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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread Part 28: Chicken Pot Pie

Aight guys so I'm considering picking up a 5 string bass bu I'm having some difficulty finding one with the options I'm looking for so hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction...

What I want:
Under 1k$ price tag (prefer under 800$) used or new
maple fretboard
humbucker pickup ('s)
passive electronics
string through body bridge
bolt on or neck through
simple solid color (no flame tops or spalted wood)


Closest thing i can find are the rare maple fretboard USA jazz basses, but when i find them they are around 1200$. Looking for something less pricey though and seeing what options are out there, closest i can find are some laklands.
 
Aight guys so I'm considering picking up a 5 string bass bu I'm having some difficulty finding one with the options I'm looking for so hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction...

What I want:
Under 1k$ price tag (prefer under 800$) used or new
maple fretboard
humbucker pickup ('s)
passive electronics
string through body bridge
bolt on or neck through
simple solid color (no flame tops or spalted wood)


Closest thing i can find are the rare maple fretboard USA jazz basses, but when i find them they are around 1200$. Looking for something less pricey though and seeing what options are out there, closest i can find are some laklands.

List price is above your range, but it looks like the street price is right around $1000:

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No maple fretboard though.
 
Aight guys so I'm considering picking up a 5 string bass bu I'm having some difficulty finding one with the options I'm looking for so hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction...

What I want:
Under 1k$ price tag (prefer under 800$) used or new
maple fretboard
humbucker pickup ('s)
passive electronics
string through body bridge
bolt on or neck through
simple solid color (no flame tops or spalted wood)


Closest thing i can find are the rare maple fretboard USA jazz basses, but when i find them they are around 1200$. Looking for something less pricey though and seeing what options are out there, closest i can find are some laklands.

You might want to consider a Carvin B50. If you can find one used to the specs you want it will definitely be under $1k, but even new it will be, just with a wait time. Just priced it out...

B50
alder body/maple neck
Gloss Black finish/Maple Fretboard (tung oil)
H50 stacked humbucker (jazz style) pickups, passive
Standard headstock, satin finish
Med jumbo frets
chrome hadware

$867 shipped, no tax since you're not in California. There are some other options you could go with that could bump it up a bit, like a MM style humbucker in the bridge position, different headstock shape/finish, different frets, neck finish, etc.



Corey, as a P bass guy through and through...that stingray sounds exactly like what that track needed.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I figured I would use it for this project when I bought it and it's just the thing. Going to downtune more when my new strings arrive though, probably.
 
Personally, I'd rather have the J99 single coils over the H50 humbuckers as well. I have them in my SB4000 and have zero problems with noise, even with pickups running solo. They've got more punch and clarity to my ear, but it's a preference.
 

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