One bass

[HunterBrodt]

If you were to buy one bass to cover all of your studio, live, and lesson work what would it be?
I am an upright player but I need to get a nice electric.
Please no, buy a squire that's all you ever need.

I'm thinking a sadowsky but I'm not sure.

 

[Will Kelly]

A good Fender Precision bass.

 

[drummer5359]

A Sadowsky would be a homerun in my opinion. But I'd play a little bit of everything before I'd make a decision. Something will really speak to you.

 

[bacist4]

you can never go wrong with a fender jazz bass

 

[HunterBrodt]

you can never go wrong with a fender jazz bass

Which is why I thought of the sadowsky, most of the fenders I've played have seemed to be about 75 percent there, and I don't mind paying for the extra 25 percent. Not to mention even a sadowsky is cheap compared to upright gear.

 

[5StringBlues]

Fender Roscoe Beck Sig

All passive,can go from single coil Jazz tones to Humbucker tones with the flick of a couple of switches.

 

[scubaduba]

Pedulla Thunderbass from the sound perspective.

 

[Bassplayer222]

A Jazz bass with a 24 fret precision bass neck. That'd be my one and only if that was possible.

 

[Bassist Jay]

I have had my Bongo's going on a year now and love them. By far the most versatile basses I have ever owned. So with that being said, it would be a Music Man Bongo. Just not sure if I would go with the single H or double H configuration?

 

[SBassman]

A bass with a PJ configuration, like my Jaguar.

 

[HunterBrodt]

A bass with a PJ configuration, like my Jaguar.

Haha actually just sold my jaguar because it wasn't cutting it :/ thanks for the suggestion though. I like the idea of a pj config though

 

[Kaa]

Take this for all you're paying for it, but....I think in the hands of a good player, any decent bass played through any decent amp can sound righteous.

My example is a local bar player here, who is a good player, uses a Fernandes J through a 100 watt Marshall guitar head, into a small 1 x 15" and sounds great.

I saw a guy playing a SR through a 100 watt Peavey combo (line out to the board) who sounded great.

If I were you, I'd go for the tactile merits first, then the sound, then the name.

 

[Kaa]

Fender Roscoe Beck Sig

All passive,can go from single coil Jazz tones to Humbucker tones with the flick of a couple of switches.

I'd love to just play one of these.

 

[KsPiNeSh]

Warwick Streamer Stage II. Nails my tone with its inherent voicing and feels better in my hands than any other bass I've ever played.

 

[Kaa]

Pedulla Thunderbass from the sound perspective.

I had a Pedulla Rapture that was a great bass, just not what I was looking for at that time. If I had my druthers, I'd still have it.

 

[grendle]

Spector NS2

 

[HunterBrodt]

Take this for all you're paying for it, but....I think in the hands of a good player, any decent bass played through any decent amp can sound righteous.

My example is a local bar player here, who is a good player, uses a Fernandes J through a 100 watt Marshall guitar head, into a small 1 x 15" and sounds great.

I saw a guy playing a SR through a 100 watt Peavey combo (line out to the board) who sounded great.

If I were you, I'd go for the tactile merits first, then the sound, then the name.

While I do get that, the amount of time I spend on upright has shaped my ear nuances in tone. I would like ideas on the "one" bass that will do it all because most likely I will never buy another electric.

 

[5StringBlues]

I'd love to just play one of these.

Mine's a 5'r,but they did make 4 string versions.


It will do the PJ config too. Or a JP. Versatile little sucker.

 

[nostatic]

Depends on what styles you're trying to cover and personal preferences wrt sound, body shape, neck size, etc. There is no single answer.

For instance, I favor a PJ setup in a fretted bass, don't like JJ basses (sound or body shape), and like a fast neck profile. Right now I am down to two basses - my Rob Allen fretless is my "upright proxy" and my Fodera is a PJ fretted. I'm covering everything from straight jazz to rock. They do the job. That said I've got a couple of 5-strings and some other 4s on the way for flexibility (mix of fretless and fretted) because I find 4 and 5 to be different beasts.

 

[HunterBrodt]

Depends on what styles you're trying to cover and personal preferences wrt sound, body shape, neck size, etc. There is no single answer.

For instance, I favor a PJ setup in a fretted bass, don't like JJ basses (sound or body shape), and like a fast neck profile. Right now I am down to two basses - my Rob Allen fretless is my "upright proxy" and my Fodera is a PJ fretted. I'm covering everything from straight jazz to rock. They do the job. That said I've got a couple of 5-strings and some other 4s on the way for flexibility (mix of fretless and fretted) because I find 4 and 5 to be different beasts.

Well I wouldn't need anything that would sound like an upright per say, I would just play upright. I need something for r&b, hip hop, rock, and that type of thing.