JBassist Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 jazz,precision,stringray vs all those weird usally wooden designs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I like a nice Jazz but i'm gonna have to go with more modern designs. Although all my favourite "modern" basses seem to be from the nineties.... Must be getting old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Ive put classic but ONLY coz I have a real hankering for a white thunderbird.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB26354 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 It's funny you mention this. After playing for 25 years, owning everything from a Ken Smith 6 to a Status headless 5 to numerous Warwicks I've ended up with a Sadowsky RV5 and an American Standard Precision Bass 5-string - so basically a jazz bass and a p-bass. Why? because the p-bass has such a rich, natural sound, even down to the open B, and the Sadowsky just snaps. They're light, very comfortable, balance perfectly and sound brilliant. I feel like a luddite, however I like my 5-strings and don't really hanker after vintage Fenders - played a few and I always miss that low B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 You need a category for both. And what's wrong with plastic, or metal? My Tokai Talbo looks great next to my P's & J's & Rickenbuggers! Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I'm very set in my ways & like traditional looks in all musical equipment. Each to their own though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I usually go for something a bit guitar-looking, Fenders or whatever, but I've had bad experiences with them so my main bass is a Warwick Thumb. But I don't think it looks like a flashy bass at all. It's quite small, it's fairly dark brown, there's no quilted top, no high-gloss, no pointy horns, no gold hardware, no LEDs, etc. Nobody really notices it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Not at all a 'loaded' question then 'Classic' vs 'Strange/Weird' In terms of J/P vs others I'd say the range of the others varies so much that the question is skewed. Conventional vs Unconventional? Why not embrace it all for different reasons would be my response (so I didn't vote). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozbass Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I just love basses - classic, vintage, old, electric, weird, cheap, acoustic, expensive, exotic, modern. - I think a 'both' category would be useful in the poll (not that it would really tell us much - one player's classic is another's new and strange). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 What exactly constitutes a classic? Something before the 60s? before the 70s? before the 80s? You've included the Stingray as a "classic" so time-wise your cut off point can't be earlier than 1976, and at that time the Stingray would have counted as a strange new design. The great thing about bass, is that there's still plenty of scope for development and improvement, so today's weird may well be tomorrow's classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 (edited) Guess my sig speaks for itself. I've tried and owned modern boutique basses - and some I've admired hugely - but for whatever reason fail to bond with them. If I were any kind of virtuoso I'm sure it would be the reverse. Edit: Ah, think I've misunderstood the Q here. Well I guess a T-bird and a Magnum are in many ways "stranger" than a Fodera or a Ritter, so not sure what my response is TBH! Edited July 28, 2009 by Shaggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 [quote name='BigRedX' post='553526' date='Jul 28 2009, 08:23 AM']You've included the Stingray as a "classic" so time-wise your cut off point can't be earlier than 1976, and at that time the Stingray would have counted as a strange new design.[/quote] No it wasn't .. the active electronics were a bit revolutionary but the shape was considered a normal development of the other solid basses around at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Admittedly it's over 30 years ago now, but I seem to remember a detailed International Musician review when the Stingray was first released going at length about how this new design had improved all the faults of the original Fender designs but wondering if some of the features (the 3+1 headstock for one) were too revolutionary for the majority of bass players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Sorry but Graphite all the way for me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I abstained on this one! I tend to go for retro but I do like some modern designs, Ibanez SRX series and the Jet King is of course a modern retro. For many years I played a Hohner stick bass. What I don't like are long thin horns (sorry Lemmywinks) basses should be solid creatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh2 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Call me old fashioned but Fender all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 [quote name='BigRedX' post='553558' date='Jul 28 2009, 08:49 AM']Admittedly it's over 30 years ago now, but I seem to remember a detailed International Musician review when the Stingray was first released going at length about how this new design had improved all the faults of the original Fender designs but wondering if some of the features (the 3+1 headstock for one) were too revolutionary for the majority of bass players.[/quote] Ha ha how that reviewer would laugh nowadays .... It was seen as evolution rather than revolution, I seem to remember... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 [quote name='bh2' post='553578' date='Jul 28 2009, 09:11 AM']Call me old fashioned but Fender all the way.[/quote] Old Fashioned Gets coat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh2 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Heh... I am (another) old git though but! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Classic.. Even if my next bass is custom, it'll have a Jazz template. The body will have a nice grained feature and the neck will be birds-eye maple with stringers .. Jazz single coils on a 5 string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I love my classics - jazz and now a Jaguar! The 'newest' bass I own, shape-wise is a Rickenbacker 4004. Actually, the body shape is pretty much the same as the 4003, pups look like a 4002, but the fancy new colours give them a new look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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