Great 5 string shootout...

[Mudpup]

Stumbled over this little demo on YouTube - lovely to not have a slap fest for a change. Unusual (read interesting) choice of basses and some creative playing. The Peavey was my surprise favourite....

 

[mingsta]

Some nice bass face. Great vid. Peavey and Dingwall joint top for me. Liked the Warwick the least. 

[Mudpup]

4 minutes ago, mingsta said:

Some nice bass face. Great vid. Peavey and Dingwall joint top for me. Liked the Warwick the least. 

I agree - those 2 were my faves as well....

[tom5string]

Moin,

right - the Peavey was also my favourite. Surprisingly versatile and good sounding instrument.

 

Tom

[Graham]

The Stingray was my favourite, I liked the Thumb too; the Peavey sounded great but I thought in a mix it might get lost compared to the others.

[LeftyJ]

I liked the NG3 and the Peavey best in the clean samples, although I found the NG3 a bit flat and dull. The Thumb really shines with distortion, and keeps a lot of definition and clarity with all the notes still clearly defined, and the NG3 is a close second for me, sounding like a beefed-up version of the Warwick. The Lefay sounds fantastic too, but a bit metallic.

The Stingray stood out in a mess of undiscernable rumble with a painfully harsh top end and no midrange, and probably needs some EQing to sound good. 

I think all basses on display are great in their own right, but some need their own EQ settings to work well. 

[DarkHeart]

Enjoyed that for once, Dingwall for me there and the colour! 😛

[ebenezer]

without doubt, the peavey, to me sounded best, i also liked the Le Fay