Best bass

[MultiScaleMale]

I would say Sadowsky. It has top notch construction and setup. Simple electronics. And will never look out of place on a stage. Subdued boutique, unless you go for one of the coffee table varieties. If not Sadowsky, then a vintage P bass. Yep, I know all the issues with those.

 

[nerkoids]

Any one that your wife will tolerate.

Hey... where did Nobody go?

Has Nobody seen where Nobody went? :-(

 

[TMARK]

You are probably right...I also had a very hard time adjusting to a single pickup so close to the bridge, it felt like I had to pluck even harder to cut through, which may be the reason. I never had played the HH model but I would guarantee it would be a better fit in all areas, as I am sure that bass has some serious thunder.

The HH is, in my mind, way better than the single H. It is like a Steroidal Jazz bass with both pickups on FULL BLAST, but it can get really aggresive too.

 

[Steve Dallman]

Any one that your wife will tolerate.

I told my girlfriend I wanted to get married. She wouldn't let me.

 

[Lowness]

OP is gone she squeezed six pages out of us and is probably laughing and playing her Stingray.

Still here - just have other things to do for the moment.

 

[Steve Dallman]

I comes down to a subjective, personal choice. For most of us it's "What bass feels, sounds and looks the best for the money I have to spend." Many will save for years to get the bass that fits their needs and wants.

What's the best bass is like saying, "If you're hungry, what's the best food?"

 

[mellowgerman]

The best bass is hands down the one that I'm selling. Link is in my "signature" below

 

[gjbassist]

There should be a way for the mods to block the word "best" from any thread title!!! It is the worst four letter word on TB!

 

[FishDub]

The HH is, in my mind, way better than the single H. It is like a Steroidal Jazz bass with both pickups on FULL BLAST, but it can get really aggresive too.

Let me guess..you had a GAS attack and got rid of it?

 

[Nev375]

I don't think you can get an objective opinion for 2 reasons:

1. People are not objective, no matter how much they delude themselves into thinking they are.

2. No one can afford to obtain all the basses in the world to test in the first place.
(Well, on second thought, there are a few who can, but they are far too busy being rockstars to post their opinion on Talkbass.)

 

[dincz]

I know the answer but I'm not telling.

 

[Lowness]

Can you explain a little more why you're saying they are terrible basses...not that you're opinion really matters but just curious why you would say this...

Heavy, rotund body
Fat clunky neck
Mostly, a single bridge pickup.

= Big, with little tone range.

FYI I play p-bass, so I am generally fine with fatter necks

 

[SirMjac28]

The best bass is hands down the one that I'm selling. Link is in my "signature" below

Best post today

 

[TMARK]

Let me guess..you had a GAS attack and got rid of it?

Sort of the opposite. I wasn't playing it so off it went. I was playing my Jazz and my Tony Franklin fretless for just about everything back then, and decided to sell everything I wasn't using.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

The best bass is the one closet to you that is all setup and ready to go.

 

[rmayer]

I think some of us, Fender folk in particular, would like to think our gear is "best" (I admit I would). But when you get a Sadowsky and Fodera owner in one room each may tell you our Fenders are crap, especially in terms of QC. I might be inclined to believe it, especially because the Sadowsky and Fodera basses are all hand-made and not produced en-masse. Love my Fender, but I would take a Fodera in a heartbeat.

I own both a Fodera and a couple of Sadowskys, and I wouldn't dream of telling anyone their particular bass is crap. That's just elitist and downright rude. Besides, I've owned enough Fenders to open my own Bass Store. Great basses, without Leo we'd all be hauling around bass fiddles. That's why I recently bought a G&L P bass. As for my opinion on the "best" bass, it's my Fodera Elite with Dual Coils. The neck plays like I'm in heaven and I can get just about any sound. Flip the single coil switch and the Alder body w/ Alder tone block sounds almost like an early 60s bass I used to have that was made somewhere in California by some cat named Leo.

 

[rmayer]

The question has no answer. What's the best color?

That's easy...Tortoise.

 

[Bassmann79]

lol...no such thing as "best" but however there is a what is "best" for you individually.

If I made a million dollars making music and touring and used a Fender Jazz/P Bass does that make it the "best" Bass? What if some other guy made $2 million but played a Lakland, Sadowsky etc?

It's the same with musicians, there is no "best" bass player, "best" guitarist..but there certainly are your favorite players etc.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

It is impossible for something to the be the best without getting subjective. Otherwise, why would there be anything else?

 

[BubbaZed]

Practice. Practice. Practice. Become the world's best bass player and that bass you're playing at any given moment -- that's the world's best bass.

I've watched tons of videos on youtube of some incredibly talented players wailing away on $500 dollar production basses and they can make them groove. Makes me feel a little bit overdressed with my Fenders, Musicman and Spector sitting on my guitar rack.

So the conclusion. No such thing as a one-trick bass...just a one-trick bass player.