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One bass owners?

#42
Fender32 said:
It's an interesting question alright! :hmm:

I wonder if any TBers have actually slimmed down their vast collections to just one or two (a back-up is always needed for gigging bassits, I guess), after finding the perfect match? :smug: If so, what was the "Holy Grail"?

I've owned about 20 basses in 20 years and have 8 at the moment, but I'm sure that if I could just land that one dream bass ...
:p


Who am I kidding? I'm hooked ;)
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At one point, I was up to 4 basses and wanting more. Now, I have realized that I really don't need more than two (and I only need the second for a backup at gigs.) I have three now, and will probably be selling one shortly.
 
#56
I just have a warwick corvette passive 4 string.

I'm currently borrowing my friend's '72 fender precision - v.nice! but he refuses to sell it to me. DESPITE not even playing bass...he got it as a 'collecters item' bah!
Now I'm thinking of either a Fender or a Lakland as a second bass.
would be a nice contrast for my warwick.
 
#57
Dr. Cheese said:
Often I have only owned one bass. Lately, I have had up to four basses. Owning one bass was usually cool, the only downside was that I was bassless when my bass way away getting a setup or some other work. Frankly, I have no desire to own more than maybe four (five) basses, and I could be really happy with two. Collections are wonderful, but in the end, it's all about the music.:)
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+1. Practically, for the last few years I just have my warwick corvette. I also have my cheapo defretted Washburn 4string, but that doesn't get any play, and I've got a bass cello I mess around with every now and then, but that's not a normal bass... I'm gonna get a Dingwall soon, and maybe the Warwick will stay as a backup or with a different tuning (until I get another dingwall...). I could probably see a fretless in my future, but no more than 3 fretted, 1 fretless and the bass cello.
Actually, now that I come to think of it, I used to have extreme gas for a lot of basses.... ritter, mtd, sei, warwick str.st.2 and I thought it was a matter of time until I piled up a collection. Well, I may sound like a fanboy (and I don't even own one yet), but after I played some Dingwalls next to other high end basses all of this gas disappeared. There's no contest.
 
#58
I have four, but one is in "retirement" and the other three have distinct qualities:

Hagstrom H8 (retired - old, and needs work, but my first bass)
Schecter Custom 4 (active EQ, slim neck, great slapper)
Schecter Diamond J (passive, basically Schecter's Jazz clone)
SR 400 (modded: fretless and SD P pickup)

The one with the most work? The Diamond J
 
#59
I own one bass, a rickenbacker 4003. I can push it to get pretty much any tone and can make it work for any situation, sometimes needing a witch from rounds to flats. This site gives me gas, but everytime I pickup my rick i realize what a versatile and unique bass it is.
 

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