What Bass would Jaco be playing?

[kevmac]

Little benefit comes from bad-mouthing a legend in public. Most people just default to 'no comment'.
I take no joy in saying this, and I heard most of these stories 30 years ago... but you asked.

I never met Jaco, he died when I was 10. However, I've met quite a few people who knew Jaco from the NY Jazz scene. All of them had an immense respect for Jaco as a musician, and most disliked him as a person. One has to understand, Jaco was severely mentally ill, and had a mammoth coke habit on top of it. He would flake on gigs, he would borrow gear from friends, and pawn it for drugs. By most accounts, Jaco wasn't a good friend, or a good bandmate.
Mental illness and addiction may explain Jaco's behavior, but it doesn't right the wrongs he did to people.

To answer the OP question: Jaco would play whatever he could get for free, or be paid to play. It wouldn't matter, he'd make is sound good.

We like to hope that Jaco might have received proper care and recovered somewhat had he lived

 

[B-flat?]

More cowbell.

 

[slap_enthusiast]

I saw this old Guild/Hartke ad a while back, I wonder if this would have been just a small fad or a longer relationship …

 

[Jefenator]

He's be playing whatever he could scrounge up or borrow - and absolutely obliterating everybody else on a good day.
I know a local guitarist who is this way.

 

[JimmyM]

I saw this old Guild/Hartke ad a while back, I wonder if this would have been just a small fad or a longer relationship …

It lasted till he died, although Larry took Hartke to Samson soon after. Who knows what would have happened had he lived? It’s a question only Jaco could answer, and he ain’t talking.

 

[bobba66]

Sousaphone .He would be devastating the world of March Music.