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Your Favorit bass?

#3
My favourite bass hasn't been invented yet, because bass manufacturers suck. :D

A 27 fretter 5 or 6 with an interesting body shape, for example. Why is stuff like this so hard? There's plenty of that sort of stuff for guitars, like this for example:

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But no, basses HAVE to be the boringest shape possible, with the same old boring paint and the same old boring features. :sigh:

/rant

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#11
I seem to be back and forth with my two giggers, Fender Standard Jazz V and Ibanez ATK305. I’ll gig one for months without looking at the other, then I’ll do a complete flip for the next few months. They each have their own characteristics that I appreciate.

After months with the J, I was practicing the newest two songs, and thought the narrower string spacing on the ATK would be nice, and fell in love with the ATK again… so the Jazz goes in its case for a while…

If I had to choose completely between one or the other, I’d don’t know what I’d do.

Fickle, I dunno…

:o

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#12
OOZMAN said:
My favourite bass hasn't been invented yet, because bass manufacturers suck. :D

A 27 fretter 5 or 6 with an interesting body shape, for example. Why is stuff like this so hard? There's plenty of that sort of stuff for guitars, like this for example:

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But no, basses HAVE to be the boringest shape possible, with the same old boring paint and the same old boring features. :sigh:

/rant

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I actually disagree. Sure, most basses you see on stages are Fender P's and J's with 4 strings. But similarily Strats, Teles and Les Pauls rule the guitar world. But especially in the boutique world, to me it seems that bass manufacturers have much more different body shapes and more experimental instruments with infinite combinations of different woods, strings, electronics and construction solutions. But this might be only my feeling.
 
#16
Current faves:
6 String-Carvin Icon 6 with Piezos-great clear tone. I get lots of compliments on the sound and it seems to be my personal tone these days. Really light, too.
Fretless-Carvin Claro Walnut LB76F-I've had this one for awhile and it just seems to sound better and better. Nice Jaco tone when I need it and a smooth, warm tone when I don't.
5 String-Carvin Sekou Bunch SB5000-a great jobbing bass, pockets great on a General Business gig or Country Session and I can go "Marcus" on it pretty quickly if needed. If I had a do-over I'd probably get the chambered body-swamp ash is heavy!
4 String-Carvin B4-stacked humbucker J pickups make this a very quiet bass. Ash body has a lot of nice mids. Very comfortable neck.
Yeah, I know, I sound like a Carvin commercial, but these are the ones that continually drift into my gig bags these days.....:bassist:
 
#18
bzmnt said:
I actually disagree. Sure, most basses you see on stages are Fender P's and J's with 4 strings. But similarily Strats, Teles and Les Pauls rule the guitar world. But especially in the boutique world, to me it seems that bass manufacturers have much more different body shapes and more experimental instruments with infinite combinations of different woods, strings, electronics and construction solutions. But this might be only my feeling.
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I agree. I find guitars are much more likely to fit the accepted norm than some of the custom basses. You can find 2,3,4,5,6,7 or 8 string basses (for example). Can you say the same with guitars?
 
#19
here's my basses, they all have their awesome attributes

sb-2 - easy to play, love the hot pickups, fast tung oiled neck
cij 62ri - modded to my tastes, great sound, super low action
hwy1 p -unbelievably nice neck, perfect size for my big hands, always complimented on
 

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