tone. I was lucky enough to return it and finally ended up with what I always thought was the best option for my taste.
Now I have two p-basses, one with rounds and one with flats. It’s simple, straight forward and I can EQ in such a way that I actually understand much better what I’m doing. Anyway…
The white and red bass is Miyuki, a 93-94 MIJ bass with the signature of a dog that gnawed it. The new one is a 1999 MIM Standard p-bass in midnight wine and only the pick guard was replaced.
They feel and sound very different, the Standard’s pickups are much stronger and more modern sounding. The MIJ is a PB62 reissue with a vintage tone.
These are my two basses and I’m really happy with them.
I had to share it here since you all know how the cookie crumbles…
Cheers to everyone!


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A bass I’ve been GAS’ing over since before I bought my first bass last year I just found on Reverb for about 40% off retail price. The issues I have are that I’m 100% going to get in trouble if I buy it right now but also it’s a floor model from a store. I don’t know that I want that.

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Often those are great buys :slight_smile:

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I’m assuming you know which bass it is… this might be worth a week of couch time imo.

Also… how does the red look in person? I was looking at those on Reverb and I kinda wish it had the same red paint job that the TRBX’s have.

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Which bass is it? :sunglasses:

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The BB734a, I figured Howard felt a disturbance in the force.

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Wait… since when is there a red BB734a? Are there new colors?

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Yamaha BB734A 4-string Bass Guitar - Fired Red (BB734AFRDd1) | Reverb

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Wild, apparently a new color, never seen it, looks very close to Hooky’s BB color to me, I love it!

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That was my first thought. I thought the BBPH was more of a glossy red, thsi one looks like you can see the wood grain under the paint.

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Seriously I have grown to love the black but I am tempted to trade over for this color :rofl:

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Looks like it might be US only, locally it’s still just the original two colors.

Indigo Blue looks awesome too but is misleading, it’s much more of a translucent blue/green than an indigo color.

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It’s available in Europe as well. Seems weird they wouldn’t sell it in Japan :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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IKR? Oh well.

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I’m falling in love with Squier Precision CV 70s…damned @Al1885

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I was headed that way, but I missed out on the green one and the other colours are just meh :frowning:

Noooooooooo like myself! All together with me: damned @Al1885 !!!

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The blue one?