I’ll use my ‘69 P and ‘71 Ibanez EB3 for recording, but this one goes to almost every gig.
2019 Fender Player Precision with flats.
2019 Fender Player Precision with flats.
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#1 basses (Let's see 'em) [Poll]
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disproportionately gets the most play…
disproportionately gets the most play…
#1, by a long shot. 2004 USA Glaub, with 8 or 9 year old Labella flats.
I have 6 basses and this 1995 Music Man SR5 is my #1.
If I want to dress up, I can still wear beat up jeans, a black shirt, and use this bass.
I own 7 4-string basses. Some 30" scale, some 34". The one that I can always instantly get my tone on is a Gibson SG. It's light, comfortable and fun to play.
At the moment, this is:
Ask me again in August, when I get my Dingwall Z3 6.
Ask me again in August, when I get my Dingwall Z3 6.
i have one that i call my "main" or my "#1"....
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...but i have another (almost the same), and the two are so close they're interchangeable if they have the same string set.
i also have a "variety" = and they're my #1/main when i'm playing them, so: i'm not sure how to rate my own axes any more!i prefer PJs or two-pickup axes but my P-basses are so much fun that i'd say they're all cut out for the same "application" (in my world).
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TL;DR --- maybe i do, maybe i don't!
Beautiful stable JRA!
Nothing special, just a Standard MIM P with tapewounds. It just plays great.
Currently my #1 bass is really two basses. An American Performer P/J and a Player Series Jazz. Then my back up bass to those two basses is a 2019 Player Precision with a FCS '62 P pup.I'm curious... how many TBers have a #1 bass? Or are you like me and you have a variety of basses that are each #1 for their specified application?
Either way, we all love bass pics. Let's see those #1 basses!
I have three basses - Fender Tony Franklin Fretless, Spector Bantam 5 and Fender USA Geddy Lee Jazz. Geddy gets most of the playing time.
This is my #1 for the past 5 years. (Wow. Hard to believe it's been that long.)
NBD!!!!! A Hammersmith 5 string in the wild! (Full review....finally)
Unless someone knows me, and requests one of my other basses, this one usually gets the gig.
NBD!!!!! A Hammersmith 5 string in the wild! (Full review....finally)
Unless someone knows me, and requests one of my other basses, this one usually gets the gig.
Not a straight forward answer. My number 1 was a Tele bass from 1970 until the early 80's. Then I got a '77 Jazz that became my number one. The Jazz stayed number 1 until I went to a Hamer fretless around
1998. I did eventually go back to the 77 Jazz but started building fretless jazz basses until I put together an Aerodyne fretless which became numero uno, what a great bass! That is until I went EUB a few months ago.
1998. I did eventually go back to the 77 Jazz but started building fretless jazz basses until I put together an Aerodyne fretless which became numero uno, what a great bass! That is until I went EUB a few months ago.
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- Decendant from the Clovis culture. "Emitting that wonderful bass effect since 1970".
My 2007 Highway One Jazz Bass. ( I also have a Candy Apple Red P Bass and a StingRay that run a close 2nd.)
The lack of pickguard is less an homage to Jaco, and more of an effort to annoy a former band mate.
The lack of pickguard is less an homage to Jaco, and more of an effort to annoy a former band mate.
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