You Get One Bass. What Is It?

[Batmensch]

A MIA Fender P of some sort. All I ever needed.

Same for me pretty much.

 

[Vinny Tomassetti]

Hard to choose just one but I would have to go with my custom Spector NS-5H2.

 

[Count Bassie]

Isn't this fun!!




Lol!

 

[el_Bajo_Verde]

A custom Conklin 5-string bass, or a fully spec'd Carvin AC50

 

[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

Ay... which one?

Ah.. ehm... MIA Am. Elite Jazz Bass then .... (saying this after having bought an Am. Elite P bass just to get hold of the best original P bass on the market, aside from Custom Shop ones .. I think overall a J bass is more versatile).

 

[RickyT]

My beautiful custom 6 string from RJ's Custom Shop in Sydney drool
It's absolutely everything I've ever wanted in a bass.

 

[gustophersmob]

 

[MegaSwing]

One that stays in tune, weighs 9 lbs or less, doesn't generate extraneous noise, and looks reasonably Fender-esque.

 

[Thumper19605]

My Sterling sub.

 

[Dallaspezz]

My 70s Fender Jazz. I love the look of it and can get all the sounds I ever wanted out of it.

 

[Gaolee]

Probably a Thunderbird, but it would be tough to come down to just one.

 

[Count Bassie]

Ah.. ehm... MIA Am. Elite Jazz Bass then .... (saying this after having bought an Am. Elite P bass just to get hold of the best original P bass on the market, aside from Custom Shop ones .. I think overall a J bass is more versatile).

Lol, ok! Excellent choice...

 

[Count Bassie]

Probably a Thunderbird, but it would be tough to come down to just one.

Come on man- you can do this...

 

[Flaked Beans]

One of these basses:

 

[Malak the Mad]

At this moment in time, if I had to purge all but one of my basses, I'd be damn sure to keep my "Projekt Blue" Jazz bass. Between the extra routing I had done (I can install either a J-pup or a P-pup in two different positions at my whim…Blacktop or Reggie-sig "sweet spot"), the Hipshot Drop-D tuner and the series/parallel wiring harness, I'd have more than enough "BASS" for most, if not all purposes.

Speaking of "extra routing"…

Fender P/J or Fender shaped P/P

I've got a Blacktop Jazz, and it's pretty much just about ideal. The only thing I would change were to move the neck pickup back to P position in lieu of it's current J position, but I don't know how much of a real word difference that makes versus being told repeatedly by TB Hivemind that it's "not the sweet spot."

Assuming we haven't talked about this already, if you want to pursue this idea, do what I did…"Projekt Blue" to use as a routing template as illustrated above.

 

[kopio]

The bass in my sig....my MIJ Fretless Jazz....it does everything I want it to and more....tons of sonic diversity. It even slaps well (*gasp*)!

 

[Acoop]

Leo's Caddie 'The Jazz Bass' what else.

 

[InhumanResource]

Inhuman I didn't mention my MIJ MM jazz bass as it would have been too many basses fir the OP ... however even if I own other MIA Fenders I consider this guy the best bass I have as the neck has simply got the right shape and size for me ... however it's since quite a while that I'm thinking to upgrade the electronics ... I upgraded the pickups to Fender SCNs but I'd like to further upgrade them to Fender Super 51 which I own but didn't install them yet ...what about the preamp ? Mike Pope 2 bands? East M retro? Aguilar 2 bands? Bartolini ? (Bartolini only cones with a box full of wires which make me skeptical about my actual capability if installing it..).
I've looked for somebody to ask this question to since a long time, your reply would super appreciated!

Hey bud, glad to find another fan of the MM! I don't know what it is, but I simply have not found a better j bass.

Anyway, I ended up with a pair of regular single coils from a MIA jazz and the East M retro. Installation is a slam dunk and the quality is easily worth coughing up the extra money. I do have some bartolini stuff in another bass and personally have not gotten along with any barts yet, but you may feel differently.

Out of my own experience I can't speak highly enough about the East. I can make that thing do ANYTHING.

 

[steveinohio]

30th Anniversary Stingray. I can't find anything I like as well.

 

[Flaked Beans]

At this moment in time, if I had to purge all but one of my basses, I'd be damn sure to keep my "Projekt Blue" Jazz bass. Between the extra routing I had done (I can install either a J-pup or a P-pup in two different positions at my whim…Blacktop or Reggie-sig "sweet spot"), the Hipshot Drop-D tuner and the series/parallel wiring harness, I'd have more than enough "BASS" for most, if not all purposes.

Speaking of "extra routing"…

Assuming we haven't talked about this already, if you want to pursue this idea, do what I did…"Projekt Blue" to use as a routing template as illustrated above.

Whoa! That bass is beautiful! Also the extra pickup hole on the body is an excellent idea for an additional p pickup under the low E/A strings for deeper/fat low tones!