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Permalink Reply by Bobby Dancy on May 2, 2008 at 6:31pm

hi my favorite is a 1975 jazz with pre cbs pickups with maple neck and badass bridge all passive with nickel rounds through a sadowsky pre amp. My second is a lakland 5 mm/j setup with maple neck through aguilar rig. I feel no pressure if leo designed it lolol .

Peace

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Permalink Reply by Dave Martin on May 22, 2008 at 4:11pm

In an attempt to make sure that Roy can have all the strings he needs to keep his basses working, I sold my Modulus 6 string. I replaced it with a 5 string Music Man Stingray, but I spend way more time on live gigs playing a P bass. I have way more fun that way, too.

I've gotten back to the idea that basses have 4 strings - banjos have 5...

Generally, my early 90's made in Japan 60s reissue Precision goes with me on all sessions, and either a 54 reissue P bass (with flatwounds), a 51 reissue (with roundwounds). or a Fender Jazz. Oh, yeah - and the Stingray. I don't typically take more than three basses to a session unless I'm specifically asked for something else (fretless, tic-tac or upright).

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Permalink Reply by Jaymi on June 15, 2008 at 3:14pm

I usually carry 1 Fender, a Musicman and Rickenbacker to sessions. That way I can run the sound gamut and never think about "what if I had THAT sound"

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Permalink Reply by Dave Webb on June 16, 2008 at 3:49pm

I've got a Washburn AB 95 5 string hollowbody f-hole bass that really sounds cool... passive, very thick & grindy (r-wounds). My P is an '89 Jap w/ DiMarzio, and a '75 Jazz. For more "modern" active sounds I grab my Carvin BB 5 or '96 American Deluxe Jazz V. I usually bring at least 3 choices and ALWAYS go thru my Avalon U5.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Hinchliffe on August 21, 2008 at 1:47pm

My 62 pbass (with real 63 pickups) and my old music man through an LA-610 or my old Alembic preamp (72). For fretless, my custom Jazz 5 string Fender made for me....mmmmmmmmm

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Permalink Reply by Kevin McGurk on December 24, 2008 at 11:38pm

Still love my MIM Fender Jazz w/EMGs (18v). Just did a session where I plugged straight into the engineers Avalon to which he loudly excalimed "I love you man!!!". Sometimes it pays to just keep it simple.

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Price on February 18, 2009 at 3:02am

IMO musicman stingray

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Permalink Reply by Rob Facelli on February 18, 2009 at 12:58pm

My preference is my early 90's Tobias Killer B 6 string, but usually when I pull it out I get "uh.. do you have a Fender?".

Until I plug it in.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Lawson on February 19, 2009 at 8:48pm

Since this thread has been revived, I'll chime in.... my favorite bass for recording is, drum roll please...........

The Epiphone Jack Casady Model. No joke. Try one. Astounding. Jack's the man. He and JT Ribiloff worked tirelessly to create the perfect pickup and tone for that thing, and it sounds heavenly, especially given the long neck, semi-hollow body. A pure joy to play and record in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Rex P. Clem on February 20, 2009 at 10:10pm

I mainly use my American Standard Fender Jazz with Mod-Shop SCN pickups. I also have an '80's Yamaha that I use for the P-Bass tone. I have found that and old P-Bass with flatwounds is a great addition. On top of these, I also have a Fender Jazz Fretless that comes in handy every now and then. Remember, people hear with their eyes. Give them what they want. I know that may suck but, oh well. Peace,
Rex

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Henry on February 23, 2009 at 9:49am

Tossup, my friend. Carvin LB-75 for the subtle grit and the MTD fretless for even subtler grit straight, no boxes. Although, I will still whip out the '82 Ibanez for the daring. No pressure to use a particular kind, tho.

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Permalink Reply by Kirk Thompson Producer/engineer on July 19, 2009 at 12:13am

Here's my take. My number one pick usually is my 72 Fender P for 4 string.. Music Man Stingray for 5 string. I recently got an older Peavey Grind for a song..... I was shocked at how good it records... I run it thru a old TL Audio pre with Telefunken tubes... real warm...

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