I am trying to find a bass that can handle any kind of playing... from death metal to jazz to heavy funk to alternative any any other genre in between..... so any suggestions? 
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Versatile Bass?
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I have to say the lakland 55-02 has to be a contender for
amount of different usable tones. It can do so many sounds.
amount of different usable tones. It can do so many sounds.
+1, there is a thread every week on this topic. IMO, Having a Fender P Bass with the proper strings can do 85% of music styles. Rics and Gibson TBirds are next. Any good bass player can take any bass even less expensive ones and with the right touch, approach,set-up and bass rig play any style needed. 
Pretty much. The only thing I'd ever avoid would be a straight P bass... but I avoid those anyway
. Just buy a bass and play it.
For what you want to do, the right amp with the right cabs is probably more important than the bass.
That said, if I had to have only one bass, it'd be a Fender Jazz. Get one with a series/paralell swtich and you can even fake a P pretty well.
That said, if I had to have only one bass, it'd be a Fender Jazz. Get one with a series/paralell swtich and you can even fake a P pretty well.
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Exactly
+1. I've yet to find any bass that actually CAN'T handle X style of playing. It's almost always the player's fault if their bass can't do something. For instance, I can't play metal very well. Why? Because I haven't put in the hours with a pick, a drop tuned bass, and a metronome. I'm not about to go blame my Jazz, Foundation, or P-bass for something I can't do, that would be ridiculous. A bad carpenter blames his tools.
Find a bass that makes you want to practice all the time, and the rest will take care of itself.
+1
I will say that I wouldn't want to play a Rob Allen in a metal band. Not at all a knock on RA basses (they are amazing) but the piezo bridge just wouldn't cut it for me. That is one of the only instances i can think of, although that is a rather specialized bass that most people wouldn't be looking at anyways.
