Basses that command authority on stage

[blondmix3]

Marty Bell?

Yeppers!

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Even the coolest bass, poorly played, will fail to do much of anything.

 

[JohnnyB53]

I wouldn't say it commands authority but my G&L ASAT drew a mixed response last gig( first with it) lots of sounds great did you get it custom made, a guitar body with a bass neck??
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the bass player from the other band we played with was drooling all over her through.

This sort of matches my experience when I play the ASAT semihollow fretless. Clear orange with ebony board and matching headstock combined with a distinctive MASSIVE tone. I get comments, especially from other musicians.

A little less visual, but even more tonally captivating, is the L-1505. This one evokes positive comments too.

 

[5StringBlues]

THE MOTHMAN DOES NOT COMMAND AUTHORITY! IT RIPS IT FROM YOUR CHEST AS SOON AS THE FIRST NOTE IS PLAYED!

 

[DERECOLA]

WINNER

Nothing commands authority like this bass.

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[OmnitzGarima]

Not so fast........



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WHOA! Oh, man, I want one of those! B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

THE MOTHMAN DOES NOT COMMAND AUTHORITY! IT RIPS IT FROM YOUR CHEST AS SOON AS THE FIRST NOTE IS PLAYED!

It is rather insistent, isn't it?

 

[Reaper Man]

tone is in the fingers!!!!






























err, I mean

 

[phillipkregg]

Somebody here on TB owns a jazz bass with boobs all over it.

Can't post pics of it here, but I'm sure it gets lots of attention on stage.

 

[Alex E]

I had a P bass and I don't remember anyone saying nice bass. The nerve.

I get lots of compliments on my Fireglo Ric and my Hofner. Just about every gig.

They are much more unusual then the king Fenders.

 

[darkstorm]

In the right hands, any bass commands authoirity onstage. In the wrong hands any bass can just bring laughter and thinning audiance. Lol. But for one of the most authoritive basses around, theres plenty, I'll nominate J Turners costom doublenck mosntrousity, lovely monstrocity at that. Lol.

 

[pie_man_25]

Even the coolest bass, poorly played, will fail to do much of anything.

good point, but you must admit that these are some pretty eye-catching basses!

 

[bassist4dalord]

i think vin's bass wins, but my newest acquisition is pretty commanding:

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for a short scale bass built out of masonite and the cheapest parts imaginable.

I've played one of those in a local guitar store, and I actually REALLY liked the tone of it. Like a lot!

 

[interp]

Munjibunga said it all without saying a word.

 

[GreggBummer]

Oh my... that is a work of art.

 

[BASSATTACK]

This would look staggeringly beautiful on a double stand with the baby blue Sadowsky P bass on TB classifieds!

 

[jedw]

Rics

Everybody who has heard one before goes "Hey! its a Ric"

Everybody who hasn't heard one before goes "**** what WAS that!"

 

[Achtane]

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[OPBASSMAN1994]

it was only a matter of time:

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT HAS SHE DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????

 

[DuckVanMojo]

While I generally agree that it's the bass player that commands authority on stage and not the bass itself, I do have three words for you my friend...

Fur.
Covered.
Bass.