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"Potato chip" basses (you can't have just one)

Dincrest

Dincrest

Sep 27, 2004
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Many people on TalkBass describe Spectors as "potato chip" basses in the sense that "Spector basses are like potato chips, you can't have just one."

After owning my Reverend Decision P for a while, I've come to think of Reverends as my hypothetical potato chip basses. Do I need another Decision P? No. Do I want one? Heck yeah!

So what are "potato chip" basses for you? Those basses where it feels like you can't have just one.
 
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In general if I find anything that is surprisingly good (basses, shoes, clothes, amps, cameras, etc.) I will buy another, if possible in a different color and if money allows. This occurred with my two Kala uke basses although my original intention was to defret one of them. But after seeing the nice pocket frets on such an inexpensive instrument I have held off on those plans. Ampwise I got two Mesa Subway 1x15 cabs to make a stack and two custom GR Bass Aerotech 212 Slim combos, which altogether makes a fantastic stereo rig.

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For me it’s having a maple fingerboard mtd and a rosewood Tobias. I like them both a lot. Now I also throw Warwick in this conversation. I love the streamer but also really want a thumb. They both do the Warwick thing but in their own special way. The fortress and corvette do too. Honestly all Warwicks have a unique voice but they have something special that’s only found in their basses. It’s why I like them among other reasons.
 
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Dincrest said:
So what are "potato chip" basses for you? Those basses where it feels like you can't have just one.
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Rickenbacker 4003s and Precision (style) Basses. I currently have two of each.

One Ric has rounds and stock pickups and the other has flats and custom Nordstrand pickups. My Fender Precision has rounds and frets and my Sire P5 has flats and no frets.
 
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Easy for me, though generally not as expensive as those models initially mentioned in this thread-the old P bass. I only have three, and may have too many, but they are all different in unique ways (two with roundwounds, one with flats.) I started my journey with a P clone, and it has stuck to this day-always feels like home.
 
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For me it is thunderbirds. I have owned 3 Gibsons and one Greco (owned the greco and one of the gibsons at the same time and used them both extensively within one show)....And I am going to buy another tbird this coming May...the magnum opus of all I have learned...if i find the right one.
 

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