Let's see those Work Horse Basses!

[GrimTim]

These are mine. The Squier gets all the work.

 

[S.O.T.G. Rich]

These 3 Hilton basses and my MBJ Hudson get beat up more than any of my basses.
4 string Workhorse bass 34”
6 string fretless 36”
6 string Short scale 32”
4 string MBJ 32” bolt on

Always in tune and those necks don’t move!

 

[Troberts 98]

My 1991 California special I found in a antique store last year missing a pick guard and pots for $150 is now pulling down gig duty. Great neck! Replaced the P with a SD 1/4 pounder. My MIM Jazz deluxe doesn’t see a lot stage time anymore

 

[Jari]

Most of the time it's either the 1986 Squier Jazz or my early noughties P51 Reissue. Or of course the Höfner.

 

[Astronaut Don]

Here's me at the Cat's Eye Pub in Fells Point (Baltimore, MD) playing with the Pete Kanaras Band using my numero uno workhorse P ...

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It's a bone stock * (rare for me) 2013 Fender American Standard Precision. It was a floor model from some store that was closing it out very cheaply on eBay. Alder body in that super cool Jade Pearl Metallic finish with a mint green pickguard, Fender Custom Shop '62 pickup and maple/rosewood neck. I have it strung with a killer set of 105 - 45 Sadowsky flats. 8.5 lbs, plays like a dream and has that quintessential P-Bass thud that works so well with the Blues, Soul and R&B that I find myself playing most of the time.

Here's me at the Columbia Pike Blues Festival (Arlington, VA) with the Chris Polk Band with my Franken50thAnniversary P which has also seen a whole lotta action over the years ...

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This one's a Fender 50th Anniversary Precision that I purchased offa eBay for $500 in its all original form back in 2001 with a special "petite" contour vintage tint maple/maple P width neck, ash body with see through butterscotch finish and black anodized aluminum pickguard. The original neck is probably the best playing neck I own, but didn't fit very well in the neck pocket of the 50th Anniversary body it came with and was also too bright sounding for most of the gigs I play. I eventually paired it up with a very bassy sounding Warmoth mahogany P-Bass body that ended up being a match made in heaven from both a playing and sound perspective (and would probably be my #1 if it wasn't such a lunker @ 10 lbs). Anyway, I found a "to die for" American Standard maple/rosewood P width neck from a 1999 Hot Rod Precision that is a great player, fit in the 50th Anniversary P's neck pocket like a glove and has been stable as a rock for me. I also replaced the original pickup with a Fender Custom Shop '59 Precision pickup, strung it with a nice set of 105 - 45 Sadowsky flats and routed the black anodized aluminum pickguard for easy truss rod access. * A little on the heavy side @ 9.5 lbs, but just a killer bass that has served me well. NOTE for all you Ampeg fans ... pictured behind me is a brand spankin' new all tube monster SVT head w/matching 8x10 refrigerator cab. The backline company for the festival had just pulled it out of its shipping crate that day. We were the second band up so I got to be the second bassist to play through it. Glorious ... just glorious.

* Except the OCD demons I have to grapple with on a daily basis compelled me to install a "tug bar" on both basses even though I've never used one in my life. ;^)

Here's me at the Cat's Eye Pub in Fells Point (Baltimore, MD) playing with the Pete Kanaras Band using my numero uno workhorse P ...

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It's a bone stock * (rare for me) 2013 Fender American Standard Precision. It was a floor model from some store that was closing it out very cheaply on eBay. Alder body in that super cool Jade Pearl Metallic finish with a mint green pickguard, Fender Custom Shop '62 pickup and maple/rosewood neck. I have it strung with a killer set of 105 - 45 Sadowsky flats. 8.5 lbs, plays like a dream and has that quintessential P-Bass thud that works so well with the Blues, Soul and R&B that I find myself playing most of the time.

Here's me at the Columbia Pike Blues Festival (Arlington, VA) with the Chris Polk Band with my Franken50thAnniversary P which has also seen a whole lotta action over the years ...

