The 504 is a great bass. I almost bought one too, and would own one now if a used 604 hadnāt turned up at exactly the right time.
304 is good too, loved mine, I just wanted a few features on the 5/604.
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Nope!! Budget constraints slow it down a bitā¦ but that is usually all you can hope for 
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I heard they were working on a vaccine, but it got shelved due to ācurrent circumstancesā.
Also heard that Sweetwater, Guitar Center, and Musicianās Friend are all vigorously opposed to any further research on it . . . 
Cheers, Joe
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When you have to sell a bass to be able to afford strings for all your other basses, thatās when you know you had one too many.
But itās okay because all your basses have new strings now. Soā¦ it really is time to start looking for that next new bass.
Some people might say things likeā¦
Why do you need another bass?
Why donāt you just use the ones you already have?
Youāre not being fiscally responsible.
This is really sad because these people arenāt your friends and they donāt understand you. 
Thatās why the BassBuzz forum is so important. There will always be someone here willing to encourage the purchase of another bassā¦
or ampā¦
or pedalā¦
or cableā¦
or recording equipmentā¦
or strapā¦
or picksā¦
orā¦
Listen, we get you.
We donāt have your financial best interest in mind.
But, we get you. 
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Yes, itās not just basses that grab my attention. I hoard all kinds of stuff, pedals included. I canāt help it!
Iāve been meaning to make/construct/buy a pedal board, as Iām starting to like some pedal combinations now. At the moment, weāre looking at these -
Iāve got a Zoom B1on coming any day too, so looking forward to messing around with that too.
Most of the time I have to say, Iām on my jazz bass with that Sonicake auto wah, because itās just a box of fun all round. It goes very well with RHCP Sir Psycho Sexy!
That little fog pedal is also not to be underestimated - the big muff does what it says on the tin, but at a higher price - that fog pedal was only around Ā£13-Ā£15 where I saw it, and itās a really good little thing - so much noise from a tiny innocuous looking box 
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Yay big muff 
A couple topics you might be interested in:
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Ahh, many thanks for picking those out - Iām still finding my way around the forum.
Now, dare I read them, thatās the question, because it will send me on a pedal buying spree again. Iād almost got it under control 
/immediately goes to read them anyway
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First post is free
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It really sucks when you get a severe case of GAS, and all the GAS stations are closed due to the lockdown. Fortunately, the online GAS stations are still in operation, although it doesnāt totally replace drooling over the gear in person.
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So is it fundamentally necessary that a general gigging bass player have the Fender P on hand? Is that an essential in the collection? If it werenāt it certainly seems fun to look at the SRH500F to play around with that upright kinda sound or the H8 with resonating strings, something like a bass sitar concept. Otherwise, I was looking at the Deluxe Active to knock down the P and the J or does that not really do it justice?
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No, that would depend who youāre gigging with. If planning to work as a studio musician, from what @Gio and @JoshFossgreen have said, then yes.
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Seriously?!? So, I show up for a studio gig and get kicked out because I donāt have a Fender? No other P bass or even a PJ bass will do? It has to be a Fender P bass?
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Hey @PamPurrs. I donāt know if itās that extreme. Josh and Gio have made numerous comments similar to the one below.
That is utter madness. If thatās true, it makes me want to sell all my gear and move on to a different interest. I hate the thought of being in an industry thatās that pin-headed. If a highly qualified, extremely talented bassist, capable of playing whatever is put before him/her, shows up for the job, it shouldnāt matter what brand of instrument they bring to the job. This really pisses me off.
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I havenāt encountered any industry that was other than pin headed.
I think this is probably part of it. The more someone fits that description the more they would be trusted. I think itās like any industry. Some people are good, some people are bad, and only a few are truly great at what they do. The truly great are going to get a lot more leeway. For everybody else, that person is there to do a job and if they show up with the expected tool for that job, their life will be easier.
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Iām okay now, I just had to blow off some steam. Sorryā¦
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Itās all good.
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Imagine if you were a violinist and went to audition for an orchestra and the conductor would only hire those who play a strad LOL
How many Stradivarius violins are known to exist?
It is estimated that in total, Stradivari made around 1,100 musical instruments in total. Of these, 600 are still thought to be in existence. Of that number, only 244 violins are currently accounted for.
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