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looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:00 am
by unownunown
i've been thinking of a mustang bass, p bass, or some sort of viola/violin bass.
any suggestions? i like fat mellow tonez. i currently play a fender zone. i've got some olllld flats on it and i dig the sound for the most part, but i hate the active pickups.
even though that list is 2/3s fender, i am in fact open to non fender suggestions.
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:12 am
by Achtane
You could always just replace the active pickups with passive ones. Or wire them passively if the bass has an onboard preamp. It would be cheaper than getting an entirely new bass.
The mustang and violin basses are both shortscale, so that might be cool though...
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:20 am
by unownunown
that's a good idea! i'll probably do that if i don't end up buying a new bass.
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:43 am
by Bassus Sanguinis
I'd say a Hohner violinbass, or perhaps a Gibson Eb-0?
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:51 am
by Derelict78
maz91379 wrote:Peavy t-40s are cheap and awesome but weigh lots.
+1
SWEET BASS!
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:00 am
by tuffteef
you know u want a rick
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:18 am
by unownunown
tuffteef wrote:you know u want a rick
you know i do too
i'm searching for one of those maple univox stereo bass copies but they're kinda rare
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:25 am
by univalve
I checked this out in a band rehearsal and found it to be very sexy with roar!
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:28 am
by smile_man
DONT get a violin bass. Yuck.
Mustang bass variants are super sexy. Get a Musicmaster and we can be buddies.
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:43 am
by unownunown
what's your beef with violin basses, son?
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:47 am
by smile_man
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:55 am
by Toonster
I would say Precision Bass, or Squier Jaguar Bass:)
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:39 am
by elbandito
Mellow-sounding bass, Mustang-esque shape and decent price? The Squier Bronco bass. I dunno if it's still an in-production model, but in 2005, you could buy one for $200. I've got one here that I'm doing a set up/neck repair on for somebody and I've been playing it... it's definitely a decent guitar, one pickup with a Mustang-like pickup cover, short scale, nice and thumpy sounding. Could make a decent Reggae bass but wouldn't make a great Funk bass.
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:48 pm
by Derelict78
Check out the bass in this
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSCduKrF5Zc[/youtube]
Re: looking for a new bass
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:48 pm
by Bassus Sanguinis
unownunown wrote:tuffteef wrote:you know u want a rick
you know i do too
i'm searching for one of those maple univox stereo bass copies but they're kinda rare
You realise them maples are no tlikely to turn out as woolly-bassy-low-end as the mahagonies? Oompah-oompah-dum-deedum.
On the other hand, nothing beats a maple body + a maple neck in banging some treble nails into listeners heads. Dang-dang-rang'a-dang-kill-kill-kill!
