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04-08-2008, 01:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cornwall, UK. | | | Would you give away your best amp or best bass?
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If you had to, would you give away your best bass or your best amp?
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I'm what you'd call a "Thread Killer"
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04-08-2008, 01:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY | | | If someone put a gun to my head and made me choose, I'd rather give up an amp over a bass any day. Amp's come and go, as technology changes and upgrades are made, and are easily replaced if broken, stolen, or lost. A solid bass that you really connect with, which IMO would make it your "best bass", can not be easily replaced. You can have two amps of the same make and model, and they are virtually identical in every way. However, you can have two basses of the same make and model, and they will likely feel, play, and sound different enough for you to prefer one over the other. |
04-08-2008, 01:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cornwall, UK. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony G  If someone put a gun to my head and made me choose, I'd rather give up an amp over a bass any day. Amp's come and go, as technology changes and upgrades are made, and are easily replaced if broken, stolen, or lost. A solid bass that you really connect with, which IMO would make it your "best bass", can not be easily replaced. You can have two amps of the same make and model, and they are virtually identical in every way. However, you can have two basses of the same make and model, and they will likely feel, play, and sound different enough for you to prefer one over the other. | Very good reply!
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04-08-2008, 01:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Finland | | My best bass, because I'm not 100% happy with it. I'd prefer to trade it in for a new one instead of giving it away though.. 
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04-08-2008, 01:52 PM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | I went with the amp. Mines about 20 years old.
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04-08-2008, 02:01 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 3rd stone from the sun | | | Amp shmamp. Give me a DI to the PA and I'm all set.
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04-08-2008, 02:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bass Junkie Very good reply! | Occasionally I get lucky...  |
04-08-2008, 02:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mid Hudson Valley, NY | | | Amp. I have two "best basses" and I wouldn't part with either.
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04-08-2008, 08:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: conditional upon harmonic Hz | | | Naw, its my axe. I spent time "breathing" on it, setting it up, etc. Amp, whatever. I only have one player bass, and a bunch of wannabes. Theres a reason for that.
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04-08-2008, 11:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Calgary, AB, Canada | | Theres a reason you bring an instrument to an open mic instead of an amp 
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04-09-2008, 12:30 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | amp no doubt! |
04-09-2008, 09:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by baba Amp shmamp. Give me a DI to the PA and I'm all set. | Yep, and I agree because I ALWAYS use the PA system for performances anyway.
Plus, I'd be heartbroken without my Shergold. I love her.....
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04-09-2008, 10:25 PM
|  | Looking for Opportunities to Create Harmony | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony G If someone put a gun to my head and made me choose, I'd rather give up an amp over a bass any day. Amp's come and go, as technology changes and upgrades are made, and are easily replaced if broken, stolen, or lost. A solid bass that you really connect with, which IMO would make it your "best bass", can not be easily replaced. You can have two amps of the same make and model, and they are virtually identical in every way. However, you can have two basses of the same make and model, and they will likely feel, play, and sound different enough for you to prefer one over the other. | + 1
I'd also add that its much more difficult to have your number one bass setup *exactly* the way you like it. What's the action like? How deep are the nut grooves cut? How's the truss rod set? What about pickup height? Fret buzz?
With an amp that you are famaliar with it should be set it and forget it (in a perfect world).
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04-09-2008, 10:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Singapore | | | My Best Bass : Zon Sonus Custom 6. $3500 in my money (~$2200 USD)
My Best Amp : Peavy MicroBass 20W Combo (~$100 USD)
Easy to choose, this one.
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04-09-2008, 10:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada | | My best amp has been in the repair shop for months... it's like it has been given away.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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