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Lowness

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Hi

I am curious: what is considered to be the best bass?

.....and I am not referring to personal preference for personal circumstance; more, what is objectively considered the best bass (regardless of budget).

Fodera? Sadowsky?

Cheers
 
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Lowness said:
Hi

I am curious: what is considered to be the best bass?

.....and I am not referring to personal preference for personal circumstance; more, what is objectively considered the best bass (regardless of budget).

Fodera? Sadowsky?

Cheers
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That's way too broad a question.
You need either to allow for personal preference or rigidly define what you mean by best or admit there is no answer to the question.
 
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Tanner5382 said:
I'd say overall Fender would be considered to be the "best."
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but not really, because if you're talking about "best" a lot of people would say expensive boutique basses are "best".
"best" is completely subjective when it comes to this type of stuff.

But if by "best" OP means most loved and most popular among players, producers and everyone else, than probably a P bass.
 
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funkymonk13 said:
but not really, because if you're talking about "best" a lot of people would say expensive boutique basses are "best".
"best" is completely subjective when it comes to this type of stuff.

But if by "best" OP means most loved and most popular among players, producers and everyone else, than probably a P bass.
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I'm replying based on the latter. Not that many people out in the real world are even familiar with many boutique brands.
 
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Lowness said:
I am talking about the best tone, best QA, best materials, best options, best playability etc. the package.
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I'm still sticking with Fender as having the most views as being the best. So many people will go with what they know. Think about all the bass players out there in the world. You really think that many people outside of internet forums are aware of these boutique brands? They see Fenders on stage, in interviews, videos, etc. It's practically forced down their throat. So many other musicians and producers and sound men just go nuts about Fenders as well. Now, if you just mean on Talkbass alone, that's a different story. I am answering on what answer I think you would get the most from bass players (and other musicians, producers, etc) as a whole, not just forumites.
 
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The best would be an older bass that was "born" the same day that I was. Had one that was within a month or two, if not weeks, just based on serial number, but it went "missing" from storage (painful story). Maybe like a Carl Thompson or something. They would've been bad arse in the early/mid-eighties so I vote CT from my birthday (even though I'm not a fan of birthday celebrations). There are ways to add value other than expensive wood and electronics. But they certainly help!
 

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