Choice of a new bass

Are you interested in something you may not have, such as a fretless, or maybe a
five or six string bass? I'm presuming from your public profile that your basses are standard four stringers. I'd consider something that fits a particular specialty such as a fretless, or multi string, and maybe even a short scale or semi hollow body bass just to add a different flavor to one's tone arsenal.

 

-fretless
-5-string (or more, but almost every one i've ever seen is active)
-hollowbody (my personal choice, the ibanez artcores are very nice for under $500, and you can always get a weird off-brand from the 60s)
-or get a nice amp
-have you considered trying upright? used engelhardt + setup should work out to only a little over $1000...or a year's rental of a nicer bass for about $6-800

 

A Thunderbird is quite unlike what you have. Just a thought.

 

IME most bass humbuckers sound better with a good onboard pre.

You could always get something with a bypassable pre like a G&L L2000 or L2500.

Another option would be to get a good platform and modify it to your tastes (Skyline XX-01, XX-02, MTD Kingston etc.)

 

Dingwall AB I 5str

 

Find a G&L bass with MFD humbucker(s); an L-2000, or better yet, find an old L-1000 on eBay or something.

Lowbrow

 

When I was younger (alot) I bought a clear blue L-1000 off of a friend for a hundred dollars. I ripped out the frets, and my band played Muscle of Love with it. Grrrr. My buddy straightened out his life a while later and needed it back. I sold it to him for a hundred dollars. I'm still sad. Later he thanked me for defacing his bass. What a bass!
Sorry OT.

Buy a fretless. Just do it.

 

Buy it now!

http://cgi.ebay.com/G-L-L1000-Fretless-Bass-Built-in-1985_W0QQitemZ130183225911QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

I don't understand. You have the standards, so you want something new and different. THIS I can understand, I mean, why not, you already have the standards.

So you carefully limit yourself to standard! No ERB, no active, no hollow or semi-hollow, no fretless. So it has to be new and different, provided it's not different so it's not new. Man, those are tough requirements.

Tell you what. Take a trip to GC, play their stuff (they cater to people without a lot to spend looking for pretty ordinary stuff) and pick something affordable and ordinary. Knock yourself out. Don't worry, they don't carry many 6-strings, or fretless, or hollow, or expensive.

 

Oh MAN! If that wasn't fretless, I'd have hit the BIN in a heartbeat!!

 

Sterling
Sting Ray
Lakland 01 or 02

 

Warwick $$
Can be played passive too.