Just showing off my new bass to try to keep this community alive.

This is a 2006, made in Fullerton G&L JB-2. Read Jazz Bass 2. Their "upgraded" version of a classic Fender design, as they usually do. It has a super light L-2000 body, the usual 1.5" nut width and a slim C neck. It also features G&Ls amazing saddle lock bridge, six bolt neck joint and aluminium tuners. I think this particular one was an artist model (it's not marked anywhere) hence the gorgeous quilt top and natural binding you don't really find on other models. It's strikingly beautiful in person. It's also impressively well put together from neck pocket to finish.

I always liked the J-style sound but wasn't really into the oversized and overweight offset body of the original. I was also impressed with all the G&Ls I've laid my hands upon so when this showed up from a seller nearby at a great price, I immediately bought it. It's all I could've hoped for sound and feel wise and it's a looker to boot. The only thing missing to be pure G&L would be MFD pickups, but as far as I know, they don't make J-style MFDs.

So anyway just wanted to share an amazing find I'm ecstatic to have made. Anybody here also into those?

I got interested in roundcore rounds since I kinda like the more mellow sound but I don't really enjoy the always dead sound of flats. I also heard roundcores felt more flexible or balanced tension wise and that's very appealing to me. So does any one of you have experience with any of these strings? How would you describe their sound vs a hexcore for example? And considering I play med gauge (45-105) could I go a gauge up for a bit higher tension and better low end clarity?

Yamaha's got on my radar when I wanted a bass to start playing and learning music again. I just couldn't find a bass that had such features and build quality for the price. So I got a bb434 and loved it so much I immediately looked into the history of the model. Then I found out about this one here, a 1984 3000s, being on sale 20mins from my place. I couldn't resist and am so glad I didn't. It's perfectly balanced, the neck is slim, narrow and well played in. And even though it's a PJ style it has it's very own punchy and resonant tone that reminds me of a piano. They'll bury me with this thing in hand. I had never heard of them before and they are kinda rare(there's 3 on reverb) so I wanted to share this great instrument with fellow like minded people. Get one if you can.

Any other BB fans around here? Any other somewhat lesser known basses you guys think we should check out?