You Have to Play 1 Bass For Life: What Do You Choose?
It’s an impossible question to answer, but thinking about it has gotten me into some really focused ideas about what it is I want from a bass.
What would you choose? Is it something you already have? Or is it that grail bass you’ve been searching for your entire life? Get in the comments and let me know!
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I am currently using my Ibanez srf700 %95 of the time but I don't think it would be good one trick bass for life.
P. Next question.
The Goya and the Fender Coronado are probably the closest to what I'd choose. I think I'd probably want a Harmony H27 if I had to stick with one bass for life.
I have a parts bass with an ash 70’s p-bass body, a 2012 MIM neck that’s been PLEK’d, and a custom pickup. I’ve owned most of it for 23 years. PS: I absolutely love how you sound on the Coronado.
I love my Squier affinity p bass. Adjusted the truss , saddle height, new strings, and I just started playing so…
A modern J style Bass… does every job nicely.
I've owned loads of basses but my bass for life would be my Geddy Lee CIJ Jazz.
Massive Rush fan so I thought it would be a bit cringe to get one. Not a fan of Black & Maple.
I do like a Jazz bass. One came up in Sunburst, gotta love a Sunburst Jazz, Great price.
Out of the box it looked like a work of art. Perfect in every way. Plays, feels, sounds and looks.
If not the Geddy it would be my Steinberger XQ. That is a bit special also.
Cool vid.
First off, this is a great video. Thank you for your contributions to the bass world.
Right now, my go to is my Performance YB5-21 with a modified Low End preamp. The fit, feel, and dynamic range is simply impressive.
I definitely want a double p and double reverse p in my arsenal.
It was great seeing you get bass face with the Coronado. 🙂
Ibanez 1605 prestige. It’s a 5 string so it covers all the tunings I need, It’s active/passive, 3 band eq. It can give me just about any sound I’m looking for and it feels and plays beautifully. I haven’t found a better bass I would actually buy.
I would pick my G&L CLF L-2000 hands down. I own 12 basses from a Squier Rascal, '78 Rickenbacker 4001, G&L Fullerton SB-2, Fender Aerodyne (close 2nd), Fender Ultra Jazz, '70 and '88 Fender Mustangs and a few others.
My Warwick Corvette Proline 5c. 25 years old from now, and always sounds awesome.The best I own among Fenders, Sire and other JBasses…
First of all no fenders, maybe jazz bit limited, all those saying that are fan boys. Probably g&l l 2000 or peavey cirrus
My Warwick Corvette $$ 5 Ltd 2009. A really nice sounding and versatile Bass. ❤
Gibson grabber, Best of a p-bass and gibson
Fender P bass, Clifford Roi double cut, Yamaha SB3000
Sting Ray or Spector
Easy. My 1980's Vigier Marilyn Monroe Excalibur fretless. It's been my no. 1 for decades and my fingers still tingle with excitement when I go to pick it up.
A quality P Bass, not a scummy PJ, just a P, Ameg or Tone Hamner it then stop chasing gear, this is they most simple set up for great bass tone available, after that just concentrate on playing for the rest of your life.
Some of us don't have enough to own many basses to choose from. So if I had to have 1 bass it would be an American Lakland 44-64 (premium pickups, wide neck, light weight body).
Easy: my Fender Mustang PJ Player strung with Labella Deep Talking Flats. What's nowhere near as easy to choose is one amplifier set-up!
Longest "please gift me your bass, friend" video petition I've ever seen
Stingray 4 H
I think my Charvel San Dimas is the one for the rest of my life
It would be my Alleva-Coppolo LG5 CS without hesitation.
The bass I picked up three years ago – Sire Marcus Miller U5. Short scale, four-banger, PJ pickup configuration, flamed maple front body and maple neck, beautiful rolled edges on the fretboard, perfect off-white binding, very very affordable, plays like a dream, sounds super thru my "stealthy rig" – Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2 on top of two Barefaced One10 cabs (Barefaced bass cabs are outstanding!).
I have small paws… I never realised how much that held me back over the 30+ years I only played full-scale basses. I can play this bass all night long! And come out smiling! Gamechanger…
My Squier P-Bass 60's Classic Vibe, no doubt
Rickenbacker 4001 V63. It can do everything. EVERYTHING. 😀
Edit: Let me elaborate a bit. Yes, I know, the lacquered neck, the frame around the bridge pickup and the bridge itself are showstoppers for some, but they don't bother me. I actually like the lacquered neck. The frame is a bit in the way, but there are replacements for it and the bridge is fine for me.
But the SOUND! The 4001 has so many different sounds, it feels at home in so many styles and it always cuts through the mix in the right way! You just gotta love a Rick! Play it with flats, rounds, pick, fingers, heck, even slap it (yes, the frame gets in the way)! That sound is just amazing.
Clearly something generic, quality and very playable/comfortable because that pertains to the physical instrument itself. Also the least muddy because that can be altered afterwards.
For me and what I do, higher end Ibanez basses fit the bill. I love my SR4500 too.
Only roundwound strings are gonna last a lifetime. They will sound like flats after 15-20 years.
Then the pickup choice will be the next important – for the style you'll play for life (lets exclude active electronics)
I suppose you'll want depreciation to hit rock bottom and then increase in resale value.
A custom shop G&L L-2000 with 1 1/2" nut width, 9.5" radius and single coil mode. At least that's what I've ordered as my next, and last bass purchase. 😉
As primarily a keyboard player who also plays guitar a bass, this has potential for an interesting series! Only one keyboard. Only one guitar. I only own one bass so if I was to be stuck with it, cool. I think it all depends on what kind of music you play. I play bass with a pick so it doesn't need to be one that's great for slapping.
Think about the idea for a series!
That double reverse P.
Probably my 1976 Ibanez Black Eagle,sounds better than a jazz bass,plays better than a jazz bass and looks to kill????That one or my Warmoth J bass with Sadowsky preamp with a Fender P bass neck????
Sounds like a cool bass in the making! I would play my Fodera MG 5 for the rest of my life ????
My stingray, I bought it literally saving coins for 2 years I think, it was my 30th birthday gift to myself, I will never ever consider to sell it