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How many basses do you own? (Currently) Part 2

How many basses do you currently own?

  • 1

    Votes: 937 9.5%

  • 2

    Votes: 1,555 15.7%

  • 3

    Votes: 1,643 16.6%

  • 4

    Votes: 1,337 13.5%

  • 5 to 9

    Votes: 2,987 30.2%

  • 10 to 20

    Votes: 1,066 10.8%

  • 21 +

    Votes: 282 2.8%

  • Too many to count

    Votes: 90 0.9%
  • Total voters
    9,896
#4,441
Renegade bass said:
Update from a post back before Xmas. Currently have:
A Dean Edge that has been used as a project testbed
An OLP MM2 Stingray style 4 string
A Chinese Jazz Bass shaped 5 string upgraded from the wood upwards, Wilkinson pups, and gold hardware, series parallel loom.
A Partsicion P bass, Gotoh gold hardware and an Entwistle Neodymium pickup
A dirt cheap gumtree acoustic for picking up n playing.
A (as far as I can tell so far) Hondo H830n In pieces undergoing restoration and rebuild
An Epiphone Thunderbird IV.
7 so far but have a couple up for sale.
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We're down to 6 as the OLP has been sold.
 
#4,443
Harold Runyan said:
View attachment 4206125 Up to 8 now. It’s a sickness. I don’t really do any of them justice.
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Moved the G&L and replaced it with a BSX Allegra Hollow body 5 string EUB. Wife thinks I'm nuts. She's seldom wrong...
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#4,447
TheBass said:
Looks great ! I guess it's a high C instead of low B, right ?

Btw: what's the scale ?
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Scale length is 41.5” or there about. It is currently strung EADGC but they come from the builder BEADG and are 1/2 size strings. Many 3/4 size strings work well and lots of owners actually prefer them. The current strings are 3/4 Corelli's designed to allow bumping (or so I’m told). I’ve tuned them both ways and while it’s very passable played pizzicato, pizzicato BEADG it is pretty fine! My biggest concern is going to be finding the appropriate hypo-allergenic strings to play with low B tuning, not sure they exist. The silk section at the tail piece needs to be pretty short (~5”). The glove thing is a pain!
 
#4,448
Harold Runyan said:
Scale length is 41.5” or there about. It is currently strung EADGC but they come from the builder BEADG and are 1/2 size strings. Many 3/4 size strings work well and lots of owners actually prefer them. The current strings are 3/4 Corelli's designed to allow bumping (or so I’m told). I’ve tuned them both ways and while it’s very passable played pizzicato, pizzicato BEADG it is pretty fine! My biggest concern is going to be finding the appropriate hypo-allergenic strings to play with low B tuning, not sure they exist. The silk section at the tail piece needs to be pretty short (~5”). The glove thing is a pain!
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I suggest to stuck with the EADGC tuning. My EUB is tuned the same at 42" scale. The high C helps to avoid the thumb fingering and provides more options for soloing.
 
#4,459
Aragrim said:
Sure but a slightly more substantiated argument would be nice :)
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Personal preferrence really isn't debatable. One could turn the arguement back on you as to why you feel the need for three expensive basses and not enjoy a variety of basses and the tone/sounds offered by each.

Its a matter of preference, you know, to each his own...:D

Or, her own...
 
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#4,460
I don't have 23 basses (yet...), but I'll chime in here.

Aragrim said:
It just cost alot on strings and maintenance.
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If you do your own maintenance the cost is mostly just time... with a movie and a beer, that's not so bad.

As for strings, when we're talking about an instrument I rarely play (and never play outside of the house), I don't feel the need to replace them regularly just because they may sound a little dull. I'll let strings go pretty long between changes if I'm not using them often. If the bass has flats, I really just don't worry about replacing them... and I have a preference for flats :)

So yes there's some extra cost, but it's not that much in the grand scheme of things. I would imagine PizzaFiend isn't keeping those 2 dozen basses all in gig-ready condition.
 

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