I'm settled: I only need 2 basses

[Raman]

I'll be 49 this year. Soon 50! Time to reconsider some things...

I think I'm settled on my bass arsenal. It'll wield the 2 following weapons:
-My faithful G&L L2500, 5-string active bass. There is no finer, nor more a versatile instrument. (It emulates a Fender Jazz bass and a MusicMan pretty well too!)
-A quality Leo Fender Precision bass. Classic 4-string, split-pickup design. And such a soulful tone!

I now believe that if I own both such basses, I'll be set for life.

What are your 2 fundamental basses?

 

[Sharko]

The 2 best basses for metal

 

[Bright Midnight]

For me it's a G&L L2000 CLF Research, with a K-Mod and a roasted maple fretboard, natural.
Second is having my current Tribby L2K completely redone by a luthier I know: keeping the body, installing a completely new neck (handmade, long scale, lined fretless, rosewood fingerboard, same neck shape as now), Jazz and Precision type pickup (not sure what brand I'd take), installing an ACG filter preamp, paint job for the body - probably something old yellowish like those old New York cabs with a black print on it, and last but not least: the headstock should be a precise copy of a Wal MKII headstock, complete with the 2 lines from left to right.

With those two ALL my needs are covered, even my esthetical bass desires.

 

[2cooltoolz]

Okay. I'll go with these two. (Three(or 5 (or 7)) would have saved cropping the pic , but if it's a "pick 2" )

 

[Jeff Scott]

Sort of two: two 4-string basses (Rickenbacker), and two 5-string basses (Martin Keith).

 

[jjk2007]

I'll be 49 this year. Soon 50! Time to reconsider some things...

I think I'm settled on my bass arsenal. It'll wield the 2 following weapons:
-My faithful G&L L2500, 5-string active bass. There is no finer, nor more a versatile instrument. (It emulates a Fender Jazz bass and a MusicMan pretty well too!)
-A quality Leo Fender Precision bass. Classic 4-string, split-pickup design. And such a soulful tone!

I now believe that if I own both such basses, I'll be set for life.

What are your 2 fundamental basses?

Up until this year, I’ve only had one bass for the last couple of years…an 89 Peavey TL-Five. I’ve always wanted something ‘custom’ so I had Brady Muckelroy build me one of his basses. Took delivery at the start of this year and it’s my #1 with the TL in the backup role. I have no desire for anything else.

 

[George Dennis]

I'll be 49 this year. Soon 50! Time to reconsider some things...

I think I'm settled on my bass arsenal. It'll wield the 2 following weapons:
-My faithful G&L L2500, 5-string active bass. There is no finer, nor more a versatile instrument. (It emulates a Fender Jazz bass and a MusicMan pretty well too!)
-A quality Leo Fender Precision bass. Classic 4-string, split-pickup design. And such a soulful tone!

I now believe that if I own both such basses, I'll be set for life.

What are your 2 fundamental basses?

Can we also assume this your final post on TB?!

 

[Raman]

Can we also assume this your final post on TB?!

You never know.

 

[mikewalker]

Kinda hard to just have Two basses when there are THREE types of bass strings...

 

[2112]

Right now an Ultra J5 and an Ultra PJ4. And I'm thinking REAL hard about stringing the PJ4 up with flats.

 

[mouthmw]

My 2 fundamental basses.

I've downsized to two of my favorite basses a while ago.

 

[DrBnz]

L2500 and Ultra PJ4 will do it.

 

[ModuMan]

Man, I hope I never have to consider myself set for life.

 

[neil|lien]

Well, i only have two basses, and not really happy with them.. GASsing for a Sire U5 but can't afford it right now... i guess if i had it, & managed to solve that hum problem on the Mustang, i'd be done searching...

 

[BassyBill]

Status Streamline 4 fretted and unlined fretless.

 

[BlueTalon]

I think we're from different planets. There are way too many interesting basses out there to ever consider settling on just two.

 

[Watchootognbout]

You're not settled.
You don't have a fretless.

 

[Bass V]

bottom line pair; I got a great P but also have a P killer as my #1, if I got another to mod fretless I'd be too conflicted cos it'd be too good to ignore. I need frets and more of them, please!!

 

[chris_b]

I guess I'm fixed up.

I settled on my Mike Lull PJ5 about 11 years ago, and 5 years later a Sadowsky Jazz 5. In the last 6 years, nothing has come close to replacing either of those basses.

 

[davidjbass]

I did the same thing a few months back. I just turned 59. Here are my two.