Your 3 basses for the most well-rounded stable

[Sam Dingle]

My personal 3 would be:

Fender jazz bass
High end jazz bass 5 (Sadowsky, Mike lull)
Upright bass


EDIT: I have all 3 now.

 

[Lesfunk]

I say a fender P/J precision bass, the music man stingray five, and a fretless jazz bass with a status graphite neck

 

[el_Bajo_Verde]

Three 5-string basses.

One with rounds, one with flats, one with tapes.

Isn't it obvious?

 

[DirkP]

Fender J with flats or rounds
Fender P with flats or Fender VI with flats
Stingray Classic with rounds

 

[ronlitz]

Jazz, Precision, Stingray

 

[Kmonk]

I own several Fender, Alembic and Spector basses. I have three that I use for almost every situation, an MIA Jazz, an MIA Precision and an MIA Fretless Jazz.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

My 3 is what I have...

Fretted Precision
Fretless Wal
Ns Design EUB

But of course that won't cover an acoustic gig

 

[3rdWatch]

I knew I'd be able to scroll through 1 page and find a poster who listed more than 3 basses!
This is TalkBass alright!
They can't help it, GAS is real!

 

[myates]

P-Bass, J-Bass and some sort of active "super boutique" bass. But I think in the end, it's the player. The player has to be versatile. Put any bass in their hands and they will kill it; regardless of the bass. But I imagine they would have either a P or J bass in hand.

 

[Mark_70]

The three I have on the wall now:

1) MM Sterling
2) Ibanez SR1800
3) Lakland fretless

Spent way too much money figuring this out. Happy as a clam with this trio!!

Regards
Mark

 

[BritBass 2]

These three.

 

[Altitude]

3 only?

• Passive P
• Active 5-string J
• Upright

Here they are. I realize my P is a P/J, but nobody cares.

 

[Tim de Martino]

Got all three that I use regularly (plus a few backups!).

Custom carbon fibre headless 4 string cricket bat with Bart humbucker
Peavey TL-5 with Barts
Warmoth/Fender Jazz 4 string with Hipshot and (yep) Barts

.....also DB, Stick, kb and 12 step synth bass.

I will get rid of the extras eventually - maybe build up some TB seller status.

Cheers,

Tim

 

[Lee Moses]

My three electrics are . . .

4 string Alembic Elan
6 string Carvin fretless
Fender P

That covers the bases/basses pretty well. And I have no plans or desires to sell/buy/rotate any time soon, so I suppose those are the 3 I would choose.

 

[electracoyote]

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Thanks for re-igniting my Spector GAS.

I need another bass like a hole in the head, but I've always wanted to add a Spector to my stable since hearing Eddie Jackson.

Beautiful bass, beautiful top.

 

[pbass2]

I never need a fretless or a fiver, so for me it's:

-P w/flats (my Glaub)
-J (or Rick) with rounds (my Geddy)
- Retro short scale/hollowbody with flats (my Jerry Jones 'horn)

If I was allowed a couple more the next would be synth bass and upright. Then, I'm truly covered

 

[Jim Dandy]

3 Roscoe 5's: fretted with flats, fretted with rounds, and fretless.

Honestly though, I only really would need one fretted and one fretless.

 

[pbass2]

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OK, now I think I need that 8-string too

 

[msb]

Pbass , Ray , Ric are my vote for the three , however the reality is the only one I gig with is the Dano Longhorn . I'm still not sure just how it happened but I've come to accept it .

 

[project_c]

For me right now, Fender Tony Franklin Fretted (taken the top spot from my trusty old 83 Fender P, which is having a well deserved break for a while), Fender USA P fretless, Fender USA J dlx.

All Fenders, but they cover a lot of ground and I don't really need anything else for the stuff i play.