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If you could only keep one forever
- Thread starter Frety_Kruger
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I had posted last week saying my VM Fretless Jazz with TIJFs. In retrospect I may change my answer to the Ibanez AEB5E. It was the gift my wife gave me for our first Christmas as a married couple. I love the neck, the acoustic tone and the convenience of it. I’m about to replace the 7-year old D’Addario Tapes on it with some TIJF short scale strings and I am so excited.
Not only is it incredibly fun to just pick up and play, I have the most attachment to it and would be crushed if I had to part with it. It’s been years since I’ve plugged it in for a gig but I probably will once I get the new strings on it. I’ve got a hole plug to bust feedback for when plugged in.
It’s the one I would keep if I could only keep one.
What's the penalty for noncompliance? Are we monitored? If we are caught steppin' out do we lose all privileges? I gots to know!
Ahh.... after some thought it would have to be this 32" Warmoth. It handles standard and standard D tuning equally well.
Ahh.... after some thought it would have to be this 32" Warmoth. It handles standard and standard D tuning equally well.
This is a French fries type of a question….. no way I can stop at just one. I need at least a hand full.
See my avatar.
I’m at my limit both ways .
See my avatar.
I’m at my limit both ways .
Those are my three basses. If I could keep only one, I would be a very sad man indeed. I love diversity, I don't do just one style of music and I like to have instruments that cover a lot of ground. So, the P bass with flats would be out, and tears would be shed. The Dean on the right is active, 5 strings, two pickups and does aggressive/punchy as well as soft and huge, so it has a lot going for it. But, I constantly struggle with neck and bridge adjustment, which would annoy the freaking bananas out of me if I didn't have other options at the ready.
I would choose my Maruszczyk J bass in the front. With two pickups still reasonably versatile, and I just love the J sound with those two PUs fully open. Plus, I had it made with narrow string spacing which I like and the neck feels simply phenomenal. And it is pretty.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
My Fender parts bass - '73 P neck, '76 jazz body. DiMarzio neck pup. It had a de-tuner, which broke after almost 40 years, and has to be replaced. I bought it used about 1983.
This one's easy to answer. My 1960 Fender Precision.
