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Basses with HUGE bottom end

#41
I'm a lover of the bottom end and have to say that there is NO bass I've ever heard or played that can hold a candle to the mighty G&L MFD humbucker pickup.

I love my L-2500. That freakin' bass will (and has) knocked pictures off my walls when I'm cranking the amp.
 
#42
This beast right here....

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Too much low end for me, so it's rarely played any longer.

When I did play it often, I actually cut the low end on the EQ and plucked way back towards the bridge.
 
#45
cassius987 said:
+1 on the Hofner.

I know this is likely to be met with skepticism but in AB tests my Ric always beats whatever my new interest is in the low end department. The only thing that has beat it so far? The aforementioned Hofner bass. I have never had a Fender design come close to either one as far as actually bottom end.
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Yes the violin type basses have very thick and nice lows!
 
#46
Bassflute said:
I think a lot of people mistake 'massive, earth shaking bottom end' for what is really a complete absence of midrange and high frequency response. My MTD Marilyn has all of it, bass, midrange, and treble, right up to 12K and beyond.

My old Bongo, for example, stopped at about 5 K, even with stainless strings...seemed like tons of bottom, but in a band setting actually had about the same amount or LESS of actual bass response, and it was MUCH more difficult to hear because of the lack of midrange and treble, making me have to turn it up louder...
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Hmm...I was gonna say Bongo 5 HH, but I haven't played one with a band, so who knows? I'd say G&L L-2000/2500, and for a four string the G&L SB-2 has tons of low end.

Also, you gotta figure Dingwalls with the uber-long B string and killer electronics must produce massive, clear lows.
 
#48
I've played and owned some with some serious low thump over the years, but the two that first came to mind when I saw this thread title are both relative cheapies from the past 4-5 years.

One is the Squier VM Tele bass with the mudbucker at the neck. Very phat but also (to me) muddy. I only played a couple of them in shops through various amps but I could never get much definition out of them.

Second is an Epi Ripper which I own (but unfortunately have to put up for sale.) It's the second of these I've onwed and I wanted to keep them both. It's really, really heavy on the bottom end. Though it's just a P/J configuration, maybe it's because the placement of the pickups is closer to the neck than they are on typical fenders. I don't know why, but this bass has great bottom but also is articulate and can get punchy and growly.
 
#49
My 92 Kubicki Ex Factor, massive bottom end.Vail johnson gets an amazing tone out of his kubickis. And mine is a post fender kubicki- a "real" kubicki with the 18v preamp, made by phil himself not fcs.... I do like fender,(p and jazz basses of course) but not what they did with the kubickis (switched the 18 volt preamps to 9 volt preamps)
 
#53
Another one for the G&L L2X00.

Also, my Rick Turner Electroline will easily transmit sub-hertz signals from the piezos/preamp. I can wiggle the strings and watch the speakers on my Epifani rig move back and forth. Subsequently, the low end is just massive on that bass. Much like the Rob Allen and NS basses already mentioned. I've seen 2x15 subs cry uncle with that bass.

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