MrDinsdale Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 9 hours ago, TrevorR said: My number 1 ever since I bought it second hand in about 1991 or 1992! 1985 Mk 1 Custom Series Wal. Wow, would love to try one of these. Saw someone selling a mk1 on FB, I'd have bought it if I had £9k burning a hole in my pocket 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 13 hours ago, MrDinsdale said: Wow, would love to try one of these. Saw someone selling a mk1 on FB, I'd have bought it if I had £9k burning a hole in my pocket 🤣 Yes, I worked out the way to get a nice Wal at a reasonable price… buy second hand but do it 30 years ago when they were rather unfashionable and un-sought after. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikanHannille Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 90% of the time I pick this up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDinsdale Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 I currently love this Schecter p-4. Might just be that it's the first time I've had a 4 string in the last 20 years or that it's my first p-bass but it makes me feel happy every time I pick it up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman666 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, TrevorR said: Yes, I worked out the way to get a nice Wal at a reasonable price… buy second hand but do it 30 years ago when they were rather unfashionable and un-sought after. yes ..a wal mk2 is another one of my basses that i haven't seen in years ...locked up in a room in south east asia ... its probably now a race between me and the termites....can termites chew their way through a wal case??? i hope not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Harley Benton GuitarBass (Bass VI), tuned in G standard tuning (that is 3 half steps above regular E standard tuning): 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I fell out of love with this for quite some time, but just recently (since returning to gigging after lockdown) it’s my go to. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorG Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 02/04/2022 at 19:10, OliverBlackman said: Number 1 for jazz/ fretless styles is an Overwater fretless Number 1 for replicating a P bass with flats is my fender P bass with La Bella flats Number 1 for replicating Jazz bass with steel sound is a Squier VMJ with MB steels Covers most of my needs I have exactly the same collection of basses (plus a Spector). Doubtless we’re both following some great, universal law. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 My number one might surprise a few people as it’s not my sonic blue jazz, or indeed my sumptuous SR1200. It’s a tatty, banged up old SR500 that looks like it had an accident with a wood chipper. I bought it for £150 after the whole ‘nearly died of covid’ thing when I realised I needed a light bass. It has a dodgy 24th fret and a badly shimmed neck. And I love it. Its the bass I do most of my gigs with and even at home, I pick this one out the rack nine times out of ten. Go figure. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 And in just over two months, I've changed my mind completely! My current obsession is this Warwick Thumb. It was a present from my wife for my 40th birthday, so it's already a very special instrument, but it's just so tactile and responsive to play. A deeply rewarding instrument. Thanks @vincbt! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 35 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: And in just over two months, I've changed my mind completely! My current obsession is this Warwick Thumb. It was a present from my wife for my 40th birthday, so it's already a very special instrument, but it's just so tactile and responsive to play. A deeply rewarding instrument. Thanks @vincbt! Gorgeous. Just keep it string with fresh strings. Nothing sounds better with fresh strings and worse with dead strings than. Thumb. I've had a couple in the past and there is no doubt I'll have another. I wanted to go back to Spector first and then a Thumb, when the right one comes up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 18 minutes ago, Chris2112 said: Gorgeous. Just keep it string with fresh strings. Nothing sounds better with fresh strings and worse with dead strings than. Thumb. I've had a couple in the past and there is no doubt I'll have another. I wanted to go back to Spector first and then a Thumb, when the right one comes up. It's wearing DR Hi Beams at the moment and they're just starting to go dull - 14 months later! Admittedly I haven't been gigging it or anything like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 23 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: And in just over two months, I've changed my mind completely! My current obsession is this Warwick Thumb. It was a present from my wife for my 40th birthday, so it's already a very special instrument, but it's just so tactile and responsive to play. A deeply rewarding instrument. Thanks @vincbt! I love a Thumb bass, only bass I regret selling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackopie1 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) I'm