Bassist's Basses That You Liked?

[Sparky Mark]

7 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Never played one of those but I’d like to try one, nice deep bass from what I’ve heard 

I owned one for a few years in the 90s, bought cheaply from a second-hand shop on the Newmarket Road, Cambridge. It weighed a ton and sounded rather dull to me, certainly not as good as my pre EB Ray.

[dmccombe7]

15 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

There’s a magnum lV on gumtree but it’s different to the one above , it’s got an eq on it 

Wife's Xmas has left me skint 

Dave 

[Sparky Mark]

24 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

There’s a magnum lV on gumtree but it’s different to the one above , it’s got an eq on it 

And a very different body shape. Maybe the IV was supposed to be lighter weight than the 1 and 2 shape?

[ezbass]

19 hours ago, Alex123432 said:

Always liked the look of John McVie's one in The Dance tour, but no idea what bass it is.

 

 

 

19 hours ago, Rich said:

Looks like it could be a Rick Turner..?

Good call, @Rich. A quick images search seems to indicate it’s a Turner Renaissance.

[Alex123432]

4 minutes ago, ezbass said:

 

Good call, @Rich. A quick images search seems to indicate it’s a Turner Renaissance.

Nice, thanks!

[tony_m]

Couple of Jazzes always appealed to me, Berry Oakley's much-modified "Tractor" and Les Pattinson's blue Bunnymen bass (with very worn inlays).

 

 

[MacDaddy]

As @cetera knows, I've always had a soft spot for the Axe bass ☺️

 

 

 

[funkgod]

i only ever lusted after 2 basses  bluey the wal 

 

And Henry Thomas's G&L..

 

[dmccombe7]

Always liked the Staccato bass ever since seeing Parker doing Black Dog in 1986.

 

 

Also saw Tony Reeves from Greenslade using one of these Burns basses at a local demo he did back in early 80's

 

[NAS Bass]

UK Subs Paul Slack - Antigua Jazz and Jon Watsons 999 stickered Jazz.

 

Both sounded great and the very few pictures that I saw of these two in the music press at the time made me drool after a Jazz bass

Edited December 20, 2022 by NAS Bass

[Sparky Mark]

[MrDaveTheBass]

Manni's Rick 

[Reggaebass]

3 minutes ago, Sparky Mark said:

I also like Robbie’s early PRS with the 3 pickups, I nearly bought one last year 

[TheGreek]

2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Always liked the Staccato bass ever since seeing Parker doing Black Dog in 1986.

 

 

 

I believe @cetera has one. Would love one...

[TheGreek]

Now owned by BCer, Nick Smith, Martin Kemp's white Ibanez Musician.

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by TheGreek

[chris_b]

In 1998 the Bass Cellar, Denmark street, had Martin Kemp's JG Wal, with the leather pickguard, for sale. That was the best sounding bass I'd heard up to that point. It had the switches (series/parallel?) on the pickups. I was told it was sold to someone in Wales.

 

I asked Pete Stevens to build me a 5 string bass that sounded that good and he said he couldn't. Apparently there were subtle changes to the sound when they had to switch to using metric wire in the pickups.

[dmccombe7]

11 hours ago, TheGreek said:

 

I believe @cetera has one. Would love one...

He does but then again what bass does he not have 

Dave

[cetera]

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

He does but then again what bass does he not have 

Dave

 

Yeah, sorry about that chaps!

lol!

[dmccombe7]

20 minutes ago, cetera said:

 

Yeah, sorry about that chaps!

lol!

I use your list of basses as a GAS target list 

 

Dave 

[grenadillabama]

On 17/12/2022 at 06:52, msb said:

Muff Winwood would be one. Did Muff play that on "Gimme Some Lovin"? My first band did that song.

 

[msb]

It’s what he’s using in most early Spencer Davis clips and pics.

[Chris2112]

On 20/12/2022 at 23:28, chris_b said:

In 1998 the Bass Cellar, Denmark street, had Martin Kemp's JG Wal, with the leather pickguard, for sale. That was the best sounding bass I'd heard up to that point. It had the switches (series/parallel?) on the pickups. I was told it was sold to someone in Wales.

 

I asked Pete Stevens to build me a 5 string bass that sounded that good and he said he couldn't. Apparently there were subtle changes to the sound when they had to switch to using metric wire in the pickups.

 

 

It may be a relatively minor aside but those leather scratchplates on the older Wals always looked awful to me, a nightmarish hangover from the ghastly 70's that should have been binned 😂

 

[greentext]

Love anything Carl Thompson owned by Claypool, but the Shaking Hands With Beef six string fretted was always a winner to me!

 

 

Edited March 8, 2023 by greentext

[ead]

On 21/09/2021 at 19:08, NJE said:

I am currently loving everything Lee Sklar. His two basses seem like they could cover everything. So shocked Fender haven’t jumped on the band wagon with his precision, and this Dingwall shape in a solid colour is incredible.

 

 

 

 

Love this bass, in fact I asked Limelight to make me one...It's the one I pick up for gigs.  Sigs are all mates, musicians and a good few BCers that I have met.  More get added each time I'm out with the bass.

 

Edited March 8, 2023 by ead

[greentext]

6 minutes ago, ead said:

Sigs are all martes, musicians and a good few BCers that I have met and continue to be added to.

That is just to cool, what an awesome idea, and a great bass