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if you could have 10 and ONLY 10 basses...

#721
TolerancEJ said:
The following are my top 10 basses. Of my wishlist, I currently own Zero of them (sniff). The list is in no particular order.
- Conklin BDGT-7 String
- Music Man Bongo HH 6
- Warwick Thumb 6 √
- Fender Steve Bailey Signature Fretless VI
- Ritter Jupiter 6
- Fodera Victor Wooten Yin Yang 5
- Zon Vinny VB6
- Fender Victor Bailey Acoustic-Electric V or Warwick Alien 5
- Carl Thompson 6-String w/ Scroll
- F Bass BN6

If I can sneak in a number 11, I also would like to have an upright bass.
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Update to my original post. Instead of zero, I now own 1 of my top 10 basses. On Aug 24, I purchased a Warwick Thumb BO 6. :)

Actually, since the creation of my wishlist, I've made some changes.

Another bass skyrocketed into the top 10 range. The Zon Vinny (VB6). I've deleted the Hamer CH-12 entry.

Also, I'm kinda torn between the Fender Victor Bailey Electric-Acoustic V and the Warwick Alien 5. The Alien looks very cool but the price is $2499 vs about $800 for the Fender Victor Bailey Acoustic 5. (Questions posed to myself: Can I justify a $2499 acoustic bass? How often would I actually use it?)
 
#722
Well, I already have a couple.

1 My Linc Luthier 6 fretless
2 My Warmoth 5 Jazz with Bart MM pu.
3 My Fun Bass, Peavey Patriot
4 My Peavey TL6 fretless, soon to have a Diamondwood board and Bartolini HB's.

The list of hopefully soon basses.

Roscoe 3005 fretless
Zon Legacy 5 fretless
Surine Affinity 6 fretless
Kinal MK5 hollow body fretless
Mahogany body Peavey Foundation fretless
Bogart 5 fretless.

Yeah, mostly fretless. Thats just the way I roll, on square wheeels.
 
#723
Fullerton reissue P -- Check
Fullerton Reissue J -- Check
Light weight mid 70s J -- Check
Single Coil P -- Check
Rickenbacker 4001/4003 -- Check
MM Big Al --Check
Stingray 5 -- Check
Stingray 4 -- Check
Stingray Fretless -- Check
76 -- 79 Stingray -- Needed :)
 
#725
First and foremost -- Dingwall Custom Z3 5 string with a five piece Maple/Bubinga neck, a Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, Curly Maple body;
Another custom Dingwall Z3 with a semi-Genesis (Modulus) type neck except with the neck reinforcing material is carbon fiber and shaped kind of like a pi symbol 'TT' where the top runs behind the fingerboard for the length of the neck, with three piece rock Maple neck, a Curbow rockwood fingerboard, bolt-on neck, center block of the body is heavy Northern Ash, body wings of soft Curly Maple, Q-Tuner narrow PUPs, Audere 4-band preamp with active/passive switch, VTC, Hipshot A bridge & tuners, and Sadowsky Nickel-plated round-wound strings;
Dingwall Super J 5;
Alleva-Coppolo LG5 with A-C Jazz PUPs, Alder body, Brazilian Rosewood fb, & VTC;
Bee Custom 5;
Conklin Custom Sidewinder 5;
EB MM 20th Aniv StingRay HH 5 w/Maple fb & Bongo 5 HH;
F Bass Studio 5;
Jerzy Drozd Excellency V;
Knuckle Quake BO 6 (low F# - G) w/Q-Tuner PUPs;
KR Guitars Ursa Major XL 5 Custom w/Q-Tuner PUPs;
Kudela 11:28SC 5 String;
Nordstrand Nordy VJ5 (w/Nordstrand split-coil PUPs and Nordstrand 3-band preamp);
Sadowsky Modern 5-24 (w/Nordstrand Big Split pups);
Human Base BaseX.oc5;
Groove Shop 5;
Lakland Joe Osborn 5 (Rosewood fb & Audere J-pre) (pair: one w/roundwounds & one w/flatwound strings);
Lakland 55-01 (modded w/2 Q-Tuner Dual Coil PUPs & Audere 3ZB preamp);
Lakland 55-01 (modded w/2 Nordstrand Dual Coil PUPs, coil-splitter switches, & Nordstrand 3-band preamp -- I think this would be the best bang for the buck of any modified production bass -- + I just love Lakland's necks);
Modulus Q5 (wide neck) w/Bart PUPs;
Fender Roscoe Beck V (pair: one w/roundwounds & one w/flatwound strings), American Standard Jass Bass V, & American Standard Precision V;
Peavey Custom Shop Cirrus 5;
RIM Marseer 5 w/Q-Tuner PUPs;
Rob Allen Fretless Deep 5;
Roscoe Century Standard 5;
Skjold Custom 5;
Tobias Killer B 5 (pair - one Mahogany body and one Bubinga);
Warrior Adam Nitti Sig (but in a 5 string);
Yamaha John Myung Sig (but in a 5 string, with flatwounds) and BB2025 (Natural or Black);
and
Zon Legacy Custom 5.
 
