Favorite type of bass

[Jimmyplaysabass]

whats your favorite!

and why?

 

[Jimmyplaysabass]

i know these are pickup types for all you luthiers out there. but this is assuming you don't want to change up your stuff. i know some people out there would take a jazz body with a precision neck and slap a humbucker or 2 in it but im assuming that your just getting the bass and NOT touching it

 

[Double Agent]

Nothing sounds like single coils in the mix to me. That plus the fast neck means I'll take a Jazz. P is good too though, but if I had to pick one, it'd be Jazz.

 

[NKUSigEp]

I just opened up a box with a Spector in it today and it's kept me happily noodling away for the last few hours.

The only other bass I'd want is a Warwick (Thumb, Streamer, or Buzzard).

EDIT: OK, and maybe a Rick.

 

[Jimmyplaysabass]

i like jazz because you can get that punchy tone or that blended middle or that low flow

 

[Vic Winters]

Humbucker, then Jazz then Precision. ATK300, OLP MM2 that I added a Jazz pickup to, SX SJB75 and a Ibanez GSR100.

The OLP has the most Hi Mids, so it cuts the best of all my basses. The ATK is very versatile. The SX has a great sound when I'm by myself or with drums only, but you start adding a couple of heavily distorted, scooped guitars and you lose the best part of your sound to the mix. The GSR100 sits 99% of the time, way too scooped for me, especially with the Quarter Pounders.

 

[mikeyswood]

The PJ combo is tough to beat, but I really like my Basslines soapbars.

Mike

 

[FL Knifemaker]

Tough call!!

I love my Nordie equipped Vantage P bass

I also love both my active and passive Jazz basses

I REALLY love my Reverend P/J with Reverend pups.

The toaster tops on my T-40 are amazing.

The guitar sized humbuckers on my Ibanex Axstar are the most powerful passive pickups I've ever played, even more so than the Reverends.

Then there's the unique Aria sound from the Aria split P soapbar style pups.

I would hate to have pick a favorite

 

[82Daion]

Big single coils.

Like you might find on an Alembic...

P/J comes in a close second.

 

[Jimmyplaysabass]

well if i had to choose between vintage p or a vintage j (we're talking about fender here) id DEFINETALY pick the p.

and im not talking about shatty arse telebasses, don't get me wrong i think their sweet but theres a reason why fender stopped making them....

 

[ROON]

My two main basses,

My Ibanez RD300, Single coil at the neck and a MM Humbucker at the bridge.

And my 'Ray, single Humbucker model.

HUMBUCKERS ROCK!!!

 

[dragoon419]

Humbuckers, cause they have the best tone (at least in my opinion).

ATK305's triple-coil humbucker, excellent.

 

[fullrangebass]

Humbuckers (with a paralle/series switch; best of all worlds)

 

[Mr_Dave]

Fender Jazz - alder/rosewood

 

[FireArm]

Fender precision and yamaha BB614

 

[Ian Perge]

I just opened up a box with a Spector in it today and it's kept me happily noodling away for the last few hours.

Oh, I know that feeling! Ultimately after 7 years of lust my Mike Lull is still my "dream bass", regardless of what comes-and-goes in popular culture: I've found that other basses such as neck-throughs or soapbar-equipped ones may have a larger sound but that most of the time live or in the studio the cut of Jazz pickups in the mix is worth the trade-off, and the neck is sheer heaven to lay my hands on. Now the only need is for a fretless second.

However, I've been finding a certainly love in Spector's ReBop series recently - Spectors were the first bass I found attractive from a design point-of-view as I started playing and the ReBops were the first I found to fit my sound as a bassist (the low-mid "hump" you get from a bolt-on, more traditional Jazz woods... it's the "Jazz" Spector, as PJ Rubal confirmed to me) and I've gone ahead and purchased a ReBop 5 DLX FM fretted, have a ReBop 5 DLX FM lined fretless on Special Order, and pretty much plan to sell off my collection so far to finance a ReBop 4 and Euro 6LX as well (no ReBop six-string unfortunately ) Also part of the plan is equipping them with EMG TW-series so I have the option of the full-on "Spector Sound" as well as a coil-cut "Jazz bass" as well as the BQC Control so that I have bass cut & boost, treble cut & boost, and concentric mids all on two pots so that I have all of these options as well as individual volumes which I greatly prefer to a pan pot.

So those, along with a modified MIM Fender Jazz (Bassline SJB-2 hot for Jazz Bass, Gotoh 201 bridge, white pearloid pikguard) for the option of a quality passive bass for recording and other purposes, I've pretty much foun my two styles of basses.

 

[X Wolf]

My Wilkins Custom P/J's....because to me the P body is the most comfortable, the J neck is perfect for me and the passive P and J Fralins give me all the tone I need. Last but not least, Pat builds them extremely well.

George

 

[Liko]

I went for toaster top (dual soapbars) because my favorite bass is my Yammie TRB fiver with dual soaps. However, my Jazz runs a close second and is actually better then the Yammie for certain things, notably slap.

 

[Pilgrim]

How about the old original P with the single coil pickup?

Thass REAL bass!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[WoodyG3]

I voted Jazz because I like the sound of two single coils. I also like the way a Jazz bass looks and plays better than other models.