you use the same bass for all the songs?

[matius88]

This is a thread, for all the users that have more than 1 bass guitar, you use the same bass for all kind of stuff? or you use it each of them for certaing things.

for example:

i use my fretless (squier vintage modified) for "slow" songs that have a lot of melody on bass and for crazy stuff like jaco:

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i use the ww corvette as my standard bass, slap bass (i dont like so much the slap thing, but this is the bass for it), jazz.

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and finally i use this bass (shecter malosetti signature, javier malosetti is a great bass player of argentina) for all the crazy song with solos and a lot of effects, i like this bass a lot because of the 26 frets and the sustain.

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show your basses, and for what you use them?

 

[DwaynieAD]

I use my Fender Jazz 5 for kickin' ass and my MM Sub for takin' names

 

[Neek]

There are too many basses to show for me. Before a gig, I pick a bass off the wall to play, and sometimes (not always :ashamed: ) I pick a second one as a backup. I play the entire show with that one bass; I'll downtune as required, play any style as required, all on that one bass. It is usually some type of Jazz bass, since they make up the majority of my collection.

 

[fishtx]

pretty much...

 

[Baird6869]

I am using a Fodera Emperor Standard for almost everything these days.

Dual coil neck for blues, single coil neck for slap and both DC's on (favouring the bridge a bit generally) for most other stuff.

I use a fretless for limited work (Pedulla Buzz mainly).

 

[MCS4]

In my original rock/metal band's current live set, I use my Carvin LB70 for everything except that I often break out my heavily modded Gibson Flying V bass to play a cover of ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man."

 

[AuntieBeeb]

Yep.

Sure, for longer gigs I used to bring a second bass as backup, but then I haven't broken a string on-stage in five or six years (tempting fate, I know). I can't remember the last time I had to play a song in any kind of alternative tuning, so a single bass tuned EADG is all sufficient. And less to carry!

(That is, until I can find a way to work my 8-string into a couple of songs in the set...)

 

[Webtroll]

I have a fair variety of basses, fretted and a couple of fretless. I play whatever suits my mood for all songs and rarely swap from one bass to another to change tone. Actually in retrospect I can't recall ever changing basses for the purpose of tone.

 

[pklima]

Playing DB got me used to doing everything with one bass, so, yeah, I use one bass for all songs, even when I bring a spare. It's just not worth swapping them between songs. I do use different basses for different gigs, but that's more a matter of looks, not tone or playability.

 

[Mike M.]

For my situations one bass does the job.

I play once every three weeks at church, 4 songs max. I play two cover sets every Thursday at a local club. So for me there's really no need for more than one.

 

[DiabolicLow B]

Yup, I usually bring a backup but it has never left the case, I use my Dingwall SJ5 for everything. I would never have time to switch between songs, our set lists are written out and we have maybe 5 sec. max between songs.

 

[chris_b]

I have a Mike Lull PJ5 and a Lakland 55-94.

I take either one to the gig and don't really have a system for choosing. They both sound great in all bands and gigs I do.

Lately I've been alternating every couple of months, because I can.

 

[Scottkarch]

In a pinch, I could play all our songs.. 2 sets, 3+ Hr with one bass.. either fretted or fretless. BUT. I always bring at least 3 basses to each gig and at least go between fretless 4 and fretted 4 depending on the songs. If we are playing our Cheap Trick and Pat Benetar/Heart songs.. or other heavies ( for us ), I will try and play an 8 or 12 string.

I like fretless most of the time. My main fretless has a Hipshot Extender to easily drop to D for when I sing Fat Bottom Girls and a few country/rock songs in D. Most others just EADG on the fretless.

I sing a handful of songs ( Green Day, Rembrandts, Fastball ) and I like to play a fretted bass so I can pay more attention to my singing and make eye contact with the audience instead of focusing on my finger position on the fretless. Some No Doubt and other songs sound better with the fretted 4 or even 8 as well.

I have to say, right now I change basses probably 6 times per gig mainly because it's still fun to do so.. really. We make jokes of me continuously changing basses, if it has frets or not, how many strings.. Plenty of Amelda Marcos jokes. I bought the basses because I like them, and I like to play them.. all of them. This way I get to. Some day I'll probably get tired of either lugging them, or changing. But I partly do it for tone/style and partly because I think it's just plain FUN to change things up during the night.

( I think also if my wife only saw me play the same bass over and over, she'd force me to sell the ones I never play... not a bad point ).

 

[shawshank72]

I usually pick one out that i want to play and use it for the entire show/practice.
Recording is another story.

 

[deshi00]

I play the same bass (kinda) for every song I only have 2 main players the reason I say kinda is they are both P-basses

 

[Daveypoo]

I've got 3 working basses: a Fender P/J Precision, a Fender Jazz and a Spector 5er. I like to carry the absolute minimum equipment to the gig, so I only ever bring one bass. I choose the bass depending on the band and the style of music and usually stick with that bass for however long I'm in the band. I default to the 4 strings but I'll pick up the 5 if I'm playing something more modern or if it's a wildly varied setlist (Disco/Funk band or something).

I think that switching basses for different songs is unnecessary for me. Why carry multiple basses when I can have one that gives me a bunch of useable tones? Both my J & P have been modded for exactly that purpose - I want one J that gives me all the standard J tones, and one P that gives me all the various P tones and I'm good to go. The 5 is there if I want something active/modern sounding.

 

[Nephilymbass]

I used to lug a handful of 5 strings for different tunings. Beadg, f#bead,and eadgc. Now I just bring one 7 string that covers all three tunings. Easier to restring 7 strings than 15. Don't have to worry about down tuning and having floppy strings. I use it all the time and baby it so it hasn't failed me yet. From my experience backups actually have a higher failure rate at shows because i rarely ever played the backups. I would like a new fretless though and it probably wouldn't be a 7

 

[SteveC]

I usually bring one bass to a gig. I can do any gig on either my fretted or fretless 5. I never change during a set. I might change between sets.

 

[monkeyfinger]

Fender American Standard 5 with stock pickup, rw board and LaBella flats, and another one with maple board, Nordies and round wounds. They sound very different IMO. I switch between these two depending on the song. This works very well for me.

 

[inthebassclef]

I usually use the same bass for an entire set. I will listen to the songs ahead of practice and play around with them. I then grab either my p or j bass depending on the song list and go with that. I usually have not had much of a problem with using a p or j bass for a set. They both fit most styles of music very well. It is just a matter of which one for that set fits better.