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What is your "one day..." bass?

#41
So Anyway, for me it'd be a Rick Turner Model one bass.
But if Mrs. Hurricane ever found out what I really paid for it, my 'One Day' bass would probably be my 'Last Day' bass.
Or at least a couple weeks on the couch.
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After years of mo money ba$$es, that's over. THIS would suit me just fine. THIS JUST IN: A Jazz Bass like this duplicated by the Fender Custom Shop will NOT play or sound 10 times better for the 4-grand (or more) price tag, and after I played it a few years, I could buy four or five of these for the amount of depreciation.

Thanks, I'll let myself out, C-Ya.
 
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It’s a tossup between:
- an Alembic Series I (small-body, 32” scale, 4-string), or
- a Wal Mk I (4-string)

I actually had the opportunity to get the Wal a few months ago: Paul reached out to me because my name had come up in his queue. But I ultimately decided that the music I’ve been playing these past few years just doesn’t lend itself to or require a bass like that. So I passed.

I’m sure I’ll kick myself for that decision…
 
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Bob_Ross said:
It’s a tossup between:
- an Alembic Series I (small-body, 32” scale, 4-string), or
- a Wal Mk I (4-string)

I actually had the opportunity to get the Wal a few months ago: Paul reached out to me because my name had come up in his queue. But I ultimately decided that the music I’ve been playing these past few years just doesn’t lend itself to or require a bass like that. So I passed.

I’m sure I’ll kick myself for that decision…
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What music wouldn't that work for?
My casino bands play 70s to current R&B, dance, top 40, 80s new wave, and sprinkle in country. Wal 4 and 5 strings are my workhorse players.
 
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brianrost said:
Daneclectro 6/4 double neck. I once had a chance to buy one that was beat to :poop: for a mere $150 but I couldn’t afford it at the time. Currently they sell for over $2000,

This model was never reissued when the brand was resurrected. Based on my two Danos, I'd guesstimate the weight at about 10 pounds.

Don’t forget: there’s no money above the 15th fret anyway.

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Atomic Music … I’ve been there a few times. Never saw that one in particular because I’ve never really looked. That store is insane, probably have a thousand guitars and basses on the floor at any time. They basically have like 10 isles of home made standing racks FULL of instruments, with amps and cabs stacked in between. The more pricey stuff like Boutique instruments and proper vintage stuff is behind the counter. I like that they actually encourage customers to pick anything up to check out.
They’re pricing is a bit high, but ai thing one can haggle. My buddy picked up a brand new Blackstone amp the had priced for $400 I think. He brought it to the counter and the guys was like, “where’d ya find that? I didn’t even know we had it!” After thinking for a few seconds he said, “Hey give me $250 for it”.
 
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mikeswals said:
What music wouldn't that work for?
My casino bands play 70s to current R&B, dance, top 40, 80s new wave, and sprinkle in country. Wal 4 and 5 strings are my workhorse players.
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It’s not that it *couldn’t* be made to work for the music I’m playing… It’s just that much of my reasoning for wanting a Wal is that they’re capable of producing a very aggressive, cutting, attention-getting sound.

But I honestly have little use for that sound in my current work, and it seemed extravagant to get a Wal only to use it for a warmer, rounder, more subtle sound that isn’t appreciably different from the sound I can get with my current instruments.
 
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#52
One I haven't done and have always wanted, but probably will cave on someday is a fretless EBMM StingRay. Preferably some BFR kind of thing like the current Sweetwater special. It's only a matter of time before I can't resist something like this, but maybe I can hold out for another year or two.

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Kinda want a curved-body Spector with the reverse EMGs, might have something like that built someday. Have a vague wish for a Dingwall but have a hard time justifying it since I already have a Spector multi-scale.

A Kubicki ExFactor is definitely something I'd love to own but have no interest in actually buying, which I think is kind of what this thread is getting at.
 
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While I mentioned the Pedulla Rapture 4 (with the single soapbar in the sweetspot) as my "wishful thinking" bass, I realize that wasn't the question at hand.

Reading comprehension, right?

I thus offer a "one day" bass story with a wrinkle. Ever since I picked up my first copy of Bass Player magazine at the newsstand in the 90s and started playing back in 1994 (when I was about 15), I was always drawn to the Warwick ads in the back of Bass Player magazine. When I was a teen starting out, Warwick was my dream bass. Cut to 2004 or 2005, I bought a killer German-made Warwick Corvette Standard (it was a 1997 one with the all-wenge neck and brass just-a-nut, before Warwick switched to ovangkol necks and the composite just-a-nut). Easily one of the best basses I ever owned. Everyone who picked it up loved it and couldn't put it down... except me. That Warwick's ergonomics never felt right; balance was too horizontal and the neck jutted out too far making first position a stretch. I had that bass for 10ish years and the mentality of "This is the best bass ever, I HAVE to love it, I HAVE to make it work. Everyone loves it but I don't, what is wrong with me?!?!?!?!" but I just couldn't love that bass. Circa 2015, I sold it to a jazz student whom that bass fits like a glove. That bass is/was meant for him. (I've had similar experiences with Spectors. Their ergonomics are a nightmare for me).

