Bored in the car: tone OR playability - you can only choose one...

[cheddatom]

surely that would play like a knife through butter?

I guess a bass that plays like butter would be great as long as it was colder than room temperature

[sbrag]

Id go playabilty. Ive sold great sounding basses cos i couldn't get on with the necks (Gibson G3 and Peavey T20 spring to mind) and as much as i live the looks and tone of Rics and Tbirds i have the feel of them.

In saying that i like the feel of all my basses at the moment but my yamaha is still my go to for gigs as it sounds the best.

[RandomBass]

Playability. Faff around with gadgets ro get the tone if necessary, they can't sort the playability.

[RandomBass]

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Here you go:



Not only plays like butter but it's also a Precision. Case closed!


Edit: [s]no pic... i'll take care of that[/s] done!
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I can't believe its not better.

[BigRedX]

Of course everyone knows that in the end it's how a bass looks that really counts! ;-)

[blue]

If your a gigging bass player I think playability, good action, right neck fit for you, and intonation are key.

Blue

[Woodinblack]

I would have always said playability, until I got a dingwall combustion 1, which was possibly the most playable bass I ever had owned. Unfortunately I couldn't get a useable tone out of it (and my bandmates hated it), so I could never play it live, so it because a bit pointless to have.

So reluctantly I said tone.