Best bass for disco?

Probably MM.

 

P-Bass admins you can close this thread now.

 

P bass with flats will nail disco tones.

 

Ric. Definitely Ric.

 

Didn’t most of the disco guys use a jazz bass? I don’t know, honestly.

 

Look at post #3...

 

I’d say a vast majority did.

 

Music Man or jazz all the way.

 

Jazz bass. White finish. Rosewood board.

 

My Janice Marie Johnson thang says “Jazz”. But my Verdine White / Earth, Wind, and Fire fetish says “P/J”. And my Gap Band admiration says “Precision”.

Anyone want to cast the I Ching for an answer?

 

A lot of people conflate funk and disco. A lot of what I would call pure disco like Diana Ross “Love Hangover” or Hughes Corporation “Rock the Boat” as pure disco played on P-Basses. Later groups like Chic and Change went to active basses.

 

Its in the fingers, the bass doesnt matter all that much.

 

70s jazz with stainless rounds

Stingray classic or vintage with flats

 

Keyboard.

 

Well IMO the best all-round disco basslines were played by Maurice Gibb on his trusty Ric 4001, and Bernard Edwards on his MM stingray {although Everybody Dance sounds a bit like a jazz bass} but IMO the best SOUNDING bass for disco is ….

The P bass

{no surprises there}

 

close enough...

 

whatever you have ...

this is stupid as shag

 

For classic disco, it needs to be a J style bass, or a music man

The P bass is great at a lot of things, disco however is not one of them

 

WWDDDP?

What Would Donald Duck Dunn Play?