the one bass you wan't to own before you die

well, i don't have a dream to have a specific bass, but i will say that before i die, i'd like to have an exotic topped, 5 string bass, tuned e-c, with a lot of knobs and dials! similar to what a lot of people have on tb now. i do think i'd like one of those!

Charlie

 

Tyler four string.

 

18 string left handed fretless bass... I don't know why... just to say I have it?

 

Jason Newsted's gloss black NS-2 Spector

 

Bass of Doom, of course

 

I would just like a really nice MIA Fender Precision, especially with the S-1 switch.

 

Right now I'm stuck whether I want to stick with ERBs, or just 5ers. If fivers: USA Spector! If ERBs: Benavente!

Ray

 

The Funk Machine

 

my old 82 mockingbird back.

 

Pre-Gibson Tobias. Took all of .000002 seconds to think that.

 

Well, I can't just choose one so here it goes. I just recently cured gas for one I've wanted. Not too long ago I ordered a Nordstrand NJ 5 Deluxe set neck with a nice Bubinga top, Ash body, Wenge back, and a Maple/Wenge/Maple veneer/Wenge/Maple set neck, and Nordstand Dual Coils.

I've always wanted a MTD 535 w/Wenge neck and fb. A recently, a Sadowsky 5-string P/J Modern Jazz.


OK, I guess I'm just greedy, either of these basses would suite my needs just fine but I want them all.

 

Marleaux Consat Custom 5 w/ programmable E.Q.

 

A five-string version of this:

 

wow

 

Probably a Fodera Emperor 5 Elite. Something that is functional, yet still amazingly beautiful.

 

Hmmm...Having actually dealt with that a couple of years ago thanks to a little health issue.....

I chose a Sadowsky PJ5.

and if that health issue ever crops up again, I'm buying another Sadowsky.

 

It is a Ritter, I have played a 5-string one of those with a different finish.

My response to this thread, is none. There is no bass that I feel that I must own to make my life complete. Forgive me, but basses are just tools. When I think of what I'd like to do in my lifetime, owning a specific bass doesn't even enter the equation.

In my lifetime, I want to see my children become adults, and I want time with my future grandchildren. Owning one particular bass just doesn't compare.

 

Mexican-made Fender Precisi.....oh......never mind.

Mike

 

What's the retail on those things? Damn it's pretty!!!
But yes, when you compare basses to everything else in life, well, there is no comparison. If I had to give up bass for family or the likes, I would in a heartbeat.

Ray