So Many Basses...

[SnakeAnthony]

Today was like a dream come true for me. I got to cruise down to Nashville, TN and play some really high end instruments. First I dropped by the Sam Ash, and just fiddled around with what was there. Just some Tunes and Fenders really.

Then I headed twards the Guitar Center. I wasn't expecting anything from GC, as theres nothing that great ever there, but the guy who manages is bass section has apparently just been building a wall of high end basses since the last time I was in there. I got to play a few Warriors, and was not dissapointed, but found the neck to thin for my tastes, which is really saying something because I love thin necks. I got to play around on a few Pedullas, and found a similar complaint with the thin necks, but I really dug the tone. I fooled around on a Modulus Flea bass for awhile, but eventually set it down because I find the tone kind of bland in every way unless I was slapping, which is probably only a 1/4 of my playing. The Warwicks I played all sounded good as usual.

My last stop was actually in Murphreesburow (sp) TN, at The Low End Bass shop. Brian was a great guy who came over and let me in to fool around on some stuff on a really busy day for him (thanks again Brian). Man, I could live in that shop and be completley happy. There were a few Laklands and Tobias' there that were OK, but were completley beat out by the higher end basses. The Ritter felt and sounded great, as did the Benavete Vortex, but they werent really to my tastes. The Roscoes were a step ahead, but still not what I'm looking for in my sound. The Devon Grace 5 was amazing, and I really got into that. But I have to say, my favorites were the ones that Brian himself had a hand in making. The Low End Jazz Basses really hit the spot in my sound, and my personal favorite was the Divinity Bass Works Oracle. I nearly wet myself playing it, but a price tag of 6,000$ kind of scared me away...