basses

There's just something sleek and futuristic about a bass in a single, solid color, with black hardware and no pickguard. To me, there's always been an aesthetic difference between "guitar as furniture" - hence the rise of coffee table basses with exotic wood sandwiches and transparent finishes...

Had time to kill in Seattle today, so we went to the Museum of Pop Culture. I’d never heard of it before, but I gotta say I found it more fun/interesting than the RnR HoF. The bass from Scott Pilgrim vs the World, complete with real finger gunk on the fretboard and all! A few of Krist...

A just for fun opinion, but I'm also in the market for a versatile 5 string covers bass. I'm in a group gigging on alternative and classic rock (I also play jazz and funk, but more curious about rock). Anything from 1970 to about 2015 (Floyd and Zep to System of a Down and 311). Given that...

Hello, I received an offer to trade an LTD B-15 for my Squier Affinity Jazz Bass. Here in Brazil no one has information about this LTD bass, do you know it? What you guys can tell me about this bass? The trade is worth it? Are this two same level basses? original.png (1200×367)...

I decided to do a fun post. I would like to see photos of what is your favorite bass that you’ve had for a while that you still look at it and say “man I love this thing.” This is also fun to see what basses people have in their arsenal.

I must say, Warmoth makes the best bass bodies ever. This is my “opinion” I have tried other manufacturers and, it’s just kind of mediocre in my opinion. I’ve bought a jazz bass body and a P bass body from Warmoth. Both are stellar. The weight is perfect. The many wood combinations that you can...

Though I have not been on Talk Bass for awhile now, over the years I had read some content on luthier Ron Blake. I have six Ron Blake masterpieces including the 4 string "Claw" bass to a six string with standard string spacing. Also a 5 string with a high "C" and not low "B", as well as a 4...

After the launch of Sterling by Music Man (SBMM), I no longer see any actual American Music Man basses in stores these days and it got me thinking: Do you think that either licensing the designs or creating an import model within the manufacturer's lineup devalues the "real thing"? Does having a...

Family Portrait

I went to Guitar Center close to my home and sold them 2 basses, 1 guitar and an amplifier. Rewind; This week I sold several basses locally online with success. But some gear not sell even though I kept lowering the price. Finally, I realized I was now selling the gear for what Guitar...

What was your gear setup? I am going to be playing a run of it soon and was assuming I would bring my precision bass with flats and a jazz bass with rounds but now I am second guessing that. This is not my first musical but I'm torn between what bass to use. The P with flats will nail the...

I would live to see Dingwall offer headless versions of their basses, or at least a headless modell. Probably not going to happen... How about you? Anything missing on the market that you'd be all over?

A slightly different video! I took advantage of this classic bass line by the master Robert Kool Bell, one of the founders of the 70's Soul/Funk band, Kool & The Gang, to make a comparison between the tones of 3 classic bass models: Musicman, Precision Bass and Jazz Bass! Gear: Samick...

Does anyone know if capaldo basses is still making basses? The website and media accounts are still up but I can’t seem to real them. Thanks!

A recent post stated that used bass prices are high these days, maybe too high. Many replies followed, some agreeing, some disagreeing. I don't have any historical data, but that thread gave me the idea to look at the first 150 listings of used basses here on TalkBass as of about 1 hour ago...

Well, I guess all aspiring YouTubers have to do this at some point:

Our two man band uses the bass for both guitar and bass "sounds." I'm continuing to dial in a unique sound and figured some of you might have input on some basses to try.... I have a repainted Fender Squire Jazz (in video), a Fender Precision Deluxe Special and a Fender Mustang short scale...

I have been living relatively GAS free but all of the sudden I have an interest in a multiscale bass. What I tell myself is that the ergonomic aspects of that setup may alleviate some strain from years of playing. My question for the TB community is what 5 or 6 string multiscale basses warrant...

