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What's the #2 Bass?

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bdkthunder

Mar 23, 2012
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Toronto, Canada
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So the thread about why it seems everyone plays Fender got me thinking, what brand would be considered to be in second place for being most common/influential across the board besides Fender/Squier (under the assumption that Fender is in top spot)?

What would it be? EBMM, Ibanez, Gibson/Epi, Warwick, Yamaha, Rick, Spector, to name a few?

Do you base it on mass production wide availability or higher end quality? What brand to do you see the most?
 
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everyone will have a different opinion, based on their own personal criteria (like everything else on the Internet).

Common and influential are different things, as are teh general population and the Talkbass user population.

I'd consider Rickenbacker influential for the use of the neck through design in a production bass, slightly ahead of Alembic's introduction of custom basses, boutique basses, and active electronics. Others have done it since, maybe some did earlier, but they brought these things to the attention of the market.

Common? Whoever sells the most cheap imports. Ibanez is a strong contender.
 
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NecroticImbecil said:
everyone will have a different opinion, based on their own personal criteria (like everything else on the Internet).

Common and influential are different things, as are teh general population and the Talkbass user population.

I'd consider Rickenbacker influential for the use of the neck through design in a production bass, slightly ahead of Alembic's introduction of custom basses, boutique basses, and active electronics. Others have done it since, maybe some did earlier, but they brought these things to the attention of the market.

Common? Whoever sells the most cheap imports. Ibanez is a strong contender.
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This is along the lines of what I was thinking and going for. I consider Fender covers both bases with having higher end instruments with sound, quality and influence (vs. Ric and MM based on posts so far) and then with the Squier line being cheap and seen everywhere (vs. Ibanez).
 
#15
I'm going to go with EBMM also. Even just the fact alone that we talk about "jazz", "precision", and "musicman" pickups pretty much defines it right there. Sure, Ibanez may beat it for sales, and Rickenbacker may have had an earlier influence on design features, etc etc etc, but until people start to refer to an "Ibanez pickup configuration" or something like that, I don't think you can dispute EBMM having the second spot on this list.
 
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Biggbass said:
Lakland Skyline is getting very popular.
But the global #2, if Fender is #1, has to be Ric.
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I would be shocked if Ric was even in the top 10, I would not be shocked if it weren't even in the top 20.

Just go by what you see at Guitar Center: Fender, Ibanez, Schecter, MM, Gibson/Epiphone. Then you have the Deans, Washburn, G&L, Peavey and on and on...
 
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blindrabbit said:
I'm going to go with EBMM also. Even just the fact alone that we talk about "jazz", "precision", and "musicman" pickups pretty much defines it right there. Sure, Ibanez may beat it for sales, and Rickenbacker may have had an earlier influence on design features, etc etc etc, but until people start to refer to an "Ibanez pickup configuration" or something like that, I don't think you can dispute EBMM having the second spot on this list.
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That is a pretty sound opinion. I like it. You definitely don't hear about an Ibanez pup config, ever.

In that same sense, Gibson (mudbucker) has to be after MM... :confused: :D :bassist:
 
#19
In the 60s/70s it was a Rickenbacker... if you were wanted to get a job in the industry, you HAD to have either a Fender or a Ric...

I think nowadays, it doesn't matter much anymore...

I do see a lot of Ibanez's out there... but that may be because you can get a good one for relatively cheap, and they can be bought at any major music store... plus, IMO, they make good, versatile basses...

My advice, though, is if you want to work in the industry, you should own at least one one Fender... it's rare these days, but there may come a time you lose a big gig because you don't have one... I've seen it happen.
 
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blindrabbit said:
I'm going to go with EBMM also. Even just the fact alone that we talk about "jazz", "precision", and "musicman" pickups pretty much defines it right there. Sure, Ibanez may beat it for sales, and Rickenbacker may have had an earlier influence on design features, etc etc etc, but until people start to refer to an "Ibanez pickup configuration" or something like that, I don't think you can dispute EBMM having the second spot on this list.
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Don't we refer to the soapbar PU as an Ibanez thing?
 

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