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Favorite High Quality Bass Maker?
- Thread starter patlozrox
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...they'll need to be pried from my cold dead hands 
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toomanysecrets said:Roscoe.
First of all...tone, tone, and tone!
Secondly, and a close second at that, customer service at it's finest. A great group of people with a fantastic attention to detail in all things.
Oh, and the fact that each bass is playable fine art doesn't hurt either.
I've met Gard, had dinner and drinks with him and his (far better) half and also enjoyed a baseball game (with more drinks), crashed at his place for a few days, and toured the Roscoe shop. If I wasn't a Conklin fanboi, I'd absolutely own a Roscoe. Amazing basses, not stupid expensive compared to some loons who's names I won't mention, and great people. I didn't meet Keith, but I met a few other shop cats. All cool people.
My favorite is Rickenbacker, personally, but there are way more makers of high quality basses than that.
I mean, what about Lakland, or Sadowsky, or G&L? They're all based to some degree on Fenders themselves, but go interesting places with that inspiration. Then you've got Warwick, and Spector, and many others.
That's without even getting into the custom shops like Alembic and Ritter.
I mean, what about Lakland, or Sadowsky, or G&L? They're all based to some degree on Fenders themselves, but go interesting places with that inspiration. Then you've got Warwick, and Spector, and many others.
That's without even getting into the custom shops like Alembic and Ritter.
Modulus J-bass all the way. IMO, best combination of new and old school designs, not to mention the UNBELIEVABLE tone
Of the basses I've been lucky enough to afford and own, Carvin is my favorite. I'll continue to try other brands, and have a Lakland on the way right now. But, I'd gladly play any Fender, Musicman or Ric that got passed into my hands. Call me nuts, but I find way more basses that I like than any I can find fault with. 
All 3 companies are great,but my favorite by a huge margin is Rickenbacker. I own 3,but have played quite a few to find the ones i preferred. As far as affordable big company basses go,Lakland would be my 2nd choice over Fender or Musicman.
