Psych rock bass guitar?

[Bicycledaybass]

Need to upgrade guitars. Looking at fenders but open to other's. What's a solid psych rock bass?(highly vague question bare with me) Im a fan of PJ pickups versatility. Looking at a new mustang not sure about short scale tho. Can't decide if I dig a P bass and steering away from a Jazz bass. Just looking for some opinions

 

[NMTB]

Fender American Elite Precision? Has both P & J plus switchable active/passive.

 

[Bass V]

no idea where or what but here is THE deal of the moment ...I may be trying to snag this babe, but go for it!
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[4sight]

No idea what psych rock entails, but the Ibanez TMB series are nice PJs for not much cash. The TMB30 is a short scale.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Psychedelic rock?They used what was available at the time.
Fender.Gibson.
Teisco Del Rey.

 

[knumbskull]

What do you have currently? Budget?

Fenders are what i mostly see in psych rock bands... a P, J or Mustang would work great.

Or Gibson, Ric, Guild... anything with a vintage vibe really.

 

[knumbskull]

You're making up genres.

No he/she’s not.

 

[Watchootognbout]

No he/she’s not.

Corrected.
Never heard it referred to as just"Psych Rock"
Psychedelic.

 

[knumbskull]

Corrected.

That makes more sense

 

[Watchootognbout]

Anything retro.

 

[DDXdesign]

Could be 'psychedelic rock', could be 'rock... just kidding!', or he could be running a detective agency based on mad observational skills that people take for paranormal phenomena. The world may never know.

I think psychedelic-era rock, though, and I think big fat mudbuckers like a Gibson EB3/SG bass, or maybe Guild Starfire (just played a 2-pickup model last weekend and it snarls like a beast), or for long scale Fender did a Modern Player Tele bass with a couple of bigol hums (got mixed reviews here I think, but looks the business and sounds big)

 

[mpdd]

I use an L2000 that way I can really push the amp and pedals to extreme levels

 

[BruceWane]

Psychopathic rock?

The Poulan v. Stihl debate rages hotter than P v. J

...........although the old-school purists say there's only ONE OPTION. Actually THEY SCREAM IT.

 

[NMTB]

Psychopathic rock?

The Poulan v. Stihl debate rages hotter than P v. J
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Needs a tort chainbar.

 

[WardEarth]

I think you could make a lot of basses work. P or PJ would probably be fine. I've been liking P basses. Roundwound strings or flatwound strings might be a more significant question.

What bass or basses do you have right now?

 

[Mustang Surly]

"I think psychedelic-era rock, though, and I think big fat mudbuckers like a Gibson EB3/SG bass, or maybe Guild Starfire..."

Nothin' says "PSYCH-A-DELIC!" like a Starfire...

 

[callofcthulhu]

Once again I find myself baffled at how out of touch TB is.

I use a Rick in my psych rock band(s), seems it’s not an uncommon choice. I mostly see Ps or Js at our gigs, with the occasional goofy vintage looking hollow/semi hollow.

Remember that in this genre looking cool is arguably more important than sounding cool, so if you want to buy a bass solely for this application I would suggest just going to reverb and getting the cheapest, weirdest looking bass made before 1980.

I would love to see more EB0s and EB3s cause I think they’re awesome (and I love Jack Bruce) but they don’t seem to be a very common choice for some reason.

Whatever you get, put flatwounds on it.

 

[toprekoms]

If you like p-bass pups, check out the B.C. Rich Mockingbird Heritage Deluxe. It has two pair of the highest output pups I have ever played and looks very cool too.

 

[creaturegods]

no idea where or what but here is THE deal of the moment ...I may be trying to snag this babe, but go for it!
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Do you work at this Guitar Center or something?

OP, nothing says "psych rock" in 2018 better than a weird old Teisco:

 

[Chauffer]

Need to upgrade guitars. Looking at fenders but open to other's. What's a solid psych rock bass?(highly vague question bare with me) Im a fan of PJ pickups versatility. Looking at a new mustang not sure about short scale tho. Can't decide if I dig a P bass and steering away from a Jazz bass. Just looking for some opinions

I think you should try the new Mustang with the P J pups. Short scale basses, especially with flats are awesome and the weight and easy playability become addictive. But I'm old and such things matter to my arthritic hands and shoulders...