Best bass for fending off burglars?

[drTStingray]

I also recall seeing Keith Richards despatch a stage invader with his trusty guitar - I think it was a Telecaster!! 

[merello]

Had an old Horner Steinberger copy in a case. Was Stopped more than once by the police who thought it was a rifle?

[Ladders]

Practically speaking you don't want anything heavy, it may hit harder but you'll wear yourself out quickly and be slower to recover from each swing, leaving yourself open to counter attacks. You also don't want anything too large or unwieldy either, in case you've not got much room to manoeuvre.

Medieval maces and warhammers were a lot lighter than people expect for these exact reasons.

In my opinion, the ideal combat bass would be something along the lines of a headless Steinberger-type.

[songofthewind]

And an Ashbory for really up close.

[Maude]

Any bass will do, just play some jazz on it and they'll soon be gone. 

[Doctor J]

Everyone goes nuts for the blunt force trauma these days but, if you want to make a point, use a point!

 

Edited May 20, 2020 by Doctor J

[Stub Mandrel]

11 hours ago, Ladders said:

In my opinion, the ideal combat bass would be something along the lines of a headless Steinberger-type.

Main advantage being that you can beat the crap out of someone with it, confident in the knowledge you won't need to re-tune it afterwards.

[Teebs]

I personally favour the Rickenbacker:

[Lfalex v1.1]

In all (semi) seriousness, I have an old Columbus fretless neck (with tuners) for home-defence.

Reversed and held just above the nut, it's just the right length and has a nice heft to it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold on.. Heft is for cabinets and amps. 🙄

[barrycreed]

Just use a bass neck with tuners in it. It’ll feel like a baseball bat.

[Tubster]

Modern G&L with eye gouger headstock!

[Nerstaff]

Wow. The great man ☺️

[JottoSW1]

On 19/05/2020 at 13:31, Jus Lukin said:

Just place a banjo in your front window.

You'll never need to worry about anyone coming near the house.

And a rocking chair on your porch. 

[JottoSW1]

On 19/05/2020 at 18:41, Stub Mandrel said:

"Cheapest guitar in the house" - from what I could see it was a Cort.

But only if they stray into your Cort-i-zone 😊

[JottoSW1]

On 20/05/2020 at 11:31, Teebs said:

I personally favour the Rickenbacker:

Isn't that a Gibson Grapnel?

[LeftyJ]

 

[Lozz196]

On 19/05/2020 at 23:29, Ladders said:

Practically speaking you don't want anything heavy, it may hit harder but you'll wear yourself out quickly and be slower to recover from each swing, leaving yourself open to counter attacks. You also don't want anything too large or unwieldy either, in case you've not got much room to manoeuvre.

Medieval maces and warhammers were a lot lighter than people expect for these exact reasons.

In my opinion, the ideal combat bass would be something along the lines of a headless Steinberger-type.

Agree, only time I’ve ever hit anyone with my bass was a straight jab with the headstock in the face. Would have been far too much effort to take a swing with it, plus given the size of the stage all of have probably hit would have been the wall or ceiling.

[NancyJohnson]

A long, long time ago (in a Galaxy etc.), I smashed up an Ibanez Roadster bass at a gig.  It was a horrible PoS and I'd just had enough...

I'd kept the neck and used to keep it under the bed.  We'd been burgled at our old house and I just felt that if it happened again while we were in the house I'd have something to swing and dish out some Johnson justice.  I know there's probably a ton of SJWs out there that would be going, 'Oh, no, you can't do that,' but I figure, my house, my kit, my family and I wouldn't be bothered about asking any masked intruder what the fork they were doing in my house in the middle of the night.

My brother used to do weekend gamekeeping near Windsor.  He had an armoury of guns, one of which he always used to keep loaded in his bedside cabinet. 

[tom1946]

On 19/05/2020 at 13:31, Jus Lukin said:

Just place a banjo in your front window.

You'll never need to worry about anyone coming near the house.

[Kevsy71]

I think we should really be considering amplification defence too:

• tilt your 810 cab onto its castors and charge at their shins
• seal your valuables into an SVT-VR and chortle as they make it halfway down your drive before collapsing
• plug in and play 'Mustang Sally'