What's your opinion on these bass?

[3notesAbar]

according to accounts of some users..its easier than it looks.

 

[RentaBass]

according to accounts of some users..its easier than it looks.

Read a gear review of the Dingwall Afterburner in an old issue of Bass Player....think the reviewer was Jonathan Herrera. You're right, he did mention that it was daunting to look at, but it wasn't as difficult as it looked.

I'd still be frightened to death of that thing, man! I play with a lazy left hand, laying it across everything, like as if I was slapping, so that'll pose a lot of problems for me :lol:

 

[3notesAbar]

I dont think you'll have a problem playing it while looking. Looking away from the fingerboard and smiling at chicks while playing across positions is another matter

 

[3notesAbar]

Just realised there's a 'Page 1' to this thread....

Orcfiend:

Between the Sandbergs, Elricks, Warwicks and Vigiers, all of them are pretty 'niche' sounding. I take it as you like a unique tone from your basses? I don't know how you personally define a 'workhorse' bass. For me, it would have to be a bass which i'm comfortable lugging around, for performances and practices, something which i can easily adapt to in different genres of music, something with almost perfect balance. In short: Tonally Versatile and High Playability. Most of the time, the basses which pass in these criteria often end up not looking like a bass I'd want. If u have seen pictures of basses owned by LA sessionists, alot of them are Franken-jazzes or P's. So what's good for you?

Sorry i didnt vote as all the basses are equally esoteric to me. I'd choose Vigier for the build though

Go Guitar77 to check out my TRB5p Cheers!

 

[wangdexian]

Go Guitar77 to check out my TRB5p Cheers!

Uber power B string lah!

 

[RentaBass]

Go Guitar77 to check out my TRB5p Cheers!

Uber power B string lah!

Never got to try a TRB5, but I did try a fretless one tho'....killer mwah!

The preamp had three different settings, quite useful. Could handle a lot of styles, and could even slap on it after boosting the onboard treble.

Good stuff

 

[tim_1002]

Go Guitar77 to check out my TRB5p Cheers!

Uber power B string lah!

Never got to try a TRB5, but I did try a fretless one tho'....killer mwah!

The preamp had three different settings, quite useful. Could handle a lot of styles, and could even slap on it after boosting the onboard treble.

Good stuff

is that the bass at guitar connection? i think the trb is one of the best bang for the buck basses out there.

 

[RentaBass]

is that the bass at guitar connection? i think the trb is one of the best bang for the buck basses out there.

You are absolutely right! After trying it, was stricken by major, MAJOR G.A.S, man!

 

[orcfiend]

Just realised there's a 'Page 1' to this thread....

Orcfiend:

Between the Sandbergs, Elricks, Warwicks and Vigiers, all of them are pretty 'niche' sounding. I take it as you like a unique tone from your basses? I don't know how you personally define a 'workhorse' bass. For me, it would have to be a bass which i'm comfortable lugging around, for performances and practices, something which i can easily adapt to in different genres of music, something with almost perfect balance. In short: Tonally Versatile and High Playability. Most of the time, the basses which pass in these criteria often end up not looking like a bass I'd want. If u have seen pictures of basses owned by LA sessionists, alot of them are Franken-jazzes or P's. So what's good for you?

Sorry i didnt vote as all the basses are equally esoteric to me. I'd choose Vigier for the build though

Go Guitar77 to check out my TRB5p Cheers!

Cough. Well said. Though what i was looking for is something that probably fulfills almost all the requirements that you've set but also something unique (something like your signature) that you could give to each and every song be it original or cover, something like your own flavour. tho i think that tone is in your fingers but sometimes the equipment that you have gives it that extra 'oomph' right? or maybe i'm just asking for the heavens and you could bring me down to earth

basically to sum it all up i'm looking for the 1bass to replace all the basses ! 1 bass to rule 'em all ahaha.

 

[Ken]

Hate to burst the bubble, but I am a firm believer that there's no perfect one bass to rule them all.

Having tried many bloody makes of basses, my conculsion is:

If it can do many things well, it prob can't be exclusive or distinctive for the one special thing you may need.

If it does the one special thing very well, its prob not as versatile as it seems.

My suggestion?

Get three basses, one which is the everything slut, one which is for your most primal need/sound, and one for the thing you may need to work with.

 

[RentaBass]

Hate to burst the bubble, but I am a firm believer that there's no perfect one bass to rule them all.

Having tried many bloody makes of basses, my conculsion is:

If it can do many things well, it prob can't be exclusive or distinctive for the one special thing you may need.

If it does the one special thing very well, its prob not as versatile as it seems.

My suggestion?

Get three basses, one which is the everything slut, one which is for your most primal need/sound, and one for the thing you may need to work with.

That's true, Ken....more often than not, ultra-versatile, Swiss-Army-Knife basses can cover so many styles that they become very generic sounding.

They're more like Jacks of all trades and masters of none. At the end of the day, it's the pecularities in the tone of the great basses that makes them what they are.

 

[orcfiend]

Yep, that was what i was waiting for, someone to bring me down to earth I knew it was too good to be true! but anyway, 3 basses, by the time i get 3 axes, i'll probably be 30 already.

i actually already have a 4 string jazz but need something else to fill the xtra melodic opportunities and expand horizons that a 5str offers

 

[RentaBass]

Yep, that was what i was waiting for, someone to bring me down to earth I knew it was too good to be true! but anyway, 3 basses, by the time i get 3 axes, i'll probably be 30 already.

i actually already have a 4 string jazz but need something else to fill the xtra melodic opportunities and expand horizons that a 5str offers

It's true that a 5 string would offer more melodic possibilities, but that would depend on how you play....personally, I feel that a 5 string makes me play LESS!

I'm not sure why, but with a 5 string, I just feel like sitting on the groove and using lower register sparingly to enhance the beat. I may be strange that way, which is why I still prefer to play 4 stringers....I find them sweeter sounding.

Have you tried some of the TRB 5s? Some people swear by them....heard that Stingray 5s aren't too bad either....plenty of people swear by the punch in those.

 

[Ken]

Yep, that was what i was waiting for, someone to bring me down to earth I knew it was too good to be true! but anyway, 3 basses, by the time i get 3 axes, i'll probably be 30 already.

now now...dun let age be a barrier to you in enjoying healthy relationships with basses.... ya dun wanna be lik ethose old foggies who drive ferrari only when they are in forties etc..how to enjoy like tht???

 

[RentaBass]

Yep, that was what i was waiting for, someone to bring me down to earth I knew it was too good to be true! but anyway, 3 basses, by the time i get 3 axes, i'll probably be 30 already.

now now...dun let age be a barrier to you in enjoying healthy relationships with basses.... ya dun wanna be lik ethose old foggies who drive ferrari only when they are in forties etc..how to enjoy like tht???

You're poisoning him with GAS, man!

 

[Ken]

nay, just spreading the love babe. =p

 

[3notesAbar]

hahahaha