#727
Wal - doesnt matter
Fodera VW
Alembic Epic
G&L USA 2500 string through
Fender Roscoe Beck Bass
Warwick Streamer Stage 2
Warwick Thumb NT short scale
Modulus Flea bass with lane poors
Spector NS
Sadowsky

Ill need some to be 5 strings, some fretless, a hollowbody, some active, some passive, some neckthrough, different pickup locations, difference preamps, different body woods, etc.
 
#728
Traben Pheonix 5
ESP Tom Araya
ESP AX54
Ibanez SR 5er
Ibanez BTB 5er
Ibanez SR7VIISC something or other... 7 string, close spacing, short scale... look it up
Ibanez Fieldy sig
Gibson SG
Cort Action V in metallic blue :O
Cort Curbow
..and my dirty little secret... a Hofner Beatles Violin bass :hiding:

I notice something here..... :hiding:
 
#729
lo-freq said:
First and foremost -- Dingwall Custom Z3 5 string with a five piece Maple/Bubinga neck, a Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, Curly Maple body;
Another custom Dingwall Z3 with a semi-Genesis (Modulus) type neck except with the neck reinforcing material is carbon fiber and shaped kind of like a pi symbol 'TT' where the top runs behind the fingerboard for the length of the neck, with three piece rock Maple neck, a Curbow rockwood fingerboard, bolt-on neck, center block of the body is heavy Northern Ash, body wings of soft Curly Maple, Q-Tuner narrow PUPs, Audere 4-band preamp with active/passive switch, VTC, Hipshot A bridge & tuners, and Sadowsky Nickel-plated round-wound strings;
Dingwall Super J 5;
Alleva-Coppolo LG5 with A-C Jazz PUPs, Alder body, Brazilian Rosewood fb, & VTC;
Bee Custom 5;
Conklin Custom Sidewinder 5;
EB MM 20th Aniv StingRay HH 5 w/Maple fb & Bongo 5 HH;
F Bass Studio 5;
Jerzy Drozd Excellency V;
Knuckle Quake BO 6 (low F# - G) w/Q-Tuner PUPs;
KR Guitars Ursa Major XL 5 Custom w/Q-Tuner PUPs;
Kudela 11:28SC 5 String;
Nordstrand Nordy VJ5 (w/Nordstrand split-coil PUPs and Nordstrand 3-band preamp);
Sadowsky Modern 5-24 (w/Nordstrand Big Split pups);
Human Base BaseX.oc5;
Groove Shop 5;
Lakland Joe Osborn 5 (Rosewood fb & Audere J-pre) (pair: one w/roundwounds & one w/flatwound strings);
Lakland 55-01 (modded w/2 Q-Tuner Dual Coil PUPs & Audere 3ZB preamp);
Lakland 55-01 (modded w/2 Nordstrand Dual Coil PUPs, coil-splitter switches, & Nordstrand 3-band preamp -- I think this would be the best bang for the buck of any modified production bass -- + I just love Lakland's necks);
Modulus Q5 (wide neck) w/Bart PUPs;
Fender Roscoe Beck V (pair: one w/roundwounds & one w/flatwound strings), American Standard Jass Bass V, & American Standard Precision V;
Peavey Custom Shop Cirrus 5;
RIM Marseer 5 w/Q-Tuner PUPs;
Rob Allen Fretless Deep 5;
Roscoe Century Standard 5;
Skjold Custom 5;
Tobias Killer B 5 (pair - one Mahogany body and one Bubinga);
Warrior Adam Nitti Sig (but in a 5 string);
Yamaha John Myung Sig (but in a 5 string, with flatwounds) and BB2025 (Natural or Black);
and
Zon Legacy Custom 5.
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If I were forced to pick 10 of the above, I think they would be:

1. Dingwall Custom Z3 5 string with a five piece Maple/Bubinga neck, a Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, Curly Maple body;

2. Alleva-Coppolo LG5 with A-C Jazz PUPs, Alder body, Brazilian Rosewood fb, & VTC;

3. EB Bongo 5 HH;

4. Jerzy Drozd Excellency V;

5. Lakland Joe Osborn 5 (Rosewood fb & Audere J-pre);

6. & 7. Fender Roscoe Beck V (pair: one w/roundwounds & one w/flatwound strings);

8. & 9. Tobias Killer B 5 (pair - one Mahogany body and one Lacewood);

10. Warrior Adam Nitti Sig (but in a 5 string);
 
#730
dje31 said:
In no particular order:

1. Kawai KRB55, hot-rodded w/EMG P/J, pre-amp (my first good bass; stripped from Candy Apple Red and refinished to natural ash, by my late Father; won't ever get rid of it, for multiple sentimental reasons);
2. Hohner B2AFL (Steinberger clone, my first fretless, which hasn't been refinished or hot-rodded (yet), probably w/Barts);
3. Steinberger L2/XL2 (one of the originals, preferably);
4. MusicMan Sterling 4HS;
5. Fender Geddy Lee Jazz;
6. Fender Precision (never a fan, actually, but if you're going to collect, you gotta have one in the quiver...);
7. Rickenbacker 4001CS;
8. MTD 440/40 (custom 4-string, 40" scale (check me on this), 40-fret extended range high (octave) & low (fourth), B-E-A-D, with uber-capo; piezo?);
9. NS Design EUB 5 (magnetic & piezo);
10. Warwick Fortress Flashback 5 (kind of like a modernized Rick)

If I could sneak one in and money were no object, maybe one of those crazy-ape-bonkers Ritter Jupiters...cuz then it would go to 11...or a proper ABG (Turner Renaissance?)...or a Peter Tork Gretsch Semi-Hollow!

Come on Lotto / PowerBall!
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Okay, revising, 9 months later:

1. Kawai KRB55: no change;
2. Hohner B2AFL: no change;
3. Steinberger L2/XL2: no change;
4. MusicMan Sterling 4HS: no change;
5. MusicMan Bongo 4HH: new to the list;
6. MusicMan Big All 4SSS: also new;
7. Fender/Squier CV 50's P: finally picked a P;
8. Lakland Hollowbody: new to the list;
9. MTD 440/40: no change;
10. NS Design EUB: no change;
11. Warwick Fortress Flashback: no change

Okay, so it's eleven...I like prime numbers!

And to reiterate: Come on Lotto/PowerBall!
 
#736
1. 1961 Fender Jazz Bass Custom Color with 3 knob and Slab Board
2. 1960 Fender Jazz Bass Stack Knob
3. Alleva Coppolo LG5 with DN Board
4. Sadowsky NYC 5 Ash Body, Quilt Top, Maple Neck
5. Alleva Coppolo LG5 with Eastern Rosewood Board
6. MTD 535 Tupilwood/Wenge/ Wenge with 10 top (first 5 years production)
7. Ken Smith BMT 5 with Exhibition Walnut Top and Back
8. 1959 Fender P-Bass with Slab Rosewood Board
9. Sadowsky NYC 5 Vintage with Alder Body, Maple Neck, and Braz. Rosewood Board
10. Alleva Coppolo LM5 9.2 lbs

That is the list and I am sticking to it.
 
#737
TolerancEJ said:
The following are my top 10 basses. Of my wishlist, I currently own Zero of them (sniff). The list is in no particular order.
- Conklin BDGT-7 String √
- Music Man Bongo HH 6
- Warwick Thumb 6 √
- Fender Steve Bailey Signature Fretless VI
- Ritter Jupiter 6
- Fodera Victor Wooten Yin Yang 5
- Zon Vinny VB6
- Fender Victor Bailey Acoustic-Electric V or Warwick Alien 5
- Carl Thompson 6-String w/ Scroll
- F Bass BN6

If I can sneak in a number 11, I also would like to have an upright bass.
Click to expand...

Update to my original post. Instead of zero, I now own 2 of my top 10 basses. On Aug 24, I purchased a Warwick Thumb BO 6. On Oct 22, purchased a Conklin GTBD-7. :)

Actually, since the creation of my wishlist, I've made some changes.

Another bass skyrocketed into the top 10 range. The Zon Vinny (VB6). I've chosen to delete the Hamer CH-12 entry.

Also, I'm kinda torn between the Fender Victor Bailey Electric-Acoustic V and the Warwick Alien 5. The Alien looks very cool but the price is $2499 vs about $800 for the Fender Victor Bailey Acoustic 5. (Questions posed to myself: Can I justify a $2499 acoustic bass? How often would I actually use it?)
 
#740
60's type J w/pre
70's type J w/ pre
Lakland Daryll Jones
Lakland Semihollow OR Guild Starfire with darkstars
60's style P with P-retro pre
P with flats
Ric 4001/3
Stingray H SHO 3 band
Thunderbird or Hofner Violin
Fretless J

All by Dan Ransom except where noted.
 

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