Active PJ with rounds
Passive P with flats
Short scale hollow body with flats
Passive P with flats
Short scale hollow body with flats
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3 Bass Limit
- Thread starter LadyLoveStingRay5
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Been happy with my three for a long time, so I'd go 2 Stingrays (2EQ EADG and 3EQ BEAD) and the Kala Hutch Hutchison UBass that honestly doesn't see a ton of use but is a fun change up to fiddle around on if I'm in a creative rut. I've thought of a 3rd 'Ray strung tenor ADGC if prices ever allow for a semi-wasteful fun money bass. I'm also not good enough to play a fretless or anything with more strings, so there's that.
Other than a bit of adjustment to mute the lower strings more effectively, I didn't find 5 string to be any harder to play than 4 string.
Yamaha TRB6P
NS Design EU6
A decent carved upright bass
For the record I believe I currently own 9 basses, and only the Yamaha is in my current inventory. These are instruments I worked with when I was still touring, and all three were provided by my organization.
I have been pursuing the NS Design and a decent carved upright. I won an EU6 auction on Ebay, but the seller claimed it was damaged on the way to ship it and refunded my money. I had planned to buy an upright just before covid hit. Not many uprights in my local area, so I need to take some road trips to visit bass houses with a decent inventory.
NS Design EU6
A decent carved upright bass
For the record I believe I currently own 9 basses, and only the Yamaha is in my current inventory. These are instruments I worked with when I was still touring, and all three were provided by my organization.
I have been pursuing the NS Design and a decent carved upright. I won an EU6 auction on Ebay, but the seller claimed it was damaged on the way to ship it and refunded my money. I had planned to buy an upright just before covid hit. Not many uprights in my local area, so I need to take some road trips to visit bass houses with a decent inventory.
Then you are a better, or more patient bassist than I could ever be. Props! (Not hating on 5/6ers, just rather get a whole new bass for those extra notes.)
1. My Rickenbacker 4003
2. My Shergold Custom Double 12/4
3. My Serek Lincoln
With these three I shall conquer THE WORLD!!! Lol
2. My Shergold Custom Double 12/4
3. My Serek Lincoln
With these three I shall conquer THE WORLD!!! Lol
Hmmmm....
1) Sadowsky PJ 5 (versatile, main bass)
2) Fretless (I have an Fbass AC6, but I might go with something with a solid body for a more compressed sound)
3) Fender P
1) Sadowsky PJ 5 (versatile, main bass)
2) Fretless (I have an Fbass AC6, but I might go with something with a solid body for a more compressed sound)
3) Fender P
I'd pick from my present humble basses.
These two...
Yamaha BB415
Squier VM P5
Then I'd have to choose one of the following
Sterling Ray 5 sub
Fender MIM Jazz V
Ibanez ATK305
Fender MIM P-4 (BEAD)
These two...
Yamaha BB415
Squier VM P5
Then I'd have to choose one of the following
Sterling Ray 5 sub
Fender MIM Jazz V
Ibanez ATK305
Fender MIM P-4 (BEAD)
I don't want to live in a world where I can only have 3 basses. 
This really is a deceptive question. You Acquire one bass then you often acquire another that is usually the opposite of your first bass. Opposites attract soon you are going to have a bass with Egyptian
Flu ( going to be a Mummy, bass-icly ) and that is
Your third.
This is where you get mini P and J basses from and no one sells their children.
This is why three is deceptive for they always lead to more.
Flu ( going to be a Mummy, bass-icly ) and that is
Your third.
This is where you get mini P and J basses from and no one sells their children.
This is why three is deceptive for they always lead to more.
Of my 6 electric bass stable, I'd pare it back to:
-4-94 style Carlo
-Wendler Electrocoustic Fretless
-Lowdown Dual-Darkstar Telebass
That pretty well encompasses Modern Active, Passive/classic and Fretless, all with radically different sounds.
The basses left behind would be my much-modded 90's MIM Precision, a T-40, and my Lowdown Jazz bass. This would sadly represent the loss of the classic passive J and P tones and my favorite recording tone -the T-40-, but I'd still be set for virtually any gig.
-4-94 style Carlo
-Wendler Electrocoustic Fretless
-Lowdown Dual-Darkstar Telebass
That pretty well encompasses Modern Active, Passive/classic and Fretless, all with radically different sounds.
The basses left behind would be my much-modded 90's MIM Precision, a T-40, and my Lowdown Jazz bass. This would sadly represent the loss of the classic passive J and P tones and my favorite recording tone -the T-40-, but I'd still be set for virtually any gig.
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I guess for me, my G&L L2500 would get the boot. I like it a lot, but I have 4 basses.
Sadowsky Satin Verdine white, Fender 63AVRI Pbass and Wilcock Mullarkey are my keepers. I haven't really looked at basses in 2-3 years.
Sadowsky Satin Verdine white, Fender 63AVRI Pbass and Wilcock Mullarkey are my keepers. I haven't really looked at basses in 2-3 years.
I’ve been trying to get down to three for a while and I’m feeling like this might the trio to hang onto.
Fender ‘63 AVRI P
Fender Starcaster
Fender Roadworn Jazz converted to fretless
Fender ‘63 AVRI P
Fender Starcaster
Fender Roadworn Jazz converted to fretless
I didn't read every post, but I don't think I saw this before page 9. I'm surprised. The classic "P, J and Ray" Leo trifecta. Covers a lot of ground.
