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Is Finding the Perfect Bass Boring?
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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I have five incredible basses right now, but I'm so bored and anxious with GAS at the same time that I'm even considering getting a Bongo!
No kidding.
I've got to say, even though they are Great players, the Bongo IMHO is the ugliest axe ever! Even uglier than an old teardrop Vox.
Well, there's always looking for the perfect amp, the perfect cabinet, the perfect strings, and the perfect effects (as someone above already mentioned). By the time you have all of those, then that bass probably won't be so perfect anymore- start the whole cycle again! 
Or you could look for the perfect gig- man that will take *a lot* of time.
Or you could look for the perfect gig- man that will take *a lot* of time.
Jamming by myself after a rehearsal, I am reminded of something else about a bass when you really like it: you keep find new sounds in it. The fact I have a bass with essentially a four band eq helps, but I think any really good base will reward constant play and practice. I know my first good bass, my old single pickup Rickenbacker 4000, gave me plenty of tones the seven years I played it.
.... I know my first good bass, my old single pickup Rickenbacker 4000, gave me plenty of tones the seven years I played it.
I've got this one.
One single pickup, but plenty of usable wonderful tones indeed
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I've got this one.
One single pickup, but plenty of usable wonderful tones indeed
How old is that Rick? That's got to be worth big bucks.
I kinda' have the perfect bass, but I also kinda' have three that are above all the rest. My Carvin LB70 plays like a dream, sounds great and looks beautiful. It's "the one" for me. But, I've got a Peavey Foundation fretless and a Carvin AC40 that fill in the fret-free and semi-acoustic zones for me. Still, if the house was on fire and I could only grab one bass on the way out, the other five I own would burn up and my Carvin LB70 would be safe in my hands.
I know what you mean about it being kind of boring, though. I enjoy looking through catalogs and listings online, and I'm always considering something new. Then I go downstairs and play the basses I already have, and I realize there's no real reason to buy anything else.
I know what you mean about it being kind of boring, though. I enjoy looking through catalogs and listings online, and I'm always considering something new. Then I go downstairs and play the basses I already have, and I realize there's no real reason to buy anything else.
Having found my ideal basses makes me feel something between boredom and relief, mixed with a desire for all that money back.. 
I just think it takes awhile to find out what you really need as opposed to what you want and that runs from 'how many strings' to 'what pre' and 'what wood'.
Some players are fortunate enough to find that bass early on. Others, like myself, find a bass and have to wait until the opportunity become available to get one. 12 years it took me until I ordered my Sei bass www.seibass.com and nearly a year of waiting for it to be finished.
Is it the perfect bass, well for me, yes !! Am I G.A.S. free, nearly... I'd like to do some alterations to another bass I have, but 'to good to be true deals' aside, I'm done....
Some players are fortunate enough to find that bass early on. Others, like myself, find a bass and have to wait until the opportunity become available to get one. 12 years it took me until I ordered my Sei bass www.seibass.com and nearly a year of waiting for it to be finished.
Is it the perfect bass, well for me, yes !! Am I G.A.S. free, nearly... I'd like to do some alterations to another bass I have, but 'to good to be true deals' aside, I'm done....
