Owning two of the same bass

[oysteivi]

Unless you absolutely love a particular model of bass to the point that anything else just 'feels weird' in your hands: don't do it.

I'm one of those guys. I've pretty much given up on liking anything but a precision bass, so I have two of those.

On the upside, I don't have much bass GAS these days. ..except it would be fun to have a fretless P and a fretted strung BEAD (and/or possibly a P5).

 

[Not yet]

Six P-Bass in various flavors and one B00 Musicman that rarely sees daylight.

Thinking about trading the Musicman for another P

OP, think you gots your answer

 

[gumbynotpokey]

Ok, so if they are different, then they're not the same -- RIGHT? So, get the second one. It's "different". We all do this. So, I have a Carvin LB70P (4 string fretted) and a Carvin LB70PF (4 string fretless). That's an extreme example. If I had the exact same bass in blue with an ebony board, and in green quilt with a rosewood board, to me those would be two totally different basses. We hoarders are a bit that way. But enough with over-thinking it. We all agree - go for it.

 

[wvbass]

I have two Precision basses. (Well, ok, I have five, plus a Jazz Bass Special with a P pickup, plus a Peavey Dyna Unity with a P pickup, but that's not the point).

My two Precision basses sound different. Do you think the difference in tone is because one is ash and one is alder, or do you think the sound difference is because one has a stock P pickup and one has a quarter pounder? Your opinion here will give you a clue whether you should have two Stingrays for tonal purposes.

My two P basses are different colors, so they look different: daphne blue and candy apple red. Your Stingrays could be different colors. They also have different nut widths, so they feel different. You could get a Stingray with an SLO neck.

 

[Ewo]

I've got two Sadowsky Will Lee 5s. One's a Metro, the other's an NYC. Body wood and pups are different. I take the Metro to gigs, and woodshed at home on the NYC.

 

[steveinohio]

I own tons of doubles. All for different reasons. At the very least I always bring two to a gig in case of a problem. I dont like changing EQs and stuff during the middle of a set.

 

[Ric5]

How about more than 2 of the same bass ...

 

[rtav]

I've got two Yamaha RBX JM2's - one is for home/practice/secondary projects, the other is for my main band and stays at our practice space. It's great not having to transport a guitar to our practice space, plus having a replica for backup purposes during a gig.

I love these guitars SO much that I may be buying a third very soon and having it defretted.

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[spade2you]

A few years back, I owned all of these. Now I'm down to the Kahler 4, red 5, Millemmium 4 Plus, and a fretted 6. It was redundant and I've started playing guitar again.

 

[JTE]

At one time I had two US Lakland 4-94s, a Classic w/rosewood board and a Deluxe with maple board. They were strung the same, and there wasn't enough difference in sound to be material. Why'd I have two? Because if I switched in the middle of the set for any reason (e.g. broken string, etc.) the signal going to the both my amp and to FOH would be consistent.

John

 

[DavC]

I like the idea of ... 1 w/rounds ... 1 w/flats ...

I have a PRS SE Custom 24 ... but just ordered another PRS SE , ... Zach Myers .... of course they'll look like the ' same thing' to my wife ... but ...

1 has a Trem - other has Fixed bridge
1 is Solid double cutaway Body - other is semi hollow single cut
1 is 25" scale - other is 24.5"
1 has 24 frets - other has 22
1 has gloss neck back - other is satin
1 has single vol/tone w/coil tap - other has 2 vol/ 2 tone
they have different pickups

so can you really have 2 completely identical basses/gtrs ... ?? you can try ... ha

whatever floats your boat .. !!

 

[Morfman6]

I say go with how many you feel.

 

[G-MonRV5]

You've come to the wrong place if you think WE'RE going to talk you down from the ledge...

 

[2saddleslab]

At one time I owned 7 ASAT basses. Solid bodies, semi hollows, all mahogany, maple, rosewood, you name it. That might have been overkill. But no shame in multiples as each will have it's own personality.

 

[jamro217]

5 P's: 1968 sunburst/tort/rosewood, 1976 maple/aftermarket tort/maple/ mongrel split alnico, 1983 MIJ Candy apple red/aftermarket white pearloid/maple/ SD quarter pounder/ gold hardware. Frankencaster purple burst/ black/ ebonal fretless/ neck mudbucker. Hohner PJ black/ white/ fretless rosewood. 2 Rics: 2004 Fireglo 4003, 1978 4001 Autumnglo fretless. All completely different animals. What was the question again?

 

[Imaginary Pony]

[QUOTE="Tube Amps Rule, post: 16898368, member: 266447"
A man has two of everything that's important to him![/QUOTE]
I think Mrs Pony might not agree if I tried that one on her!

 

[Short-scale]

I have 2 Squier Jaguar short scales and thinking of adding the black one soon.
Nothing wrong with having a backup or two.

 

[Neveragain55]

I own a Midnight Purple ESP LTD B-104 that I got used from a pawn shop a while back and of all the bases I own, I play that one the most.

Every time I see a new Midnight Purple ESP LTD B-104 online I have to fight everything in me not to get it. (but I want an identical new one so bad I can taste it)

It makes absolutely no sense.............but I undersatnd it...............GET IT, and don't look back!!!!!!!

 

[JimmyM]

Two of the same is cool in case one bass malfunctions and you want to swap out but don't want your sound to change.

 

[Gbass75]

If you're ever on tour or are just OCD about having a backup at every gig, go for it.

Two of the same is cool in case one bass malfunctions and you want to swap out but don't want your sound to change.

What these fellas said... back when I was touring, I had two P-Basses in the trailer; the primary instrument, and the back-up bass.

That being said; even if you're NOT touring... if it brings you joy, and you've got the scratch, why not pick it up?