Dream bass?

[Lazar]

Mine is Rickenbacker 4001 '75

 

[jamro217]

Depends on my mood. Most days it's the pile of wood and miscellaneous parts in my basement that I still haven't gotten around to.

 

[rpt50]

I've always been super impressed with Nash guitars and basses, but I have not owned one yet. I would really love to try a Nash Mustang.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

These 2.

 

[nonohmic]

Dream bass? Changes daily.

This is todays;

 

[bholder]

First, you must decide: Good dream, or Bad?

 

[jd56hawk]

Already have a few, but if I had to pick something I don't have...

For all those "Matching headstocks don't look good with maple fretboards" people out there.
Does this change you mind?

 

[stelles75]

I love matching headstocks! I have the sherwood green Adam Clayton Jazz and it's sweet as hell. Also, I love them sparkles and that white/grey gradient finish on that last one.

I have all my dream basses now, for the most part. Oddly, I've been drooling over a Yamaha... This one...

I probably will need a Peter Hook bass, and also a Simon Gallup bass.

 

[eastcoasteddie]

Pretty much this:

But honestly, I don’t know what I can do with this that I can’t do with my Squier…aside from having a few more frets.

But the last bass I’ll ever buy will most likely be some sort of Stingray 5/Jazz bass hybrid clone like this:

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

Spector NS6XL.
I’m undecided on which body wing wood, and finish color at this time.

 

[basscapes]

I don't want to sound like a total dick, but in many situations, my "ultimate dream bass" is the one that fits the track and the producer likes!

 

[marchone]

My dream basses are the three I have now. But I’d still like to have a USA Spector and an NYC Sadowsky.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

From what I've learned over the years, my absolute dream bass would be:

- 30" scale
- Offset body (or Precision-shaped)
- Contoured body, rather than slab
- Reasonably light - 7.5 to 8.5lbs would be the sweet spot
- Maple neck & board
- 1.5" nut width, or close to it, and 9.5" radius
- Pastel finish (shell pink, sonic blue etc) w/ mint guard, or black w/black
- Precision split coil, optional bridge humbucker
- Passive
- Hipshot hardware, A or B bridge & Ultralite tuners

There's certainly nothing off the shelf that fits that bill perfectly, but Maruszczyk offer pretty much all of that. I've never gone for a custom build before, but at well under €2000 for the exact instrument I want, I'm very tempted to sell off everything I don't use and order one.

 

[Mustang Surly]

Mensinger Joker 4-string shorty.

But it exceeds budgetary allowances for the forseeable future.

Maybe someday...

 

[kesslari]

Bought it 10 years ago, built to my spec. Never looked back.

 

[HardNHeavy]

i've never dreamt of any bass....i'm just happy my eyes open in the morning.

I seem to think Zons and Dingwalls are dreamy or something custom made for me...my 5 fenders will suffice for now

 

[pablogacevedo]

Dream bass? Changes daily.

This is todays;

Hi just made my first payment for one of his basses!!! A short scale RHO

 

[Lowendchamp]

Thinking about a Zon with the graphite neck now. Honestly it does change with my age but I often flip flop between an Alembic or Carl Thompson. By the way, can anyone spare some change?

 

[LeFunk Machine]

1960s Fender Precision Bass custom-shop

 

[gwangi]

These 2 Zon Legacy Elite 6 strings are my dream basses: