Active or passive?
Fretless?
Maybe one could be a 5 string?
Are you sure you don't want a MusicMan and a Rickenbacker instead?
What about if you start playing a lot of Beatles stuff?
Good luck!
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Fretless?
Maybe one could be a 5 string?
Are you sure you don't want a MusicMan and a Rickenbacker instead?
What about if you start playing a lot of Beatles stuff?
Good luck!
I could do without my Jazz bass and my Stingray if I had to. If I were going to pare down to two basses, it would be one of my Precisions and one of my Rickenbackers. Do you need one of them to be a five string? Maybe, or maybe not. I use a five string on occasion, but if I didn't have one I could still sleep at night.
Definitely outside the budget. Not too concerned about bands I don't listen to. I'm more about Tool than Beatles
With that in mind, I might just go the G&L L2000 route.Definitely outside the budget. Not too concerned about bands I don't listen to. I'm more about Tool than Beatles
A P by itself will do what you want - it doesn't sound like you want to cover a broad range of genres.
If experienced bassist me was advising new bassist me, he would recommend NBM consider getting a 4 string and a 5 string.
EBM would also recommend trying a bunch of other types of brands, styles and pickup configs before comitting. There are a lot of sweet tones and different ergonomics to be had that fall outside the Fender realm. He might enjoy one of them as much or more.
EBM would also recommend trying a bunch of other types of brands, styles and pickup configs before comitting. There are a lot of sweet tones and different ergonomics to be had that fall outside the Fender realm. He might enjoy one of them as much or more.
Yeah that's the first thing I did for both of them. I just got the jazz (new player series). I swapped the pick guard the day it arrived. Pick guard is $10 off Amazon.
A P and a J is a good way to go. A classic combo that’s worked for many, many people. Yes, there are alternatives, but, well, get whatever you want, of course.
A P, a Mustang bass and a J work for me.
I agree with some others that you don’t even need two basses. I only had my MIM Precision for years. Before that I only had a Jazz for a few years. Now, I could live with only my Mustang (or only my P). YMMV
Enjoy figuring it out; it can be frustrating but also fun
A P, a Mustang bass and a J work for me.
I agree with some others that you don’t even need two basses. I only had my MIM Precision for years. Before that I only had a Jazz for a few years. Now, I could live with only my Mustang (or only my P). YMMV
Enjoy figuring it out; it can be frustrating but also fun
Nice choice. In a way I have that but the Sadowsky is a NYC 5. Wish I had a sadowsky NYC 4. Lately 4's have been my choice of bass.
This…a thousand times, this!
Ask "What should I get?" around here and everyone starts with what personally works for them. Hell, even I was about to make some similarly personal suggestions, but it should really come down to you and what works best in your own two hands. Sound can be altered and shaped in countless ways, but the feel of an instrument is slightly less malleable. So, find something that's comfortable for you to play.
There are little and large differences across brands and configurations, so pay close attention to the details. You just might discover which twists of ergonomics and engineering work best for you, just as I did. In my case, I've narrowed it down to certain combinations of nut width, fretboard radius and string gauge. Everything else is a secondary concern…
…except "Aesthetics". I can't bring myself to keep a bass that I don't find visually pleasing. Call it "too many years as an art student/illustrator".
Bingo !!This…a thousand times, this!
Ask "What should I get?" around here and everyone starts with what personally works for them. Hell, even I was about to make some similarly personal suggestions, but it should really come down to you and what works best in your own two hands. Sound can be altered and shaped in countless ways, but the feel of an instrument is slightly less malleable. So, find something that's comfortable for you to play.
There are little and large differences across brands and configurations, so pay close attention to the details. You just might discover which twists of ergonomics and engineering work best for you, just as I did. In my case, I've narrowed it down to certain combinations of nut width, fretboard radius and string gauge. Everything else is a secondary concern…
…except "Aesthetics". I can't bring myself to keep a bass that I don't find visually pleasing. Call it "too many years as an art student/illustrator".
So looking around it seems I've come right back around and I am now thinking about a singular Fender Player Jazz.
Now if you had to have just one bass, with one set of strings that could do a range of tunings but stay in one tuning for setup reasons... what would you do?
My thought is to tune to C# standard with a 50-120 set. Most of the music I want to play fits in this tuning though I would need to 'correct' tabs to match. Or setup as D standard which could swing down or up a half step if needed without screwing up the setup too much.
Now if you had to have just one bass, with one set of strings that could do a range of tunings but stay in one tuning for setup reasons... what would you do?
My thought is to tune to C# standard with a 50-120 set. Most of the music I want to play fits in this tuning though I would need to 'correct' tabs to match. Or setup as D standard which could swing down or up a half step if needed without screwing up the setup too much.
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