3 Bass Limit

[ThunderV]

Warmoth Jazz type bass (pbass neck dimensions maple fingerboard) Warmoth Z bass Jazz config (Fender mim pbass neck rosewood fingerboard) Warmoth Z bass Jazz config (SX fretless maple fingerboard older fishhook style headstock).......what can I say.......I like what I like. They all have Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders as well.

 

[mini-milli]

If we said no more than three basses, and NONE of them could be Fender/Squier, Music Man, or G&L, I wonder how the curve would look then.

Warwick Streamer Stage I 4 string
Sire v7 fretless 4 string
Dingwall ng3 5 string

 

[BishopHastur]

The first two are easy, cause for them I'mma go with The Mothman, and my ESP LTD B-55 with Hipshot Tremolo bridge. The third is a much harder choice between my Dean EAB, and my Fender Ashbory, which both have selling points.

 

[Willie5String]

If for some reason you were only allowed 3 basses, what would your 3 be and why?

5 strings a J, a P and my 40” scale Knuckle Quake

 

[sxaxsx]

Well I only have two, a J and a P so... I guess if gun to my head I had to buy another id get an upright.

 

[bassbrad]

What would Sam say?

 

[MrLenny1]

Pedulla 5
Stambaugh 5
& Sadowsky 4 once I sell 2 basses.

 

[waynobass]

StingRay 4 with rounds
StingRay 4 with flats
StingRay 5 with rounds

 

[88FenderPJS]

If we said no more than three basses, and NONE of them could be Fender/Squier, Music Man, or G&L, I wonder how the curve would look then.

Then Rickenbacker, Warwick, and Lakland would the ones.

 

[Bass Man Dan]

I've got them. Sandberg Superlight TM5, Sandberg Superlight TT5, Marusczsyk Jake 5P. Those are the only three basses I need.

 

[scubaduba]

These three cover every base.

Sadowsky Modern

Devon Gen 5

LEH Offest

 

[JW56789]

This?
Squier Contemporary Active Precision Bass PH V - Black

Looks interesting

I'm supposing the bridge pickup and tone network is the same as my Cont Act Jazz V. IF that's the case, and the P5 pickup is as good as the soapbar(s) from the Jazz, I'll be thrilled. It's poplar instead of the ash body on the Jazz so it should be lighter and hopefully I'll like the difference in tone if the wood difference prompts one. Although if it had been ash as well, that would have been fine with me. That metal looking pickguard is going over the side real fast.

My Cont Active Jazz V HH (who names these things?) is a favorite by a long way, and hopefully it's incoming brother will be cut from the same cloth. I've enjoyed the VM P5, but I'm just awfully used to active basses. And PJ's (especially on fives) are a longtime favorite.

We'll just have to see.

 

[Dave Siff]

I've been seriously thinking about dropping down to 3:
-Fender Jazz 5
-Reverend Rumblefish 4
-Roscoe fretless 5 (E-C)

 

[Rip Van Dan]

If for some reason you were only allowed 3 basses, what would your 3 be and why?

Since I only have 2 now, that means I get one more! I'd keep my '82 Jazz with the maple neck of course, but I would replace my 5-string with a Dingwall Leland Sklar signature model in Blue. And then I think I'd add a Hofner 500/1 violin bass...just because ... I think it would be a kick to pull out to play for the Beatles songs, especially some of the old ones. The other two should hold down the fort just fine, but would be fun to pull this guy out for some songs. Of course that short scale may mess me up but I'd give it a go.

So bass #1:

bass #2:

Bass #3:

 

[marchone]

 

[GIBrat51]

OK... same answer I trot out, every time one of these "If you could only have...." threads show up on TB:
I would have NONE. Not any; zero, zip, nada. I'm not a musician; somebody who is driven to make music, first, last, and always. I'm just a Biker - who likes to play bass. Although I learned to play way back in 1968, I learned on a high school friend's bass (a lefty, '68 Rick 4001) because he wanted me to share the experience with him. And, although I played other peoples basses after that, I didn't own one until 1988. I have all the ones I have, because I just... like them. And, since I moved from Las Vegas to northern Indiana 18 months ago, I can't ride year 'round any more; so, playing bass is something to do in the winter, when the snow's up to my belly button and my Harley is languishing in the garage, with it's gas tank full of fuel preservative and it's battery attached to a Battery Tender... Basses are just something to fill the time when I can't/don't ride for some reason. Which is what I'd much rather be doing... Musicians play; Bikers ride. I'm a Biker...
But, I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, so... in the spirit of the thread; if I could only keep 3 out of... way too many? I suppose it would be these;
- '73 Rick 4001;
- '78 Fender P-Bass (my first bass); and,
- '13 Gibson Thunderbird.
Now, you'll have to excuse me; I feel a need to go to the garage; start my Harley; and sit on it for a while - garage door open, of course...

 

[Jazzdogg]

If for some reason you were only allowed 3 basses, what would your 3 be and why?

1. Double bass
2. Fretless P
3. Fretted 5

Because they are the top three among the "dozen" basses I currently own, and they have proven themselves gig-worthy over the past 50-odd years.

 

[CPplaysBASS]

I've burned through exactly 51 basses since my first bass in 2005, and have owned 9 at one time. Through it all, I kept coming back to Fender Precisions so I'm determined to keep it to my current arsenal and just play the hell out of them:
1) Fender MIA P, roundwounds, tuned standard
2) Fender MIA P, roundwounds, tuned Eb
3) Fender MIA P, flatwounds, standard tuning

I have to admit my playing has improved immensely since I stopped blaming my instruments for my shortcomings, and focused on consistent practice with what I have

 

[Benko]

Ok I'll play :

1. 4 string passive : EBMM Caprice
2. 5 strings active composite neck workhorse : G.Gould GGi5
3. 5 Strings-good-all-around-and-looks-amazing : EBMM Stingray Special 5H in Amethyst Sparkle

 

[factory presets]

I'm happy with an active 5-string, a Precision with flats, and a fretless

That's how you do it. All the bases covered.