• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

What Kind of Bass Guitar do you Play (Re-loaded)? BE SURE TO REVOTE!

What kind of electric bass guitar do you own/play?

  • Total voters
    21,008
#901
After more than a decade of playing nothing but warwicks (corvette FNA 5, corvette standard 5, thumb bolt 5, and thumb nt 5) I am now a conklin guy. I have a fretted gt7 and am going to put an aguilar 3 band pre in it and get rid of the blend pot I never use.
When I can afford it I plan on getting a custom conklin built to look somewhat like my first bass which was a black p bass with a pearl white pickgaurd. Kinda similar to the jean baudin signature but totally different woods for the neck because I just don't like all that maple.
 
#904
I have been playing bass since I first picked one up in 1963/1964 when my brother and I started our own band. I already played guitar but the band needed a bass player, so I am self taught on the bass. I owned a few basses during the 1960's; a Danelectro 4 string then I went to a St. George (Japanese made I think. In 1966 I bought a Hagstrom bass because it had such a thin neck. Sold that and my 66 Fender Bassman piggyback amp in 1970 when the band folded,

In 1973 I went out and bought a used Vox bass and I still have it along with a Fender Bassman 10 amp which I also still own.

For rock I use the 1968 Vox Sidewinder IV v272 four string bass. It has a great classic rock sound. I have owned this bass since 1973, it has a very thin fast neck. It did take some getting used too because of the neck but once you get used to that it is very easy to play. I paid $195 for it in 1973 at Durdel's music store in Toledo, Ohio.

I also own a five string Ibanez SR505 bass that I have owed since December 2006 and I prefer to use it for Gospel music traditional and contemporary Christian music. I use it every Sunday when I play in the church band at the church I attend regularly in Knoxville, TN.
 
#907
I currently own just a single bass, an Ibanez ATK200 4-string. Decent little bass for the money, I'd hang on to it even if I got something much fancier/more expensive tomorrow. The Soundgear line seems to have many more models, but the few of those I have tried (including a premium model) - meh - they just feel small & wimpy to me. Especially the necks, but even the bodies...while I appreciate the LOOK of those ergonomic designs, I just don't dig the feel. I seem to prefer a big, rounded slab of a body, ie., the ATK (I owned a 6-string Ibanez BTB prior to this bass and liked it for the same reasons I like the ATK.):bassist:
 
#908
I'm mainly an upright player, but I've been playing a Dean stick bass for several years too. Just recently I decided I should get a bass guitar and found a Squire Showmaster MB4 so cheap I actually gave the poor guy an extra $5 for it (no, it wasn't hot). I need to do a fret job on it but after spending a lot of time with neck adjustments and intonation and a new set of round-wounds (the strings cost more than the bass,LOL) it plays pretty well as is.

http://www.stagebeat.com/Fender-Squ...-Guitar-RW-BLACK-METALLIC-032-8001-565-101135
 
#911
I added this fretless AJ5 to my arsenal yesterday:

AJ51_zpse0f76d69.jpg
 
#913
I've got a real wide range of basses right now..

4 String Fretted ( Geddy Jazz, 2 x Ibanez Roadster, Washburn B20, Epi Thunderbird, Takamine Acoustic, Retrovibe Vantage... think JazzenBacker )
4 String Fretless ( MIM Jazz with hipshot D )
8 String Fretted ( Dean Edge )
8 String Fretless ( Brice )
12 String Fretted ( Dean Rhapsody )

The Brice 8 string fretless is a real handful. The difference in finger angle when pressing on the paired strings REALLY makes a difference. It's the hardest bass to play. I want to make an 8 or 12 string Thunderbird now.. I am having a blast playing the TBird and I really like 8-12 string sounds.. Probably buy a kit body or possibly cut my own and buy a used 8-12 string and sacrafice the neck.
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back