Your Dream Bass?

[NickA]

Dolphins are special.  Took mine out gigging last night and realised I play my Wal a bit too much.  Lovely neck, excellent ergonomics and a sound that's clear as a bell. 

 

Indicating once again that there is no ONE dream bass.

[HowieD72]

My two dream basses are already in my possession.

My custom 1994 Warwick Fortress Masterman and my parts p-bass. 80's Barts, Lollar harness with treble bleed and wenge jazz neck. 

 

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

I should be in a position to purchase my dream bass this year  ( well nothing more than £3k if I can help it !).  But what ?? Custom ? Well letts just say I’d rather avoid the uncertainty ! 

 

The ‘dream bass’ I used to think of was something like a status s2 in a lovely glossy colour , or old Steinberger trans term , or a Kubricki ex factor in a lairy colour . 

 

It seems like I’ve missed the boat on Sims custom paint job for my  table top style Warwick corvette . 

 

I did think of having an animal shaped bass guitar body such as a dog , cat or rabbit 😬

 

I like the Warwick dolphin .. a headless style would be the one I think ..glossy airbrushed in the style of a polar bear ! 
As for electronics , just a passive volume bass and tone knob is enough ! No batteries ! 

 I do have 2 basses that friends and punters used to love ..a Korean made Jack Daniel’s bass ,and a Washburn status . For some reason people were fascinated by them . 
 

Edited Friday at 11:20 by RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[jazzyvee]

Thankfully i managed to find and afford my two dream basses some years back. Short scale 4 string and long scale 5 string. So whilst I may lust after others it is unlikely than any more new bass guitars will cross my doorstep. Though a double bass might get through.

[kwmlondon]

Dream bass? Blimey, well, I lust after a 5 string Precision and I’d love one of those Rickenbacker 5 strings they made for a while. A Wal just because they are so iconic. Part of me would love an early 70s Jazz but I’d never play it. 
 

I did see someone had made a Dingwall Combustion with a custom body fitted with those Simms type pickups and Luthisand preamp so kind of a DingWal and that should be out of this world. 
 

But last year I took receipt of my own Canadian Dingwall made to my requirements and that is my dream bass 

[itu]

Vigier Passion with: 

- carbon neck 

- 5 string wide neck (the same spacing as the 4) 

- 4 string size body 

- lightweight 

 

(as I already own a 4 string Passion, double these with Delta metal fretlesses) 

[12stringbassist]

It always has been and always will be one of these...

[Reggaebass]

Pretty close to one of my dream basses is for sale at the moment with ATB guitars, even though it’s reduced its still a bit pricey for me 

[Reggaebass]

On 03/08/2024 at 16:19, DJ '65 said:

This one is the one for me, lightweight, plays and sounds great.

Really like that, you don’t see many precisions with matching headstock 

[jazzyvee]

2 hours ago, 12stringbassist said:

It always has been and always will be one of these...

I'd love an 8 string version, but even it i could afford one I don't have a musical opportunity to use it. I hope you manage to find one.👍🏾

[Minininjarob]

Either a Status Buzzard bass and if I have to explain why I’m disappointed in you  

 

or Mike Dirnts actual Gibson G3 cos of its history, tone and the wear/damage on it shows an instrument that has been loved and used to entertain probably millions of people on stage. 

[Misdee]

26 minutes ago, Minininjarob said:

Either a Status Buzzard bass and if I have to explain why I’m disappointed in you  

 

or Mike Dirnts actual Gibson G3 cos of its history, tone and the wear/damage on it shows an instrument that has been loved and used to entertain probably millions of people on stage. 

I used to  regularly see Mike Dirnt playing that very bass onstage in a student pub called The Bear's Lair when Green Day were just another local band. 

Edited Saturday at 20:10 by Misdee