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Best Bass for Bar Fights?
- Thread starter Jamvan
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In the end, there can be only one.
is it...is it made from bloodwood?
Assuming that the question was either humorous, or, at worst, regarding self defense, then IMO you are already pretty well equipped. Something heavy and inexpensive will fill the bill nicely; but lots of good pictures of possibles here, too. Personally, I don't plan on using my 450B Kramer or '78 P-bass as a weapon any time soon. They're leftys, and too d@*#d hard to replace! I have an old Kramer aluminum neck you could borrow, though.. 
When I bought my 65 Jazz bass one of the selling pints was " it's a good bass for a bar fight"
Things have changed over the decades.
Things have changed over the decades.
Guys, high mass is fine for a purely defensive game, but force = mass x acceleration. To clear a stage, you need something solid, but compact enough to easily accelerate. You can even keep it in a holster until it's time to Stand Your Ground.
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I was going to reminisce about my 1978 natural ash P and joke about it not only being a good ball bat, but also a decent canoe paddle...
But truth is, a Kramer Duke (I owned one of them for a while too) would probably actually make a pretty sturdy and maneuverable melee implement.
B.C. Rich's generally have good pointy ends that are useful in poking attackers in the eye socket.
The answer is ALWAYS a Fender P Bass strung with flats.....
Sure! --It's like a Mace on one end, poke, slash, all that, and then if you hold it one the Peghead side of the fret board, swing it like a Bat.
This is SO wrong.
Save your bass.
Many years ago I had us booked into a seedy bar
and the guitard, (who hadn't played a lot of gigs out)
asked me what to do if things got out of hand.
I just pointed to the 50s era Atlas mike stands
and told him that a spirited application of the
cast iron base plate to the face should adjust most any
unruly attitude.
Didn't have to go there, but he felt much more confident
after that and seemed to understand that I had indeed
been around a bit.
Save your bass.
Many years ago I had us booked into a seedy bar
and the guitard, (who hadn't played a lot of gigs out)
asked me what to do if things got out of hand.
I just pointed to the 50s era Atlas mike stands
and told him that a spirited application of the
cast iron base plate to the face should adjust most any
unruly attitude.
Didn't have to go there, but he felt much more confident
after that and seemed to understand that I had indeed
been around a bit.
Your post reminds me of a Dee Dee Ramone pro tip for singing whilst playing: always plant a grounding foot on the mic stand base, lest exuberant audience members bump the mic stand and unwittingly knock your teeth out.
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My first bass was a 1973 P bass that I won in a poker game in 1979. It was beat up some, but built like a brick - looked like an ash body, strong maple neck and board, and a feel to the neck joint that was integrity plus. I always thought that axe could put a hurt on someone, then return to groovin', without missing a beat.
