Favorite bass?

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

#1 fav bass: '53 Gibson

#1 fav guitar: '83 Zemaitis metal front

[Basvarken]

My favorite bass is still the 1969 Gibson Les Paul Bass.

-Sounds awesome on any amp. The sound is always there.
-It is shortscale which makes it easy to play.
-The neck is nice and thick, but not wide.
-It balances well on the strap.
-I like the fact that it's a rare bass. You see enough Jazz Basses on stage already.
-It matches my jacket.

[Chris P.]

The last reason is most important. The one before that too!

I do play a P, but the Fiesta Red with gold anodized guard. That's better than all the balck 'n white ones:)

[saltymonkey]

My Greco TB II has quickly ascended the ranks to favorite bass status, with my short scale Decade right behind it.

[Denis]

I'm also really digging the Framus Nashville that Denis picked up and shipped to me.  I want Denis to pack all of my basses from now on.  He does a superb job!

Glad it arrived safe and sound and that you like it. After my T-bird arrived damaged, there was no way I was going to let that happen to someone else's bass while it was in MY hands!

[gearHed289]

Hornisse! A 5 string Pilot! I still have mine. My first and only 5 string bass. Flamed maple/cherry sunburst. I eventually got rid of the EMGs and put a pair of passive Duncans on there. J up front, and I routed the bridge position for a dual coil.

And my favorite bass? 1989 Rickenbacker 4003S, highly customized, but it DOES have Ric pickups - a '92 toaster, and a '06 high gain.

[leftybass]

This is a tuff one for me to answer, I'm kinda in favorite-bass flux right now, not to mention my $-gig requires using certain basses(Hofner, Rickenbacker, Fender Jazz).
For 30+ years I was a Rickenbacker Bass guy, but for the last year or so I've found I love P/J basses, and have gravitated towards my Yamaha BB614 for general use.


And for my fun side project I love my Squiers.

[jumbodbassman]

I usually always bring one of my foderas along although if a place is too seedy i will bring the buckeye burl DP bass with alembic pj's.  and one of my fretless basses like this 65 ampeg but this one is getting too valuable and fragile to move around.

[jumbodbassman]

Sometimes i feel like a gibby. 
76 BI,  64 ebo and les paul recording bass (probably 72 ish)
sorry for the lousy pics.. I need to get some digital ones .  these pics are for my insurance and i keep in my desk at work....

[jumbodbassman]

 and then for recording or fenderish gigs....
again sh@ty pics scanned
my original 72 pbass which i stupidly striped off the sunburst,  added a pup  and changed the tortoise shell/  flanked by a 1960

1964 CAR pbass with the extra pickup and circuit done by sadowsky before he took off.  Got this from a guy who became handy capped and couldnt play anymore.

my trusty 1980 MM in mint shape flanked by a 1972 telecaster bass that i ruined its value by adding a single coil pup in 1986 before values skyrocketed

Love warmoth stuff - especially the thrift shop in the old days. have tons of warmoth from bak then.   wild maple over alder  and bubinga birdseye neck (each were $99 in the good old days).  I recently changed out the pups to dimarzios and a sd circuit. 

[jumbodbassman]

by the way the little girl in the tbird picture is leaving for college in august so these are old pictures.....

hopefully my bachbird will join the rotation.  and i have a Bruce Johnson AEB -2 being finished right now.  I am sure like GWeimer it will move to the short  rotation.

[ramone57]

my favorite.  like Rob said, it always sounds just right


a close second


I really like my son's LP, too.  I'll have to get one when he gets his own place

[Basvarken]

my favorite.  like Rob said, it always sounds just right

I actually meant its predecessor... I like that one even better 

[leftybass]

I had a Les Paul Triumph back in the late 70s, folks had never seen a Les Paul bass back then, really caused a stir at gigs.

[Andrew]

#1 Lakland Glaub

#2 1973 Fender Precision

both lefty.

I've yet to hear another P bass that sounds so right to me as my Glaub, including other Glaub basses I've played.