Basses with that "Hi-Fi" sound

[thisSNsucks]

Ken Smith's and Peavey Cirruses.

These. A Sadowsky Modern is pretty hifi IMO too.

 

[GBassNorth]

Here's a great youtube clip of three hifi bassists on stage together. Stanley with his Alembic, Marcus with his Fender and Victor with his Fodera. All side by side. Of course their playing styles are very different but it gives you a feel for how hifi each bass can sound and how much sonic flexibility the bass can have even with only 4 strings!
Great video, enjoy.

 

[pjmuck]

See...subjective. My 1978 Ray don't growl...it snaps and bites. The only EBMM I owned was the 20th Anni Ray. No growls there.

When StingRays first came out, it and Alembics were the epitome of Hi Fi. Again, my opinion.

great minds...

 

[nostatic]

soapbar pickups

To my ear, this is the one constant between most/all the various "hi-fi" mentions.

 

[bassbenj]

Here's a great youtube clip of three hifi bassists on stage together. Stanley with his Alembic, Marcus with his Fender and Victor with his Fodera. All side by side. Of course their playing styles are very different but it gives you a feel for how hifi each bass can sound and how much sonic flexibility the bass can have even with only 4 strings!
Great video, enjoy.

Wow, what a great clip. And educational as to Hifi sound too!

Of course, to me a Marcus Fender is like about as hi-fi as Fenders can get and going slap-style pushes that to the limit too.

Hey, I guess if S, M & V only needed 4 strings, it's time to sell all my basses and see if I can find a vintage Fender 4 string like I played years ago. But yeah, smart comments aside, I WAS amazed at what these guys can do with just 4 strings. Personally, I would never have attempted it with just a 4.

 

[LaklandBass]

I just saw Vic play in my area a couple weeks ago. Simply amazing what he can do on a 4 banger.