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Best bass thing you ever bought?
- Thread starter jfh2424
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For me sizing down my rig to an LM3 and using a clip on tuner...making the load in/load out easier is the best thing I've done in decades.
In general:
Zoom H2 recorder.
Easy to use and great sound quality for recording practices or gigs.
Specifically bass related:
2010 4003. Best bass I've ever played.
Zoom H2 recorder.
Easy to use and great sound quality for recording practices or gigs.
Specifically bass related:
2010 4003. Best bass I've ever played.
Gotta be my Peavey Fury bass...a p bass clone from the early 90s. Looks new still and was only 150 bucks.
OK. Totally neckdive prone, completely unconforming LOVE IT.
(My first bass was same shape, fire engine red w/ white binding, a no-name Japanese copy from the mid 60s. Wish I still had it.)
Alembic F2B. Looks like its been through a lot (older red knob/blue case....) but it makes everything sound so good.....gert lush, as they say in these parts.
I suppose my Alembic SF-2 probably qualifies as the Best Bass Thing I Ever Bought ...partially because it is such an incredibly powerful processor that makes any bass I've ever put through it sound UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME!!!!
...but also because I got it for $99.
:::gloat:::
I bought a 1977 Ibanez Black Eagle for $150 back in 1997. It was, and still is, in great shape. In fact the crazy headstock in unbroken, which I have heard is rare. While the mahagony weighs on the neck after a long show, it sounds so sweet! It's my baby.
Other than basses themselves, I'm going to say it's my Zoom B3. It's got great amp sims, DI, bass pre's, effects, excellent tuner, SansAmp sim, etc. No matter what amp I'm playing through, the Zoom B3 makes it better sounding - every time. I'd still say the B3 even over the GK MB500 I got this weekend - which is no doubt the 2nd best bass thing I ever purchased just for the excellent tone & putting an end to lugging the stupid-heavy rack rig around. It's 3.75lbs of awesomeness that packs an insane amount of wallop. The two coupled together = 
Must say the sansamp Bass driver is the best purchase i have made
My p-Bass sounds abit to Pale without some dirt and tube warmth, Its very responsive to how i play.
My p-Bass sounds abit to Pale without some dirt and tube warmth, Its very responsive to how i play.
The best bass related thing i bought?
Mmmmh, I think it's my internet connection.
The reasons:
1. forums like this, with tons of information and help from other users
2. Youtube clips with tutorials for playing techniques. 35 years ago, when I first learned the bass, there was nothing, not even tutorial vhs cassettes. If you wanted to learn how to slap for example you had to look for a teacher - but no money as a 14 yo = no teacher.
Today, I can watch all those tutorials or concert clips and can see exactly how all those experts make the sound. Brillant.
Since I restarted playing the bass, after 20 years of playing guitar, I learned more in 1 year than in the years between 14 and 28.
So, to me it's the internet connection.
And in real stuff, it's the computer, too:
- guitar rig, drum machines, cubase, everything you can imagine for rehearsal.
Perfect.
Ah, and the second is the ZOOM B2, because it's easier to use this small box than using the computer.
Greetz
Mmmmh, I think it's my internet connection.
The reasons:
1. forums like this, with tons of information and help from other users
2. Youtube clips with tutorials for playing techniques. 35 years ago, when I first learned the bass, there was nothing, not even tutorial vhs cassettes. If you wanted to learn how to slap for example you had to look for a teacher - but no money as a 14 yo = no teacher.
Today, I can watch all those tutorials or concert clips and can see exactly how all those experts make the sound. Brillant.
Since I restarted playing the bass, after 20 years of playing guitar, I learned more in 1 year than in the years between 14 and 28.
So, to me it's the internet connection.
And in real stuff, it's the computer, too:
- guitar rig, drum machines, cubase, everything you can imagine for rehearsal.
Perfect.
Ah, and the second is the ZOOM B2, because it's easier to use this small box than using the computer.
Greetz
1976 P-bass (that came with a 40 watt Crate practice amp). I paid $250 for the bass and amp, and sold the amp for $60, bringing the grand total for the '76 a whopping $190.
Best bass-thing I ever bought is also the worst bass-thing I ever sold: (That is, the worse sale I ever made, and will forever regret): 1986 Fodera Monarch, Purpleheart topwood, gold hardware, Kahler Whammy Bar (yeah, would fore-go that today), EMG pups (would also go with another pup arrangement). But oh...to have that bass back. Wish I knew the S/N, I would pursue it endlessly, like some crazed madman chasing a white whale.
So best thing purchased: Fodera.
"More realistic" bass thing purchased: Tascam Bass Trainer. It's the boobies.
So best thing purchased: Fodera.
"More realistic" bass thing purchased: Tascam Bass Trainer. It's the boobies.
