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Is Finding the Perfect Bass Boring?

Dr. Cheese

Dr. Cheese

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#1
I have slowly come to the conclusion that considering all factors such as tone, weight, comfort, neck profile, build quality, nice action, and price, the USA Peavey Millennium is the perfect bass for me. Like all of us, I still love other basses, but I know the Millennium gives me what I want, the way I want it. The problem is that now that I know it's just right for me, I feel almost a bit of a letdown, kind of like once I finally got my doctorate. I spent so much time working on it, when I graduated, it was like 'what's next" for a moment.

I know the logical answer is, you got the right bass, go shed, but I still, I do miss just looking and thinking about cool basses.:D
 
#3
Dr. Cheese said:
I know the logical answer is, you got the right bass, go shed, but I still, I do miss just looking and thinking about cool basses.:D
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Doesn't stop me. :) I lust after Stingrays even though the tone is pretty much everything I don't want.

moogboy said:
you will never find the perfect bass. it will always be out there, and once you find it, the perfect bass becomes another bass that is somewhere else.
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I've found it. It's called Fender J. :smug:
 
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moogboy said:
you will never find the perfect bass. it will always be out there, and once you find it, the perfect bass becomes another bass that is somewhere else.
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I'm pretty sure I have found what is perfect for me. I really love the 55-94 style J/MM setup, and the USA Millennium really is a great take on this type of bass. The only other bass that would be the equal of the Millennium would be a really nice 55-94, although a 55-02 is nothing to sneeze at either.:D
 
#6
I GAS over some basses here and there... but being faithfully & happily married I also still check out cute girls that cross my path :smug:

My Bee is *my* bass.... the end of the journey.

When I need a change up, I need to look no further than my pair of Benavente or even my pointy Ibanez.
 
#7
I'm relieved to be free of Gear Acquisition Syndrome for once, to be honest. Packing up basses and running down to UPS every month or two was starting to get old. Even though it was kind of fun having a different bass show up every so often, the bass swapping was never really an end in itself for me; the objective was always to find something that suited me that I could stick with.
 
#8
David Vector said:
I'm relieved to be free of Gear Acquisition Syndrome for once, to be honest. Packing up basses and running down to UPS every month or two was starting to get old. Even though it was kind of fun having a different bass show up every so often, the bass swapping was never really an end in itself for me; the objective was always to find something that suited me that I could stick with.
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+1.

I've gone through way too many in the past year. I am happy with my two five strings right that I currently have, and they are staying with me. I bought a Marcus Miller 4 string on a whim, but that one is going down the road, as I just am not comfortable on 4's for some reason.

So, I am done, until I can afford a Roscoe SKB3005 and a Modulus Quantum 5. Once those two are in my stable, I will truly be done. (hey, at least I can make myself feel good by saying that)
 
#11
BartmanPDX said:
For me, no bass can ever be "perfect," as no single bass can produce all of the bass tones that I love.

As a result, it is not boring at all for me.

Expensive, tho.
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To me, it's not a question of getting every tone I like. No bass can do that well. It's a situation in which I know I'm playing a bass that I really like and is comfortable to play that sounds good.
 
#15
bovinehost said:
Geez, how many tones does a bassist need in the course of an evening?

Of course, I play sorta punkabilly, so I'm not really stretching the boundaries of our artform, heh.
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Who said I was playing all my basses out? :)

My wife doesn't mind in the slightest when I go through 3 or 4 basses in the course of a practice session. :D Different basses for different songs. Keeps me on my toes as far as making me more conscious of my right hand technique.

If I'm going to play out, I'll only take one or two with me.


As far as GAS goes, though, I've pretty much got all the basses I need. I still like to look, but it would take something really special to get me even thinking about changing my current lineup.
 
#18
You know, I really only think about it when I'm at my day job. When I get home, I have a few nice basses to choose from. I've found a few that are killer for me. The odd thing is, the basses that I'm GASsing for, are just different variations of the ones that I have now.--5 string, 6 string, fretless 5, fretless 6. It's like I have to collect one of each. LOL.
 

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