Bass Player

PASSING NOTES

It’s a late-Nineties American Fender Precision Deluxe, in one of those colors that only fragrant interior designers or Fender custom paint sprayers truly know or even attempt to describe. “Just say it’s bluey-green,” says its owner, Dylan Flynn.

Flynn, 37, of Columbus, Ohio, bought the bass new 20 years ago for $1,200. “I started with a Squier, then a Mexican P-Bass—and then this. It’s such a beautiful instrument. I care about two things in this house: My bass and my dog.

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