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You Get One Bass. What Is It?

#322
Peavey T-40 in natural, Fender 9050s. It'll outlast me AND I'll never have to change strings. :cool:

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Count Bassie said:
Seriously. When I started I had one axe, and looked forward to playing to the exclusion of anything else. Now I work, raise kids, work on the house, etc... and since I don't play like I used to I've taken to making music my hobby... I play, just not enough, or what I want to.

So I'm trying to get back to my happy place, and have got the feeling that I'm not the only one...

So, what would you pick?
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I feel your place. Some mighty fine suggestions. I too have kids, wife, house, full-time job and music as an escape-hobby. If I spent more than a couple/few hundred on a bass (because you still need an amp, headphones, other gear) my family would be giving me some serious side-eye.

I'm going to cast one more lot in the MIA basses. I've picked up 4 used over the years (plus one I purchased new in 1990) and they are outstanding for the price. A well-cared for used Japanese made Fender, Aria Pro, Ibanez, etc. is a fine instrument.
 
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#328
aah_scary said:
How are you liking the EMG Geezers in it?
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Oh, I'm a Geezer convert now. On the Aerodyne the Geezers with GHS Pressurewounds seems to be the sweet spot for me.

Loved the PJ set enough in that bass that I later got another P set to put in a parts bass I did. They're very nicely balanced across the tonal spectrum. The first parts P bass I did I used Seymour Duncan 1/4 lb, so going from those mid-scooped things to the more balanced Geezers was a big improvement to me.
 
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#330
mikeyjm2 said:
Oh, I'm a Geezer convert now. On the Aerodyne the Geezers with GHS Pressurewounds seems to be the sweet spot for me.

Loved the PJ set enough in that bass that I later got another P set to put in a parts bass I did. They're very nicely balanced across the tonal spectrum. The first parts P bass I did I used Seymour Duncan 1/4 lb, so going from those mid-scooped things to the more balanced Geezers was a big improvement to me.
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Awesome! :D

Minus the RIOT sticker, mine's still stock and will probably stay that way forever. :p
 
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#334
Peavey GV with Millenium preamp. Schaller bridge and Hipshot ultralight tuners optional. Those DR neon strings are fun, but after the second set goes on, then dies, I'll go back to my Dunlop stainless strings.
 

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#335
My Ernie Ball Music Man Sterling HS once I get it how I want it. I'm planning on swapping a Nordstrand quad coil into the bridge position on it soon and modifying the switch wiring so I can run series, parallel, bridge single in series with dummy, one bridge coil in parallel with neck single, and neck single in parallel with dummy, I can't imagine it not doing everything I'd want a bass to do.
 
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#336
Custom built 32" scale PJ with 5 piece laminated maple neck, Brazillian rosewood fingerboard, light alder body, Nordstrand vintage pickups, hipshot tuners, G&L bridge, active/passive electronics with tone control, tung oil finish, large mother of pearl dots, large mother of pearl side dots, 12" radius, medium-jumbo frets, and of course... a tort pickguard, duh.
 
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Count Bassie said:
Seriously. When I started I had one axe, and looked forward to playing to the exclusion of anything else. Now I work, raise kids, work on the house, etc... and since I don't play like I used to I've taken to making music my hobby... I play, just not enough, or what I want to.

So I'm trying to get back to my happy place, and have got the feeling that I'm not the only one...

So, what would you pick?
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I'd keep it simple.
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This bass . Ibanez 1205e

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I keep having other musicians tell me how great it sounds , the guys in my band love it and it plays wonderful . It has the best feel of any bass I've had and I also dig the looks and it's very light . If the battery runs out it still will work and sound great . I've been through a ton of basses the last ten years but have no Gas at all .
 
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#340
A 30" or 32" bass with a P / MM setup using G&L MFD pickups. The SB-1 split MFD in the middle position and the L2000 big humbucker MFD in the bridge.

Ebony or Maple fretboard, somewhere between 7.5" and 9.5" radius, perhaps compound. Vintage stainless steel frets.

Passive electronics. Series/Parallel switch on the MFD bridge pickup. I'd wire it up so series mode only provides a slight boost, and warms the sound up some, which is possible with the right switch and some resistors.

I'd have a PTB system for electronics and a 3-way switch for selecting pickups. Then the extra switch for series/parallel bridge. Passive only.

Basically I'd be looking for a all-in-one bass there.
 

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