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Anyone else have a 'type'?
- Thread starter J.Wolf
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Fact checking myself. Disregard. Move along. Nothing to read here. Please don’t kick me off TB.
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My type is: not red. Beyond that it’s no holds barred.
I guess it's finally time to admit that the only basses that stick around long term here are ash body basses. Some of them are heavy norther, some are super light swamp. Honestly, most of the time it's ash/maple, provided that they have a good midrange voice and aren't too scooped. I think for solid body fretted basses, Im really only comfortable with the attack and frequency presentation of ash, when it's done right. I always want to love alder, mahogany etc. as a body wood, but 9/10 it just doesn't quite sit right. 4, 5, 6, J, P, humbuckers, bolt on, neck thru, theyre all just ash. Minus that nice Koa Taylor in the back.
Anyone else find that they gravitate to one type of wood for a body or fingerboard? Besides neck wood, the body and board seem (to my ears) to have most impact on tone. Unless you're one of those that believe 'all woods sound the same and anyways, its all in the fingers', in which case, perhaps this thread may not be for you
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‘I’m way more concerned about the overall qualities of the bass, way more the what wood was used. With regard to your question, I’m totally indifferent.
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I mean, if you can’t be with the one you love… Right?
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in the end I’m not really fixated on the Woods. I just realize that the stuff I tend to like has very consistent themes around those woods. My 5 string is all ash and maple, weighs like 7 lbs and has a gorgeously full midrange. That is NOT how I think of ash maple but it is what it is.
I wouldn't say I have a type, but I do seem to have a lot of P-basses .... 
Untraditional (unless you count Rics as traditional) is DEFINITELY my type!
- Squier Bronco (my first bass)
- 2018 Rickenbacker 4003
- 1974 Rickenbacker Doubleneck (a 450/12 and 4001 fused together)
- 2017 Fender Dimension V HH
- 2015 Cozart 8 String
- 1980s Hohner Fretless B2A (Steinberger Copy)
- Kala U-Bass
- 2022 Serek Lincoln
- Squier CV 70s Jazz Bass (My only real "Traditional" bass)
- Squier Bronco (my first bass)
- 2018 Rickenbacker 4003
- 1974 Rickenbacker Doubleneck (a 450/12 and 4001 fused together)
- 2017 Fender Dimension V HH
- 2015 Cozart 8 String
- 1980s Hohner Fretless B2A (Steinberger Copy)
- Kala U-Bass
- 2022 Serek Lincoln
- Squier CV 70s Jazz Bass (My only real "Traditional" bass)
Nope. I am not a ‘woodist’.I guess it's finally time to admit that the only basses that stick around long term here are ash body basses. Some of them are heavy norther, some are super light swamp. Honestly, most of the time it's ash/maple, provided that they have a good midrange voice and aren't too scooped. I think for solid body fretted basses, Im really only comfortable with the attack and frequency presentation of ash, when it's done right. I always want to love alder, mahogany etc. as a body wood, but 9/10 it just doesn't quite sit right. 4, 5, 6, J, P, humbuckers, bolt on, neck thru, theyre all just ash. Minus that nice Koa Taylor in the back.
Anyone else find that they gravitate to one type of wood for a body or fingerboard? Besides neck wood, the body and board seem (to my ears) to have most impact on tone. Unless you're one of those that believe 'all woods sound the same and anyways, its all in the fingers', in which case, perhaps this thread may not be for you
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Four string Dingwalls. Passive, under 8lb. Blue is nice.
The Dbird is really blue, just having a purple mood shift. Color shifting paint job.
Black works too.
The Dbird is really blue, just having a purple mood shift. Color shifting paint job.
Black works too.
In my bass arsenal there are basses with different body woods...but for some reason I never bonded with a bass that had a wenge neck. Never played one that sounded right to me. Not sure if its the wood itself or maybe it was just these specific basses. I have a feeling I could be proven otherwise with a wenge neck MTD 535 but I never had the chance to check one out.
And yes some of my most favorite basses ever have had ash bodies with maple necks and boards. Great combo!
And yes some of my most favorite basses ever have had ash bodies with maple necks and boards. Great combo!
4st fretless passive with zero fret, side markers only, and 1 pickup....all my players are this type, wood doesn't matter to me except I prefer ebony fingerboard
Except for one I stuck together from left over parts that were laying around(and have no idea what to do with), none have frets.
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I have four alder body bases, 2 rosewood, one maple, and one pow pharaoh fingerboards. I prefer rosewood.
Some will say I am inflexible, and maybe so, but my basses MUST be right handed.
