What's your one true "Forever Bass"?

[BasEd]

My latest bass is always my forever bass! I tend to have about four at any one time. If I had to keep just one it would be the Shuker Jazz which I had made.

 

[tri2bob]

Like many of you I've had many basses including, Alembic, Kenn Smith 6 string, Modulus Quantum 5 (both fretted and fretless), Sadowsky Metro, lots of Fender Jazz & P basses both 4 and 5 string, and on and on. My favorite bass is a 1998 Tobias 5 string unlined fretless and I would never part with it. Sounds amazing and easiest fingering bass I've ever had. Love it!

 

[SCOTT_GROVE]

Gibson G-3.

 

[jd56hawk]

My primary bass is also play a G&L 2000 jazz bass that I've played for 20 years. I love it. Yours is really beautiful with that inlay work. Did it come like that from G&L? I haven't seen that style. Is that a pickguard or more inlay below the strings. Also, what is that red thing next to the bridge?

Thanks!
The fretmarkers are stickers...they've been on there for over two years, the pickguard is custom made based on the Reverend Thundergun pickguard, and I made a string mute with a piece of foam and red velvet.

 

[osv]

For me... Nothing beats my 48th Street guitars "ESP Custom P" The neck isn't chunky like the Vintage Four series either. Such a great tone for any style of music. Crank it up for Rock/Metal and it gets this slightly overdriven tone that's to die for. Pick playing really brings the pain!! (I recently installed a flat black PG with no white line, looks fantastic!)

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That's hot!

 

[btmpancake]

A Fender Roscoe Beck V. The only Fender bass guitar they made too good.

 

[Yango]

You mean the one that I'm selling now, or the one I sold five years ago?

They're all "forever" basses until the new one comes along.

 

[Jan-Arend Blok]

I just can't choose wich one, but one of my Ibanez Musicians for sure................

 

[Luckydog]

I used to really like this bass

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you Must really like it. You cant stop yourself from repeating it!

 

[OpposableThumbs]

Carvin LB20. Great craftsmanship, light, versatile, easy to play, and just generally wonderful tone. They are so cheap right now on the used market I'm surprised I don't see more around. One of the unknown basses out there that are true gems.

 

[Ric5]

you Must really like it. You cant stop yourself from repeating it!

Ya my talkbass account went kaflutz the other day … not sure what happened … I reported it to the moderators and now it is working again …

 

[peterk]

Philip Kubicki ex Factor, pre 1989

 

[68Goldfish]

That would be this bass..

 

[SgtHulka]

View attachment 3612086 That would be this bass..

Beauty. But the gold hardware....arrrrgh!!!

 

[68Goldfish]

Beauty. But the gold hardware....arrrrgh!!!

The gold hardware on a spector is as important as the crown inlays or the curved body. Inseparable imho

 

[SgtHulka]

The gold hardware on a spector is as important as the crown inlays or the curved body. Inseparable imho

I feel you bud. That's why it's your forever bass.

Regardless, Spectors are fantastic instruments. I have one myself. Easily the most comfortable bass I have.

 

[68Goldfish]

I feel you bud. That's why it's your forever bass.

Regardless, Spectors are fantastic instruments. I have one myself. Easily the most comfortable bass I have.

Every time I plug it in it's the sound of the bass on my favorite albums from my late teens/early twenties.

 

[SgtHulka]

Every time I plug it in it's the sound of the bass on my favorite albums from my late teens/early twenties.

What preamp does it have? And what year is the bass?

 

[68Goldfish]

It's a 87 Kramer era NS-2 with the stock HAZ pre.

 

[aureliab20gt]

What bass do you have that would be your one and only, go to, forever bass?
Just curious. I have had many over the years, and just thinking what it may be if I were to have only one to fit all.... Hmm...

My 63 Jazz......owned it since 1979