What's your main bass?

tbm

Warmouth/Fender p-bass. Neck is a Warmouth Jazz, Body is a Fender Precision of some orgin, not sure. Have it about 8 years now. T'was built by an old dude in Chicago to be like a Donald 'Duck' Dunne bass, and he used to play it in his church band. It's got a Wilkinson bridge with brass saddles, Schaler machine heads and a Rio Grande Muy Grande pickup. The action is low, the neck is fat, the strings have been on it for about 4 years, and the bass is light.

alanbass1

My 'go to' bass is my '62 P Bass which my dad got me back in the 70's

fretmeister

Cor blimey!

Look at that fretboard!

Deijavoo

A '96 MIJ Jazz.  I only got it to match my Strat from same year, same colour etc.....sold the strat. The bass stays, it's really nice.

UnclePsychosis

fretmeister

I like that!

UnclePsychosis

fretmeister said:

I like that!

Cheers.

It rocks. A lot. 

Gassage

Had to get rid of this old thing...

Wasn't worth much. Too old and knackered.

meltedbuzzbox

Dude!

what the hell is a bass? :-P

Nomad

Here's my Yamaha TRB5 IIF 5-string fretless...

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/Nomad_Zamani/Misc/YamahaTRB5IIFBass_zpsfe8cc2ac.jpg

Got it a few weeks ago. It's my only bass, the first bass I've ever owned, and it was the first bass I'd played in over 20 years when I tried it out. Made in 2000 according to the serial number. It had round-wounds on it when I got it, but I switched to flats, which I find much better.

UnclePsychosis

Nomad said:

Here's my Yamaha TRB5 IIF 5-string fretless...

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/Nomad_Zamani/Misc/YamahaTRB5IIFBass_zpsfe8cc2ac.jpg

Got it a few weeks ago. It's my only bass, the first bass I've ever owned, and it was the first bass I'd played in over 20 years when I tried it out. Made in 2000 according to the serial number. It had round-wounds on it when I got it, but I switched to flats, which I find much better.

Nice. 

I had a TRB1005 which I loved the sound of, and loved the look of, but the neck was just slightly too chunky for me so I sold it

Nomad

UnclePsychosis said:

I had a TRB1005 which I loved the sound of, and loved the look of, but the neck was just slightly too chunky for me so I sold it

Pity the neck didn't work for you. From my limited knowledge of basses, the Yam TRBs seem well screwed together. I find the neck on mine okay - depth is fine all over, width is fine up to about the 14th, but a bit marginal higher up, although I can still reach across to the B string okay. Great fun to play (speaking as a guitarist).

Basher

My el-cheapo Yamaha. A BB614 that I thought was easily the best sounding thing for the money at the time (about 9 years ago).
To my shame. it's still got the same strings on it! I keep toying with replacing the bridge with something chunkier (like a Gotoh 201) and the preamp with something more upmarket as I don't really use the active eq. Trouble is that by the time you've done that, you could buy a new Squier Jazz or something...

Dream bass would be a Rickenbacker like the one @ICBM owns. One day...

UnclePsychosis

Don't knock your Yamaha BB.

Fantastic instruments. I've got a 414.

fretmeister

Gassage said:

Had to get rid of this old thing...

Wasn't worth much. Too old and knackered.

That looks like the Gilmour / Pratt jazz.

Very nice!

Basher

UnclePsychosis said:

Don't knock your Yamaha BB.

Fantastic instruments. I've got a 414.

Don't get me wrong. I still think it sounds great and I like the look too.
I was just saying it was pretty humble amongst the Warwicks, Ric and high-end Yammys previously posted.

Truth be told, I like the idea of having a relatively low-end bass, and only one bass. I don't have any option anxiety other than how much P or J pickup to dial in and it always sounds great (to me). 

I keep reading that the 414s sound better than the 614s. I tried both at the time and couldn't really tell any difference in the core sound. It came down to a marginal preference for the natural finish over the (admittedly excellent) orange shade of the 414. I don't really use the active eq. Maybe it comes into it's own for live work but for my modest, home recording, needs I leave everything flat and shape the sound in an amp sim (other than an occasional treble roll off). 

Basher

Gassage said:

Had to get rid of this old thing...

Wasn't worth much. Too old and knackered.

A bit harsh. You scrub up well and the blue shirt looks classy.

Actually, that bass is stunning ...but... I can't help but spy the blonde strat. 

Given that you don't appear to muck about with anything less than staggeringly desirable instruments, I'm guessing at a Cunetto relic? Or ....gulp.... an original?

Gassage

Basher said:

Gassage said:

Had to get rid of this old thing...

Wasn't worth much. Too old and knackered.

A bit harsh. You scrub up well and the blue shirt looks classy.

Actually, that bass is stunning ...but... I can't help but spy the blonde strat. 

Given that you don't appear to muck about with anything less than staggeringly desirable instruments, I'm guessing at a Cunetto relic? Or ....gulp.... an original?

Here you go. @fretmeister gets it in one...it is the Gilmour/Pratt bass. Guy did a rugby charity event with me 2012.

I had it for an entire week of joy afterwards.

Strat in background is mine.

fretmeister

I'm a bit jealous!

mrn1989

1999 Warwick Corvette FNA5
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y382/mikeoranage/Mobile Uploads/2014-07/ED045068-248D-4F6A-B274-E043FD2C8932_zps5di5stvr.jpg