One of the first things you learn on here, is that no matter what your intent to communicate, it can be misunderstood, misinterpreted or misaligned with your narrative to assign relevance to an irrelevant response. Sadly, this is also inherent with the internet so we are stuck with it. That...

Interesting list. But number 11 should be "every handmade Fodera ever" and go from there. https://ventured.com/most-expensive-bass-guitars-in-the-world/

The recent ugly amp thread got me thinking about gear aesthetics, and what gear that we talkbassers own primarily for their looks. This can be anything; amps, cabs, basses, they’re all welcome!

After not playing much for 15 months we've got a gig so I dragged out my gear, tuned up and set the intonation perfectly at the 12th fret. I found that I was out of tune - check tuning on open string, perfect - 12th fret, perfect. But at the 5th fret and below I was out by an eighth to a...

I posted this on other forum but i think it should be posted here, chris squire bass tone on close to the edge it's one of the best i ever heard in my life! Do you know what gear he used back then? THere's some threads about it but it don't focus that much on the close to the edge period...

I volunteer at a thrift shop (Lifeline for you Aussies) and this came in recently. It's an ibanez RB960 with a hard case all in very good condition. The manager priced it at A$650 which I think is fair but I'm not going to argue. Does anyone have any further information on this bass? There's...

When does collecting turn to hoarding? What most Talkbass members (me included) look like to the rest of humanity (check out @ 20-40 seconds)

It has been a fun few months (during the coronavirus quarantine), as a new member of TalkBass. Now that the music business has straightened out a little, I’ve found a way to work around the limitations, & I am getting back to playing full time, so I will be leaving TB. I have found some things...

I was culling the email herd last night when I came across one from Sweetwater yesterday touting 10 Bodacious Basses. I'm certain many of you received the same email. 10 Bodacious Basses | Sweetwater Gas got the best of me, so of course I had to open it. While I might not personally consider...

I own 7 basses. I love all of them but I also dont play all of them. I play EB flatwound strings. 30x7 is 210. Thats how much id have to spend to replace strings on all of them. Even if i put rounds on 2 of them or 3 it'd still be close to $200. I hate having a bass with dead strings, i feel...

I’ve been posting about selling basses, keeping basses, then selling basses again. After much self-analysis, I have come to the conclusion that much of this back & forth has been fueled by my tendency to be a perpetual shopper, when it comes to bass. Okay, it’s not a tendency. It’s an addiction...

Last week I posted about selling all my basses. A very interesting conversation ensued and after a couple of days, I talked myself into it and listed all my basses in the classifieds. I was overwhelmed by the response. A lot of TBers contacted me with questions, comments and offers. But all...

I cannot find Jack about this bass, its a 1981 gibson victory bass artist series, candy apple red, few scratches but who cares about those its old, and it has dual pickups, just seeing what i cant sell it for after its fixed, all it needs is a new nut and a fret cleaning, but other than that its...

'08 Ernie Ball MusicMan SR5HP.

'66 Conrad 1425 (Matsumoku mfg.). 'Takamine GSeries. 'ESP LTD M55

Vintage '67 Gibson Melodymaker. Vintage '67 Hagstrom H8 .

Vintage '76/ '77 MusicMan Stingray. '15 Sterling by MusicMan Ray35CA. Vintage '88 Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray.

'94 Modulus Quantum 5 '15 Armen Blbulian Aro5 '95 Ken Smith CR5M

Vintage '78 Fender Precision Vintage '66 Fender Jazz

What do you want to happen to your gear when you pass away? Personally, I have different ways for different scenarios. 1. If I am buried, I am debating if I should be buried with a bass?? I amen't sure. 2. If I am cremated (which is most likely), I would probably like to be cremated with...

Browsing the internet, I came across this: イケベ楽器店Website　|　Seymour Duncan DJ-100M (See Thru Blue) 【中古】 It's the first time I see Seymour Duncan on a headstock. Seems like a pretty nice J too... Is it only me who's been living in the dark about that?