"Warmest" bass?

[Drucifer]

I was going to recommend a semi-acoustic bass as the warmest, but there aren't many six-stringers. Invalid Link Removed, I've played one but not plugged in, so I don't know exactly how it sounds.

 

[Drucifer]

Also, Rob Allen has done six-string basses before.

 

[micguy]

active, set flat

Active circuits in basses are typically there to buffer the pickup's impedance from the load capacity of the cable. Without them, basses often sound "warm". I'd suggest you might not want an active bass - what the circuit typically does is moving you away from your tonal goals.

 

[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

Try an MTD 6 stringers ... do you remember Jimmy Haslip’s deep tone ? It’s all there ... Bartolini soapbars in the right place and Bartolini onboard preamp ... there’s a super deep sounding bass from MTD which is the Kingston
Super 4 or 5, the version with the twin, closely spaced Bartolini MM pickups and the custom Bartolini electronics ... very deep and clear tone (look for M. Tobias and Bobby Vega demo video on YouTube), but it’s not made in 6 strings version

 

[nilorius]

Don't know about the 6 strings, but with 5 it could be any Fender vintage j-bass with both pickups on and tone down. At last this question can not be answered, because the "that bass" could be and could not be the wormest for any person on earth. You should choose yourself.

 

[Silky Johnson]

I was going to recommend a semi-acoustic bass as the warmest, but there aren't many six-stringers. Invalid Link Removed, I've played one but not plugged in, so I don't know exactly how it sounds.
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At around $7000 dollars I'd get get two of those one for flats and one for rounds

 

[brianrost]

Too bad the OP specifies "EQ flat". I'll just turn down the treble on an active bass if there is too much sizzle, mayve dial the bass up a notch. Unlike a passive tone control which changes the cutoff point as you adjust it but the amount of cut is the same, active treble EQ reduces output by an adjustable amount above a fixed frequency. How the treble EQ is voiced relative to the sound you are after only you can determine with your ears.

 

[BassmanM]

A bass that has 3 band active eq. Passive bass has 1 tone or another. No blend. Fender p (which is my main player) either has has the big slightly muddy p sound or a brighter clanky sound. Where my active eq bass can easily get the nice warm sound when needed. Some people are not big fans of active eq basses. Once you own one you realize how easy it is to get a good sound without the amp being set weird or having to use a pedal.

I am surprized that this misconception of a passive tone control is continuously repeated here on tb as well as other places. All my basses are passive and there are many settings possible with that tone knob. It is not just an on or off switch, even on a p bass. Yes, you can dial in more "extremes" with an active EQ, but I do not require these possibilities in a bass. And there are also endless variations for your amp settings.

 

[bassdude51]

Turn off the mid and high on your bass and just run the bass and boost it too. If you have 2 pickups, just run the neck. Use a mute under the strings. Eq your amp for max bass. That should get ya there.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

I think the warmest basses are the ones kept near your Aga cooker.

 

[Two-Spirit]

Warm makes me either think of Mahogany, or an old fashion P-Bass pickup. IDK???

 

[Vinnie Boombatz]

 

[Dimbass777]

Just try Fbass BN6

 

[bearfoot]

 

[SactoBass]

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That looks pretty warm.

 

[Solarmist]

The one that's been sitting out in the sun for too long ...

 

[rashrader]

I was going to recommend a semi-acoustic bass as the warmest, but there aren't many six-stringers. Invalid Link Removed, I've played one but not plugged in, so I don't know exactly how it sounds.
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Oh man.... If you can’t the sound you want out of the Thundercat bass, you’re in trouble.

 

[lowphatbass]

Piezo pickup?

 

[Bodeeni]

Try an MTD 6 stringers ... do you remember Jimmy Haslip’s deep tone ? It’s all there ... Bartolini soapbars in the right place and Bartolini onboard preamp ... there’s a super deep sounding bass from MTD which is the Super 4 or 5, the version with the twin, closely spaced Bartolini MM pickups and the custom Bartolini electronics ... very deep and clear tone (look for M. Tobias and Bobby Vega demo video on YouTube), but it’s not made in 6 strings version

I also have a MTD Kingston fretless 6 with Barts running passive with a passive tone. I use the White tapes on it and it can be very warm using the neck pickup. The rest of the time I am pretty straight up using Fender 4s. If I was looking I would be checking out Ibanez too.

 

[DavC]

my Avatar ... 74 Jazz saved from bar fire ..

oh ... that's not what you meant ..??!!??