Hora (Romanian) hybrid flatback, Meisel (W German) ply
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How diverse is your bass collection?
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Hora (Romanian) hybrid flatback, Meisel (W German) ply
At the risk of being torn to shreds by @B-Mac....
I have a hollowbody Fretless Mensinger "Joker"
A Maruszczyk "Jake" Jazz type bass...
A Crackercaster "P" type bass....
A Birdsong "Odyssey" Prototype Fretless bass...
A Birdsong "Fusion" fretted bass...
And my much loved Squier Jaguar Shorty....
Diverse enough?.....If not....What am I missing???....
I'm just saying that Diversity (noun) means a range of different things.
Diverse (adjective) showing a great deal of variety; very different
Although I am sure all of your basses have diverse tone, from a generic build stand point, all are solid bodied basses (except for the mensinger), so are they really diverse?
I'm an engineer. I review plans. I can't help it.
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Not very diverse, but there are some differences.
My oldest is an LTD C-305 5-string. Tone is kind of bland, could never get any sound I truly liked out of it. It replaced an old Ibanez 5-string that fell victim to my temper in younger years.
Then there's the BC Rich Mockingbird import. Kind of sounds like a distorted P on steroids? But neck-heavy as a son of a bitch.
Followed chronologically by a Mexican Jazz Bass (slapped a lot on it), a Squier CV 70s Precision (any time I want basic, classic, or Motown tone I use it), a Squier VM Jazz V...which was my go-to for everything except slap once I had it.
Most recently, I picked up an SBMM Ray35, which became my main. Wanted that tone with just 4-strings, so now I'm on a Ray34.
Still have all except the Ibanez (and an Epiphone Les Paul, my first bass).
My oldest is an LTD C-305 5-string. Tone is kind of bland, could never get any sound I truly liked out of it. It replaced an old Ibanez 5-string that fell victim to my temper in younger years.
Then there's the BC Rich Mockingbird import. Kind of sounds like a distorted P on steroids? But neck-heavy as a son of a bitch.
Followed chronologically by a Mexican Jazz Bass (slapped a lot on it), a Squier CV 70s Precision (any time I want basic, classic, or Motown tone I use it), a Squier VM Jazz V...which was my go-to for everything except slap once I had it.
Most recently, I picked up an SBMM Ray35, which became my main. Wanted that tone with just 4-strings, so now I'm on a Ray34.
Still have all except the Ibanez (and an Epiphone Les Paul, my first bass).
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Order of importance:
2012 Olympic white Fender P Bass
1976 Natural Gibson Grabber
2012 Midnight Blue Ric 4003
2012 Gibson RD Krist Novoselic Bass
2012 Olympic white Fender P Bass
1976 Natural Gibson Grabber
2012 Midnight Blue Ric 4003
2012 Gibson RD Krist Novoselic Bass
Kind of hard to call a collection of two diverse. In my case, the correct term would be “Different”...
I see you have a fretless Brice Jazz. I seem to remember that they were a short-lived instrument.
What's your impressions of them? I have a pretty good impression of Brice and I imagine a Brice J would be a nice upgrade from an SX, not to mention the lovely unlined board which you don't see on SX's.
Did I mention that one of my basses is made of hollowbody Rhino....I'm just saying that Diversity (noun) means a range of different things.
Diverse (adjective) showing a great deal of variety; very different
Although I am sure all of your basses have diverse tone, from a generic build stand point, all are solid bodied basses (except for the mensinger), so are they really diverse?
I'm an engineer. I review plans. I can't help it.
The rest are made of cereal boxes, jam sandwiches and various seafood products....
I'm a moron...I can't help it....Sheeesh!....
-5 string Dingwall Combustion with Nordstrand Big Singles (multiscale, active, bolt-on) - gloss black
-5 string Dingwall Afterburner with Nordstrand Big Splits (multiscale, passive, bolt-on) - "whalepool" burst over flamed maple
-5 string Kiesel fretless with single coil pickups (active neck-through) - blue to teal burst over flamed maple
-4 string Rickenbacker 4003 (single coil pickups, passive, neck-through) - midnight blue
-4 string Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass (single coil pickups, passive, bolt-on) - gloss black
-4 string Warwick Katana (single coil pickups, active, neck-through) - transparent blue over flamed maple
-4 string Warmoth with Nordstrand P/J (passive, bolt-on) - transparent blue over flamed maple
So... a lot of variety, though I clearly like single coil pickups.
Not too diverse.
I'm pretty particular in my choices.
Two six string basses.
Both have a dark natural wood finish.
One is neck through.
One is an unlined fretless.
I'm pretty particular in my choices.
Two six string basses.
Both have a dark natural wood finish.
One is neck through.
One is an unlined fretless.
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My ears need to be more diverse than my instruments.
4-string PJ
fretless
extended range (6-string)
If I can't cover it with those, its my fault, not the bass.
4-string PJ
fretless
extended range (6-string)
If I can't cover it with those, its my fault, not the bass.
Did I mention that one of my basses is made of hollowbody Rhino....
The rest are made of cereal boxes, jam sandwiches and various seafood products....
I'm a moron...I can't help it....Sheeesh!....
Kind of boxy sounding those cereal box basses! Plus the Cap’n crunch box basses are boxy and crunchy all at once!
Now see....you do have a diverse set of basses!
One Fretted. One Fretless.
My Basses are Covered.
My Basses are Covered.
I specifically buy and modify mine to be different from each other, all 21 to 24" scale.
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Hmm, not very. I just have two basses: a hollowbody Hofner Club and a solid body Supro Huntington I. Both are short scale and strung with flatwounds. The Hofner has "cavern" spacing so it's pretty much a one-trick pony. Neat trick though. The Supro has one gold foil pickup and one piezo pickup-- that's enough range for me, anyway.
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