Post your nonidentical twins/ siblings.

[Instagator]

 

[Dynomuttasaurus]

I think of siblings as related, but very much unique. They have a rivalry as each tries to identify the part that makes them special.

 

[2saddleslab]

The evil twins.

 

[mellowgerman]

Little bit of a Jeckyll & Hyde vibe going on

 

[Instagator]

 

[prowla]

Warwicks, anybody?

 

[ajkula66]

Gibson Bass IV and Bass V, both from 1987. The red one is gone, still have the fiver

Gibson EB-0, 1963 and 1969. The one on the left now belongs to my bass-playing-son.

1972 Les Paul Triumph Bass with a 1970 Les Paul Bass

1969 EB-3, 1972 SG Special, 1969 EB-0

 

[DrBnz]

G&L L-2500 and M-2500..... same thing, only different.

 

[boylebass]

The top bass has a jazz neck with an epoxied fingerboard, hence stainless steel round wounds for “full Jaco”. Her sister has a p bass neck and flat wounds.

 

[dave64o]

G&L L-2500 and M-2500..... same thing, only different.
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Nice!

I really love my L-2500, but have sometimes wondered if the slightly more subdued overall tone and the pickup blend rather than the Tri-Tone system might suit me better.

 

[subtlestew]

I've got a fun pic for this thread. Below, please see my two pairs of closely-related siblings.

Left to Right:

Mike Lull PJ4-30 (strung with flats)
Mike Lull PT4-30 (strung with rounds)
'90s Peavey Forum (strung with rounds)
'90s Peavey Fury (strung with flats)

All four basses sound great and play great.
I paid TEN TIMES as much for the Lulls as I did for the Peaveys.

 

[DrBnz]

Nice!

I really love my L-2500, but have sometimes wondered if the slightly more subdued overall tone and the pickup blend rather than the Tri-Tone system might suit me better.

The "blend" is cool, but it takes a little finesse' as the controls are very sensitive. Whereas with with L2500 you flip a switch and you get what you get. But if I was in a band setting I'd take the L2500. If I'm at the house or just showing off, I'd take the M2500

 

[Geepers]

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Fretted & Fretless Scott Beckwith (Birdsong) short basses

I have a Birdsong fretless and have been thinking of getting a fretted twin… do you tend to use one over the other? Would you buy both again if you had your time over?

 

[five7]

 

[dave64o]

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Nice pair!

The fretless has a piezo bridge?

 

[Rich48]

I have a Birdsong fretless and have been thinking of getting a fretted twin… do you tend to use one over the other? Would you buy both again if you had your time over?

I don’t play in a band, just occasionally at church and at home. I only play the fretless at home because I have poor hearing and don’t trust my intonation. I bought the fretless to try for an upright tone. The fretted bass is my favorite. If I had to do it over again I would have bought a fretted Corta bass instead of the two short basses

 

[BoomFish]

Sandberg Short Scales - Lionel VS4 and TT4

 

[Shibata]

My two Maruszczyk Frog's.

 

[dedpool1052]

 

[HoHumbucker]

OK, I will ask the noob bass player question. Why do so many of you have twins, triples, and quads?

Practice vs gigs?
tunings for gigs?
flats vs round wound strings?
4- vs 5-string?
vanity?
nostalgia?
GAS?
'cause I can?

I am curious since I don't really have multiple versions of each saxophone or clarinet type (except alto sax where I still have my old HS/college marching horn in addition to my good horn).