Which Bass guitar would you record with

[Wood and Wire]

Again, you are destroying this literally ma’am, if you are not interested in commenting on which bass you like to play. Then I wouldn’t even comment on the post. If I’m not gonna say anything positive, and the post is just so stupid and deserves a silly answer. Why comment on That’s kind of silly you don’t like the post, you don’t like the subject matter, so how about Just not comment on it.

On the one hand, I sympathise with your "if you can't say something nice..." philosophy; but on the other hand this thread could very easily have been 11 pages of "see my avatar picture" .

 

[Vanheusen77]

The one that inspires for the moment. For me that’s a Yamaha BB right now.

 

[Brad Maestas]

I have always brought a Precision with flats, a Jazz with flats, and a P/J 5 with rounds to sessions as a starting point. Certain music might benefit more from the wide, hollow sound of the P, some might benefit more from the direct sound of the J, and others might benefit from the P/J blend. If I could only bring one, it would probably be the P/J because it covers so much ground, though I'll admit lately I've been favoring the sound of my J with the bridge pickup rolled off ever-so-slightly.

 

[MrAB4003]

I will take the Rickenbacker all day long! I own 2 of them and they are my main recording basses.

Also, I'm surprised this isn't a poll.

 

[hbarcat]

To my mind, the string and pickups are the critical components of bass tone.

Obviously, anyone can change their strings in a few minutes so that's not really a considerstion for the purposes of this discussion, which leaves pickups as almost the sole deciding factor.

My go to pickup is the EMG Jazz set. So the bass I'd choose for recording if I was forced to pick only one, would be a bass with those pickups.

However, if I was doing free lance recording, where I needed versatility, I'd pick a bass with the EMG Geezer Butler PJ set.

 

[JMarkD]

No specific instrument but I tend to prefer passive basses for recording. Some of my actives can be noisy around cell phones, computers and the like. If I do use actives it is my Modulus Q5 or Alembic Spoiler which are very quiet and well shielded. The passives I usually use are a Lakland Joe Osborn, Fender AVRI '63 P-Bass or my old '64 Fender Jazz.

 

[PleyswethSqwerl]

I have always brought a Precision with flats, a Jazz with flats, and a P/J 5 with rounds to sessions as a starting point. Certain music might benefit more from the wide, hollow sound of the P, some might benefit more from the direct sound of the J, and others might benefit from the P/J blend. If I could only bring one, it would probably be the P/J because it covers so much ground, though I'll admit lately I've been favoring the sound of my J with the bridge pickup rolled off ever-so-slightly.

I found that the optimal Gold strings with roundwounds are the best

 

[Roger W]

StingRay5 Special wearing Ernie Ball Super Slinky Cobalt Flats to be exact.
I’m sure my response was not a surprise to anyone .

I, for one, am shocked.

As much as I like other basses, I always come back to my 60th Anniversary Jazz on neck pu with the tone at 70%. LaBella DTFs. As you said, my music, my choice. It’s not the best bass: the truss rod is almost maxed out, the bridge won’t allow proper intonation on the G string (I plan to fix that today), and I got it below 10 pounds by changing the tuners, but the neck is home and it has the best sound of the Js I’ve gone through (2 Laklands, 1 FGN, 1 G&L, 2 other Fenders). It reminds me of Neil’s Les Paul: a piece of junk, but my piece of junk.