The bass you've always wanted?

[kittywithabanjo]

I own my dream basses already.

 

[Trayster2]

The "Holy Grail." Maybe someday!

 

[ubernator]

- Warwick Stage, not sure if I'd prefer a I or II so either I could score
- Pre EB MM Sting Ray
- Ric, preferably a 4003?

OP asked for just one so I'd go with the Warwick if I saw all 3 going for around the same and I had the money.

Stage II, it is more Warwick like, stage I is more Spector like due to the maple neck.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Well that is easy: a six string Alembic. Been on my radar since I first learned of them decades ago. "Phil".

 

[ubernator]

View attachment 876866 I own my dream basses already.

Me too, though my tastes were a little more affordable.

Technically I would love a "vintage" fender or 2, but the prices were always prohibitive, and the ones that fell in my range had been modified and refinished and that killed it, like routing a p bass pickup right between the jazz pickups, bleh, killed it for me. I once saw a 68/69 jazz that looked exactly like Geddy's 72, and a stack knob 60 that was basically jaco's but with the frets still in it.

I am pretty happy with my 98 jazz and geddy, 2000 p bass, and the Warwick FNAs.

 

[Mustang Surly]

This would pretty much make my day.

 

[nerkoids]

This one. Or a '66 or even the '68. This is about as blingy as I'd want a bass to be:

Mmmmmm tort:

 

[lfmn16]

After lots of GAS and wasted $$$, I think I finally have the bass I always wanted, just didn't know I wanted it. CIJ Geddy Lee Jazz. So far it does everything I want and haven't had GAS since I bought it.

Funny thing is that I bought it on a whim. I prefer it to my customs and basses costing considerably more.

 

[kodiakblair]

Easy question to answer. Fretless Tune Bass Maniac, 3 octave neck, piezo only.

Saw it reviewed in 1984 and was smitten,£899 was a year's wage to an apprentice then but even if I'd had the cash there's little chance I'd have got it.
32 years of looking and so far I only know of one in existence and that's a fella's in Japan.

Still haven't given up hope yet

 

[Mattrill]

custom shop based on a jazz like this. no roadworn for me though

 

[gidbass]

A Ric 4003, and then 6 years ago, i was fortunate enough to be able to purchase one...

Good Luck!

 

[handofseven]

Fireburst Gibson RD Artist.

(I can't tell you how many times I've watched this)

Everything about that bass seems perfect (well, no block inlays, but I think I can overlook that). Those tones, that body, the electronics... One day.

I want this as well, but I already have a black one... So it gets bumped down the list a little.

 

[NOVAX]

Unicorn: Music Man Cutlass, but a Sabre version, not a Stingray.

 

[ddhm]

A 6 string, 35 inch scale Ric 4001 perhaps? Yeah, I'm strange.

 

[bonin in the boneyard]

As a lefty, a $$ Stingray.

 

[Rip Van Dan]

The one I have does it for me. The only other one I'd consider would be '65 Jazz Bass like the one that was stolen from me. This one has better sustain than my '65 did though and has the same thin fast neck but in all maple.

(***edit*** this is a '77-'78 Fender Jazz I bought at the music store where I worked part-time in 1985. It hung on the wall for four days before I tried it out. It was an instant flash of an "I'm home again" feeling on the neck.)

 

[kodiakblair]

I keep hearing about the raw deal lefties get. What's wrong with guitar companies ? It's a big market they're ignoring.

 

[BlueAliceOasis]

Aww man, I can't put just one, are you crazy?!

 

[edcars]

bass that i've always wanted was a mm stingray. was foetunate enough to snag a used one but i always play my rick more but I couldn't let go of it. now gassing for a dan armstong bass

 

[garp]

For a long, long time, I was convinced that it was a much-vaunted birthyear bass: a '60s Jazz. So I saved up my pennies, found a wonderful example within driving distance, and was about to pull the trigger on it. But at the last minute, I had a change of heart. I was afraid that because of its value and great condition, the Jazz would stay sequestered at home, played only occasionally, ending up as a mere footnote somewhere in a listing of my estate's assets.

I ended up buying an '83 Ibanez (at about 1/20th the price) which I had lusted after since I began playing bass in 1983. Today, I gig that Ibanez regularly, and in all honesty, the bass floats my boat much more than an instrument as old as I am.