Your Most-Wanted Rare Feature on a Bass

[XylemBassGuitar]

What is the one feature you want most but have never (or rarely) seen done on a bass?

I'd want a bass with 2-4 pickups (mixture of single coil and humbuckers if 4), a multiple-way switch and two separate stereo output jacks so I could run each set of pickups through a different amp and effects loop and change my tone/effects with the switch on the bass itself.

 

[excane]

It's not rare by any means, but I wish all active basses came with an active/passive switch.

Dual outputs would be a nice feature, as well as what you mentioned with a combo of pickups.

 

[cheesemaster]

I want a killswitch, so I can do Tom Morello-like solos on bass

 

[gnasher1993]

What does a 'killswitch' do?

I don't suppose this is possible, but I'd love a birdseye maple fingerboard on my fretless bass.

 

[spade2you]

What does a 'killswitch' do?

I don't suppose this is possible, but I'd love a birdseye maple fingerboard on my fretless bass.

Kill switches are basically like an on/off switch.

It's possible to get bird's eye maple on a fretless, but it either needs to go through a stabilization process or get a nice coat of polyester/epoxy. I have a bass with a polyester finish. It sounds killer and looks amazing.

 

[cheesemaster]

What does a 'killswitch' do?

When the switch is on, it stops the signal from going to the output.

 

[Jefenator]

Dig-in-ability.

 

[cheesemaster]

Kill switches are basically like an on/off switch.

You beat me to it!!!

 

[lavmonga]

you can put a killswitch in with a wire snip and a few beads of solder. I put one in my P bass and it cost me about 4 bucks. If you're looking for tom morello sounds, a kill button would work faster.
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Cut your line to the jack, solder it onto the top two tabs, run a ground to the third from the jack.

 

[allexcosta]

Not exactly rare, but my most wanted features are balance, weight under 9 pounds and a jack in the front of the bass...

 

[poppinsmac]

Fanned frets.
I love them but can't afford a bass with them.

 

[Dan Knowlton]

GOOD TONE!








Sorry, I had to do that!
Dan K.

 

[king_biscuit]

Brazilian rosewood fingerboard.

 

[unclejane]

What is the one feature you want most but have never (or rarely) seen done on a bass?

I'd want a bass with 2-4 pickups (mixture of single coil and humbuckers if 4), a multiple-way switch and two separate stereo output jacks so I could run each set of pickups through a different amp and effects loop and change my tone/effects with the switch on the bass itself.

Hard plastic finish options on fretless necks. Either polyester like Pedulla does on the Buzz series, or a good resin finish.

This would basically do away with having to use a particular type of wood for the fingerboard, you could have a pure maple one which would look cool and sound like a fretless with plastic finish in any case.

Finishes are probably a little easier to replace than the actual fingerboard itself, so once you wear one down you simply go get it refinished.

I suspect these are uncommon because they're tough to do, especially with a really hard wood like ebony.

But they offer a unique tone. And on lined models with inserts in would-be fret slots, a finish eliminates the possiblity of the damn things popping out....

LS

 

[rarbass]

whammy/floyd rose. I guess a whammy bar isn't the most rare thing on a bass, as it's been done, but I'd like to try one out sometime.

 

[Thunder_Fingers]

Roman number inlays on the fretboard... I'm a big fan!

 

[capnsandwich]

I want a switch that causes the frets to shrink down flush with the fret board making it a fretless. I've seen this on certain basses but I think that company has the patent. I've never seen one in real life, just on youtube. I wish other companies could build them.

 

[SpamBot]

A 300w all-tube onboard amp.

 

[FissioN]

Coffee Machine.

'Nuff said.

 

[flipper_gv]

Selectable frequency for each band of a 4 band eq.