Yeah, for the music I play. I have a Hofner 500/1, a Rickenbacker 4003, both with flats, and a Squier P Bass with rounds.
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Do you have the one that could be, your ONLY one?
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Haha good question, well it's my secret.
To make it simple, it's a preamp with 3 channels.
HPF set at 30Hz/0dB always ON (It's used as buffer also)
Overdrive
Fuzz
Buffered Loop (with a bypass)
Boost
The overdrive is a kind of Dug Pinnick system but way more versatile, with a clean to fuzz High channel and a clean to sub bass Low channel. A Bi-preamp if you will.
The Fuzz is a twin system with 2 clipping stages working with the same gain pot.
The boost is only the last AOP stage with a switch bypassing or not a gain pot.
It is not finished, and my avatar image on TB will be the front image in the pedal.
Everything is designed with NE5532.
And on my pedalboard I made a MXR Phase 90 clone and i have a EHX Bass clone (Bad chorus, avoid it), Korg tuner, Boss DD7 delay.
I have a Fender Precision that was built in Japan in 2017. It was my first bass, and if it had to be my only bass for the rest of my life that'd be totally fine.
Do you have the one that could be, your ONLY one?
yes! i have several that would qualify. FWIW: i'm 'EB indulgent' since my retirement, but before that: i got by with one fretless as my main player. (i typically had one fretted for certain studio work.)
one is all you need.
yes! i have several that would qualify. FWIW: i'm 'EB indulgent' since my retirement, but before that: i got by with one fretless as my main player. (i typically had one fretted for certain studio work.)
one is all you need.
This one: 2009 US Lakland Joe Osborne 5 string, with Aguilar HC pups and a Sadowsky preamp. The passive tone on the Sadowsky is key!
My Stingray.
Many other basses have tempted me, but I always go back to the Stingray as my #1 that I use 90% of the time.
When I'm not so busy (like last year, thanks SARS-Cov-2! grrr) then at home I do play around with various other basses, but when I'n regularly gigging it's pretty much the Stingray which gets used for everything.
Sounds a bit boring, but I'd be happy if my Fender Aerodyne Jazz was the only bass I ever played again. I love how it looks, it's got a decent range of tones, it's light enough that I can play it for hours, the neck is crazy fast (compared to any other bass I have owned, anyway) and I seem to be more "accurate" fretting it (if that makes sense).
Yup! My parts P. I joke about being tempted, but I can't really imagine this not being my main. It's so comfortable, the music just comes out if it! 
I always have the one that could be my only one.
Until the next one that could be my only one comes along.
At the moment, this one could definitely be my only one, but statistically it's unlikely based on previous experience
I will say that this one is definitely much closer to being "the one" than any other bass I've owned. We'll see how it turns out.
Until the next one that could be my only one comes along.
At the moment, this one could definitely be my only one, but statistically it's unlikely based on previous experience
I will say that this one is definitely much closer to being "the one" than any other bass I've owned. We'll see how it turns out.
For most of my playing life I've had 2 basses, a goto and a backup. My goto bass is always the best bass I've found so far. My Fender Precision was the one for 25 years, my Lakland 55-94 was the one for 14 years, my Mike Lull PJ5 for 10 years and now my Sadowsky Metro Jazz has been it for 4 years. I'll happily replace the Sadowsky if I find a better bass and if I don't then my only bass is sitting right here.
During the pandemic I have enjoyed pulling many basses out of closets and cases and revisiting them. I was particularly enjoying a very old G&L SB1. I went to play with friends last week for the first time in a long time. I brought a good Precision and the G&L. Played the SB1 for a couple songs, switched to the P and never went back. Lots of basses are great around the house but in the mix I think I will always want a P bass. Damn it though, that G&L is pretty.
A few years ago I was looking for a Fender jazz custom shop. I ended with a Fender Select Active. I cant be more happier. I am playing it much more than my pbass 1980 and my new Ric 4003.
It makes excellent sense! That bass just aligns with your hands, like my No.1 bass does.
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Me, too. Bought mine used a couple months ago and love it more every day. Sounds equally good with rounds and flats -- a bass for every mood and probably every genre!
