if I had to choose it would be a Epi Thunderbird. Preferably the white one the bassist from the Silversun Pickups used for the song "panic switch".
what about you guys.
what about you guys.
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best sounding bass you've ever heard.
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The korina/maple 5 string Simo made
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Also one of the most beautiful basses i've ever seen...
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Also one of the most beautiful basses i've ever seen...
Impossible to say just one given the variety but...
Loved Randy Jackson's tone back in the 80s - Peavey signature RJ4 I think I read - P/J config, active - smooth clear mids but with a nice top end when he popped it. Mark Adams' tone from that time as well - totally unique. I've not heard those tones before or since. On the fretless side any typical thick creamy mwah is amazing in context.
Loved Randy Jackson's tone back in the 80s - Peavey signature RJ4 I think I read - P/J config, active - smooth clear mids but with a nice top end when he popped it. Mark Adams' tone from that time as well - totally unique. I've not heard those tones before or since. On the fretless side any typical thick creamy mwah is amazing in context.
interesting pup configuration. Not used to seeing them with a humbucker neck pup and a single coil at the bridge.
I haven't heard any boutique basses, however, the best sounding bass I've heard was a Music Man Stingray as played by Pat Seals of Flyleaf.
The sheer amount of bass in the mix at that concert blew me away, and the incredible sound of the Stingray made it that much better.
The sheer amount of bass in the mix at that concert blew me away, and the incredible sound of the Stingray made it that much better.
Earlier today I played a Fender CS '62 Jazz with a badassII bridge and flatwounds, and I thought it had the best tone I had ever experienced from a bass in my hands.
I think we need to make a clear distinction here between bass and tone. I would love to say Justin Chancellor's Wal is the best bass I've ever heard, but there's so many other variables in Chancellor's tone - signal processing, amp coloration, the studio/stage mix - that I just can't commit to that. Personally, I think the only viable candidates for this are the basses we've held in our hands and played, since any recording or live show is going to have other things coloring the bass other than just the onboard electronics.
Bearing that in mind, the best sounding bass I've ever heard (IMO, in person) has to be my Uno 5 string.
Bearing that in mind, the best sounding bass I've ever heard (IMO, in person) has to be my Uno 5 string.
So far it's been this one Fender MIA P bass I played at GC with a maple fingerboard. But there's a lot of basses out there left to try 
Gibson EB0 I used to play in this guitarist's basement- short scale, ancient filthy roundwounds, fattest tone on the planet- Likely late 60s or early 70s. When I asked him about a year later to sell it to me, he shamefully admitted to having gotten $200.00 in trade from a GC style store the previous month!
my own 79 Ray thru my 78 Bassman 135 both dimed!
Sorry to be so self-conglatulatory, but it took me nearly 20 years to find this sound and people do often ask me at gigs how do I get that great sound.
Sorry to be so self-conglatulatory, but it took me nearly 20 years to find this sound and people do often ask me at gigs how do I get that great sound.
