How would your absolute custom dream bass look like?

[lazarus31]

If you have all the money in the world with unlimited possibility in choosing the specs, how your dream bass would look like?

Here's mine:
-Short scale thunderbird with smaller body
-4 strings
-Music man headstock
-Roasted maple neck
-Rosewood fretboard
-22 stainless steel frets
-Set of emg Jazz with active preamp
-Satin dark blue top with glossy natural mahogany back
-All gold or chrome hardware

 

[CletusMarley]

I'm easy. Swamp ash Jazz body with roasted maple neck. Ebony fretboard. Hipshot tuners and bridge. Pickups TBD. Passive.

 

[Naigewron]

I could give you an answer, but it would change tomorrow. And then change again the next day. And so on.

Today I would like a 35" 5-string P/J with a Darkglass Tone Capsule preamp, decently chunky roasted maple neck, matte sunburst finish and a compact-ish body (something in the Lakland 55-02 or Sandberg VM sort of shape)

Tomorrow? Who knows.

 

[Nashrakh]

I'm pretty happy with what I have, but my holy grail would be a semi-hollow, single cut six string P-Bass, possibly with an additional humbucker in bridge position. Slap some flats on that. Or just buy a Thundercat signature, which is close enough.

 

[Avezzano]

I have all the basses that I need/like and some more. But, now that I have discovered the beauty of a short scale, my dream bass would be a full hollowbody (175 like) 25" scale, high quality components, 4 strings bass.

 

[Poobini]

I would LOVE a multiscale bass vi (32-30, probably) with string spacing closer to a Shergold Marathon/Hooky 6, but with a body that holds itself up better.

also wenge neck

 

[BLDavis]

Mine would be;
chambered swamp ash body, Antique white/nitro finish
21 fret maple 4-string neck, graphite rods,
bound and blocked maple board, stainless frets
hipshot ultralight tuners/ d-tuner
Hipshot vintage bridge
Nordstrand NJ4 Vintage Pups, or maybe SD Antiquity
Star Guitar Systems wiring harness with series/parallel switch
All for 8lbs or less.
B.

 

[crobasster]

 

[bassicmike]

It would look a lot like a Sadowsky Will Lee.

No...wait...it would look exactly like a Sadowsky Will Lee.

 

[Jefus]

Mine is on order, and will hopefully be delivered in the next 6 months.

8-string, 3 pickups, dual output, graphite neck, and purple.

I will most likely be doing a NBD post when it arrives.

 

[BigJohnAZ]

A Ruby Red 4001.

 

[JC BASS 91]

Like this:

I've had it since 2000. Swapped out the volume and blend knobs with the mother of pearl topped ones in 2010.

 

[WG Plum]

33" scale lined 4 string fretless Wal mk1 with a holly top.

 

[Turnaround]

 

[lazarus31]

I could give you an answer, but it would change tomorrow. And then change again the next day. And so on.

Tomorrow? Who knows.

Lol. I, too, daydream about this stuff on daily basis. Probably too often.

 

[tvbop]

Simple and I've owned a ton of P's over the years. My walnut Squire CV 70's P bass but with a rosewood board. Y don't they do rosewood on the CV 70's?..dang! That thick 70's profile is crying out for a standard nut rosewood board.

 

[r_bnks]

Since I have my dream bass what's perfect to me without custom options what's a Spector,
my custom 'dream' bass would be this with white binding on the neck, and sharkfin inlays and active EMGs.

 

[Killing Floor]

I'd love to have a replica of a mid 80s MM Sabre, covered pickups and 3EQ. But back rout it so no control plate, no pick guard. Daphne-ish blue but with a little metal flake. Birdseye neck but painted headstock. I already know the tones and how the neck feels. It's my jam.

I think it would be a 4 but I'm on the fence since I play 5s too.

 

[RGerhart]

Just ordered it with Mike Bendy at Fodera, actually. I was torn between going with a 5- or 6-string, but in the end went with practicality and chose a 5er. This one basically takes the Emperor Standard 5 Classic and tweaks a few things to more my liking. It's going to be one helluva bass:

5-string Emperor, bolt-on
Solid Mahogany body
35" scale
3 piece hard rock maple neck, gloss finish
Indian rosewood fingerboard, MOP dots, and abalone butterfly logo
"Mopar" purple metallic finish, matching headstock
19mm bridge spacing
Chrome hardware, straplocks
Emperor standard preamp
Side jack, instead of front-mounted
Aguilar 5J-HC pickups in 60s spacing
White pearloid pickguard

NBD for this coming in January of 2024! LOL

 

[mapleglo]

What can I say, I love this bass.