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Best bass
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Of course you are. When you disagreed with someone's assertion that stingrays are the best, you demonstrated that the question has no objective answer that is not opinion based.
Huh, again? You asked me about colour.
Wrt the Stingray, making a statement or disagreeing with someone doesn't mean I am not being objective.
Given a statement is how we start a conversation, you are inferring there are not objective statements in the world.
"What's the best______?" has no objective answer. What's the best shoe? What's the best brand of coffee? What's the best bass? It's a matter of opinion.
Opinions are subjective. Definitions of words are objective.
The best bass is mine. You can't have it.
Smooth_bass88
vaxx!
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What's the best bass in the world?
What's the best computer in the world?
What's the best smartphone in the world?
What's the best car in the world?
What's the best beer in the world?
You cannot simply answer these questions. Because there is no answer!!
What's the best computer in the world?
What's the best smartphone in the world?
What's the best car in the world?
What's the best beer in the world?
You cannot simply answer these questions. Because there is no answer!!
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Everybody has their own opinion as to what is the best. I think Fender is the most well known because they have been around for a long time and over the years did a good job of marketing. I have never had a Fender that I didn't like. However, I recently acquired a custom made M Basses Precision that is easily the best sounding and best playing P Bass I have ever owned. My Alembics are great as well but I usually play my MIA Jazz and my M Basses Precision.
Go out and buy a bass that you anticipate will be the last one you will ever have or need. If it's very pricey, save for it or put it on layaway. Get into debt over it. This last bass, this best bass, will be the house that you buy, the husband you marry. You very well might know what the best bass is by now. Dedicate yourself to it.
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More importantly, does the best bass have a input jack?
Sheesh.
Moonshine
Sheesh.
Moonshine
The best one is the one I love & play. To hell with all the rest.
This.
The OP may as well have asked which is the best girl/guy for me... Only the 2 involved can decide. In both cases, feel and listen to your options, then decide.
I like something curvy and sweet sounding, with a bit of bite. Spector basses fit the bill. Ladies... The search continues....
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More importantly, does the best bass have a input jack?
Sheesh.
Moonshine
You mean output jack.
Your question, as many others have pointed out, has no answer the way you have asked it. "Best", by definition, is subjective. There literally is no objective answer to the question "which one is best".
Now, if you were to ask, "Which bass with a 34" scale length and 19mm string spacing has a 4 db boost at around 250 Hz and an open A string sustain of no less than 12 seconds before a 12 db decay?", someone might be able to give you an objective answer to that question. All those things can be objectively measured.
The question you asked could only, at best, have a general consensus. Even then, what do you call a general consensus? More than half? The greatest percentage of the general population? The greatest percentage of musicians? Bass players only? Sound engineers?
Now, if you're actually looking for information to aid you in making a decision on a bass to check out / purchase, I would ask more specific questions. For example, "What scale length do you prefer in your bass and why?" "Why would I choose active electronics over passive or vice versa?" "What are the pros / cons to a neck-through design?"
Then figure out what's "best" for you and find something to match.
If you're asking the question just to ask a question or to purposely incite contention, I would just say, "Stop it. Do something constructive instead."
