Bassists: What's your main axe?

[grimmbass]

Hey bruthas and sistas on the low end....what's your main bass and why? Mine is a beautiful mid-90's red Spector Euro, complete with EMGs and a Hipshot drop tuner. She is my baby and I dig her thunderous power, crisp highs, and amazing ability to cut through a mix.

Here we are getting it on at good ol' Peter C's:



Share your pix, bottom dwellers!

[IN-BASS]

'99 Warwick Thumb 5 BO. The only thing I'll ever play again.

[grimmbass]

Sweet bass, Adam! I remember talking to you about it during the PXP days...I just bought a Streamer Stage I...amazing versatility of tone!

[bassist_25]

-(estimated) 2000 Carvin LB75.
-Alder body
-Five-piece neck (maple/koa/maple/koa/maple)
-J99 pickups
-Currently strung with DR Black Beauties. I love Dean Markley Blue Steels, but it was just getting too expensive switching them out every five or six gigs how I like to.

I love this bass to death and would probably literally cry if anything ever happened to it.



(Pic taken at City Limits)

After jamming on Kent's new Streamer the other night, I've decided to do it: I'm planning on getting a Warwick.

...Now does anyone have a Dolphin Pro they'd like to get rid of for less than $2k?

[MeYatch]

I play a 97 american jazz bass and a 1989 rick 4003 pretty equally

[BassFinger]

Oh yeh......showin' some bass love. These are sort of crappy pictures and I'm not in the pictures because that wouldn't be good anyways but:

My main bass lately is a 2002 American Fender Jazz Deluxe V. I still prefer a 34" scale bass and the B string on this one doesn't suffer too much for not being a 35" scale. I started playing on a '78 Fender Jazz and my current style of music sort of fits a Fender sound. The Hipshot string retainers increase the tension of the B and the E slightly.





The 'occasional' bass which I use for a modern cutting tone is this late 90's Spector NS5 CRFM. It's still a 34" scale unlike the newer Euro Spectors. I'm still getting used to it's modern tone and action. It's very different from the Fenders I've become used to.




"More bass, more bass, more bass in the place."

[bassgirl]

Daisy Rock Rock Candy...Small enough for my girlie hands and cute, till you plug it in

[mjb]

what kind of wood is that in the background? looks like cherry or birch perhaps.

[moxham123]

My main bass is a 1983 (1st year issue) Steinberger with 2 EMG pickups.

I also own a 1975 4001 stereo Rickenbacker and a 1971 3/4 neck Epiphone.

[Banned]

Ibanez Soundgear, Ibanez ATK

[TJ Kelly]

This weeks bass is:

Elrick Gold 5. Specs are Ash body with Flame Maple cap. Wenge Neck and Fingerboard. Bartolini preamp and pickups

[Banned]

This weeks bass is:

Elrick Gold 5.

Didn't you have a Sadowsky like an hour ago? Jeepers. At least you aren't licking it.

[bassgirl]

LOL...I guess I was channeling Rudy Sarzo in that pic.

Seriously though, I have been considering either a Schecter or Ibanez for my next bass, because of their thinner necks. Any suggestions from you bass players out there on what would be a good quality bass, yet having a thinner neck, would be greatly appreciated!

[metalchurch]

mjb: what kind of wood is that in the background? looks like cherry or birch perhaps.

Not sure, I had some wood in the foreground that I had to tend to. LOL!
(kidding)

Jimi Hatt: Didn't you have a Sadowsky like an hour ago? Jeepers. At least you aren't licking it.

No doubt, I was hoping that trend did not catch on with the dudes on here.
I was gonna take a pose with my Jackson, but I declined, because I didn't think you guys would appreciate that.

[BassFinger]

LOL...I guess I was channeling Rudy Sarzo in that pic.

Seriously though, I have been considering either a Schecter or Ibanez for my next bass, because of their thinner necks. Any suggestions from you bass players out there on what would be a good quality bass, yet having a thinner neck, would be greatly appreciated!

Hey Kimi!

Most of the Schecter stuff is great. I owned one and sold it (My mistake ). You are correct that they have the thinner necks and many have the EMG electronics. They'd be perfect for you.

[BassFinger]

what kind of wood is that in the background? looks like cherry or birch perhaps.

Whatta mean wood in the backround? I think you're seeing things. Let me have a look again....oops, there is some wood there in the backround.

[witchhunt]

On the left is my Yamaha BBG4S 2. Plays incredibly well and has a very wide tonal range. I think Yamahas are about the most underrated basses on the market.
On the right is my '98 American P. It's been upgraded with a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder and a very heavy Fender solid brass bridge. I also added the black mirror pickguard.

[mistikalvalkrie]

Okay, so I don't actually play the bass any more but I did up to a couple of years ago...and I figured it wouldn't be cheating too much to post a few pics

Just your basic SquierII P-Bass...nothing too special about it, but its got a good sound and some crazy action going on

sorry for the crappy pic

here's one of me playing:


and one of the headstock:

[Diavolo]

Hey Kent, who's that smokin' hot drummer behind you in your pic?

[songsmith]

[quote="metalchurch"]mjb: what kind of wood is that in the background? looks like cherry or birch perhaps.

Not sure, I had some wood in the foreground that I had to tend to. LOL!
(kidding)
quote]

You just knew we were gonna go there. Hey, pretty girl+bass guitar+pretty girl's outstretched tongue= men being men. I haven't seen Kittywhip yet, but if she can play that bass, the sky's the limit.---->JMS

[onegunguitar]

Daisy Rock Rock Candy...Small enough for my girlie hands and cute, till you plug it in

Nice! (The bass guitar is too)

[RamRod 1]

Built this last year. Got a "60's"Vox neck off e-bay and made the rest. Due to arthritis I wanted to try a short scale and I was getting nervous gigging out with my 73 Rick so I put it on pension.[/img]

[Banned]

Hi nice pics I have a 1976 Fender Mustang Bass CoCo Brown. I bought one new back in 1980. I played for several years and lost it. My sweetheart saw this one on E-bay it needed some tlc he did his magic. It not only sounds great but looks great. Who says you cant go home?

Live Laugh and Love
Debbie Bush

[grimmbass]

Bass licking is one of those things that everyone knows about, but nobody talks about (kind of like cock fighting). A few years ago, down on my luck and desperate for cash, I appeared in an "adult" film called "Men Who Lick Their Own Basses, Volume 3". The following snapshot is the only photo I could dare post in a "family friendly" forum:



I'm truly glad that I was able to get my life together and to put the shameful days of bass licking behind me. I know, ladies, it's really hot to see a guy lick his own bass, but this is a path of shame and self-destruction. If you have a friend or a loved one who is a bass licker, seek professional help.

[orangekick]

This is my main bass. It was stolen and I got it back, so it will never go anywhere.