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Just 1 brand, or more brands?

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Thomas Kievit

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May 19, 2012
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#1
Who of you TB-ers only 1 have brand for your bass guitars and who of you have more than 1 brand?

For those who use only 1 brand : how many basses did you had to try before you got the gear you have right now?
 
#4
For now, I only use Fender and Squier basses, however I've owned others in the past, and would be happy to own others should a practical application for them arise. :D

I have three currently and use them all:
Squier VM Jazz
Squier Deluxe Active Jazz V (great bass, but not my favorite)
Fender Std. Precision
 
#6
I presently stick with EBMMs. Love what they do, how they play and the price is just right.
What have I tried in the past? Just about everything under $2k new/used, as that's my self-imposed limit on how much I can justify on any bass. I've had some serious high end stuff down to SXes and Squires. EBMMs are for me though!
 
#7
One brand.

Back in 1982, I tried a vintage P and a Gibson Grabber at a rehearsal space before deciding that bass was my kinda instrument & of the two, much preferred the P.

When I hit the shop, I was disappointed by the neck profile on the then current production Precisions & found that they were totally out of my price range. Shop assistant asked what I *could* afford & pulled an Aria TSB-400 off the rack.

Love at first feel :D

Still got the TSB, but these days my two main squeezes are a 1980 SB-900 & a heavily modded fretless SB-1000.
 
#10
3 Music Man basses
2 Alembic basses
1 Marchlewski bass

There are a number of other bass brands that I like and could see myself owning, but I don't need any more. As long as I have at least 1 Alembic in my portfolio it's all good. Everything else is just pleasant distraction. In my opinion, there are a lot of brands that deliver great tone, great workmanship, great looks. Alembic is at or near the top of the heap in all those categories.
 
#12
I have a Yamaha and 3 Carvins. The Yamaha is at my parent house because it as sentimental value so I don't use it anymore.

Since then I bought 4 Carvin and sold one. That brand pretty much cover what I'm looking for.
 
#14
Currently I have a single-coil P, two split-coil Ps, a StingRay 5 and a Godin A5 fretless.

I have owned a Carvin LB20 and a G&L Tribute L2000 as well as a Fender Standard fretless J.

I'll likely sell the Godin, but the others are pretty much in constant rotation.
 
#18
I currently only have Fenders, but I've owned a Yamaha, a EBMM Bongo, and a G&L L-2500. I don't really buy based on what's on the headstock, I just found I liked the feel of my P more than my G&L. I bought my 2nd Fender because I wanted to do a neck swap to a fretless, and it's easier to get a neck to fit a Fender than other brands.

Not that I feel I need another bass, but if I were to go shopping again, I'd be looking hard at Carvin.
 

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