I’d guess some of the parts are cheap, and perhaps wouldn’t survive heavy gigging, but in 5 years of home studio and jam use, it’s performed without issues.
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What is your "giant killer" bass?....
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I’d guess some of the parts are cheap, and perhaps wouldn’t survive heavy gigging, but in 5 years of home studio and jam use, it’s performed without issues.
If I needed to slay a giant, I'd probably get a Musicman Bongo. Otherwise, a P with new rounds
I don't have a lot of expensive basses unless you consider mid $2000.00's expensive, but my giant killer is my American Vintage Hot Rod Precision (P/J) with the 63 vintage split pickup stock with La Bella DTF's. It knocks walls over through an SVT.
Dont currently have one in my collection. But, used to be an old butchered t40. Previous owner had rerouted the neck pick up, I'd have to slap the neck into place every so often. The old electronics were so corroded that they would fall apart, but it's where the mojo lived. Pick ups were held in with electrical tape. Bottom string was dead 9th fret onwards. But man did she sound great.
Oh boy, I bet the guys over at ABW (Artisan Bass Works) are all giddy over this!
I don't have any super expensive basses, but the one I always gravitate to & play the most is the first Thunderbird I bought, an Epiphone bolt-on with unknown origin/year/etc, since the original neck plate is gone. Just something about it, love the way it plays & sounds 
My Squier CV 70’s. Man I like this bass.
This affinity franken p...I hated this ugly "tacky" red thing, but it keeps calling me, with its Mitey mite buttery smooth lefty neck and SD pups...It is lighter than my other three
. What I thought was just a novelty bass is now gettin most the attention as of late
Yup. Beat-up stock ‘84 Peavey Fury hangs with my customized new-ish Fender all day.
Maybe I'm an outlier, but I would prefer to own a giant rather than a giant killer.
M. M.
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$200 made in mex fender cowpoke...3 necks, 3 electronics, 3 bridges, 3 tuners and a neck extention...later...It growls nicely and feels great on stage
My giant killer is this 60/70's (???) Teisco that I completely rebuilt. Bartolini Jazz PU's and Audere preamp. It's a little monster.
I definitely agree with US Peavey's being competitive with basses costing many times more.
I also frequently go for this overachieving parts j bass with Mighty Mite body, MIM fretless neck and Dimarzio Area J pups. It is just so comfortable to play!
I also frequently go for this overachieving parts j bass with Mighty Mite body, MIM fretless neck and Dimarzio Area J pups. It is just so comfortable to play!
This is the only bass I own that could come close to meeting the criteria of this thread. It's not a giant killer, but it does stand and walk tall. And I've really enjoyed playing it since 2004. Sadly, if there was an urgent need to thin the herd this one would be the first to go.
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Another vote for a US Peavey.
Got this for $100 with case. What makes it a killer in my book is the neck. It's comfortable and slimmer than your average P bass, I can get the action super low - it basically booted my heavily modified MIM Fender P bass out of my collection and ended up putting that one up for sale and keeping this $100 bass. It serves as my defacto P Bass in my collection.
Got this for $100 with case. What makes it a killer in my book is the neck. It's comfortable and slimmer than your average P bass, I can get the action super low - it basically booted my heavily modified MIM Fender P bass out of my collection and ended up putting that one up for sale and keeping this $100 bass. It serves as my defacto P Bass in my collection.
My hot rodded GSR206 is an amazing instrument. Swapped out the phat2 for a Seymour Duncan 2-band. Upgraded to a significantly bigger and heftier bridge, gold tuners and knobs from a tune bass. It gets tons of play!
I don't have any giants, probably never will.
Out of the dozen used basses I've accumulated, my most expensive is an EBMM USA SUB Stingray for $600.
All chosen for their very comfortable necks that are also nice and stable, and for sounding awesome.
So far in this thread, it looks like Peavey made a bunch of giant killers.
Edit: I wasn't gonna do this because it's obnoxious.....but we all like bass porn, right?
Out of the dozen used basses I've accumulated, my most expensive is an EBMM USA SUB Stingray for $600.
All chosen for their very comfortable necks that are also nice and stable, and for sounding awesome.
So far in this thread, it looks like Peavey made a bunch of giant killers.
Edit: I wasn't gonna do this because it's obnoxious.....but we all like bass porn, right?
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Mine is Jenny, a hot rodded HB Shorty, believe it or not! She punches so hard above her weight class.... note the knobs that go to 11.
