Does anybody else find that, the best bass......

[bagsieblue]

...they have is the one currently in their hands?

Even when A/B ing basses I always prefer the one I'm currently playing rather than the other.....until I swap!

[TheGreek]

This is how I justify owning each of my basses..all of them have their own merits..

[bartelby]

I did until recently.
But now I tend to just go for my Steve Harris Precision.

[discreet]

Yes. Always!

[TheGreek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcTZPxFQiDA

[Geek99]

Yes i keep trying jazz basses but always end up reaching for my bass doc precision

[discreet]

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Yes i keep trying jazz basses but always end up reaching for my bass doc precision
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Me too!

[Gazza 2905]

Nope. My Sklar is head and shoulders above any other bass in my collection.
But I still play the others; and enjoy them

[KevB]

The bass I enjoy playing the most unfortunately isn't the one I gig with so I make a point of getting the one that I like playing most out for practice sessions.

[seashell]

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The bass I enjoy playing the most unfortunately isn't the one I gig with so I make a point of getting the one that I like playing most out for practice sessions.
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He he, I'm the other way round
Practice on the Ibanez because I like to 'save the Fender for best' so to speak.

[skej21]

Used to think so. Since getting it in December, now I always reach for my Nate Mendel precision. I even tried to put it away under the bed and have something else out to force me away from it. That lasted about 3 minutes before I had the case open and the Mendel back out and it's been out since.

Maybe it's time to try the 'only need one bass' philosophy for a while...

[Myke]

Nope, but that's probably because I have my TRB against a epiphone thunderbird.

[Roger2611]

I have my stage favourites which amongst them I go through cycles of which is my current favourite, I have a few others that desperately need to be sold if I ever get round to it

[mrtcat]

Nope. Everything sounds great until I get my hands on it.

[chrismuzz]

For me, it's any bass with passive electronics and a low enough action!

[ead]

I enjoy all my basses, even more so when listening to other talented people playing them.

[Prime_BASS]

I have one bass

[KevB]

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1394727258' post='2394516'] He he, I'm the other way round Practice on the Ibanez because I like to 'save the Fender for best' so to speak. [/quote]
Clearly the answer is to replace the Ibanez with another Fender (no, you're not having my jazz ) and thus starts the steady slide into self induced poverty and slight madness.

[EliasMooseblaster]

But...but there is no bass currently in my hands. Does this render The Best Bass an abstract concept? Or is The Best Bass, in actual fact, my computer keyboard?

[Diablo]

[quote]I enjoy all my basses, even more so when listening to other talented people playing them. [/quote]

snap! I sometime try to get others to play or sound check mine so I can actually hear what it sounds like without a drummer blasting next to me. Half the time I end up "feeling" the sound through my belly from the bass body or through my legs when standing in front of the amp rather than actually hearing it.

Cheers,
Rich

[marcus bell]

Love my Kingbass the most but I play the gb more in my band