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Why do you own more then one bass?

#221
I had only one for the longest time, but my son would get home from school and play my bass. Not wanting to discourage him, I couldn't take it away from him when I wanted to play.

I would of got him his own bass, but I wasn't sure if he would stick with it so I went out and got another bass for myself. :)
 
#222
1.) Because its hard for me to part with basses. The ones I first learned on aren't worth anything to anyone except me. But of course those are cheap basses that don't sound particularly good or play well, so I wanted to upgrade.
2.) Different tunings. I would need at least 2; one 5 and one 4. I need the B tuning for certain songs and trying to get the 5 to work with D or drop C tunings isn't worth the effort.
3.) Different tones. My Warwick 5 and Pedulla 5 sound very different. My LTD TA600 and Lakland 44-02 sound very different. I wish I could find one 5 string and one 4 string that do everything, but I can't say I've found my 'perfect' bass yet.
 
#223
..because Roland Kirk is my patron saint :hiding:

roland kirk.jpg
 
#225
I find as much difference in feel as I find in tone. I'm up to 14, no inferior quality basses, all prime stuff. In the last couple of years I have been putting my own together from warmoth and other first rate parts.

Different necks, action, pickups etc. force me to approach playing from different perspectives and different stylistically. When we play we partner with the instrument the amp, etc. and it's fun with multiple partners IMHO. :)
 
#229
4 string fretted - more than one of these because I happened upon some rare, semi legendary and excellent ones at prices I could not resist. They do look and sound very different from each other.

5 string fretted - has 5 strings; for songs that require it. I play differently on the 5 vs the 4 so could not get by with just the 5. Is also tuned differently than the 4 strings, and sounds different.

4 string fretless - it has no frets. for fretless songs. The fretted basses have frets, takes too long to pull them out and put them back in between songs.

8 string - because awesome.

Couple cheap knockaround basses for leaving at drummer's house to make impromptu practices easy. Also serve as emergency backups or stunt basses for dangerous locales.
 

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