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Basses you like that everyone else said sucks.

#201
I seem to prefer basses that aren't mainstream...

1) I have 2 Rick 4001's - I remember way back when I was looking for one, I lost count of the number of idiots (including music shop staff) who asked "why don't you want to play a REAL bass?".
2) My Squier VM Jazz - sheesh, Squier gets flak! get real guys - there are bad Squiers, there are good Squiers, and the same is true of Fenders. Mine's a good one...
3)Gibson EB3 - must say, I wasn't a fan myself until I played this one...and it is a one (or maybe two) trick pony, but it does its tricks pretty well!
4)Gretsch 5440 - lots rave about the 5123 medium scale, but the long-scale cousin is rarely mentioned, and is a joy to play.
 
#202
My '65 Rivoli with original mudbucker- low end from hell and output is so hot it rivals my actives and my modded Epi EBO with Di Marzio Model 1 and Hipshot Supertone bridge.

True my Fenders (and ESP Fenders ) are my main go to basses , but I love playing these shortscale monsters .
 
#203
I recorded at a school for a project and the student(s) were telling me how cool my bass was, great tone blah blah blah;one of them played bass. After all those compliments he saw it was an Ibanez and said he didn't like Ibanez. Something about hard to get a good tone on them, necks too thin, etc. I think every time someone thinks Ibanez they think Soundgear(which are not bad basses, just not for everyone) yet somehow they're always impressed by my Roadstar, my ATK, and my AEB. My ATK has earned the compliment, "That's the first Ibanez I've heard that sounds good." I love my Ibanez basses and find it hard that people have such a hard time getting a good tone out of the abundant Soundgears.
 
#205
Ric5 said:
Basses you like that everyone else said sucks.

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Who the HELL hates Rics??!!?:bassist:
 
#207
I played Ibanez Soundgear basses for almost 20 years. I still have my 94' and 95' SR 500's. Most reliable basses I have ever owned too and have been everywhere with me and I am yet to have a problem with either one.

I then switched over to Music Man in 2010. Soon thereafter, I discovered the Bongo. They get lots of hate because of their looks but they play and sound great and I am not too opposed to their looks. They have grown on me. What's funny is people bash them until they play them or hear them live. Then most of those people end up loving them.
 
#208
DEbassist said:
I have a friend who is the manager over the guitar and bass department at our local GC. I just had a Warrior built for me and I brought it in to show him and he said, "to bad you couldn't get a Fender. Thats a REAL bass." I was dumbfounded.

A Warrior getting hate, REALLY?!?
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He's a low-level manager at a failing big-box musical instrument retail chain. That just about sums it up ;)
 
#211
I'd have to add a +1 to the Washburn camp.

Their USA models are serious sleepers, and the Taurus T-24 that I played all through music school was killer as well; I'd actually been missing it lately, so I found another on the classifieds here ;)
 
#213
Carvin...I hear a lot of negativity but I love the lb70. Did not care for the lb76 though. I told someone I wanted to try the jazz style 5 they came out with and two of my colleagues said not to bother because it's a Carvin.
 
#215
Geni758 said:
+100 to that!

The funny thing is that the overall build quality of guitars today is sooooo much better than it was in the 60s and 70s when I was growing up. Back then you HAD to buy a Fender or Gibson or Gretsch or (insert other big name guitar maker here) because everything else was sooooo bad.

I'm still amused when I see a "vintage" piece of crap that was totally unplayable when it was new going for $300+ on ebay. Just because it's old doesn't make it vintage, or valuable.

Pretty much anything that's made today either doesn't suck or can be made playable. You couldn't even make most of the old stuff playable, let alone sound good.

As far as I'm concerned, today's instruments are among the best. Best of all, they're available at every price point. It's a great time to be a musician. :hyper:
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Amen. In those days I would have run over my grandmother to get a bass like my current SX, ESP, or Ibanez SR basses instead of the POS Japanese Kingston I did many a gig with. Dues, man.
 
#216
Rogue Bass guitars are excellent for smashing. You just cut the back of the body 1/8 1/4 inch no more than 4 times or the natural tension will cause it to go way out of tune very quickly. Tune up for the last song and let'r rip tater chip. You def need a soild wall (brick) or floor. Don't set it on fire that will get you thrown in jail and its already been done. Tell'm Kenny sent ya
 
#218
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I was called "comprehensively stupid" by someone on here for buying this 2009 Danelectro Longhorn bass, but I've had it for 3 years now, have flown with it several times, and have done nothing to it since I got it save for a new set of strings and a setup, and it stays in tune like it's made out of steel, the neck never moves, and it sounds like a Danelectro should. So much for Negative Nellie.

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My band's singer hates the bass on the right, a late 60's Realistic violin bass made by Matsumoku. He says, "You hit a note on it, it goes thud, then the note goes away." He's right, of course, but that's why I love it.
 

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