Desert Island gear.

[Rayman]

I haven't done this one for a long time...............

You can take ONE bass and something to play it through. Let's assume there's a mains plug socket for your rig next to the beach. NO effects, just the bass, a cord and an amp.

Me.........I'd have a Fender Precision and an SWR Super Redhead combo.

How about you?

[allighatt0r]

Any bass at all?

John Entwistle's Buzzard, and the biggest Marshall Bass stack you have ever seen... That way, with any luck, i can make a musical cry for help, or alert some nearby elephants with subsonic frequencies

[YouMa]

A precision bass which some dirty arab has vandalised/carved out and written funk machine in biro! on the heel of the thing,i would then set fire to my underpants and would be rescued by a passing ship,sell the bass at bonhams and live happily ever after.

Edited May 10, 2009 by YouMa

[allighatt0r]

[quote name='YouMa' post='484621' date='May 10 2009, 09:23 PM']A precision bass which some dirty arab has vandalised/carved out and written funk machine in biro! on the heel of the thing,i would then set fire to my underpants and would be rescued by a passing ship,sell the bass at bonhams and live happily ever after.[/quote]

You forgot to tell us about your desert island rig!

[yorick]

1960 jazz and an Ampeg B15 fliptop.

[stingrayfan]

Sad - but I'd actually take two of the things listed below. My G&L and the Trace head and cab. The bass is set up nicely and sounds great through the rig.

Can I have the rest of a band too, so we can make music? And preferably a beach bar too, to gig in and cold beer, and....

[waynepunkdude]

Fender P special and my Ampeg rig

[Happy Jack]

A Chapman Stick and an instruction manual.

No need for an amp. I'd have been rescued long before I'd learned to play the thing.

[bubinga5]

Custom shop Jazz + SVT

[ZMech]

Is a second set of strings allowed? In that damp salty sea air, as well as it being hot therefore sweaty, any strings would go to s*** in no time!

[Kiwi]

Can't see the point of taking a bass and playing solo, I'd rather take my EMG custom strat and my Burman 50w combo.

[clauster]

+1 to CK

Except I'd take a nice Guild accoustic.

[The Bass Doc]

A 10K PA rig and a microphone - don't want to spend any longer than necessary there.

[stingrayfan]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='485080' date='May 11 2009, 02:19 PM']A 10K PA rig and a microphone - don't want to spend any longer than necessary there.[/quote]

[RhysP]

Zon Legacy Elite (or possibly a Hamer 12 string bass) & an Ampeg SVT stack.


[quote name='Happy Jack' post='484659' date='May 10 2009, 09:54 PM']A Chapman Stick and an instruction manual.

No need for an amp. I'd have been rescued long before I'd learned to play the thing. [/quote]

Believe me, you'd need an amp (or a headphone amp at least) - Sticks have hardly any acoustic sound, all you can hear is the strings clattering on the fret rods.
I REALLY wish I hadn't sold my Stick.......

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='485080' date='May 11 2009, 02:19 PM']A 10K PA rig and a microphone - don't want to spend any longer than necessary there.[/quote]
a ha ha ha ha

I want to be stranded with the Bass Doc.

But I'd need a cage - or maybe some bricks & cement to build a wall - for the duration.

[LeftyJ]

My lefty Ellio Martina Forza 5-string and my tiny Line 6 Lowdown Studio 110. I would be the only one there anyway so I don't need my large stack

[Noisyjon]

A EBMM 3eq Stingray and an Ampeg SVT2 on a Ampeg 8x10" for me.

[Clarky]

A Warwick or Ritter - furniture is always useful on a desert island


But seriously .... a Fender P and one of those Fender B-Dec (?) amps that have built in drum rhythms etc so at least it would seem like being in a drum/bass duo (Sly and Robbie, whatever)

[Dr.Dave]

My 73 Precision - no question.

Amps mean nothing to me , tool for the job - I can hear the P unamplified so I'll swap my amp choice for Girl's Aloud thanks. I can use the lead to stop them wriggling too much.

[bumfrog]

surely the only thing you'd need to take to a desert island is ray mears?

At least you could survive then.

But I think i'd also take an acoustic guitar over a bass in that situation.

[budget bassist]

I don't care about the bass, i'd just want an ampeg 810 stack so i could take out the drivers and use it as a boat!

[leschirons]

I'd take Vanessa May but failing that opportunity, a passive jazz bass (all you lot with active stuff would all be in trouble in a month) and an Eden Metro (heavy, but then there wouldn't be any upstairs gigs would there?)

[johnnylager]

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='485122' date='May 11 2009, 03:13 PM']Amps mean nothing to me , tool for the job - I can hear the P unamplified so I'll swap my amp choice for Girl's Aloud thanks. I can use the lead to stop them wriggling too much.[/quote]


Some hollowbody & an SVT stack for me. All electrics taken out & stuffed with lager.

[niceguyhomer]

I'd take a Warwick of some description just to burn and keep warm. Ampwise - definitely a Genz Benz so I could alert passing ships in the night with those silly bright LEDs.