Ok you have $2,000 to spend...

[gungrog]

$2000? I doubt I'd ever want to spend that much on a bass, but if pushed, well OK then maybe a (used, I guess) Bill Nash PB57 might tempt me.

 

[Cowboy in Latvia]

I just played a Lakland USA made bass at guitar center in Fort Collins, CO. It was one of the smoothest playing basses I have ever seen and the sound was just round and smooth. I would buy that and the ampeg tube head from the music go round there and be set for life.

 

[DrummerwStrings]

Another Roscoe probably...

I assumed an used Roscoe was twice the price. I probably shouldn't have read this thread...

 

[Gizmot]

I've been looking hard at Dingwall's for awhile now and would go for an NG2, but I'd also consider the new under $2K Sadowsky or another G&L like a Kiloton or an SB-2.

 

[beaglesandbass]

Ibanez SR2605

 

[Altitude]

OP, you should have said "you have to spend it all and you have to spend it on one bass. The bass must be new. You forfeit any change left over."

This would thin out the MIM Fender crowd and the people who suggest you wait a lifetime until you find the guy desperate to sell you his used Series II Alembic at your price point.

(Probably a Skyline Lakland Darryl Jones if it had to be one bass)

 

[scuzzy]

I'd scout the classifieds for the sweetest boutique coffee table bass I could find that tickled my fancy.

 

[TN WOODMAN]

The Pensa Suhr I bought directly from Lloyd Cole a year ago. He had listed it 6 years prior and I wasn't in a position to buy at that time. Thought he had sold it but he had taken the ad down. He relisted after a poster here was inquiring about Pensa Suhrs and I was able to get it. Crown bass in my collection. Beautiful Olympic White on Koa body which is nicely aging into a butter cream . My ten year old daughter calls it Lloyd and says it looks like an old yellow house.

 

[TonyP-]

I don't need any more basses.

However...

I would probably build a 5 string fretless from Warmoth parts.

Gecko style body - alder core, flamed maple top. Finished - transparent blue on sides and back, blue to teal burst on the top. Routed for 2 EMG sized soapbars: $550.00

I'd put a Nordstrand Big Split in the neck position and a Big Single in the bridge position. Passive: $240

Hipshot KickAss Bridge, gold: $157.30

Three gold control knobs: $40.35

Gecko maple neck, unlined ebony fretboard, no inlays, black tusq nut: $565.00

Hipshot gold tuners: $200.00

A set of stainless steel flatwounds: $50.00

Dunlop gold Straplocks: $16.00

Output jack: $3.00

HSC for Gecko: $139.99

Total amount: $1961.64

That sounds awesome and I totally agree...
However that has to be the most exspensive Warmoth build I have heard off.

I can build my average for about 1k and that is with top parts.

 

[JimmyM]

It would have to be one of Yamaha's more high end BB basses since they own Ampeg now and I might be able to weasel a discount

But seriously, even though I would indeed dig one of those Yammies, I find myself happy with my fleet as it is even though none of them cost over $1500. A couple of them might cost a bit more than that new these days, but not 20 years ago or so when I got the most expensive ones.

 

[Manticore]

A secondhand Alembic bass in that price range would be my first choice, but I also have a secret urge to play Pedulla

Like this Pedulla: Pedulla Buzz bass - Excellent Condition - $2195 - Free Shipping in US/Canada | eBay

All thats missing is 2000 bucks

Asking prices for used Alembics have increased markedly over the last few years. It will be difficult to find an undamaged one in good working order for that amount. Even Epics are asking more than $2k.

 

[Nephilymbass]

What bass would you buy...model,color,etc.?

Just did that a couple months ago. Dingwall NG2 5 string. Leguna Seca Blue. Already had a case but if I was buying the same Case again it would still have been less than $2k.

 

[dindinbre]

Aerodyne Jazz Bass

 

[Korladis]

Some rare color of Rickenbacker.

Or I'd build some silly Warmoth doubleneck thing.

 

[Daniel Piper]

G&L Kiloton 4 (lefty!) in clear red over spalted maple over swamp ash, 3-ply black pick guard, maple fingerboard with black blocks and no binding, vintage tint satin, 1 5/8" nut, 12" radius. To match her sister:

I'd put the $400 left over towards a sweet tube preamp.

That was easy. Now ask me about amps!

WOW!!!!

I would take that colour, over spelt maple, on a 4 string G&l JB, with no pickguard option.

 

[glocke1]

What bass would you buy...model,color,etc.?

Used fender custom shop 62 jazz bass.

 

[Tom Bomb]

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[Angry Mob With Pitchfork]

I got these secondhand mints under $2K each in OZ (probably a lot less over in States,). Absolutely wonderful basses that can punch hard!! For finger funk it's hard to beat Sadowsky modern.

 

[glocke1]

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curious..why that and not a fender? whats the diff?

 

[Mili]

Fender Jazz Bass Geddy lee USA