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View Poll Results: What kind of electric bass guitar do you own/play? | |
4-string fretted
|   | 10763 | 81.82% | |
4-string fretless
|   | 2368 | 18.00% | |
5-string fretted
|   | 4587 | 34.87% | |
5-string fretless
|   | 851 | 6.47% | |
6-string fretted
|   | 1125 | 8.55% | |
6-string fretless
|   | 315 | 2.39% | |
7-string fretted
|   | 89 | 0.68% | |
7-string fretless
|   | 20 | 0.15% | |
8-string fretted (non-doubled)
|   | 43 | 0.33% | |
8-string fretless (non-doubled)
|   | 7 | 0.05% | |
9-string fretted
|   | 15 | 0.11% | |
9-string fretless
|   | 3 | 0.02% | |
10-string fretted (non-doubled)
|   | 7 | 0.05% | |
10-string fretless (non-doubled)
|   | 1 | 0.01% | |
11-string fretted
|   | 5 | 0.04% | |
11-string fretless
|   | 4 | 0.03% | |
2x and 3x course fretted (8,10,12+ (2x 4,5,6+ string) and 12,15,18+ (3x 4,5,6+ string))
|   | 143 | 1.09% | |
2x and 3x course fretless (8,10,12+ (2x 4,5,6+ string) and 12,15,18+ (3x 4,5,6+ string))
|   | 13 | 0.10% | |
unlisted fretted/fretless (please elaborate in thread)
|   | 73 | 0.55% | |
doubleneck 7-string fretted/7-string fretless
|   | 1 | 0.01% |  | | 
04-18-2008, 08:22 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | What Kind of Bass Guitar do you Play (Re-loaded)? BE SURE TO REVOTE! since i started the first thread 6 years ago, i figured it would be cool to run an updated poll on what kind of instruments folks are playing, to see how things have changed over the years.
so here it is - this poll/thread will replace the thread linked below... what kind of basses do you play?
same rules as the old thread apply here - select all options that apply to you. be sure to revote!
i'm interested to see how the data has changed over the years. be sure to vote, even if you just voted in the old thread, and yes, the final option is a control,  .
i have to put all the doubled and tripled coarse instruments in a single selection because there are so many options and only 20 poll positions  . if there is sufficient interest i think we could start another poll geared toward those kinds of instruments, to elaborate on them further.
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04-18-2008, 08:44 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | and tell everyone to revote! 
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04-18-2008, 08:47 AM
| | Registered User Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | I cast my votes.... I've been waiting for a new version of this. I only had / played my old Hamer defretted 5 when I voted on the last one. | 
04-18-2008, 08:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, IN | | | got 2 4-string fretted. traded my 5'er because the stupid B-string was getting in my way. | 
04-18-2008, 08:54 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | yeah, a new poll is certainly overdue - i am interested to see the new data and compare the results.
be sure to tell your buddies to revote 
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04-18-2008, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | | | woo!
first page!
But on a more serious note, I just play the standard 4 and 5 string fretters.
been thinking about a 6 string, and maybe even a 4 string fretless.
but that will likely be around the time I have money to fritter away on basses.
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04-18-2008, 08:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Indianapolis | | | i checked unlisted for my elec. upright. | 
04-18-2008, 08:57 AM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | What?? No cardboard box and weed whacker string 2 string fretless??? I gots one of them too!
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04-18-2008, 09:01 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | notice the specification of "bass guitar" in the poll title. perhaps i should update the thread title to specify that distinction as well  .
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04-18-2008, 09:02 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | we need a seperate thread to poll the other electric bass instruments that this poll does not cover. i'll work on one  .
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04-18-2008, 09:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Canada! | | I got a fretless since I last voted 
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04-18-2008, 09:09 AM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by john turner we need a seperate thread to poll the other electric bass instruments that this poll does not cover. i'll work on one  . | Well, FINE!! Delete my unspecified check if'n you can. I guess I don't put distinctions on any of my bassy things. I call em all "bass".
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Originally Posted by jive1 All you chubby white dudes look alike to me. | | 
04-18-2008, 09:11 AM
|  | I'm with Franklin. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | 3 4 string fretteds.  | 
04-18-2008, 09:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Only 4 string fretted for me; I can't handle anything else, LOL.
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04-18-2008, 09:13 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Phalex Well, FINE!! Delete my unspecified check if'n you can. I guess I don't put distinctions on any of my bassy things. I call em all "bass". | oh, no, that's cool - anything electric can be counted in that spot. i'm just saying, for you uppity folks for whom bass guitar is not good enough (  ) we need to get a poll going wherein you can share the specifics of your particular poisons.
i'm sorta at a loss as to what options would go into another poll. and what would i call it? "what kind of non-guitar electric bass instruments do you play?"
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04-18-2008, 09:16 AM
|  | GOLD Supporting Member Endorsing Artist: Crook Custom Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wheeling WV | | | I voted for 4 string fretted and unfretted along with my 5 string fretted...........but in reality, although I still have a bunch of cool 4's, I really only gig with my 5's. | 
04-18-2008, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: madison, wi | | | I have 7 basses --all 4 string fretted. Do the "fanned fret" variations warrant a separate category?
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04-18-2008, 09:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Longview, TX | | | I have a fretted 4, fretted 5, and currently i have a friends fretless 4 which has convinced me to buy one of my own.
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04-18-2008, 09:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philadelphia | | Re-voted. 5 string fretted, 4 string Fretted, 6 string fretted, 6 string fretless  | 
04-18-2008, 09:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minnesota | | I want to see the pic of this one: doubleneck 7-string fretted/7-string fretless , not doubhting, just curious to see what it looks like.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | |
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