How many basses do you ACTUALLY use?

[Coachkellyg]

Gigging covers I use Hoffner 4, Ibanez 4 or Sandberg 5
Gigging originals I use the Sandberg
Recording I use a MIM JBass, though the Sandberg may replace it.
Practicing nightly I use a Hadean (Kala knockoff)

 

[ryco]

5 out of 6. Have a Jerry Jones Neptune 6 my brother gave me that I can't figure out what to use it for. Looks neat, tho!
My other basses (see profile) all get played regularly depending on what band/gig I'm doing.
Except the Rick 4001 which is my morning practice rock n roll songs axe and the bass I play along plugged into the 'puter. Also spends a fair amount of time tuned down to Eb so I can jam to Hendrix and SRV songs.
Thanx fer askin'

 

[Jeff Bonny]

5 out of 6. Have a Jerry Jones Neptune 6 my brother gave me that I can't figure out what to use it for.

Put on a Dano type 4 string bridge, cut a new nut, remove the inside tuners and plug the holes with chrome cap plugs. All 100% reversible and you’ll have a very cool 4 string bass.

 

[NZBassman]

I've got 1 bass (squire modified jazz) 1 gigging amp (Rumble 500 combo) and 1 practice amp (Rumble 15w) and that's it... I don't use pedals or any effects and don't need to
I'm a very simple man!

 

[Astroman]

I own 10 basses, fours, fives, EUB 5, fretted and fretless 6. I play in four bands ranging from folk, Blues, rock, dance, R&B, to Motown. I’ve assigned 2-3 basses for each band, usually a 4, 5 and a fretless or EUB. My band mates don’t mind since I have quality gear and I’m going to make the band sound better. Plus the use of the collection rationalizes me being a hopeless gear head!

 

[MobileHolmes]

I have 8 basses and gig 3 of them with my current band (Standards/R&B/Funk). I play a 6 for like 5 songs a gig. It is always the same one (I have two, but only one is fretted). For the rest of the night, I play a 4, and alternate between a warmoth jazz and a stingray as I find they both sit in the mix and provide a fair amount of tones just by changing right hand technique (my P with flats, OTOH, sounds great for some things, but pretty much sounds the same regardless of what I do to it)

 

[guygorilla]

short scale for the small clubs with tiny stages, longscale for the big stages/outdoor shows...the more expensive/rare ones I bring to clubs I know I can keep an eye on them

 

[searayus1]

I used to stockpile basses, I think mostly to feed my ego. Now in retrospect that seems ridiculous. I actually just sold one so I'm down to two (2): A 4003 Rick and a custom build from Jacobs Custom Guitars in Merritt Island, Fl. which is my go to bass. Not really sure why I have the Rick, I just always wanted one. I'm sure I could get by with these 2 no matter what; Anymore is just ego.

 

[brithedark]

I have a disabling genetic condition but still manage gigs sometimes. I have a Geddy and and Hamburgler P. and a few SX longscales. But I can’t play them anymore. I need shortscale. Been building my own hybrids with regular size GFS plain paulownia bodies with shortscale SX or Squier Jag necks. I’ve got about a dozen short scales. Live, I use one of my hybrids with a music man pickup and an SX SS fretless with black nylon Labellas.

 

[Dave Neal]

I play out a time or two a month in a ska/punk band. If youre not familiar with the genre, the bass very heavily drives the sound. Think reggae, but mixed with swing and get your tone way up and out of the mud. I've been pretty heavily complimented by other musicians on my tone. But I kind of use of a Hodge podge of basses live depending on venue and my mood. I sometime will take out my jazz, but I generally use my EBMM sterling (my personal preffered bass) or I play a Pbass that I slapped a geddy Lee neck on. Pretty different sounds, and of course I have a different EQ for both. Does anyone else do stuff like this? Is this all carrots?

Edited for awful grammar supplied by spell check!

I regularly play 8 of the 24. Acoustic bass, fender Jass, Yamaha BB615 and 614, Yamaha BB1000(my P bass). Yamaha SA 75, Conklin GT5, G&L m2000.

 

[Dave Neal]

I regularly play 8 of the 24. Acoustic bass, fender Jass, Yamaha BB615 and 614, Yamaha BB1000(my P bass). Yamaha SA 75, Conklin GT5, G&L m2000.

The BB614 is my number 1 for all things when in doubt what to bring, to a jam or session, it really is that good.

 

[BennyBassBoy]

I have 12 basses, I play 3 gigs a week and I use them all, if I pick a bass I use it for all 3 gigs that weekend.

 

[Eduardo Porto]

Squier Jaguar bass, Epiphone Allen Woody, Cigarbox 2 strings myself build p bass mic.

 

[JimVS]

I gig with all 20. They're all the same bass just different colors! I've been trying to collect all 40 or so colors in the same model for several years. Sorry no picture today. I know some would like to see 20 different Am St P's in the same room.

I absolutely love being able to pick from my stable for each show, of which I am fortunate enough to play 3 to 4 shows a week. They all speak to me at different times and I can have the neck off and adjusted in record time since I do the exact same thing so many times. Sometimes it will be a matter of what I'm wearing which sounds crazy but it's not like I ever have a concern about tone. Last weekend I tried a new technique and went around with a flashlight to see who had the most dust. Turned out to be Lipstick Red/Rosewood/White followed by Aquamarine Metallic/Maple/Tort followed by Olympic White/Maple/Mint. There it was, my awesome weekend laid out in dust!

In case you're wondering, yes I've owned a range of other basses over the years, G&L, Fender Jazz basses, Music Man, Charvel, Spector, a pair of Dingwall 5's, BC Rich, Tune, SX and even Westone when they first appeared in '81, so a pretty good variety. But so far nothing satisfies like having a big selection of the exact same pbass.

When I need to go low, instead of a 5, I keep my black one strung BEAD.

OK maybe one pic for now. This one I found showing some racks I made. From left to right you're looking at Hot Rod Red, Purple Metallic, Mystic Blue, Lake Placid Blue, Jade Pearl Metallic, Olympic White.

 

[Jscriv]

Man this thread just took back off! I dig where it went. So keep it up! I personally only bring one of the 3 basses I gig with at a time. I do not change mid set. I actually think I'm going to pick up another sterling to use as a work horse. Between mic stands and chaos I found myself paying attention to not smacking my bass this weekend more than what I was doing. And I didn't like that feeling at all. Again, lots of compliments from other players on my tone. So I guess I gotta keep rocking my Sterlings. Here's a pic of me and my favorite.

 

[Williethedummy]

6 Basses. 2 American Jazz, 1 MIM Jazz,1 Squire Jazz (keep in my locker at work), 1 Music Man Stingray, 1 American Fender Precision. I use the P bass 99.99999 percent of the time. I should have only had that one.

 

[radiopicture]

Three: 1. Fender American Standard Jazz Bass V with Quarter Pounders and the stack knob arrangement and DR Pure Blues strings, 2. Tobias Classic 5 with Thomastik Infeld flat wounds, 3. EBMM Big Al 5 SSS with DR Sunbeams. I use all three frequently.

 

[7615]

At a time ? One unless I am playing double bass, then two of course.

 

[kevin Hardy]

"Hodge podge" love it

 

[Karen Clarke]

Have four basses but for playing live I prefer my Schechter Stilletto active bass or, if I need to use drop tuning, my Peavey International 5 stringer. Keep my other two for practice at home.