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Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:40 am
by jrmy
A friend recently asked for recommendations on a good, thumpy/muddy/fuzz-friendly hollowbody bass, and since I tend towards the twangy/mid-rangey, I wasn't quite sure what to say. I thought the Fender Starcaster reissue was kinda cool... but I'm not sure if that fits the bill he's looking for.
Any ideas? Don't make me go to TB for the answer... I fear leaving the cozy fuzzy borders of ILF!
Extra points as always for affordable / easily found options, and extra points for humbuckers / mudbuckers (his request)...
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:54 am
by bronzetalon
how bout fuzz and verb? try an upright bass
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VIv1YuFQdo[/youtube]
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:03 am
by jrmy
Sweeeeeeet!
He's looking for bass geetar, though.
Manalive, I wish I could play upright... someday...
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:51 pm
by fever606
jrmy wrote:Fender Starcaster reissue
This all day. For fuzz-friendliness, check out Justin Meldal-Johnsen's video of the Malekko Diabolik.
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:47 pm
by WeHuntKings
ES 335 basses seem tod do it alright, pretty sure the guy in the Jesus and Mary chain used one. Check out that epiphany jack cassady bass too.
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:29 pm
by Disarm D'arcy
hagstrom Viking?
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:41 pm
by Nelson Instruments
Coming soon!!!
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:47 pm
by Chankgeez
Looks awesome, Bobby, are those fully hollow or semi-hollow?
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:06 pm
by WayToHip
I play an Epiphone Jack Casady, I think it's great, but natural volume can make it feedback and how you stand in relation to which direction your amp is facing is an issue as well.
I would try to look for hollowbody basses without f-holes, or semi-hollow bodies. While they don't have humbuckers and are related to conservative ideologies, Danelectros are hollow, and thump, and twang.
Also, Allen Woody bass, and the Beatle bass.
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:16 pm
by Nelson Instruments
Technically you'd call them semi hollow. I leave a 1" wide stripe down the middle for support so 1) the top doesn't cave in and 2) so the body resists curling upwards.
I suppose the obvious feaure of helping resist wild feed back is there though isn't really a consideration for me.
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:24 pm
by Chankgeez
Nice. As close to being hollow without quite being fully hollow.
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:17 am
by bigchiefbc
Disarm D'arcy wrote:hagstrom Viking?
GUHHHHHHHHH always wanted one of those.
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 4:47 am
by coldbrightsunlight
Beatle bass!
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:33 am
by MEC
G&L ASAT
Re: Fuzz-friendly hollowbody basses?
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:23 am
by Gone Fission
WayToHip wrote:Also, Allen Woody bass
My wife has one. Neck dive, junky fretwork, some rattles to sort through. I wish they had focused more on the out-of-the-box playability than the bling. Sounds pretty good, but the mini hum neck pickup falls short of mudbucker obesity. Put flats on or nylon tape-wound and it speaks pretty good thump and whomp. I don't think it was ever gonna be a slapping bass.
