The Stingray was a recent gift from mom, and was built on my birthday. The P bass is special to me cause its everything I wanted in a P bass, and its mine 
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How special is YOUR bass?
- Thread starter FatboyJ115
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My Adamovic Halo is the very first bass built for me. The olive top also is important for me for the olive tree. And it´s a very beautiful wood. And it´s the most musical musical instrument I have ever played.
- Oct 18, 2012
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This one is special because I put it together for a gigging rock band project, for which it is perfect, but it also turned out to be one of the best recording P-basses, and I have a few really good ones. '65 body & harness, '64 neck, '59 bridge, SD Antquity II pu, & a repro mint guard. Awesomeness.
I have 3 electric basses that I all play regularly: 2 P-Basses (Squier Classic Vibe '60s P-Bass with TI Jazz Flats, and a beautiful '75 P-Bass with Chromes on it and an EMG GZR PU in it) and a J-Bass ('73, all stock, with D'Addario ProSteels on it) and they are all very special to me. No two instruments are the same, even if they are mass produced, like mine. Each of my basses has its little quirks and things that are unique, like a bit of rattling on the 2nd fret of the D-string on my Squier, or a bit of fret buzz above the 15th fret on my J-Bass, or the huge bottom end, especially on the E-string, of my '75 P, etc. I learned to live with all of these little "character" thingies and so, each instrument makes me think, or rather feel differently when I play it. I love them all and wouldn't want to miss any of them!
My special one is a mutt 5-string I just love. The neck comes from a Tobias Grendel, the body is hand made, with custom electronics - active but boost only. When turned all the way down, the bass is essentially passive, in which case I work on the tone by means of finding the right balance between the pickups.
However, the point is playability! The neck is straight, the action just as I like it, a true pleasure to play.
However, the point is playability! The neck is straight, the action just as I like it, a true pleasure to play.
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Ha! I had to buy my cat his own instrument, he plays good with his teeth!
I don't expect to see many of these around:
And it sounds really damned good.
And it sounds really damned good.
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Let's see, I built it myself from walnut and maple, original body design, the pickups are from the Gibson 20/20. Those pickups required specially made pickup rings. The onboard preamp is also self-built based on the tone controls from the RD-Artist bass. Sounds great though I wish I had chambered that walnut... She's a tad heavy.
I am in awe of all you luthier-players. (Says the guy who can barely deal with a screwdriver)
By comparison mine isn't as special as some of the beauties I see on here. This isn't actually my bass it's one made by John Kingma (NFI) when someone saw the one he/we made (I gave him the basic design and then he went from there) and wanted something similar.
Mine is a 30" scale
It stands by itself (like this one) so I can play longer before my hand goes numb which makes it really special to me.
Mine has a satin finish and the wood is hackberry...appropriately named methinks!
The tuning keys are also backwards which makes it easy to identify that it is my bass!
Originally it came with some no-name pickups but I upgraded to some Dimarzio Jazz Pups
So, all in all, quite special to me.
Mine is a 30" scale
It stands by itself (like this one) so I can play longer before my hand goes numb which makes it really special to me.
Mine has a satin finish and the wood is hackberry...appropriately named methinks!
The tuning keys are also backwards which makes it easy to identify that it is my bass!
Originally it came with some no-name pickups but I upgraded to some Dimarzio Jazz Pups
So, all in all, quite special to me.
My bass (Helga) is very special to me! She is a hand made MTD 635-24 Myrtle Burl on Ash Body, and Birdseye Maple on Ash. I got her with the whole insurance settlement from having all my gear stolen. I had played a Tobias Standard 6 (Still MIA) for 15 years before this bass and I was in a bad place when it was stolen. Mike Tobias and his crew made the best bass I have ever played and she inspires me every day to be a better bassist. Thanks so much to the MTD family too for pulling me out of those dark days.
I have 6 Fenders: 1960 to 1973
The 73 is somewhat special because my folks bought it for my 16th birthday present; ironically the only musical encouragement from them.
In fact, my father wouldn't talk to me for a year after graduating with a business degree followed by learning the ropes as a recording engineer; I think I was taking home $154 a week. Even after making some real $$ as an engineer, semi-pro bassist, and touring live sound man, I never got his respect until I got a "real" job.
Actually, none are special, they are just very nice interments that were made by the thousands.
My Seiwa P bass is the only one I've ever seen and is an amazing player.
Special to me means that it is unique and offers something no other bass has, not to be confused with rare.
The 73 is somewhat special because my folks bought it for my 16th birthday present; ironically the only musical encouragement from them.
In fact, my father wouldn't talk to me for a year after graduating with a business degree followed by learning the ropes as a recording engineer; I think I was taking home $154 a week. Even after making some real $$ as an engineer, semi-pro bassist, and touring live sound man, I never got his respect until I got a "real" job.
Actually, none are special, they are just very nice interments that were made by the thousands.
My Seiwa P bass is the only one I've ever seen and is an amazing player.
Special to me means that it is unique and offers something no other bass has, not to be confused with rare.
Dude that '54 relic is so hot.
Not feeling the thumb rest, but everything else is gold.
I hear you. Not so hard for me but my parents still don´t understand why I play bass, that instrument nobody cares for.
