Are you a one bass for all guy or...?

[Steadfast]

I have played one saxophone with the same mouthpiece since 1982. It kind of follows that I would do the same on bass....

I have 2 basses---but I only play one.

I had many saxes prior to the one I got in 1982--but it was "it."

I feel the same about my Bongo or "Mongrel" bass as some call it.

 

[MojoPenguin]

I own multiple basses. And I do have a favorite plus a couple of runners up.

That

 

[Thom Smith]

Sorry, what's "Caroot" mean? Carrot, I don't know either. I haven't been in a discussion group since listserv TBL in the '90's.

 

[socialleper]

My band has two different tunings, so to even play a show I need two basses.
I have different basses because I like different tones for different things. IMO one bass can't do it all.
I don't care what Jaco, Jamerson, or any other bass player did. They aren't me, they have nothing to do with my situation.

 

[beatnut]

I only have my MIM P - tell a lie, I also have a Squier Bronco I bought on a whim. It makes me nervous not having a spare, but then I think about upright players, brass and woodwind players. Piano players, generally speaking, don't even perform with the instruments they own.

I'd like to buy a Lakland when I grow up, though.

 

[el murdoque]

How do you call those people that use one bass for everything but have several of those?
I have three main players and pick whatever i like for the day.

 

[gregmon79]

I use different basses for different things. My ATK300 is my main band bass. If I were in a blues band, I'd probably use my P or P/J. It depends, but most times, as far as bands are concerned, I use the ATK. Unless its a more "universal" type of genre, then I'd use a P or P/J.

 

[GnarwhalNick]

I used to, until I got a Jaguar last summer. There are songs my P Bass is better for in terms of tone and playing style, and for others my Jag is the one. I used to want to have more than one for songs that required different tunings but now that I have a polytune pedal that's not an issue anymore

 

[Spidey2112]

I spread the love, equally... the Highway One is getting a lot of attention right now, though... after a proper setup, it's just as much a pleasure to play as the others... also looking forward to finishing the Saga MB-10 (Stingray Classic 5), so I can give the 5-string thingy a whirl. Take care, Felk!

 

[Spidey2112]

I only have one bass. Part of that is a choice I make in order to be as practical as I can and that one bass can do 99% of what I need it to either by changing strings or using different outboard pres. The other half of that is that I can't justify or afford having a bass that is good for just a few things right now. Would I like to have an EB-0, MTD, 5 string jazz, hollowbody and Stingray? Sure! I just don't have the time to worry about dialing in a new sound and chances are more than good I'd wind up right back at my P bass. At this point, I've either owned or had extensive time with anything else I'd care about owning and am less interested in having "more", than I am interested in having what's right for me. I've often strayed and am still tempted to go on vast departures of what has proven to work for me, but past experience tells me it's often a fruitless venture. I guess I'm just that way.

Not a bad way to be, either...

 

[RickyWoo]

4003 works pretty good for everything I want to do.

 

[Humberto Silva]

I have 3 basses. One PJ, one Jazz and one 5 strings.

I use a Ibanez BTB 555, (Maple, Mahogany, Rosewood) wich has a warmer tone in my acoustic pop band (cello, percussion, classical guitar) and I use my sire v7 (ash/maple) wich has more crisp tone and sounds better with the pick in my punk metal covers band

 

[40Hz]

I tend to use only one bass per show, but I do like a little variety so I'll rotate them in and out occasionally.

This.

I think I can count on two hands the total number of times I played two different basses during a live performance. And those times I did play two, the second was almost always either a fretless or a Höfner. (Can't get either one of those sounds any other way.)

 

[SquareWaveSymph]

I don't really have a #1 and I use all of my basses for any kind of song/music.

 

[Crash 56]

I have several, that seem to rotate in every couple weeks... Lull M5 most of the time or perhaps the G&L M2500 for a smoother sound, or the Jazz bass for more traditional sound... I guess I better sell my F bass BN6, it's not getting much action any more..

 

[30calbass]

I play up to fore. If I'm playing a song that sounds better with this bass then that's it . I have a american deluxe p/h with rounds and a american standard p with flats for another sound. My tobis dose good for some songs, while my peavey for other songs. So with me the song I'm playing makes the decision.

 

[Brian Silcock]

I play just one bass at a time.
I understand if you need a 5 or 6 string, fretless or different tunings depending on the band/music situation to have a second or twentieth bass. *I try to avoid these drool

What I do find interesting is that more players choose one bass to preform live with
Although ask 'What pickup(s) should I buy?' and we all chime in with 'What type of music are you going to play? Classic Rock then you have to have brand X for pickups.'

This is a great topic and thanks to all that posted. It has woken a few more brain cells

 

[MoeTown1986]

I currently have 7 basses. I use two 5 string jazzes in my top 40 cover band. I use 2 P's in my country original/cover band. And p's, jazzes, or my thunderchief for acoustic gigs. My stingray is currently my only bass that gets no play out.

 

[Cat-A-Tonic]

One acoustic upright bass, one electric bass.

This feels like enough.

 

[Cosmo Dalton]

I used to keep a few different basses in various tunings but then got a V string Jazz and ended up getting rid of the other basses. As of right now 1 bass to rule them all. However, I heard a guy playing a P with Tapes the other day and can't unhear it. Might need to start pricing P's.