After a LOT of GAS, buying, selling,flipping, etc over several years (perhaps even a decade or so). I finally realized (after so much "dating" and "playing the field" with basses) that the most comfortable basses for me are Ibanez Soundgears. And I thought, "One day, I'll own a Japanese-made Prestige model." Well... last summer, I bought a killer Prestige Soundgear from a fellow TBer and that bass is truly my Excalibur. Any musical idea I have in my head, I can pretty much play on that bass (often without even looking at the fingerboard). The weight and balance, especially after I played with my strap height, are perfect for me. I don't need to change a thing about about that bass (except for putting my preferred straplocks on it). Even the strings I decided to try on it for its first setup (GHS Roundcore Boomers 45-100) are as close to a perfect match as can be. (But I am a string-GASer and plan to try GHS Balanced Nickels 40-101 when it gets its spring setup). The more I play that bass, the less GAS I have.

My favorite thing about my old Warwick was its wenge neck. My Soundgear has a wenge/walnut neck and OMG it feels great under my fingers.
 
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As a McCartney fan, I'd absolutely love a Rickenbacker bass with the toaster neck PU and either TI flats or Rotosound Tru Bass strings. Probably a Rickenbacker 4003S, but if I could get one that's modded to v63 spec or perhaps a vintage one that would be amazing. Although it'll likely be a while because I main the drums for my band and only get on the bass for recording on our tracks.
 
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Dincrest said:
While I mentioned the Pedulla Rapture 4 (with the single soapbar in the sweetspot) as my "wishful thinking" bass, I realize that wasn't the question at hand.

Reading comprehension, right?

I thus offer a "one day" bass story with a wrinkle. Ever since I picked up my first copy of Bass Player magazine at the newsstand in the 90s and started playing back in 1994 (when I was about 15), I was always drawn to the Warwick ads in the back of Bass Player magazine. When I was a teen starting out, Warwick was my dream bass. Cut to 2004 or 2005, I bought a killer German-made Warwick Corvette Standard (it was a 1997 one with the all-wenge neck and brass just-a-nut, before Warwick switched to ovangkol necks and the composite just-a-nut). Easily one of the best basses I ever owned. Everyone who picked it up loved it and couldn't put it down... except me. That Warwick's ergonomics never felt right; balance was too horizontal and the neck jutted out too far making first position a stretch. I had that bass for 10ish years and the mentality of "This is the best bass ever, I HAVE to love it, I HAVE to make it work. Everyone loves it but I don't, what is wrong with me?!?!?!?!" but I just couldn't love that bass. Circa 2015, I sold it to a jazz student whom that bass fits like a glove. That bass is/was meant for him. (I've had similar experiences with Spectors. Their ergonomics are a nightmare for me).

After a LOT of GAS, buying, selling,flipping, etc over several years (perhaps even a decade or so). I finally realized (after so much "dating" and "playing the field" with basses) that the most comfortable basses for me are Ibanez Soundgears. And I thought, "One day, I'll own a Japanese-made Prestige model." Well... last summer, I bought a killer Prestige Soundgear from a fellow TBer and that bass is truly my Excalibur. Any musical idea I have in my head, I can pretty much play on that bass (often without even looking at the fingerboard). The weight and balance, especially after I played with my strap height, are perfect for me. I don't need to change a thing about about that bass (except for putting my preferred straplocks on it). Even the strings I decided to try on it for its first setup (GHS Roundcore Boomers 45-100) are as close to a perfect match as can be. (But I am a string-GASer and plan to try GHS Balanced Nickels 40-101 when it gets its spring setup). The more I play that bass, the less GAS I have.

My favorite thing about my old Warwick was its wenge neck. My Soundgear has a wenge/walnut neck and OMG it feels great under my fingers.
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And to add another wrinkle to my thoughts...

If I were to hypothetically get my hands on a Pedulla Rapture 4 (my wishful thinking bass), would I even like it better than my Prestige Soundgear? After trying one, would I still prefer what I have at home? I've been in situations where I've tried some elite level basses and though I recognized how pinnacle they were, I still preferred what I had at home.
 
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Dincrest said:
And to add another wrinkle to my thoughts...

If I were to hypothetically get my hands on a Pedulla Rapture 4 (my wishful thinking bass), would I even like it better than my Prestige Soundgear? After trying one, would I still prefer what I have at home? I've been in situations where I've tried some elite level basses and though I recognized how pinnacle they were, I still preferred what I had at home.
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I have never played a bass that I love as much as my SR370EF, which is my least expensive bass of the 5 that I currently own. I like it more than my SR Premium. It has the perfect neck for my hands, and doesn't wear out my back, hangs in exactly the right position. Perhaps the fact that it's my only fretless has something to do with it, but I just cannot get enough of it. I realize many SRs do not have the greatest tone or the best preamps, but as far as playability goes, they excel.
 
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