Too many basses ???

[Rusty Chainsaw]

One thing I will say is that I play differently on every bass I own. Having several basses is a great way to help with your creativity. If you're jamming on one bass and not coming up with something you like, try a different bass. You'll play it differently because it feels and sounds different and each bass lends itself to different ways of playing. I tend to come up with cool slap lines on my Jazz, nice fingerstyle passages on my Sei fretted, tricky pickstyle riffs on the Spector and nice melodic stuff on the fretless Sei. Then you transfer what you came up with on one bass over to another for yet another different sound!

Russ

 

[Anti_Wish]

One thing I will say is that I play differently on every bass I own. Having several basses is a great way to help with your creativity. If you're jamming on one bass and not coming up with something you like, try a different bass. You'll play it differently because it feels and sounds different and each bass lends itself to different ways of playing. I tend to come up with cool slap lines on my Jazz, nice fingerstyle passages on my Sei fretted, tricky pickstyle riffs on the Spector and nice melodic stuff on the fretless Sei. Then you transfer what you came up with on one bass over to another for yet another different sound!

Russ

exactly

 

[Munjibunga]

The more basses you have, the better player you will be. I have ten, and I'm half-way decent. When I reach my goal of 41 basses, I will be fully decent. And that's that.

 

[RoyQBiv]

This is a very good point. I play differently on my two different basses, just like I play differently if I'm running a certain effect. To me, at least, any sort of change can trigger creativity.

One thing I will say is that I play differently on every bass I own. Having several basses is a great way to help with your creativity. If you're jamming on one bass and not coming up with something you like, try a different bass. You'll play it differently because it feels and sounds different and each bass lends itself to different ways of playing. I tend to come up with cool slap lines on my Jazz, nice fingerstyle passages on my Sei fretted, tricky pickstyle riffs on the Spector and nice melodic stuff on the fretless Sei. Then you transfer what you came up with on one bass over to another for yet another different sound!

Russ

 

[WoodyG3]

One thing nobody has mentioned is that having multiple basses allows you to string them with different types of strings. I like having one bass with round wounds and another with flat wounds.

 

[embellisher]

It's all about tools in the toolbox.

I have a T-40 strung with flatwounds. An old Electra-Westone fretless strung with black nylons. A Hamer 12 string. A Jazz bass. A P bass. And a few other old basses that have sentimental value to me, but very little monetary value. So like a painter, I have those 'tones' in my pallette.

My main players are my Zon, my Nordstrand and my Cirrus. Those three cover the tone I need 90% of the time.

But on those rare occasions when I need a P bass, or a bass with flatwounds, it is nice to have them available.

 

[chalie]

Thanks to you guys for giving me knowledge. I am think I quite comfortable now.

Thanks