Who cares about 90's basses??

[pglaser01]

Oh, sure, the '90s are definitely better than the '80s.
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I’d bet the budget for hair care products in the 80s was higher than the actual album production

 

[4dog]

a good bass is a good bass..dont much matter when it was made or who made it.

 

[Pet Sounds]

Hamer Cruise Bass
1995
Best jazz bass ever

I have one of those, and it is indeed a good bass.
My first Fender basses were a '95 P-Bass and a '96 Jazz, both purchased new. They were solid basses, and I played the P-Bass for a good decade. But I'd say Fender is making somewhat better basses today.

 

[GTHintz]

one thing about back then was instead of everyone going for pbass with flats and trying to act vintage we had a lot of cool colors and the modern tone we all know today was really going on. Warwick, Tobias, Ibanez, Spector pretty much ruled the 5 string scene. I kinda miss the purples and blues and the sleekness everything was going for. Of course you had the jazz bass craze in the grunge scene but we got to see the boutique thing really catch on. Zon, Modulus, Pedulla, the list goes on.

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

In the 90's... I was exclusively playing an upright made in the 30's.

 

[WarwickE36]

The 90s are the golden Era for Warwick... I won't ever part with my 91 Streamer Stage 2

 

[friedlbug]

I had a 90’s Squier P that was made in Korea and had a plywood body. The Oly white had aged into a subtle cream. The plywood body bugged me, so I got rid of it. Stupid decision, it’s the P that I judge all other Ps by to this day, and I love aged white Fenders. Played like a dream and sounded exactly like I expect a P to sound.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

A lot of StingRay players prefer the 3band eq ceramic pickup 90’s models .

I remember that Lakland and Warwick and Ibanez were big in that era.

Ken Smith, Michael Tobias, and Peavey Cirrus were big in Urban Gospel and R&B.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

This is the bass I wanted most in the 90’s.

 

[MrSidecar]

One of the more stupid moves in my own personal history of stupid moves was to sell a ‘92 Fender Japan Jazz fretless. The one time I experienced serious seller’s remorse.

best
Sidecar

 

[foal30]

1995 Tobias Growler
1999 MTD Grendel

Fantastic instruments

 

[Yaralag]

Not sure but 34% of the respondents share the same opinion as the OP...I'm kinda scared and will be avoiding 90's basses until we get this thing sorted out. Think, think, think...what did I buy in the 90's? A Streamer ProM 4, LX4, and my first fiver, a Yamaha BB. They were fine so it must be something else.

Riis

Actually 13% are undecided.

 

[Bodeeni]

My Suhr era 97 Fender Jazz Deluxe is my favorite bass. Love the smaller body and the single pole pickups

 

[2F/2F]

I have some '90s G&Ls that I love. A '91 SB-1 (the very tail end of the pre-BBE era), a '95 L-5500, a '96 L-2000, a '97 SB-1, and two late '90s L-1500s. That said, I don't necessarily love the specs changes that G&L made in the '90s. I don't like the matte finished necks, the white-letter decals (though similar ones started pre-BBE on some models), or that by the end of the decade, they had gone to a 12" radius on the basses.

 

[Bass V]

my #2 is a 25yr old $30 non-Fender (Ibanez TR BASS) P bass that I wouldn't be able to drop if not for #1.

 

[ultra60]

Hamer Cruise Bass
1995
Best jazz bass ever

Agreed! Do you recall the debates over which bridge was better? I owned several, all with the 2Tek bridge. Those basses were massive sounding, and seemed to sound like a Jazz and Ric combined.... at least to my ears.

 

[drTSTingray]

I have a couple of 90s Musicman basses - their 90s basses often have highly figured maple necks and are actually quite revered. The SR5 (an industry standard) also had ceramic pick up from around 92 onwards (to 2008).

93 fretless with 2018 aqua sparkle

 

[baileyboy]

I've got a 92' fender jazz bass and I always had his hopes for the thing but could never grown to like it. Anyone have similar experiences or opposite ones?

Not a 90s bass, but am experiencing a new outlook on my Jazz. Just recently, I'm starting to enjoy my Geddy Jazz more than my Precision.

I've always loved Precision basses, especially my '74. But in recent months, I've had to stop using finger style due to an aggravated/inflamed index finger after playing. 8th notes have become out-of-the-question. I've always loved Carol Kaye and some years ago tried her picking method, but never delved into it... until now. So for the last several months, no fingers, only pick. It will take a while, but I'm slowly developing competency.

Back to the Jazz... with a pick, I'm really digging the tone over the Precision. Not sure if it's the Geddy or just the sharpness in tone I'm getting using a pick.

 

[burgerdj]

All of my basses are from the 90s! Three Warwicks and an EBMM Sterling. Honestly, I consider them some of the best I’ve played from any era.

 

[GWGuitar]

My collection includes 1995 Epiphone Accu-Bass, which was their P-bass variant. That thing is amazing. It has a deep, in-your-face tone that is perfect for rock and prog. It weighs almost 13 pounds, with string-through-the-body and massive brass bridge saddles. It sustains for days. The neck is solid as heck. The only “downside” is that funky hockey stick headstock, but it has its own charms. The fact that it’s tilted back 13 degrees or so makes it sustain even more.