3 Bass Limit

[Lovep]

5 String Passive PJ w/ flats (played 80-85% of the time)
5 String Active P w/ rounds (10-15%)
4 String Active P w/ rounds (~1-5%)

I really one need one bass...

 

[grimjim]

My '79 p-bass, fretless warmoth build p-bass and my 5 string p-bass. Did I mention I like p-basses?

 

[Benjamin Earl]

Peavey Cirrus 5 (gigging bass)
Peavey Cirrus 5 (backup gigging bass)
Fender Jazz 4 (for recording)

 

[tbz]

I don’t think I could.

I guess I’d pare down to:

1) Spector forte 6
2) P bass of some sort
3) Stingray or a 4 string NS2. Honestly would have a hard time picking which.

 

[GretschWretch]

2 x 32' scale fretted and 1 x 32" scale fretless. No brand names because they'd be my own builds. (In reality I could get by with 1 fretted and 1 fretless as I don't gig anymore, just at home recording, and for fun with friends or alone.)

I have gotten through only the first four pages of this thread, but no one seems to have brought this up and I want to be certain: you are making two fretted basses with a thirty-two foot scale?

 

[David Wood]

I did this. I moved from 14 basses to 3.
I stuck with a Fender Jazz Professional for about 4 years with no other bass. (Sun Burst)
I recently purchased a Fender Professional II Precision Bass (Dark Night).
I also purchased a Music Man Stingray 5 (Blue with maple neck and gold hardware).

Those are it for a while since I mostly play in blues, country, rock, pop, and funk cover bands here in KC.

 

[Pirate Captain]

P
J
SB-1000

 

[Planespotter]

1) Regular Precision
2) Ric 4003
3) ‘51 style Precision.

 

[juggahnaught]

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

A fretted six, (rounds) a fretless six (flats), and a double bass.

 

[tmvt]

I have gotten through only the first four pages of this thread, but no one seems to have brought this up and I want to be certain: you are making two fretted basses with a thirty-two foot scale?

man that would be sick showing up with a 32 foot scale bass to record or gig with one. You could be booked at conventions and such just to show up and display the thing in person. Could you imagine showing up to namm or a bass convention and there was a 32 foot scale bass in the parking lot on display?

 

[Kael]

5 string fretted P (or P/J), have it.
4 String Fretless J, have it.
Decent upright, have it.

Anyone wanna buy the rest of this crap? I only use those three anyways. lol

 

[Cal03]

I have 4 right now (4-, 5-, and 6-string EBG's, guitar-scale ABG). If I had to keep only 3 of them, I'll give up the 4-string EBG. While I have fond memories of learning bass on it, it doesn't offer much that the other 3 can cover.

Now, if it was my dream 3 and 3 only, it would be a 6-string EBG, a 6-string ABG, and an upright.

-Cal.

 

[JimmyM]

4 string PJ, 5 string PJ, and a Longhorn.

 

[Winton]

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

IF? Man, I AM only allowed 3 basses, lol.

My wife put the cap on that. However, I get away with it by buying pedal after pedal after pedal

 

[Burwabit]

My final 2, never sell are:
- Sadowsky NYC UV PJ5
- Sadowsky Metro Will Lee J4

For the 3 spot, it would be one of these:
- Fender Classic Lacquer 50’s Precision EMG GZR
- Epiphone Jack Casady
- Fender Suhr-era fretless J4 Audere JZ3/Dimarzio Model J
- Rickenbacker 4003

 

[GretschWretch]

I'm going to leave DBs and ABGs out of the discussion, but if an expected delivery tomorrow goes as hoped, I may actually get down to two: matching blue fretted and fretless Daion Savages (a place which even a week ago I never thought I'd be). I have begun to envy the TB posters who talk about "my fretted" or "my fretless." Right now I have to think in terms of "my fretless for this month" or "my fretted for this week."

For the third bass, if I need both a short-scale and a hollow-body, I suppose it would be my Vox Cougar.

 

[Drucifer]

Very tough, now that I have 25 (or so) basses. I will assume you will let me keep my standup and EUB, and my travel bass.

1. 4-string Fender Precision - I'd probably keep my '64 Precision strung with TI flats, and sell the '74 and 2000's 4-strings and the 5-string
2. 5-string Sadowsky Ultra-Vintage Jazz - this is the most flexible bass I own, it can get all the sounds that the Precision doesn't work for.
3. 5-string Fodera Emperor Fretless - I love my Rob Allen and L2000, but this is the fretless I play the most and it can do just about anything, in a pinch it could sit in for a fretted bass to get a different tone.

What I'd miss:
Having a 4-string and 5-string version of different types of basses
Having a cheap but good version of vintage basses to take to bar gigs and on the road.
Basses that are not Precision or Jazz derived, like G&L L2000, Lakland Decade, semi-acoustics, ABG, etc.
Variety in tone and playability and strings and looks

What I wouldn't miss:
Buying new strings
Constant set-ups
Having to store and keep basses and cases
Not being able to spend enough time with each bass to know every nuance

 

[growlypants]

All I need is a 4, a 5, and a fretless.

 

[mini-milli]

I make myself stay at 3 basses because of limited space (I live in an apartment) and limited money. I'm very happy with my 3 right now, which are:

1999 Warwick Streamer Std, which I plan to put jazz pickups in because the stock electronics are pretty blah. This one was my first nice bass and I don't ever intend to part with it. It's unreasonably comfortable to play. I have nickel rounds on it.

1993 Fender P-bass Lyte converted to passive. I like this one because of its smaller, more contoured body and lighter weight but it still sounds like a P-bass. I have chrome flats on this one.

2015 Schecter Stiletto Session 5, swapped with EMG active PJ pickups. I like having a 5 string in the mix, and I figured it might as well be a modern, active one so it fills that role as well. This thing sounds great and is light and comfortable for a 5 string. I have SS rounds on it.

 

[DwaynieAD]

1) Fender Precision
2) Fender Jazz
3) Fender________.

I'd go musicman for 3 but yeah