Let's see those Work Horse Basses!

[Eilif]

What a kickass live picture.

Thanks,
We aim to impress!

 

[pickles]

Sadowsky metro RV5, modified by mo (deeper neck pocket, USA tuners, new style string retainers). Kills every single gig.

 

[PaulReside]

67 Guild Starfire does almost every gig for me.

 

[Matt Dean]

I can imagine that setup sounds insane.

It does...

 

[frankzelf]

 

[spector5ns]

88' NS2A...Been a Spector nut since the 80s and have had many! This bass holds dear to me as a compassionate fellow Spector player, as myself, donated this beauty to me ( I lost everything through a bad marriage, Spector NS-5
CR, NS2B, NS2A, Euro NS 4XL, Legend, Ibanez RG5 Fretless, and more...).

 

[jmastanduno]

Warwick Streamer 1982 German the Trace Elliot GP12SMX is for gigging the Fender Super Bassman 300 stays home for rehearsals and recording. The 4x12 Trace cabs also stay home I use a Epifani 1x15 and an SWR Big Ben 18” Bag End for gigs much easier than tearing down the whole rig

 

[Bedbug Eddie]

My MIM Jazz Anniversary ed. usually.....just a real standard WORK HORSE. Using it for all types of gigs since mid-90's. Lately tho' the USA Precision with flats is getting action...butter!!

 

[HertzWhenIPlay]

Ibanez ATK 750

 

[feschyn]

Sadowsky metro RV5, modified by mo (deeper neck pocket, USA tuners, new style string retainers). Kills every single gig.

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Why a deeper neck pocket? Just curious.

 

[pickles]

Why a deeper neck pocket? Just curious.

It makes the strings closer to the body and let’s you set string action at the bridge lower while having the saddles a little higher. Not at all a necessary mod but it just feels that little bit nicer.

 

[Giffro]

30+ years with my Peavey DynaBass 5 (Lucy) so she is my main workmate.

Hundreds of gigs over those 30 years.

I even wore my boxer shorts for this Christmas gig..lol

More recent gig partners in the last 5 years..Ric 4003 (Charlotte) and EBMM SR5 Stingray (Pearl)

 

[Agapeguy]

Sunday morning Worship Team rig - Hagstrom Super Swede Bass w/ MarkBass 250w combo and a Fender Rumble 2x10 cab.

 

[ScrewDevil]

Sunday morning Worship Team rig - Hagstrom Super Swede Bass w/ MarkBass 250w combo and a Fender Rumble 2x10 cab.View attachment 2931044

That bass is sweet!

 

[crabfunk]

Zuanich Point?
Bellinghamster Alert!

Nice catch my friend! Yep, on the terrace of the Bellwether Hotel a couple of summers ago. I'm biased, but is there anything better than the Pacific Northwest in August?

 

[KohanMike]

These two are the ones I like to play the most, rehearsal two days a week, gigs about once a month. The P-bass is 24 inch scale, the Thunderlele is 23 inch.

 

[Kirk Bryant]

This Tune bass has been coming out a lot lately. I’ve been fiddling with the neck to get it dialed in where I like it. The PUs and pre in these are very good and powerful. It is actually a beater too, had way big holes drilled for 2 thumbrests an inch above the PUs, wth? Since it was relatively cheap and I hated the strap mounts, I moved them both. The ergonomics are better now for me.
I believe I make more than sufficient security deposits in area below the seventh fret most nights to make a few withdrawals above the twelfth. Possibly searching for the 25th fret in vain here on jam nite.

 

[sacahill42]

Nice catch my friend! Yep, on the terrace of the Bellwether Hotel a couple of summers ago. I'm biased, but is there anything better than the Pacific Northwest in August?

Nope!

...I mean YES! It sucks. All the time. Wet. Nasty. Grey. Gray even.

FWIW, the pic in post #47 was taken inside the Mountain Room at Boundary Bay a year ago.

 

[Radguitars]

This is the second bass I built from scratch back in the early 2000’s. RAD Guitars (my initials) was born out of necessity and not wanting to spend a lot of money so I decided to build one. I needed a 5 string bass and wanted something unique, versatile, and based on Leo Fender designs. The jazz bass pups (early Sadowsky) and musicman pup (Seymour Duncan) all go to a 6 pos. rotary switch (1st control knob) then to a 2 band musicman preamp I built from Unclefluffy who was selling the printed boards back in the day. I can get jazz and musicman tones and combinations of both which is pretty cool. I also machined the bridge, which is a custom design and the pick guard is custom as well. The headstock design is an “R” shape for RAD Guitars and is my signature headstock for all the instruments I build. The body (alder) has a tongue oil finish and danish oil on the neck. It sounds and plays fantastic and has been my workhorse for some 14 years.

 

[Siamese]

My 19th century Mirecourt sticks it out with me night after night

Here we are with Mr Vinny Raniolo hosting a session with the Avalon Jazz Band

And sometimes I'll still pull out my Lakland 55-94 and do rock gigs