Your Dream Bass

[Norwegian Bass]

Funny I talked with my tech about (kind of) this the other day; that despite the fact that I have and enjoy Sadowskys and Stingrays and so forth; my favorite bass, and if you held a gun to my head and said "you only get to keep one"; I'd say Fender Precision! So my dream bass would then have to be either:
1) If I can score a vintage one; 1954-1964 (I dig both second generation P and archetype P) or
2) Fender Precision made to my specs by the Custom Shop.
Specs would be: (We can call it: Custom 1963 Precision Bass)
Lightweight ash body, vintage tint maple neck with 1 11/16 nut width, dark rosewood fingerboard with 9.5 inch radius and medium jumbo frets.
Vintage tuning machines and bridge.
Handwound '63 P-Bass pick up.
Color would be hot rod red and pickguard would be mint green. Nitro finish. Vintage blonde case with red plush interior.
BAM! My "signature" bass.

 

[friskinator]

Fender Pino Palladino custom shop 62 P-bass.... all i need..

Same here. If I ever hit the lottery or get an inheritance, that's the first bass I'm buying.

 

[bholder]

Given what my dreams are like lately, pretty sure I don't want my "dream bass"!

 

[bezo420]

Dream basses: Twins
Two basses built to identical specs, only one is a fretless.

I'm a Spector fanatic, so my dream is two Forte basses. Solid figured maple wings, blank fretboards, custom humbucking pickups in an EMG 35 route, 4 strings, one fretted, one fretless. If the figuring in the maple matched each other, that would be the best.

 

[L-1329]

I've been fortunate enough to have had a few "dream" basses made for me. I also know that there is never going to be one perfect at everything all the time no matter what bass. Every bass will have strengths and weaknesses, its just the way it is no matter how much we might love one specific bass.

That said, I do have one certain dream bass in mind, but unfortunately it will only remain a dream unless Bud LeCompte gets back into building. But hey, I can still dream!

 

[Bassa Nova]

Fender Jazz Bass Ash Body - with only a Precision Pickup route (no jazz bridge route)
Fender Modern C shape Precision Neck (I love my Squier Classic Vibe 60s P neck)
Fender Original 62 Pickups
Labella Jamerson Set Flatwound strings
Vintage Fender Bridge -threaded saddles

Color/pickguard/neck- Roadworn Mocha with Black pickguard, can't decide between rosewood or maple fingerboard.

 

[subsonicbassist]

Gosh..I have two, but If I have to choose one, it would be the ultimate cool PJ for me.

A slab board '59 P bass with a gold aluminum pickguard, a mid to late '63 - early '65 Jazz Bass neck with the body routed for a bridge pick up like a 70's jazz bass (closer to the bridge) and have an old Hi-A pick up in there.

Oh yeah..and medium jumbo frets - not the dinky little frets that came on a Jazz Bass back then.
Throw in a Hipshot D-Tuner for good measure.

I know..I know..it's a terrible thought to route a '59. heh.

I'm not a P guy at all, but I would play the strings off one like this!!!

 

[radioripster]

I'm not a P guy at all, but I would play the strings off one like this!!!

Me too! haha

 

[Flaked Beans]

This bass:

 

[Flaked Beans]

by the way, this thread is almost seven years old......just sayin'.

 

[LowEndOperative]

What's your dream bass???? Create your own, or choose an existing one that you just don't have the kind of $$$ to buy. Be as detailed as possible.

5 String Ric, 35" scale, 19mm string spacing, straight string pull to the tuners.

 

[jeffbrown]

That's an easy one for me.

Fender Aerodyne, black with the white binding, of course; the one with the strat jack.

Some day. No $$ now, maybe later. Much later....

 

[MrLenny1]

I think I may already own it.
Tobias C 5.

 

[scubaduba]

My pre-Gib Tobias Classic 5.

 

[Pappasgrind]

5 string nt thumb
Emg mm pups
Darkglass pre
19mm string spacing
34-37 multi scale
Black sandblasted swamp ash body
satin buckeye top
Carbon fiber neck
Ebony fretboard
Black block and binding
White LEDs
Black Hipshot hardware
Yes please

 

[Minirehak 212]

Here's one I've never seen.
Warwick Vampyre like so:

And add a few things.
My dream would be a 6 string Vampyre BO Wenge neck/fb
Bubinga body with that sexy trans red finish
Thumb pickup placement
3 band pretty
Black hardware.
I basically want the sound of a thumb in a vamp body. For me if sex was a bass this would be it

 

[ThePresident777]

Number of Strings: 5
Scale Length: 34"
Body Shape: Fender Precision
Body Edge Radius: 1/2"
Body Thickness: 1 3/4"
Neck Block: Rounded/Slimmed/Reduced/Playable
"Comfort Curves": None
Body Material: Swamp Ash, Straight Grain (No Plywood Look)
Body Finish: Brown Dye, Sealer Coat
Pick Guard: None
Bridge: Babicz FCH Solo Rails x 5 (Staggered Placement, Chrome), Top Load and Through Body anchors, Through Body anchors placed behind Top Load anchor
Pickup: Lace Sensor USAB (Neck Position)
Controls: None
Head Stock: Custom 3+2, something like a Lakland 55-94 headstock.
Tuners: High Quality Vintage Style (Chrome)
Truss Rod Adjustment: Neck Heel, Wheel
Neck Material: Roasted Maple
Neck Profile: Fat Back (fatter than C shape)
Fret Board Material: Roasted Maple
Fret Board Radius: 9.5"
Frets: 6100 SS
Frets: at least 21
Nut Material: Not Sure
Nut Width: 1 3/4"

Other ideas I'm contemplating are
1) Mahogony and Rosewood
2) 3 pick ups, mudbucker in neck, reverse P in middle, ceramic MM in bridge, strat pickup selector switch

Some Nice Finishes:
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