First Bass

[laxlover_bill369]

Pick any squier classic vibe bass and you will be fine. http://www.squierguitars.com/classicvibe/

Agree!!!! (the jag. is cheap and sweet)

[mathias]

Saving for a Squier Classic Vibe Precision Bass ’60s

[Bassus Sanguinis]

if You want to take the funky road and want to sound like Bootsy You should just go grazy! And a massive kudos drop for anybody failing to like Bootsy. WHO'S THE FOOL to try argue with the Bootsys Zillatron, the future UFO werewolf rastafari looks?!

After all HE has always done the fuzzy space bass solos - was it fashionable or not.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/cgrOD4PZzuY[/youtube]

So here's some glue about his pretty epic bass setup
http://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/bootsycollins/

Yeah, FOUR full stacks and separate FXloops for all and all the shit! The rest of us will probably settle for one or two full stacks. Small clubs usually don't have stages big enough for even that. But I got the impression You play mostly at home anyways amiright? So You want just lot's of treblez and/or high mids to go with the bottom end. Anything with a three pot EQ preamp will do the mid hump on/off for You. Even cheap basses have been available with active electronics since the late nineties. Some fuzz pedals just don't like the active electronics but at least AB-Synth, however works awesome.

Rics are the way to go, but You might want something with a lighter touch for the funk. The Musicman would do the funks better (check Tony Levin). I'd play any genre of music with a MusicMan Sabre, happily.

For something more affordable look example for an old Warvick, if You can afford that. Try the Ibanez ATK (a version of Musicman), it should work. Nearly ALL of the old Aria Pro basses (from 80's and early 90's), too, are absolutely awesome and not too pricy. Also the old Tune basses I've played sounded all something You'd funk good with. The discontinued D'Armond (I believe it was Fender who bought them out) had exceptionally good units but uneven production line. You might like to test these before buying.

Then some spaced out fuzz, a wah and you're good to go!

and a steady supply of cocaine through his custom drug sunglasses shooting into his brain.

proof

I thought that was self-apparent