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3 Bass Limit
- Thread starter LadyLoveStingRay5
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Not 3, but 5.
EBMM Stingray 5 HH
Rickenbacker 4003
G&L LB-100 Tribute (P)
Ibanez Soundgear SR506 (6-string)
Sire MM V5 Fretless
EBMM Stingray 5 HH
Rickenbacker 4003
G&L LB-100 Tribute (P)
Ibanez Soundgear SR506 (6-string)
Sire MM V5 Fretless
Funny this should come up. I had already decided on my three keepers. My SG 650 which IMO out Jazzes a Jazz, my Fender Player P for classic tone and my custom Schecter. for the thunderous pickups and tuning stability. Just added pictures, my go to’s.
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I have my 3: a PJ5 with flats, a PJ5 with stainless and a fretless. Covers everything.
I currently have 3; P, J and AEBG. I’d love to get a double bass again. Honestly P and DB would be enough, but P, J, DB would be a pretty tight stable!
After 50 years playing, and 50+ basses owned, I'm down to three.
2001 50th Anniversary Pbass, with 1972 Jazz neck . 1970 P with added dimarzio jazz PU, with 1966 rosewood Jazz neck
2004 Lakland Skyline JO Jazz. So light and fun to play. 1-piece body. 8 lbs. Lindy Fralin PUs
2001 50th Anniversary Pbass, with 1972 Jazz neck . 1970 P with added dimarzio jazz PU, with 1966 rosewood Jazz neck
2004 Lakland Skyline JO Jazz. So light and fun to play. 1-piece body. 8 lbs. Lindy Fralin PUs
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A P, a J, and a 'Ray. And the 'Ray could be a Sabre but well, that's like finding a rocking horse turd but in the unlikely event, a Sabre.
I changed my mind three times trying to participate in this thread.
I only have 3 now, not looking for more. Now, if my youngest wanted to paint one for me like the older two kids did I'd do another project. Love what I have and feel fortunate to have them with my kids' input.
Fortunately, I'm in a position where I've sold a few basses the last couple of years or so and I'm down to three. These are:
- Yamaha Attitude Ltd2. My No.1 bass, and my go-to bass when I want to rock.
- Squier CV 50s P. Bought as a lightweight backup bass, and a different flavour of "P bass" to the Attitude (and has a tone control that the Attitude doesn't). But it's so much fun to play and looks great that I often play it instead.
- G&L Tribute JB-2. Most recent acquisition. I started having back trouble last year and wanted another light bass, and this popped up in my search. I'd also been wanting a jazz bass for a while for the more pop and party orientated gigs, but one with a chunkier neck. What can I say, I love it.
- Warwick Thumb BO 5 string. My old No.1 bass. Sounded great, but so neck heavy it would leave me in pain after every gig. Sat in a gig bag for years, so reluctantly decided to move it on.
- Warwick Corvette Fretless. very heavy bass and I didn't play fretless enough to justify such a beast.
- Yamaha Attitude Std. Backup to the Attitude Ltd2. I so wanted to love this. Replaced the pickups with Dimarzios and got close to the same sound. But the neck was too different and felt alien.
- Yamaha RBX JM2. Amazing sounding and playing instrument. But a beast of a neck for regular gigs and I'm just not a 6 string bassist. A 4 string version with the MM pickup and same preamp would be perfect.
- No name MM copy. Cheap bass. Played okay but sat under the bed doing nothing. Sold recently to a beginner, so I'm happy it's being used.
I used to think in singsongy, something-old-something-new-etc fashion, like "a P and a J, a Ric and a Ray" so that would be 4, but really you could go P, J, and then anything with 2 decent humbuckers to cover almost anything else needed. Active would help that last one even more.
Right now I have 4 basses but one is for sale, so I guess I'll say my custom short scale (with a P pup), my short scale Tbird, and my Dingwall D-roc. But I also want a Ric again. And a 6-string. Soooo....
Right now I have 4 basses but one is for sale, so I guess I'll say my custom short scale (with a P pup), my short scale Tbird, and my Dingwall D-roc. But I also want a Ric again. And a 6-string. Soooo....
I like the way they look, I like the way they feel, I like the way they sound.
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Dream 3 bass limit:
Lakland fretted 4PJ
Sadowsky fretless 5J
EBMM 4 'ray with roasted neck, 1 pup
Now I just need to look for a sugarmomma
Lakland fretted 4PJ
Sadowsky fretless 5J
EBMM 4 'ray with roasted neck, 1 pup
Now I just need to look for a sugarmomma
Some great responses . I wanted to see how many would go with the same type of bass or would there be variety .
For the the most part I think variety is winning out. But I admire those that find a perfect match and stick with it .
For the the most part I think variety is winning out. But I admire those that find a perfect match and stick with it .
After 45 years of playing Fender basses, I’m still trying to work out the possibilities of the four strings two volume knobs and a tone control on my PB. I have a 5 string for when I need it. No need for a third.
