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two of the same bass

#23
I basically like to have two of each kind of bass where possible. I have two Carvin's - a 5 and a 6. I would love to pair my Bongo 5 and Euro 5LX with 6-string counterparts.

And I wouldn't mind another SR5 with a rosewood fretboard to go with my maple SR5.
 
#24
johnk_10 said:
don't get me wrong, i have alot of duplicates, but i like to have variety too. ;)

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i haven't been too interested in too many 4 strings the past 18 years or so, but i gotta say that's a beautiful picture. should make a poster out of it. :hyper:
 
#28
Well, mine aren't EXACTLY the same:
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So sue me.:D

First off, I would never ask a bassist why they have more than one of anything. BUT if I DID, they could satisfy me with 3 words, "To play them.".

Now if they weren't planning on playing them, just collecting them, like art, I'd shake my head, and say "It's a free country and you certainly have the right to do that but they are instruments, they were MADE to be PLAYED!"
 
#29
For ME, it's because I CAN . . . :cool: . . .

I have my main giging fretted bass and an identical one as back-up (they stay with the band's equipment) . . . and another one at the studio . . . and another one at home . . .

I have my main giging fretless bass (also stays with the band's equipment) . . . and then there's an identical one at the studio . . . the neck-thru EADGC stays at the studio, too.

So I basically have 3 basses . . . my '59 Pbass that's been with me since 1967, a fretted bass* and a fretless bass* . . .

*Custom-made (by Carlos Carbajal) 5-string fretted with 2 pups (4 bolt-on), 5-string fretless with 1 pup (2 bolt-on, 1 neck-thru) basses (Basslines SMB-5A pups, Carvin tuners, Hipshot drop-tuner and Type-B bridge, Carvin BN5 neck - 34" scale)
 
#32
I have (had) 2 of the same Dean Sledgehammer 5's. But I modded the crap out of one of them, so now they're not so "the same" any more...

I originally just wanted to get a cheaper 5-string so I can hide my '97 USA L2500 (first of it's kind). Turned out that I liked the Dean so much that I got another one...
 
#33
Absolutely. If your haveing a 2nd bass as a backup then it makes best sense to have another of the same. Or one very very close to it sound wise and playability wise. Cause after all its a backup bass rather then an alternate bass or one for diff voiceings. While my two basses arent the same body shape, they do sound pratically identical to each other on purpose. With same tone shapeing range and voices. Purposefully. So either can play the same stuff the same way etc.
 
#36
Got 2 jazz basses, a 4 and a 5. Not really 2 of the same, but try telling my wife that. Now she says the next thing that comes in the house has to be something besides a Fender.



I'm thinking a Lakland JO....... :hiding:
 
#37
I have 4 of the same model Carvin LB50 basses 3 Koa 1 black cuz they feel the same (almost) and have different sounds. My main squeeze and one with EMG pups have the same strings and the other 2 are set up as Tweety basses 1 EADG and the other ADGC.
Also have 2 PV Foundation basses fretted and fretless.
 
#40
ProfGumby said:
BTW, I put out the case that even if you had two identical basses with everything the same, strings and all, you'd still have two different basses! No two are exactly the same....
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+1!
i agree with you completely. all of my 'duplicates' have their own personality and inspire me to play each of them differently.
 

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