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One bass to rule them all

#82
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Only change would be a Hagstrom Bi-sonic at the neck instead of the Guild DeArmond

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#84
If I could only have the one it would be my Sterling Ray4, which was my only bass for years. It is probably what I'm most used to as it was my only bass for so long. It lets me focus on the sounds I can make with my right hand technique and not spend so much time fiddling with knobs, which I'm very prone to do. If it were my only bass I think I'd keep a few sets of strings around if I'm using particular tones more, probably rounds, tapes, and flats. If there were some way to widen the nut width to the standard StingRay profile instead of the more Jazz Bass-like one it has, I'd be at least content with it as my only bass.
 
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#88
Welcome @DeanGallberry you will find that there are as many choices as there are bass players, some with simple needs and others needing more. My one bass is my '82 Carvin LB50 Koa Stereo Bass 'Taz' as it has the tones, playability and sentimental value to make it my main squeeze. Heaven forbid that I must stop playing my other #2 basses.
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#92
I like the discipline on this thread. Most people have only listed one bass. If the OP had just asked for our favorite single bass, I think most people would have listed many multiple of basses.

I have one bass so the answer is easy, but can you bassists really imagine a hypothetical that would all but eliminate NBD posts, new product videos (sorry Lobster), and probably TB itself. A pretty destructive original post from the OP; I guess it’s the world we live in.:(
 
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#96
My G&L L-2000 because of all the tonal possibilities and that it offers a choice of active or passive. If the battery dies during a song, I can continue on in passive mode. Also it's a built to order creation that has my favorite specs and fits my hands nicely. Very comfortable to play.
 
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GIBrat51 said:
I'll give you the same answer I give every time this.. question... has come up since I joined TB 10 years ago. "If I were forced to give up all but one of my basses (23 of them, now), then I wouldn't have ANY. I'd sell everything I own, but what I needed for a nomadic Biker existence; load it all on my motorcycle (used to be a BMW GS Adventure; now it's a Harley Freewheeler trike); and disappear over the horizon. I'm not - and never have been - a musician that rides motorcycles. I'm a Biker - that just happens to like playing bass guitar..."
I have to tell you; I have actually thought - very seriously - about this very thing. Decades of cross country riding have taught me what's necessary for long distance riding; 24 years of military life - mostly in a barracks, when It wasn't a 16-man tent in some crappy 3rd world country - have made me think a Motel 6 is... kinda nice. I figured out how much doing this would cost, a long time ago - I can easily afford it. And, there's a lot of this country I've yet to put a wheel on, and it's full of 2 lane roads that look like they'd be lots of fun...
So, probably not a good idea to tempt me. I've only been in this new house in Indiana a couple of years; my throttle hand is... twitchy, and the Harley's calling my name...:cool:
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That’s a big demotion, GS to Harley trike. Did you consider a Can Am?
 

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