a simple man! Fender Pro ii. I know they can get a bad rep when it comes to value for money, but it feels and sounds lovely to me. I just can't settle between rounds and flats... Edited June 19, 2022 by Jackopie1 Typo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackopie1 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 02/04/2022 at 18:27, ThirteenDevils said: Tony Franklin with a roasted maple neck. That is beatiful! Is that a G&L style j-pup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 03/04/2022 at 08:38, Paul S said: My #1 is a Squier JV Precision. I kissed a lot of frogs before finding this prince which is just the best P bass I have laid my mitts on. The neck is gorgeous. The maple has a little 3D figuring in it and has aged to that wonderful warm caramel. It weighs just 8lbs and the stock pickups have a woody tone that is just the rude side of vintage. It now sports a Schaller 3D bridge which I prefer. I bought it from the original owner who was a drummer and barely used it so really low mileage, too. Tart that I am, I am regularly unfaithful as new and different basses catch my eye but this is the one I would grab if the house caught fire. That's a cracker. My JV Precision is my #1. My Bass VI is a lot of fun, and I have a MIJ PB70 that I haven't used much, but it's the JV that passes the house fire test. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Jackopie1 said: That is beatiful! Is that a G&L style j-pup? Think the Tony Franklin has a DiMarzio J pickup as this was his original preference? I’ve got a reverse of this as my go-to fretless, a Tony Franklin neck on a 78 P body with EMG PJ set. The neck is hands-down the best P neck I’ve played (think it’s B width or 40mm-ish at nut) and the ebony fingerboard with flats plays amazingly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackopie1 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 1 hour ago, MattM said: Think the Tony Franklin has a DiMarzio J pickup as this was his original preference? I’ve got a reverse of this as my go-to fretless, a Tony Franklin neck on a 78 P body with EMG PJ set. The neck is hands-down the best P neck I’ve played (think it’s B width or 40mm-ish at nut) and the ebony fingerboard with flats plays amazingly. Ah Ok, thanks. That is also a beautiful bass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowinblue Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 This is the bass I played the most during my 2nd phase of gigging (2004 to 2015). When the pressure was on this instrument got the call. Pics or it didn't happen. M. M. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowinblue Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 The number one 'in my heart'. Purchased mainly for use at home. Gigged just a few times. Singing lead over the top of fretless bass is a lot of hard work. And I ain't no Gordon Sumner. M. M. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzoid Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Bought recently from a fellow Basschatter. Apart from my fretless Corvette, not played anything else since. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Well, after last night, the Epiphone Embassy has gone up a grade. I put a reasonable bass boost and a slight lift on mid and treble on the TE Elf, that made all positions of the blend control usable. In neck position I could get a lovely powerful but rich tone, but also plenty of presence by moving my fingers towards the bridge. With the bridge pickup I could vary hand position to move between a serious cutting honk to a more mellow sound. It just seemed much more pronounced than the variations on my Jazz basses. I was playing through the TE Elf (which gives a bit of built in compression) and the GR Bass AT212. Our guitaruists commented "That Trace sounded killer, very tight sound, no farting bass tones haha" An outstanding instrument for the price. I can't imagine anyone wanting to change the pickups. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Well, after last night, the Epiphone Embassy has gone up a grade. I put a reasonable bass boost and a slight lift on mid and treble on the TE Elf, that made all positions of the blend control usable. In neck position I could get a lovely powerful but rich tone, but also plenty of presence by moving my fingers towards the bridge. With the bridge pickup I could vary hand position to move between a serious cutting honk to a more mellow sound. It just seemed much more pronounced than the variations on my Jazz basses. I was playing through the TE Elf (which gives a bit of built in compression) and the GR Bass AT212. Our guitaruists commented "That Trace sounded killer, very tight sound, no farting bass tones haha" An outstanding instrument for the price. I can't imagine anyone wanting to change the pickups. T'Bird in disguise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 1990 Vigier Passion III. Just the bees pyjamas. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 6 hours ago, ezbass said: T'Bird in disguise. Same sounds, very different look and feel. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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