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This one's a Fender 50th Anniversary Precision that I purchased offa eBay for $500 in its all original form back in 2001 with a special "petite" contour vintage tint maple/maple P width neck, ash body with see through butterscotch finish and black anodized aluminum pickguard. The original neck is probably the best playing neck I own, but didn't fit very well in the neck pocket of the 50th Anniversary body it came with and was also too bright sounding for most of the gigs I play. I eventually paired it up with a very bassy sounding Warmoth mahogany P-Bass body that ended up being a match made in heaven from both a playing and sound perspective (and would probably be my #1 if it wasn't such a lunker @ 10 lbs). Anyway, I found a "to die for" American Standard maple/rosewood P width neck from a 1999 Hot Rod Precision that is a great player, fit in the 50th Anniversary P's neck pocket like a glove and has been stable as a rock for me. I also replaced the original pickup with a Fender Custom Shop '59 Precision pickup, strung it with a nice set of 105 - 45 Sadowsky flats and routed the black anodized aluminum pickguard for easy truss rod access. * A little on the heavy side @ 9.5 lbs, but just a killer bass that has served me well. NOTE for all you Ampeg fans ... pictured behind me is a brand spankin' new all tube monster SVT head w/matching 8x10 refrigerator cab. The backline company for the festival had just pulled it out of its shipping crate that day. We were the second band up so I got to be the second bassist to play through it. Glorious ... just glorious.

* Except the OCD demons I have to grapple with on a daily basis compelled me to install a "tug bar" on both basses even though I've never used one in my life. ;^)

Love the Cats Eye Pub. Played there many times. I'm a Baltimore native but live and play bass in Denver now. Killer P-basses!

 

[fritzknag]

Been using my Lakland for most gigs these days..

 

[Randyt]

Here is mine!!

 

[ScrewDevil]

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I would, too!

 

[dfreeland83]

Don't have any cool photos of me with this bass, but my go-to for the past two years has been a 70s Reissue Fender Jazz.

Mods: Blacked out the control plate, Kickass Bridge, Rewired everything, have a series-parallel switch built in the tone control, Model J p/u's. Thing sounds stinkin' amazing.

 

[dan_thebassman]

My Sandberg is my main go to for live work, studios will be the Warwick or Status, home is the music man or jazz bass!

 

[Mike Hill]

 

[Mike Hill]

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Here are two of my workhorses

 

[Frank Orlando]

1973 P when only a P-Bass will do.
2007 Warwick Corvette Standard active/active 5 string, medium scale (32")... for all other times.

 

[Mike Hill]

These 3 Hilton basses and my MBJ Hudson get beat up more than any of my basses.
4 string Workhorse bass 34”
6 string fretless 36”
6 string Short scale 32”
4 string MBJ 32” bolt on

Always in tune and those necks don’t move!
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Very nice

 

[emjay]

My go-to bass - '91 Alembic Essence 4 strung with R. Cocco. Maple and mahogany body, maple neck, ebony fretboard. Standard on-board pre-amp with volume, pan and tone controls, plus the optional "Q switch"; which is essentially a low-pass filter. It's a sweet playing and sounding bass (if you like a that piano like sound), very adjustable tone-wise and setup-wise.



environment.

 

[ICM]

Hofner 500/1 V62. It's never let me down, I play this every day and use it for every gig. They're a lot less fragile than one would think. After getting this, it took the #1 spot which formerly belonged to my CT. This bass has that sound. It's definitely "the one". Nice baseball bat neck too!

 

[Robertdiamond]

 

[Sound Guy]

 

[Zomb13]

My workhorse. An Ibanez ATK3EX1. I've had this thing set up in everything from EADG to CGCF to BEAD and it's never let me down. Best $275 new-in-box I've ever spent. I call it, "The Horror".

 

[specialca]

I have 2 babies here that I work with along with my other Axes!