Is your most expensive bass your best 'player'? - Page 6

Bassmanbob · #**101** 01-10-2013, 04:45 PM

I said Yes.

My CB is my most expensive and my best player. My Roscoe fretless is a very close second.

I've also had two other Roscoes, an Indonesia Lakland, Ibanez and a Peavey Cirrus.

Stone Soup · #**102** 01-10-2013, 04:49 PM

I answered yes, but only because I like the string spacing of my Stingray 5 better than the string spacing of my Fenders.

JMimbs · #**103** 01-10-2013, 05:00 PM

Yes, but my most expensive bass is a Mexican P-Bass with a Babicz bridge. Not exactly a Cadillac.

GigJones · #**104** 01-10-2013, 05:03 PM

No doubt. My Marcus Miller Jazz bass is by far the best playing.

lyla1953 · #**105** 01-10-2013, 05:30 PM

My go to work horse is the Ric 4003 (most expensive) - my american standard jbass, gets played about once a week, just to "mix it up"

AllFourths · #**106** 01-10-2013, 05:39 PM

Crazily enough, my Ibanez SR1306 (which I have since converted into a fretless and oooooo baby is it sweet) has better action than my former LEJ, Performance Guitar 6 string jazz, Nash JB-63, or any of my friends' basses. The B string is so tight and focused it's unbelievable. A Sadowsky five I played last week was a pretty close contender, but I dunno.

ShowLow · #**107** 01-10-2013, 05:57 PM

Honestly? I dig all my basses but my very best player is probably my least expensive--a 1997-98 Fender Precision Lyte Deluxe that I picked up for a song. My most expensive bass is a 2012 AVRI '62 Precision...also a great player, but it has that delicate nitro finish so it stays in the case a lot. My very best-playing jazz bass ATM is a 2011 MIM tone monster, go figure.

roadkill2309 · #**108** 01-10-2013, 06:02 PM

In my case, my Sadowsky Standard 5 is my most expensive bass by far, and definitely plays the best. I also have a 2008 American Standard P that I love, and a Lakland Skyline 55-02, which I thought was amazing until the Sadowsky came along. I still really like that bass, though.

Thing is, I honed stuff down until I only had basses I really like, so I no longer have anything that I find ho-hum.

bootsox · #**109** 01-10-2013, 06:35 PM

Not by a long shot, my T40 is my go-to when I could be playing basses that cost 5 times as much

Clark Westfield · #**110** 01-10-2013, 08:11 PM

I answered 'no'.

I feel my VM 70's Squier plays better than my MIM Antigua.

The Squier was a third of the price of the Fender.

I love the Antigua, just like the feel of the VM a bit more.

It bothered me at first, the fact the Fender was not my true love.

Something in my brain says It should be my #1, but it is not.

two fingers · #**111** 01-10-2013, 08:17 PM

Just happens to be right now that it is. My Roscoe Beck Sig V Fender just fits me in every way...... tone, feel, looks. But in years past it has not been the case usually.

Pimmsley · #**112** 01-10-2013, 08:41 PM

Over the last few months I went through the process of re-stringing, setting up and servicing the elctronics on my all my basses after years of neglect, and to my surprise this has actually changed the order of which basses feel 'better' over others...
I know it may sound a bit obvious but it's only since I've stopped playing as much that I've had time to evaluate all this rather than just grabbing gear and heading out the door...
As a result I have re-discovered a treasure and also found a problem with my main axe...

oh, so in realtion to the question... my most expensive bass is now my best playing bass The recent setup took it from not so comfortable.. to slick butter heaven bass of the gods! yay

SonourBrum · #**113** 01-10-2013, 10:55 PM

Not sure what you mean by player, but I attribute that to tone quality... When I dial it in, there is no bass that sounds as good as my Alembic. However, my Human Base actually has a nicer feel to it when playing. Alembic's tend to be a little stiff and quite heavy... especially a newer one. That said, I voted yes!

JimmyM · #**114** 01-10-2013, 11:04 PM

I voted no because my most expensive bass is a little heavy. Does have a great neck, though.

bass12 · #**115** 01-10-2013, 11:05 PM

Yes. To me the MTD 535 feels as if it was designed for my hands!

Figjam · #**116** 01-10-2013, 11:21 PM

The bass that I paid the most for is in fact the one that gets played when I play with my band. However, my other basses are great, but dont suit that live style as well. Its hard to say there is one bass that is the 'best player'. If any of my basses werent good players, I would no longer own them.

Ben Lesser · #**117** 01-10-2013, 11:26 PM

Yes, definitely. My Stambaugh fits me like a glove.

TDP333 · #**118** 01-11-2013, 03:00 AM

My Status Smartbasses cost around £700-800 and beat out many of my other basses that cost twice as much, except my sandbergs which play beautifully.
Although in fairness, even if your not a fan of the tone, I think any wooden neck will struggle in terms of evenness and playability when compared to a well set-up carbon-fibre neck.

bassgod0dmw · #**119** 01-11-2013, 04:05 AM

Yes, it/they are. Sadowsky NYC PJ5, Modulus Q5, and a Lakland JO4 US were all about the same price for me. Their playability is outstanding.

That's not to say that my Fender P's or other basses are dogs either, but the above basses do edge them out.

Mike M. · #**120** 01-11-2013, 04:29 AM

A big yes....but then all of my basses are great players. But the two most "expensive" ones are hands down for me the best. Got two Fender American Standards Jazz basses; a 2011 5 string and a 2012 4 string and both feel like they were made for me. I tried them all from the Squire line on up and these were the best. But in all fairness there were some pretty good players I also found along the way. I remember one MIM P bass in particular I tried that was great!! But for me the Standards were the best. Well worth every penny.

Got to give special mention to my MIJ Fender 70's P bass and to my SR505 as well.