Buzz Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I ask because after reading through the Fender Custom Shop website about Andy Summers' Telecaster, it struck a chord (apologies for the pun), although I'm fairly happy with my current choices, I still feel there's something lacking, that certain desire to grab that one instrument over another. I know I have the kind of opposite with my Aerodyne, which is why it'll probably get shifted on this summer, I dislike playing it currently, it's a nice bass in perfect working order but I don't know, I just can't gel with it so prefer my VMJ, but even that doesn't feel [i]right[/i], like it's the only one for me. Thinking about it, it's probably the deeper meaning behind GAS, and I know we all suffer/suffered from it. So I ask, has anyone found the [i]one[/i], the only one that is just pure heaven for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Well, I've seen the one and heard the one! [url="http://www.mcintyreguitars.com/tele_pbass.htm"]http://www.mcintyreguitars.com/tele_pbass.htm[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-77 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 My kingbass for me, as much as i love my other basses , especially the Thumb, the king bass sounds and feels right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Fortunately, very nearly. And on my third effort (and my first 5 string) A decade later, I've finally found some strings that really make it sing and allow a stupidly low action. The instrument in question is a 1996 Vigier Passion 5 (Standard, Series III), now strung with my favoured DR FatBeams (45-125) In fairness, I do have 12 other instruments to keep it company, and I'd not part with many of those, either. That said, it's definitely the best player and the best all-rounder, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakenewmanbass Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I walked into the bass centre in manchester looked across the shop and said to myself 'Oh, there's my bass' a maple '78 jazz. I walked out with it. I love it. Early last year I bought a 5 string Alembic sig deluxe. My bass purchase mission is nearly over maybe just an Alembic fretless. Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I started playing bass back in about 1982. In '84 went on holiday to the Isle of Wight and found a small music shop in Ryde. Therin I played on an Aria pro 2 SB 1000 or 900 or something Duranish - the memory has faded with time. The sound was so jaw droppingly gut shakingly beautiful it was very much akin to the love at first sight often put forward as a useful plot device by romantic novelists. I had not the money to buy the instrument, but on returning home, at he first opportunity I headed to Bristol and climbed St Michael's Hill, then home to two fine musical instrument emporia. I found and purchased a red Aria of a similar shape and style and whilst I loved it then and love it still it didn't have that sound. I have, needless to say, been searching for the instrument that could give me what I want ever since. The Stingray came close and others have flattered to deceive but just lately I purchased a weather beaten old Westone Thunder 1A and by crikey my first thought was 'this could be [i]the one [/i] ' . It has that twang for which I have searched and it is from the right area in terms of both geography and era. Of course if it was ever possible to have 'the one' there'd be an end to GAS and we know that ain't gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGH Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 There is no end.... I play 9,Ive designed an 11......will it end? I have to admit no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixshooter Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Now you ask, yes I have! I was in Bass Center when it was in Docklands when my wife drew my attention to this fantastic 6 string. I played it loved it and had to have it but it was much too expensive and I could not afford it. I thought about it all week without being able to get it out of my mind, so thought I would make a silly offer, (1 thousand pounds less than the asking price) and they said yes! Many years later I still have it, and still love it. What is it? A Modulus OB1 Oteil Burbridge signature 6 String, one of the actual two reviewed by Steve Lawson in Guitarist, I think Steve still has the other one, a fretless. [attachment=4831:OB107.jpg][attachment=4830:OB1003.jpg][attachment=4832:OB101.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Yes - my Wal Pro 2e and my Fender Roscoe Beck V and of these two basses, I'd never part with the Wal because they are getting even rarer and rarer to find! However................ the GAS never ends!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 My Black Stingray has been with me for about 2 years and I'll never get rid of it. The brown Precision I picked up last year is just amazing too. I think these 2 will be with me now until I pack it all in. Mind you, everything else seems to come and go with the tide!