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What is your dream bass?
- Thread starter ForrestGreen
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Another dream bass built by Michael Dolan. This is actually a Strat body, not a tradition P. I had been wanting a Paisley finished bass for probably 20 years. When Michael and I began the project it was originally going to have a trans greenburst finish, so we bought light swamp ash with heavy grain for the greenburst finish. It then dawned on me that this is the perfect project for a paisley finish, so that's what we did.
I really like G&L MFD pickups and I've been very curious as to how they would sound in a fully hollow bass. It all came together and paired quite nicely with a Sadowsky onboard preamp with VTC. Each pickup is wired with it's own Parallel / Single Coil / Series. Tonally, It's quite sweet and warm with the Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard.
I really like G&L MFD pickups and I've been very curious as to how they would sound in a fully hollow bass. It all came together and paired quite nicely with a Sadowsky onboard preamp with VTC. Each pickup is wired with it's own Parallel / Single Coil / Series. Tonally, It's quite sweet and warm with the Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard.
This but fretted and white logo. Will be here in August!
2 dream basses for me, and I’m finally lucky enough to own both: USA Spector NS-2 and a 1963 Precision.
Jaco's "Bass of Doom", but only for as long as it took to resell it.
"Dream" basses have fallen by the wayside as my perceptions have changed over the years. I've had a few, and found no custom specs made me sound any better. A stock 1963 Fender Precision is where it'll likely end.
However, serendipity is a real factor in life. I've stumbled across basses I never would have considered, and yet they turned out perfect for the purpose.
However, serendipity is a real factor in life. I've stumbled across basses I never would have considered, and yet they turned out perfect for the purpose.
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I feel like this question gets asked about every other month, and for me it's always teh same answer. @Sheldon D. built it -
It remains my dream bass, still.
It remains my dream bass, still.
Any bass that sounds decent and plays itself immaculately. I could just stand there and smile and take all the credit. Has that one been made yet? How much does it cost? Weight?
5 string Rickenbacker 4003 in Plum Crazy Purple.
If I have to build it myself, I will.
If I have to build it myself, I will.
I tend to think of "dream basses" in terms of how much I'd want them + how unobtainable they are. In that context, I have three.
A Padalka Ennea in green. Unfortunately for me, Padalka has stopped taking orders indefinitely.
A Ruokangas Steam Delux and an Alembic Rogue are also dream basses, but far out of my reach financially. Maybe someday...
A Padalka Ennea in green. Unfortunately for me, Padalka has stopped taking orders indefinitely.
A Ruokangas Steam Delux and an Alembic Rogue are also dream basses, but far out of my reach financially. Maybe someday...
It's the $10K Warmoth build which was given to me for free which actually plays itself so I can just lay back with a smoke.
I am lucky. I already own both of my dream basses.Invalid Link RemovedInvalid Link Removed
Pretty damn good, if I may be so bold. It's packing a Bartolini Classic Dual-Coil BB-sized pickup and is wired to go between parallel and series with the toggle switch. Better still, I was finally able to let my friend's wife give it a review. She's the biggest fan of Fender Dimensions I know and paid my creation the best compliment possible; "It sounds like a Dimension!"
Due to some physical limitations from a mild stroke effecting my right side, my "dream bass" is one with a short scale narrow neck, offset waist slab body body, very lightweight with neutral balance, one humbucking pickup around the mid position wired straight to the jack. I'm currently working on a DIY version using a slab Paulownia offset waist body I cut from a blank and the narrow neck from another bass.
A Hofner Ignition Club Bass is the closest to an affordable production version I've found but it still leaves a bit to be desired.
A Hofner Ignition Club Bass is the closest to an affordable production version I've found but it still leaves a bit to be desired.
Good choice for a very lightweight hardwood!
The next-to-last pic on post #6, the Geddy Jazz-wannabe, was made from a Guitar Fetish paulownia body. The whole thing ended up weighing a feathery 6½ lbs. Not too shabby for a full-sized, long-scale Jazz.
