Do you have the one that could be, your ONLY one?

[Lowendchamp]

Maybe I could answer this question honestly when I grow up

 

[Ric Vice]

If we're only considering my EB's then it's a qualified yes. For most of my real gigging years, I used a 66 Fender Jazz with various amplifiers, (i.e. a Kasino 200, B15N, and Walter Woods MI 100 8) That bass is long gone, so I'd just have my Lakland 55 94.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

This one came from within my imagination, with years of working out the specs. This bass was crafted by my friend, Michael Dolan.

 

[the harp unstrung]

I'd never have one I'd live with from now on, I can't think of anything more defeating or boring to me mentally.

I've been blessed to own quite a spread of basses over my time, and while I was certainly smitten at the time I bought them, well . . . . passion fades. I lived with them, they taught me what they wanted me to know, and then me and them moved on. I'm continually curious and intrigued by things that are new or not previously considered, and there's still more I might like to try somewhere down the road. It's more fun for me to take them in like a wild horse and then whisper to them until we get along like long-lost compadres, because I learn so much in the process.

And all this time has taught me it's far more me than the instrument, that part of the struggle never changes. I know what I need, I know how it needs to be built, I know what works for me and doesn't, and what I need to do to make this or that bass work for me.

Knowing that frees up a lot of mental real estate.

Great attitude…
Fine bit a writing!

 

[SteveC]

If we're only considering my EB's then it's a qualified yes. For most of my real gigging years, I used a 66 Fender Jazz with various amplifiers, (i.e. a Kasino 200, B15N, and Walter Woods MI 100 8) That bass is long gone,
so I'd just have my Lakland 55 94

A Lakland 55-94 isn't a bad bass to "just have" at all.

 

[wazzel]

I would be happy playing my EBMM Sterling or Better Mousetrap from here on out. I have never been one to cycle through lots of gear and I do not see that changing. Some of you cycle through more basses in a year than I have in almost 40 years of playing.

 

[Mickey666]

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Astonished no one mentioned Modulus! This semi hollow with F-hole, 6 string fretless with lines, carbon fiber set it and forget it neck combined with a Chechen wood fingerboard is Thor´s hammer sonically

Easily the finest Modulus I've ever seen!

 

[oysteivi]

Do I have a bass that could be my only one? Yes.
Do I want to have only one bass? Nah.

(now that you mention it, it could be fun to have a P bass with roundwounds. Maybe I should get one)

 

[marchone]

Of the three I have my 10-year old Fender Custom Shop '64 Jazz Bass would be my choice for one bass. It's a production model made in 2012. It's quite nice. But so are the others. It just turns out I prefer the slimmer Jazz neck.

 

[JW56789]

Great attitude…
Fine bit a writing!

Well Thanks, Harp.

 

[WillyW]

Yes, but I don't know which one.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Either my Fender parts bass I bought in about 1983, or my Lull P4 I bought about 2005.

 

[GIBrat51]

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Yeah, I suppose I do... simply for the sake of argument, let's say it's my rare-if-not-unique lefty '01 COY Rick 4003. Only about 8 4003's in this color on the RickRegister; mine is the only lefty anything that's registered. John Hall admitted that RIC had to cut the production off before the run was complete, because it was so hard to get an acceptable finish with Desert Gold. Even rightys are very hard to find. However... as I've said before; if I was forced into having only one bass - and it would take... considerable force... - then I would simply have none. I'm not a musician, really; just a Biker that likes to play bass. I also have a considerable firearms collection; and, I'm badly behind, range practice - wise. My time would be just as well spent with any one of several pistols in my hand...

 

[nostatic]

Yes*


* if I only had my "one and only" YYD, I literally would not have gotten the live gigs I did last year. Bandleader wanted upright, I countered with Rob Allen fretless, and music was made. A traditional fretted bass was a non-starter.

 

[two fingers]

Yes and no.

I could absolutely get by with nothing but my Hammersmith 5. It fits me perfectly and has precisely the features I want on a bass.

But there's a difference between "get by" and "happy".

Buying, trading, selling, and owning all kinds of basses makes me "happy", as opposed to "getting by".

 

[Inara]

Yes. My short scale Mensinger Cazpar fretless 5. I only play fretted about 0.3% of the time, and this bass is all I've played since I received it. It does wonderfully for everything I want to do as a bassist.

 

[brocco]

Yes the Precision Active Deluxe with Cobalt flats and either the Sterling or Bongo both with rounds on every gig.

 

[dave64o]

Nice basses! LOVE that Sterling!

 

[lomo]

I have 7. All are 34"/19mm 5 stringers. 1 headless is for travel. 1 is an ABG. Of the other 5, there are 4 I'd be perfectly happy with as my only bass, but then I wouldn't have a bass that'll fit in an overhead bin for travel, or an ABG to noodle acoustically. I could get down to 4 very easily, but beyond that there would be "pain"

 

[armybass]

Si! My Roscoe SKB 3005 Custom.