How diverse is your bass collection?

[mouthmw]

Not super diverse, I'm more of a "I only keep what I like the most" type of guy.

- P with flats
- P with rounds

- Ray with rounds (3 band)
- Ray with flats (2 band)

I could honestly just keep 1 of each and be good, but it's too hard to let any one of these go.

 

[kiripunk]

Currently I own 3 basses, diversity is not my thing. I don't buy nitro painted instruments. I prefer black, olympic white, sunburst or natural color over custom ones (not that I don't like them, I'm afraid I might get bored very soon). I'd like to have the same P or J with both maple and rosewood but I'm working on that.

2011 Olympic White American Standard Fender Precision Bass + CS '62 PU

• kiripunk
• Jan 19, 2016
• america fender olympic pickups precision bass standard white

Limited Edition Am. Std. "PJ"

• kiripunk
• Sep 9, 2016
• american standard fender limited edition pj

2017 Fender® American Professional Jazz Bass (Natural, Black Pickguard, Maple)

• kiripunk
• Nov 7, 2018
• 1
• american ash bass body fender jazz maple natural neck professional

2017 Fender® American Professional Jazz Bass (Natural, Black Pickguard, Maple)

 

[nonohmic]

Can one (1) bass be diverse?

 

[Admiral Thrawn]

I have one StingRay 5.

That's right, just ONE bass!

Though I'll be getting a Rickenbacker 4003S/5 soon

 

[lfmn16]

I used to have 20+ basses, now I have three. When you get off of talk bass and into the real world, most of the people I've met only have a couple of basses. Not to impugn people that have more, but for the average gigging bassist, one bass will cover everything. In the 70's I only had one bass (not counting my backup). It was a Ric and I played blues, rock, disco, Motown, jazz and everything else on it. I never received a single complaint or comment from anyone I played with.

 

[knirirr]

It seems that many only have only two basses to cover all their requirements. Me too; a fretless Jazz with flats, and... another similar one as a spare.

 

[drummer5359]

I have...

Four Fender American Precisions (Three have flat-wounds.)

One vintage Fender Telecaster bass

One Fender American Jaguar bass

One twenty four year old EBMM Stingray

Three Rickenbackers, all walnut with maple finger boards, one is a five string.

Not super diverse, but they cover some different sonic territory.

 

[FugaziBomb]

I have...

Four Fender American Precisions (Three have flat-wounds.)

One vintage Fender Telecaster bass

One Fender American Jaguar bass

One twenty four year old EBMM Stingray

Three Rickenbackers, all walnut with maple finger boards, one is a five string.

Not super diverse, but they cover some different sonic territory.

Great collection, but pics or it didn't happen

 

[secondbestcody]

Warmouth body, MIM P neck

Custom Epiphone Ripper with DiMarzio Model P’s

I also have an early 90’s MIJ P that I just got that threw some Quarter Pounders in.

 

[drummer5359]

Great collection, but pics or it didn't happen

Well, okay. The last full group photo that I've taken was in May of 2015. The Precision Plus (back row, left), Jazz bass (back row, right), and Deluxe Dimension (second row left) are all gone. I still have the rest.

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Here is a recent photo of me with all three of my Rickenbackers.

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[Admiral Thrawn]

Well, okay. The last full group photo that I've taken was in May of 2015. The Precision Plus (back row, left), Jazz bass (back row, right), and Deluxe Dimension (second row left) are all gone. I still have the rest.

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Here is a recent photo of me with all three of my Rickenbackers.

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+10 for all maple fretboards

 

[Frodolicious]

I got one parts jazz bass with a Mighty Mite Jazz neck, Fender body, and Bill Lawrence Wilde pickups. Slapped some flats on there and love the sound

Wanting to build a fretless P bass. Got everything except the body and neck (likely warmoth this time).

That's all I feel i could want right now! I could see myself continuing to make parts basses for fun, like a 5 string fretted and fretless

 

[drummer5359]

+10 for all maple fretboards

Maple trees fear me.

 

[ElectricBass72]

Fretless 5-string, Single Coil 4-string Rickenbacker, 6-string with Barts, EBMMS5 and Ibanez ATK attack bass 5 string... diverse enough.

 

[JIO]

Stylistically diverse - functionally addressing the same result.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Fender Am J
Fender P select
Fender Areodyne
Squier VM J
2 Squier CV P
Breedlove Pursuit
Breedlove Jumbo fretless
Mike Kelly Dragonfly V fretless
Ibanez Soundgear V
I've got 5 more, but I can't remember what they are at the minute.

 

[Nunovsky]

I'm all about diversity and I usually search for some tonal diference or specs when I choose my basses.
My current list is:

1. Aria Pro II IGB-805 - 5 strings active bass, 24 frets, moded with Delano Humbuckers and a preamp sadowsky.
2. JP Custom Electric Upright
3. Yamaha BB1024x - 4 strings, passive PJ style with flats.
4. Eastwood Airline Map Bass - 4 strings, passive, mini humbuckers, short-scale, retro style design with floating bridge.
5. Tagima TJB-4 Special (for sale) - 4 strings, active, J-bass style, moded with a J-retro preamp.
6. Tobias Toby Pro 4 NT - 4 strings, active, neckthrough, single coil soap bar pickups.
7. Epiphone Jack Casady - 4 strings, passive, semi-acoustic, tapewounds.
8. Yamaha BB735A - 5 strings, active/passive, PJ style bass.
9. Ibanez Roadster Fretless RS-840BK - 4 strings, fretless, maple fretboard, PJ.
10. Guild B-240EF - 4 strings, ABG, Tapewounds.
    
11. Epiphone Thunderbird Vintage Pro - 4 strings, passive, mini humbuckers.
12. Epiphone Viola Bass - 4 strings, passive, shortscale, flats, "Hofner style" semi-acoustic bass with mini-humbuckers.
13. Fender American Original 60's Jazz Bass- 4 strings, passive, J-bass.
14. JMS Custom Precision 51 - 4 strings, passive, p-bass with single coil, with rounds.
15. Fender Mustang Justin Meldal-Johnsen - 4 strings, passive, shortscale, mini split-coil mustang pickup.

I think this is a pretty complete colection that covers most of my tonal needs. I'm really happy with it!

 

[40Hz]

Extremely. I’ve got: Aria Pro II, Epiphone, Fender, Gibson, Godin, Gretsch, Peavey, Spector, Squier, Supro, and Willcox in my current lineup. 4-string, 5-string, fretless, in short, medium, long, and extended scale lengths.

Life is good

(I still want to get a Wal someday.)

 

[FugaziBomb]

Well, okay. The last full group photo that I've taken was in May of 2015. The Precision Plus (back row, left), Jazz bass (back row, right), and Deluxe Dimension (second row left) are all gone. I still have the rest.

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Here is a recent photo of me with all three of my Rickenbackers.

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I'm digging that honey burst P in the back. You've even got a boner-bass era PJ in the back left for bonus points. Really nice collection.

 

[delta7fred]

Pretty diverse (although the P body shape features quite heavily).

Fretted All with rounds except Violin bass.
62 P bass (I retired it in 2005)
G&L L-2500
G&L L-2000 (60's band gigging bass)
G&L SB-2 (duo bass, lives in my buddies studio)
SR4 clone (tuned BEAD)
P bass clone kit (home practice bass)
Epi EB3
Violin bass with chromes (acoustic band backup bass)
Short scale Strat conversion (26.5")

Fretless
J bass with chromes
EUB - FarWest Redhead with Kevlar/nylon strings (acoustic band gigging bass)
DB - Cheap Chinese (acoustic band rehearsal bass)