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Your opinion for a good rock bass?

#21
NWB said:
I'm scratching my head trying to think of a bass that wouldn't work for rock. None really come to mind.
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With all the good Amps and effects out there right now, you can make almost any bass work for rock. Sure, some sound more traditional, like a P Bass through a tube head............But you can almost duplicate that sound with any quality head and bass now. Even with lower end amps, you can still use effects................

Remember it's Rock, if you think it should sound better, just "turn it up"..............Something bound to "distort" then :hiding:
 
#25
everybodys ears are different..and we hear basses different ways...you really need to take and day and go fiddle with a bunch of different basses and start narrowing them down....i play in a progressive rock band.....and i have a p bass....i dont use it in this band because i dont prefer the tone....its punchy enough,but it doesnt get the low growl i prefer....not even my conklin gets it....i love both basses to death......but after much playing....ive found that the ibanez btb 575 is perfect for ME!.....
so go out there and find the one that fits you......not everyone else.good luck
 
#28
Well, I'll be one that suggests something else. Rock with pick deserves a Gibson Thunderbird. That said there are plenty of other great suggestions here.
 
#30
I agree any decent bass will work for rock, and the player's more important, etc. But for my old-school tastes, active basses usually don't work as well. At least not for me, though I could imagine rocking out on an HH StingRay.

I gravitate toward passive Precision and Jazz basses, but my favorite pure rock bass is probably the G&L SB-2. The MFD split-coil pickup is a monster. Fills in the mix like a P-bass, with all the punch of a G&L MFD humbucker.
 
#31
Nedmundo said:
I agree any decent bass will work for rock, and the player's more important, etc. But for my old-school tastes, active basses usually don't work as well. At least not for me, though I could imagine rocking out on an HH StingRay.

I gravitate toward passive Precision and Jazz basses, but my favorite pure rock bass is probably the G&L SB-2. The MFD split-coil pickup is a monster. Fills in the mix like a P-bass, with all the punch of a G&L MFD humbucker.
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ok now your just givin everyone G.A.S lol
 
#33
I agree with all the sentiments in here in that any decent bass will do. However I'll still say a P bass would be the best choice. Why? Because of its simplicity! I tried and still have different kinds of basses and yes, they all work. But I realise that whenever I play a non-P bass I can't keep myself fiddling with the different tonal options (all of which still work BTW). With a P-bass I can concentrate on what I play *not* how I sound. To me rock is all about feel, not tone. P bass gives me that feel. And yes, it also gives me the *tone* as bonus! :)
 
#36
stflbn said:
See, these kinds of comments drive me nuts. He has a Fender, loves the sound he gets, and hasn't found any style that it didn't work in...

The same exact comment could be made by someone with an MTD, SX, Gibson, Wishbass, Ibanez, Yamaha, etc etc etc etc... It's all personal and entirely dependent on what that person needs wants or 'thinks' they're getting out of the gear.

Start complex twisted outlook on Fenders...
Could... Possibly... it be that people use them because other people use them so they use the fact that other people use them to suggest for others to use them, and on and on and on and on and on.
Meanwhile many people use the fact that so many people use them to warrant why they're the best option for others to use, when in reality maybe the most people use them simply because the most people use them? Hence many more people suggesting others use them just because they use them, which everyone knows makes a bass the best bass because YOU use it regardless of why you use it. Even if you initially started using it just because someone else who used it told you that you should use it also.

PLAY THE BASS THAT FITS YOU BEST AND THAT YOU LIKE! Not the bass that others play because everyone else plays it.
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I never said it is the Best bass. i was simply giving my experience with it. on top of that, your amp/cab setup has a lot to do with your sound as well. not just the bass. but for rock music, any bass would probably do just fine.
 

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