Most unforgiving bass guitar?

[StyleOverShow]

@davidwillism Rosewood neck and bridge. The back of the body is mahogany, just beautiful and light.

 

[Diesel Kilgore]

The old SX jazz bass I had that weighed like a truck and had a super sticky neck.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Crank up the treble, and turn down the bass, on your amp. You'll hear everything.

 

[metron]

The most unforgiving bass Ive owned might be my G&L SB-2. No tone knob, hot P/J MFD pickups, and a club like quartersawn maple neck. I like its transparency a lot but it's a beast. There is nothing to hide behind.

If I'm not on my game, it can sound too pingy or ganky. When I'm gettin it, the bass is really amazing to play.

 

[StyleOverShow]

This could be the answer to those of us that like an upright bass but cannot deal with transport issues. I have been thinking of building a solid body version of this. What is the fingerboard made of?

Rosewood. Saw one on eBay for $1350!

 

[davidlwillism]

Rosewood. Saw one on eBay for $1350!

A mere $1300! Wow. I don't need to live indoors. Not. Rosewood is the default fingerboard for most everything including my upright electric since real ebony is now endangered and illegal. (There are similar species but the border people can't tell the difference, so they confiscate everything that looks like ebony.) I have thought of using something like phenolic resin (like Micarta) or a resin impregnated plywood (Rutland Plywood used to make most of it used in this country, but the factory burned. Do not know now.). It used to be available in a plaethora of colors, including ebony-like. Some makers have used aluminum, but it would look like crap and stain fingers. In any event, I would build it myself with a solid body.

 

[DanielW]

My old 80's Ibanez Roadstar II, which I traded in for a Sandberg VM4 a couple of years ago (lots of cash also exchanged hands) was super hard to play. I've owned an Aria Pro Cardinal II, a 5-string SGR and as of this day a BTB 675 (still have the Sandberg and you will have to pry it from my et c), and the Roadstar was the hardest.

I mention this because it's a decent instrument, it's not that it was flawed in any way. Just very, as you put it, unforgiving.