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 The black precision I bought from Nick (above) is very very nearly the one. Bought it as a back up but it now gets most of the action. It's the cheapest bass I own, but it's the one most likely to put a smile on my face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatori Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I had an early MIJ Jazz that was heavily modified and beaten to buggery which I stupidly sold during a mad moment. That bass was a part of me and I wish I could track it down and beg the guy to sell it back to me. Ive owned many nice basses over the years but somehow that one with all its dings and belt buckle marks and that worn thumb mark on the pickguard had to be the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peted Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I'd sell a kidney before I let go of my Warwick Thumb bolt-on. Haven't seen, heard, or played a better bass yet. My wife considers it to be a 3rd party in our relationship. That doesn't stop me from aspiring to own a 6 string Thumb though (my playing ability stops me short, thankfully ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='119391' date='Jan 13 2008, 08:38 AM']Fortunately, very nearly. And on my third effort (and my first 5 string) A decade later, I've finally found some strings that really make it sing and allow a stupidly low action. The instrument in question is a 1996 Vigier Passion 5 (Standard, Series III), now strung with my favoured DR FatBeams (45-125) In fairness, I do have 12 other instruments to keep it company, and I'd not part with many of those, either. That said, it's definitely the best player and the best all-rounder, too.[/quote] Good man!! Same here. Mine as you know is a 'custom' with maple wings (it can fly, too) and has become my #1 because it is very c=versatile and sits well between the more aggressive and plinky series 2 and the fretless series 3 which is the same 'standard' model as yours. My 5 string is a 1991 model and in superb nick, but there are lots of signs of playing wear which I think are a good sign. I suppose 1991 was quite a while ago now! This is definitely 'The One' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotnwhy Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 [quote name='ped' post='119624' date='Jan 13 2008, 05:35 PM']This is definitely 'The One'[/quote] i'll remember you said that i found my 'One' 4 years ago. barely GAS'd for another bass since for those who don't know what it is.... nah, i'm sure you all do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayfan Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Nope, still looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 [quote name='wotnwhy' post='119669' date='Jan 13 2008, 06:27 PM']i'll remember you said that i found my 'One' 4 years ago. barely GAS'd for another bass since for those who don't know what it is.... nah, i'm sure you all do... [/quote] Never hurts to see it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Twice so far. Twenty years ago, after playing it and falling straight in love with it, I traded in the Precision and B2 that I had at the time for the JD Thumb. I've never found another fretted 4-string as playable. I bought another Thumb and had it defretted and the neck reprofiled to be the same as the JD. I don't count that as finding it because it was quite a change from the original, and when I had flatwounds on it I couldn't quite gel with it, but since fitting roundwounds it's been great. The second "the ONE" was when I bought the 5-string fretted Antoniotsai. I've been trying to find a 5-string that I really got on with for a long time, probably about 15 years, but the trouble is that they've not come up to the playability of the Thumb, until I got this one. Rather lucky really given that it came from Viet Nam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 i keep going back to my 80's mij jazz... it's just so darn playable !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 [quote name='tauzero' post='119866' date='Jan 13 2008, 11:27 PM']Twice so far. Twenty years ago, after playing it and falling straight in love with it, I traded in the Precision and B2 that I had at the time for the JD Thumb. I've never found another fretted 4-string as playable. I bought another Thumb and had it defretted and the neck reprofiled to be the same as the JD. I don't count that as finding it because it was quite a change from the original, and when I had flatwounds on it I couldn't quite gel with it, but since fitting roundwounds it's been great. The second "the ONE" was when I bought the 5-string fretted Antoniotsai. I've been trying to find a 5-string that I really got on with for a long time, probably about 15 years, but the trouble is that they've not come up to the playability of the Thumb, until I got this one. Rather lucky really given that it came from Viet Nam.[/quote] Forgive my ignorance but what is a 'JD' Thumb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 [quote name='ped' post='119871' date='Jan 13 2008, 11:36 PM']Forgive my ignorance but what is a 'JD' Thumb?[/quote] It was a version of the Thumb designed by bassist John Davis which had a shallower body and neck than standard, making it a bit lighter and much easier to play than the standard Thumb. Unfortunately the email I had from Warwick about it has gone in a hard disc crash - I have a vague feeling that the JD was the first Thumb, being a cut-down Streamer, but this may be bollocks. Ah, [url="http://warwickthumb.web-log.nl/"]it might not be bollocks[/url] after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I found these ones..... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfgnta7reGQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfgnta7reGQ[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Yet to find ''the one'', but hoping it comes in the form of a 75' RI Jazz, with black on maple fingerboard and loads-a-chrome..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantdosleepy Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 [i]This is my bass. I can't imagine ever needing another. Had it for three years now...[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSlade07 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I must be easily pleased but I'm perfectly happy (despite owning several more expensive basses) with my trusty Yamaha BB414. Never lets me down and is idiot proof to use (which is handy in my case). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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