Playing more than one bass: Good, bad, indifferent

[neurotictim]

I've got three, with one on the way, and I actually like how they sort of "force" my style to change. Quite literally, different styles emerge from my fingertips depending on what I'm playing. With my 6, I get the full range, and feel like there's no limit to what I can do, from rattling the windows to doubling the guitar... Yet I don't slap it like I do my P-bass 4 string, and certainly don't jam along with Jaco or AiC like I do with my fretless 4 string. I think I'll be picking up new basses as the urge hits me, within limits. I don't see a point in having more than two of one kind of bass, a main and backup. But I like to switch things up.

 

[Dan Knowlton]

I'm much more sensitive to string spacing than I am the scale length. I switch between 5 basses that each have a different sound and are either 34 or 35" scale. Since each bass sounds different, I try to match the bass with the setting and that works for me.

YMMV - there is no right or wrong here.

Dan K.

 

[spade2you]

YMMV - there is no right or wrong here.

LOL, try telling that to someone who believes there's only ONE acceptable tone!