I play in the heavy metal band Angel Witch, and after trying out a few different basses, I use a Fender Jazz these days. When I first joined, there was quite a bit of overdrive on the bass parts and I tried a Rickenbacker copy, but it just didn’t match up to the Jazz, although I did change the Fender bridge for a hi-mass unit, because I need my setup to be as functional as possible. I want to be very self-sufficient, and a Jazz bass is really good for that, because the tone is great – the sound man has to work really hard to screw it up.