What's Your Favorite Looking Bass?

[EdwardofHuncote]

I really dig my Alembic Elan 5.... <snip> Elan pics are from the original owner.

That Elan kept me up for several nights! (back when it was for sale) Gorgeous bass.

 

[brianrost]

 

[Wolfenstein666]

 

[SasquatchDude]

3tbsb Fender jazz. Think John Paul Jones.

+1000

 

[gregmon79]

I always like the way the P and J basses looked. The P more so. It took me some time, but I also think some GIbson basses look fantastically awesome! The EB and the Ripper and Grabber, yum! I also think my Ibanez ATK300 has a great look to it. Unique.

The headstock on a bass goes a very long way for me too when considering the style and look of it.

 

[Wolfenstein666]

Bonus points to the Aerodyne.

 

[mikeyjm2]

Agree with the Aerodyne (mine looks like this but with standard jazz knobs due to EMG Geezer pickup change recently):

 

[Sixgunn]

If there's anything sexier than a Marleaux Diva, I have never seen it yet.

Schwing!!!!!

 

[Wolfenstein666]

Agree with the Aerodyne (mine looks like this but with standard jazz knobs due to EMG Geezer pickup change recently):

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How does that thing sound? Not to derail thread here, but the next bass I get is going to be a Fender. Can't decide between the P and the J so I'm thinking the Aerodyne.

 

[Sixgunn]

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You beat me to it!! Nothing cooler (except if it was a 5er)

 

[spiritbass]

Or maybe...

This is one of my all-time favorite finishes.

 

[mikeyjm2]

How does that thing sound? Not to derail thread here, but the next bass I get is going to be a Fender. Can't decide between the P and the J so I'm thinking the Aerodyne.

I love it and I think it sounds great (especially with the EMG Geezer PUs now). I gig it quite a bit. I sold my only PJ earlier this year and was looking for another, so along came the Aerodyne. I don't love it as much as my Ric 4003, but ergonomically it's better because it's so light. YMMV and all that but I would highly recommend one to you.

/returning to drool inducing basses now

 

[malthumb]

This One... Alembic "Balance K" style body with cocobolo top. Gives me a chubby every time.

Thanks for saving me the trouble of copying and pasting the picture of my most favoritist Alembic that isn't in my music room.

 

[maxschrek]

 

[MatronMother]

Hagstrom HIIB 70's Sunburst. I have a man crush on this bass but cannot seem to find one for sale.

 

[sikamikanico]

Fender types - Jazz bass, solid color (CAR, LPB especially), matching headstock, rosewood fretboard

Other than that, I really like the raw looks of Carl Thompson (and similar) basses

 

[bassstrangler]

My 2011 MIM Precision blacked out with a 2014 Chris Akin Squier neck. Light and dark, yin and yang.

 

[calypsocoral302]

My favorites, in no particular order:

Mike Tobias 535-24. I remember Bass Player Magazine gave away one of these back in the late 1990's-- it had a Myrtle Burl top and a translucent green finish similar to the green hue shown above. I've always liked the shape of Mike's instruments-- giving a nod to the classic J-bass contours, while being very sleek and sexy! (Picture taken from the MTD Website.)

I think, of the symmetrical-waisted (non-offset) instruments out there, I have always liked the look of the Pedulla Thunderbass. Again, a slight nod to tradition, but thoroughly-modern at the same time. Knockout finishes and figured woods certainly don't hurt, either! (Picture taken from the M.V. Pedulla website)


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Which brings me to the next instrument- Carvin's ICON bass. It kind of looks like the love-child from a tryst between a Tobias and a Pedulla-- and the result is stunning in its own right! (Picture taken from the Carvin/Kiesel website)

And now for something completely different-- The angular, "Hi-Tec" look and construction of the basses by Status, U.K. This is a picture of their new "Series 3" model from their website.


Ultimately, my favorite bass is a Swamp-Ash-bodied P-bass with a maple fretboard, but there were already a whole bunch of P's and Ric's in this thread, so I thought I'd chime in with some of the more "modern" basses that have always "checked the box" for me.

 

[fishdreams]

Takamine T/TB 10. However, i think i would struggle to play it, these days. Same with Rickys - not my thing to play, but cannot be improved upon visually.
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[10cc]

Agree with the Aerodyne (mine looks like this but with standard jazz knobs due to EMG Geezer pickup change recently):

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Mmmmmm..... This is one of those basses that lets you know how it sounds when you see it!