rimmry Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Pick one bass for the rest of your life! also, you can't pick a customized beast which cost about 20,000$ I would pick the to pickup version of the Music Man Stingray 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 That's a good choice. I'd pick my Fender Jazz bass. I've had it for over 43 years so far. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 My Jazz bass (Marcus Miller signature 5-string). It is my go-to bass and I love it. "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottom End Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 My Hohner PJ fretless, I am finally getting my technique down. It was a gift from my wife when we first married. "Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.'-Hamlet Guitar solos last 30 seconds, the bass line lasts for the whole song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Brown Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Geddy Lee Jazz bass "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattoo Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 My Tokai Jazz Bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele C. Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I think I would keep my custom JB style passive bass. -- Michele Costabile (http://proxybar.net) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Fhtagn Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Spruce topped, carved 3/4 from Central or Eastern Europe. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcadmus Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Nope. "Tours widely in the southwestern tip of Kentucky" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Well I've had my ol' Guild pilot SB605 5 string for almost 27 years of my life so I'll go with that. Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric VB Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I'm very comfortable with my Rickenbacker 4003 Mapleglo for most things. If I only played classic rock for the rest of my life this bass would be fine. Some songs I can get away with drop-D or drop-Eb but to be able to comfortably play everything out there -- especially new country -- you really need a 5-string. On the other end my Ric lets me down by only having 20 frets. I'm constantly bending that high Eb up to an E and that trick doesn't work for everything I play up there. Now, I also have an 8-string Galveston but I mostly use it like a 5-string. The higher notes are nice for covering a missing keyboard/violin/etc. part but are otherwise not used in an ensemble. Due to its weight and wide neck it is not as comfortable for a long gig as a 4-string. I'd probably go with a 5-string, 24-fret Fender Jazz. Active would be nice but I've been playing passive basses all my life so that wouldn't matter as much. Or a similar MM Bongo HS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele C. Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I've been told that if you need a bass for whatever gig may come, it should be a G&L 2500. -- Michele Costabile (http://proxybar.net) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Either the Pagelli Goldbass or that new NS Design Radius electric bass, preferably the 5-string version...although the 4-string tuned BEAD would also suffice. http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 My Fender Jazz with the maple board. Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFLA Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 There's nothing outside of what I own that I wish for. Of the basses I own, and I had to pick one? Love my '78 'Ray, but my Roscoe 3005LG covers more ground (flawlessly), sounds great in any environment/genre and looks fantastic. Keith Roscoe really does it right. Jim Confirmed RoscoeHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imogene Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Man that's a tough one, preferences change over the years. But for the purpose of the thread I'd say that I'm liking my early (2008) American Std Fender P5 as the most practical instrument I've ever played. So yeah, the AmStd Fender P5. And don't start a similar thread regarding strings because I won't participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Malone Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Currently my heart is with the Carvin SB5000 but still my Kubicki was the mainstay from 1986 to about 2000 and will always have a piece of my heart. Wally I have basses to play, places to be and good music to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Well, rest of your life and me don't exactly seem to go together, but my current (and only bass) is a Roscoe 5 string. It's pretty nice. I could see it as my forever bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gollihur Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 My logical side chooses my 2000 fretted maple boarded Hoyt five string w/Lane Poors/Bart pre, as it is the most versatile bass I own, and No. 1 most gigged bass by far. However, it's 51/49 with the Hoyt pau ferro fretless fiver, similarly equipped, because I never feel more free and creative than I do with that bass. 1000 Upright Bass Links, Luthier Directory, Teacher Directory - http://www.gollihurmusic.com/links.cfm [highlight] - Life is too short for bad tone - [/highlight] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamy ALB Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 My Warwick Corvette 6, its the best plug in and go Bass ever and after 12 years I still love it!! http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Little-Bitter/185235472447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 One bass. I have no idea what you are talking about. That's just a totally insane idea. Really. Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoytbasses Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 My 'gig machine' is the easy choice. I built it in about 92 and have played hundreds of gigs with it. I also have a Nordy Jazz pickup equipped bass which gets the 'artsy ' gigs, but for pure band-driving punching power, the gig machine takes the cake. Maple walnut sandwich, 5 piece maple/purpleheart neck w/ pau-ferro fingerboard. A single bart MMK, wired passive. Originally it was in the stringray position but I moved it to the P bass position. D'addario chromes. my somewhat ugly baby! (hi Bob) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 hoytbasses - I'd love to see some pictures of that bass if you have some? Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 65 Fender P Bass I wish I still owned. Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoytbasses Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 hoytbasses - I'd love to see some pictures of that bass if you have some? http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l238/hoytbasses/gigmachine.jpg http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l238/hoytbasses/thegigmachine1.jpg As earlier threatened, here are some pictures of the gig machine, this is pre-pickup move: but I just milled out a slot for the new pickup and filled the former position with some matching curly maple. you have to be right up on it to see it but the tonal change from the stingray position to the P position made all the difference in this beast. Somewhere in the archives I have a picture of the inimitable Bob Gollihur sitting in with Night Train playing the gig machine. oh.... it always had a coil split onboard which I never, not once used... so in the upgrade I got rid of it. kfh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoytbasses Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l238/hoytbasses/nighttrain.jpg The Ubiquitous Roberto De Gollihur, playing the gig machine in the sketchiest bar on Cape Cod with the boys from Night Train. Your luthier du jour is on flugelhorn in this picture. We wee going to hire him to join the band full time but he couldn't meet the weight requirement. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Brown Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 That's a sketchy bar? I have played in hell then..... looks ok to me.... "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoytbasses Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 That's a sketchy bar? I have played in hell then..... looks ok to me.... haha... this picture was taken a few months after the big cocaine raid... they were trying to clean up their act. This was one of those joints with flip down mirrors in the mens' room, bikers riding their machines through the bar etc.....I don't miss playing there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshappi Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 My '75 Precision is goin' in the box with me. Nothing is as it seems but everything is exactly what it is - B. Banzai Life is what happens while you are busy playing in bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcadmus Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 One bass. I have no idea what you are talking about. That's just a totally insane idea. Really. This. "Tours widely in the southwestern tip of Kentucky" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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