Those are a very cool series, the guitars and the basses. The older models of your bass were 30.5" scale. I believe there was a 5-string short-scale version as well, which for some people is a "holy grail".
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Basses you love that don't get enough recognition
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These two beauties.
Talman600 is top. Basses just dont get any better than this.
PRS Kestrel
Just a great looking, great playing bass. I swapped pickups and pots in it, and now it's got "the sound" to go with everything else about it...beast
Talman600 is top. Basses just dont get any better than this.
PRS Kestrel
Just a great looking, great playing bass. I swapped pickups and pots in it, and now it's got "the sound" to go with everything else about it...beast
And what a lovely family indeed you got there. Nice to see another fan of dark wood finishes, and I got to say that Warwick excel at making basses with them.
What strikes me is how remarkably similar most of these are.
'Odd' would be less mainstream, right? Examples:
Above: Takamine B-10 double-cutaway. I have the B-10, but never seen one of these in person.
Below: Wurlitzer 7771, '69-only, 27" scale sixer, made for Welson in Italy. The first bass I ever played,
it took me 15 years of daily searching to find a good one.
'Odd' would be less mainstream, right? Examples:
Above: Takamine B-10 double-cutaway. I have the B-10, but never seen one of these in person.
Below: Wurlitzer 7771, '69-only, 27" scale sixer, made for Welson in Italy. The first bass I ever played,
it took me 15 years of daily searching to find a good one.
Cort...my old Korean made Lakland basses...Amazing quality......I do not have any more and never owned a made in Indonesia
I'd guess just pbass. I'm not the best describing bass sounds.
Me playing random stuff on it with low tension labella flats through vox vx50ba (recorded on phone so picks up some string clank). Usually roll most of tone off. Not sure what amp settings I did at the time.
At least 1 video on youtube with someone who can really play
Thought about changing pickups but after modding up my eb0 feel strings and my amp color my sound the most (still love my modded eb0 but keeping jetsons stock).
I had a four at one point and sold then got the five string version and I foolishly sold that. Sounded every bit as good as the Stingray 5 I was also playing at the time
It is an iconic bass, that I love, but it doesn't get much love on this site.
“Jeff Berlin was key in this bass' development, and pimped them for quite a while... It was only after he and Peavey parted ways that he started taping the headstock... Definitely a great bass!!”
Yes, but what’s always surprised me is that I’ve never seen any other jazz/fusion style bassists using one, even though, imho, it’s dream for that sort of stuff. I won’t be parting with mine, that’s for sure.
Mind you, I’ve never seen anyone but Tim Landers using a TL5 or anyone but Rudy Sarzo using his signature bass, so maybe it’s a Peavey thing....
Yes, but what’s always surprised me is that I’ve never seen any other jazz/fusion style bassists using one, even though, imho, it’s dream for that sort of stuff. I won’t be parting with mine, that’s for sure.
Mind you, I’ve never seen anyone but Tim Landers using a TL5 or anyone but Rudy Sarzo using his signature bass, so maybe it’s a Peavey thing....
From the past...
G&L El Toro. Likely the only bass (at the time) that I could use in absolutely any sonic environment and/or genre, and be 1001% happy with the result.
Music Man (pre-EB) Sabre. If I were still playing funk/fusion, that would be the only bass I'd look for.
PRS Bass (1986-90) - I've never owned one, but whenever I got to play them I was baffled once again with the fact that they never became popular. Stunning array of sounds, outstanding build quality.
Gibson Bass IV/V. Thunderbird sonics in a more ergonomic packaging. Sure, the headstock screams '80s, but these basses are a hidden gem if one can get past that detail.
G&L El Toro. Likely the only bass (at the time) that I could use in absolutely any sonic environment and/or genre, and be 1001% happy with the result.
Music Man (pre-EB) Sabre. If I were still playing funk/fusion, that would be the only bass I'd look for.
PRS Bass (1986-90) - I've never owned one, but whenever I got to play them I was baffled once again with the fact that they never became popular. Stunning array of sounds, outstanding build quality.
Gibson Bass IV/V. Thunderbird sonics in a more ergonomic packaging. Sure, the headstock screams '80s, but these basses are a hidden gem if one can get past that detail.
I have it's brother (or sister), the Ibanez Art Core AGB200. Semi hollow, shortscale. Only had it for two weeks, and I LOVE it!
Put some flats on it and it is so nice! Round, warm tone, so nice!
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Although I don't have this one anymore, this Schecter Stiletto Custom 5-er was a fine bass, recorded well and sounded nice live, 2 band active eq helped a bit plus the 35" scale gave the low B more definition.
I own two highly underrated basses.
First - the Fender Telecaster Type I (single coil version), 1968 - 1970. For all intents and purposes a reissue of the '51/'52 Precision, even using new old stock parts on early runs. A thunderous, in-your-face monster.
Second - the G&L L-1000. Not sure why they don't get respect. Plug one of these directly into a good amp and you've got about as solid a bass tone as you could want. I prefer the passive versions but the actives are great if that's your thing.
First - the Fender Telecaster Type I (single coil version), 1968 - 1970. For all intents and purposes a reissue of the '51/'52 Precision, even using new old stock parts on early runs. A thunderous, in-your-face monster.
Second - the G&L L-1000. Not sure why they don't get respect. Plug one of these directly into a good amp and you've got about as solid a bass tone as you could want. I prefer the passive versions but the actives are great if that's your thing.
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I love the old Shergold basses, but pretty hard to find outside the UK.
Quite a few basses are overlooked and deserve a try.
One that comes to mind and is a recent addition to that list for me is this:-
A Traben John Moyer or Chaos bass. Traben is no longer around but these models were their higher quality ones. Sadly they're often overlooked due to how people felt about their other basses, the ones with the huge metal decorative plates for bridges. These basses are not the same as those and sound absolutely terrific. If you love the G&L L2000 or M2000, you may want to at least try one of these basses. Due to the ability of selecting between five choices of which coils to utilize on top of the 3 band EQ, you can honestly cop not only a Stingray or a P bass kind of tone, but a pretty good approximation of a jazz bass by selecting "b", the two outer single coils of each pickup
Here in this video, the player is merely just switching between the various coil options (actually I think he skipped one) without adjusting the EQ settings at all. Very different sounds.
One that comes to mind and is a recent addition to that list for me is this:-
A Traben John Moyer or Chaos bass. Traben is no longer around but these models were their higher quality ones. Sadly they're often overlooked due to how people felt about their other basses, the ones with the huge metal decorative plates for bridges. These basses are not the same as those and sound absolutely terrific. If you love the G&L L2000 or M2000, you may want to at least try one of these basses. Due to the ability of selecting between five choices of which coils to utilize on top of the 3 band EQ, you can honestly cop not only a Stingray or a P bass kind of tone, but a pretty good approximation of a jazz bass by selecting "b", the two outer single coils of each pickup
Here in this video, the player is merely just switching between the various coil options (actually I think he skipped one) without adjusting the EQ settings at all. Very different sounds.
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