I have recently gotten a Washburn Taurus T25 and I have broken up with my "E" string and in love with my "B". I have always played heavy type stuff with melody, but love the booming slides. What in your opinion is the deepest most booming thumpingest creature out there? I also just discoved the SVT Classic which has helped a lot.
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What is the deepest, most thumping 5 string bass?
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Given the words 'deep' and 'thumping', Roscoe comes to mind. Beautiful basses, punchy as hell for thumpers, and a low B to be reckoned with. Lots of other basses can do deep and thumpy, but not many like a Roscoe.
I think the Streamer Stage II has a very deep, awesome tone. Don't like the narrow string spacing though.
Be careful with that B, I think over use sounds really bad. Use it sparingly, and it adds big dynamics to your playing. I like to save the low B for the bridge, or ending of a song. Try it, you'll see what I mean.
Be careful with that B, I think over use sounds really bad. Use it sparingly, and it adds big dynamics to your playing. I like to save the low B for the bridge, or ending of a song. Try it, you'll see what I mean.
I'm jonesing for a Schecter Stilletto Studio-5 bass, I'm aiming for something that's what you described, very thumpy, and it delivers quite well.
By far my deepest, thumpiest 5 string is my Rob Allen MB2 fretless.
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An that's comparing it to my other 2 basses: a NYC Sadowsky 24F5 and a Fender P5 with flats.
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Rob
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An that's comparing it to my other 2 basses: a NYC Sadowsky 24F5 and a Fender P5 with flats.
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Rob
Ibanez SR's are known for deep lows, and nice bright highs. That's one of the biggest reasons besides the thin neck I purchased an Ibanez SR405QM.
2nd the Roscoe.
Thumps like a Precision, all the way down to a thunderous B. Huge bottom end.
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Thumps like a Precision, all the way down to a thunderous B. Huge bottom end.
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The B on my Warwick is pretty awesome, but the best B I've ever heard was on the Human Base BaseX.oc.5 that I owned for a while. Incredibly tight (even drop-tuned) and crystal clear, and the Glock pre had a 40 Hz bass frequency... talk about some rumble.
3rd a Roscoe, but agree with the MIA Fender P5 and most Warwicks.
BTW, I played a charity event yesterday with my Roscoe SKB-3005 5er through my SVT-CL and Ampeg 1x15 and 2x10 cabs. My tone was huge. I had lots of complements on the bottom end I got out of this combo.
Also, there were 9 other bands with bassists playing a EBMM Bongo, a RIC, a Yamaha and various Fenders (P, J, Stu Hamm)... apparently my tone was by far the best.
BTW, I played a charity event yesterday with my Roscoe SKB-3005 5er through my SVT-CL and Ampeg 1x15 and 2x10 cabs. My tone was huge. I had lots of complements on the bottom end I got out of this combo.
Also, there were 9 other bands with bassists playing a EBMM Bongo, a RIC, a Yamaha and various Fenders (P, J, Stu Hamm)... apparently my tone was by far the best.
I have my guitar playing brother playing a Baritone guitar so we can tune to open "B". forget about all that sparingly stuff! The booom is worth it. we have a very darkish sound and not much high end. i used GKs for years and P's with Emg's and that was very bright. i have sold out to the dark side for sure. I live in NCarolina about an hour from Roscoe headquarters, but have never come across one. May have to check them out. I am a big fan of my Taurus too. I know I am late to it, but I think it's very underrated.
4 to the floor for a Roscoe, I recently found this to be true for myself, never have I heard such a good B, thunder, depth, yet clarity to distinguish the lowest notes from each other.
And I've tuned nearly every bass I've owned to B at one stage or another.
It don't get no deeper than a chambered or hollow piezo fretless w/tapes! I have a RA 5 and 6 and they're the deepest sounding bass allowed by law!
Then come on by man, I'll be happy to let you try something out and show you around. If you live in NC, you should be using a home-grown product...
i'm a fairly open-minded guy and would love to check the Roscoes out. however, i must admit straight up the prices seem more like cars than guitars. i've done a bit of woodwork/craftsmanship too, so i understand the time, costs, labor, etc, especially if all done "in house". so no disrespect at all, quite the opposite meant. but i am with Mike Watt on this one: boutique doesn't mean better. i have the same issue with Jerzy Drozd, whom the Taurus by Washburn borrows from heavily, if not identical in most regards. You can grab a Taurus for $250-400 any day of the week used and that means a lot to us struggling musicians and with our economy. i am open-minded, and if you can convice me that it sounds thousands of $$$ better, then i maybe would consider.
Honesty man, this is a definitely a matter of opinion. There's not a bass out there that's been designated at "The World's Sweetest Bass," as I'm sure we all know. Based on versatility and the fact that this bass does rock balls. I would have to vote for the Peavey Cirrus for the non-botique bass that's still pretty thumpy...
