Commodity Basses for Studio

[mpdd]

L2000 with rounds
jazz with rounds
p with flats
aria pro II integra (bet you thought i'd write stingray)

 

[nerkoids]

2 RH P-bass, one with flats, the other with Pressurewounds
1 LH bass, with flats
2 Jazz, one with maple board, the other with rosewood, maple with flats, rosewood with rounds (GHS Boomers or the other brand equivalents) Passive with flats, Active (probably one of those luscious Sires) with the rounds.
1 Ric (real Ric or Japanese lawsuit) bass with Pressurewounds
1 Fender VI with flats
1 Jack Casady bass with Brite Flats or TIs.

Aside from the Fender VI and the Jack Casady, the other could be clones that are well put together. Squiers, SX, Sire, S101, you name it....

Or just get a bunch of Chickenbackers with different strings. Because, fantasy.

 

[Nephilymbass]

Suppose there is a studio being set up that will be used for a wide audience, from demos by high-school garage bands to the next multi-platinum album by <name your own artist>.

Suppose you are charged with purchasing 4 new commodity basses (nothing custom; no Alembics, Carvins, etc - just run down to a local super store and purchase 4 new off-the-rack mass produced basses).

Suppose again that when the band showed up, they had no gear with them and were required to use what you purchased with no modifications other than the strings you had the music store install (yes, they did a proper tune up after string installation).

1. What 4 new commodity basses would you provide for use to your clients? Be specific and decisive

2. What strings would you put on each?

Let's assume your job of selecting basses for studios depends on customer satisfaction.

Let's have some fun...

(Note: there is no connection between this scenario and my reality.)

In all honesty my answer is going to probably be very typical but for good reason. It's just what works. So in no particular order

Fender p bass round wounds
Fender p bass flat wounds
Fender jazz bass round wounds
Musicman stingray 5 round wounds

And really if I was a studio musician who earned a living playing bass for other people I would probably just string up one p specifically for each project, and I would add a fretless fender jazz. But I wouldn't have a fretless for some kid to come in and try to play having no experience with fretless. That would be a total nightmare to deal with.

 

[klharper]

Fender American Vintage '63 Precision Reissue
Fender Roscoe Beck IV Jazz Bass
Lakland Hollowbody [Full Scale]
5-string Musicman

 

[jg42]

Active Jazz with rounds
Passive fretless Jazz with rounds
P with rounds
Godin A5 with rounds.

And a set of flats!

 

[SAlcott]

1 PBass w/ roundwounds, 1 PBass w/ flats; same w/ 2 JBasses.

 

[goodformetal]

PJ Fretless Flats
P Fretted Rounds
J Active Rounds
G&L L2500 Rounds

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

specific?

Dan Lakin Bob Glaub
Dan Lakin Joe Osborn
G&L L2000
Fretless Dan Lakin Bob Glaub

(though I play Fender, the closest they make to an "off the rack" model that I wouldn't do a pup swap on is the Roadworn P (sorry, i LOVE NP4 pups))

 

[Fliptrique]

Fender Precision 4 - passive
Fender Jazz 4 - active
Musicman Stingray 5
Some kind of a lined Fretless

Strings die so fast I would not provide them and let the musician decide what to use. I`s just set everything up with daddario .45s

 

[Emanuel Apascaritei]

1. Precision with Sadowsky flats
2. Jazz 5 with Sadowsky blue label nickels
3. Modern 5 with Fodera nickels
4. Fretless with tapewounds or Sadowsky flats.

 

[Reverend T]

4 string Fender P bass w/Flats
4 string Fender J w/rounds
5 String Ibanez Fretless w/Flats
5 string Fender J with w/rounds

All passive Fenders with a Sadowsky outboard pre to boot.

 

[squirefan]

Double neck P - one fretted w/rounds, one fretless w/flats
Double neck Ric - both fretted, one w/rounds, one w/flats
American Jazz - rounds
Not well versed about 5's, but judging from previous posts, EBMM - rounds

And, BYOUB!

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

This-
Except rounds on Jazz for me

Crap, actually rounds. That was a mistake. I tried flats on a J once and didn't care for it.

 

[TheCrimsonKing]

An EUB, active five string (Warwick or Ibanez preferably), 5 string fretless, hollowbody, they'd have Elixirs except the hollowbody which would have flats or half rounds and the Eub which would be strung with DB strings.

 

[SteveHeissner]

J bass with rounds, P bass with flats, Stingray with rounds. More than adequate. No other basses needed.

 

[groovatron]

P bass
Jazz bass
MTD Kingston 5 or a Lakland 55-02....Possibly a Spector Euro....All depends on what they have
The best sounding 4 string lined fretless that was in stock (probably the most limited choices so I'd take the best option available)

Everything would have rounds except fretless. If someone required flats, it's easy enough to change out strings and do a chargeback to the client. Having 2 identical basses with different string types would be a total waste of a bass IMO.

Personally, If I went into a studio and lacked my own bass, I would be annoyed if I was only presented with Fender option A, B, or C. Then again, I can't imagine going into a studio without an axe.......or at least a pre-arranged option to fit my needs.

 

[Atshen]

1. P with flats
2. 5-string J (active/passive) with stainless rounds
3. 4 or 5-string fretless J with nickel rounds
4. Double bass