5 BASSES that changed the WORLD (but they're OVERRATED) | The SBL Podcast Ep. 143
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- So, what makes a particular bass guitar iconic? While some basses are undoubtedly born great (it’s a testament to Leo Fender that the P-Bass is still one of the most played instruments ever): some achieve greatness over time and some have greatness thrust upon them (Rickenbacker have long enjoyed the star power of Lemmy, Geddy Lee and Chris Squire, for example). And so, for your viewing pleasure, we’ve put a spotlight on 5 of the most iconic bass guitars of all time.
In this episode:
• Why Scott’s never owned a Rickenbacker.
• What sucks about a Hofner Club Bass?
• If you’ve never played a P-Bass - you simply have to!
• What kept a Thunderbird at the top of Ian’s wish list?
• Will Scott pass our blindfold test?
• And much, much more!
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Video Breakdown:
00:00 - Scott's love of F Basses
05:00 - Picking the 5 Most Iconic Basses of all time
08:30 - #1 - Rickenbacker
23:25 - #2 - P Bass
36:20 - #3 - Hofner
46:00 - #4 - Stingray
58:00 - #5 - Jazz Bass
01:03:20 - Which would be your Desert Island Bass of the 5?
01:06:00 - Which of the 5 would you be most disappointed to find on a deserted island?
01:08:48 - Honorable Mention - Gibson
01:13:14 - Wrapping Up
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Ian: "P-Bass with flats is for the soft touch thing". Steve Harris: "Hold my beer"
Nice!
Every session Jamerson played while at Motown was a standard P bass. Not only that - if I’m recalling correctly- he left the pup cover, and bridge covers on. He played between the two with the “ claw “ ie. Index finger, nothing more, and certainly never slapped …
My Top 5:
1) Stingray
2) P-Bass
3) J-Bass
4) Just get 1-3
5) See 4
Sounds about right 😂
I have a 62 rosewood neck Jazz, and a 57 RI P bass with maple neck - albeit forty one years old - I HATE the Jazz neck at headstock. It’s too narrow, especially if you’ve been playing a P bass. I would go P bass , Rick 4001, Carvin fretless - The most underrated basses ever made - and an Alvarez as top four for different tones , and you can’t mistake the difference in tone of each.
I also love my stingray!
Nice you and i are close !!
Although not the lead singer Chris Squire's tight harmony vocals were integral to the Yes sound.
Fact
Not to mention try to play Close to the Edge and sing those background vocals. He was amazing.
💯💯💯
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Trevor Horn reckoned he was as good as it got with regards to harmony vocals.
Skynyrd also had guys playing the Peavey T-40, which may not be iconic but it is absolutely the most underrated bass ever.
Also Krist Novoselic from Nirvana is totally a Tbird guy.
Just so heavy mike
honestly, T-40 is iconic in my mine (I've got a '79) but from Journey to Chat Pile, versatility and tone
No one ever mentions the Rick bass on the intro to Eton Rifles - It's positively thunderous!
My two favorite bass nerds, love you guys!
🧡🧡🧡
Fully agreed. 100%
Honorable mention - Gibson EB-0 (Jack Bruce, Entwhistle, Bill Wyman)
...and Felix Pappalardi, the greatest of all EB-0 players!
Alrighty. My top 5!
1 - Aria Pro II SB-1000 (Trevor Horn, John Taylor, many others)
2 - Music Man Stingray (Pino Palladino, Flea)
3 - Straight out plain B&W P-bass with Rotos through an Ampeg with a pick.
I'll happily stop at three.
Aria Pro II, Cliff Burton.... maybe...... 🤔🤔🤔🤔
@@Vsko478 The SB-1000 connection with Cliff is incorrect....he didn't like the neck taper or the active circuit so he returned it.
There's a lot of pictures of Cliff playing a SB 1000 live.
@@arnoggeddon "he didn't like the neck taper or the active circuit so he returned it."
Cliff played the Aria Pro II Black n' Gold, an active variant of the SB-R60/SB Elite I.
Thanks for the information! I didn't know that the glorious Black"N"Gold was a passive bass. And to be honest, I easily understand that Cliff disliked the active electronic just as when I tried an SB1000 some 25 years ago, I remember having found it very crappy too.
Lady Bass Player here! Well, . . . I make noise with a bass. I love you guys together! Both of you are a trip! Keep up the great work!!!
@sweetnsour Are you familiar with a female bass player from Japan named (Juna Serita?) She has a channel on CZcams. Check her out! Enjoy! 😁
For me, when I see a T-bird I always think about SOAD bass player Shavo Odadjian. about the list, stingrays are always my number 1, I love how they sound, how they look and how they feel, the perfect pickup spot for plucking for me, just feel home playing it. another thing that I like on MM basses is the quality consistency, It's very rare to find a bad stingray no matter the year you get.
I want to agree, but I've owned two, and they were night and day different. The first was one of the most gorgeous basses I've ever seen, and nothing could make it sound good. The G string was very weak, and it sounded like a cheap Squier. The other one is a basic no-frills model from the 80s, and it's pretty good. I do love the gigantic necks in them. I'll always have a fondness for the Stingray.
I have one of the older stingray sub,s & it plays and sounds GREAT!
Major props for mentioning Shavo, dude is super underrated in my opinion and has so many killer bass lines like on Sugar, Spiders, Chop Suey!, BYOB, Aerials, Mr. Jack and just everything from System's material. Such a killer player
41:20 in the middle of watching the hofner bit about Macca’s bass. He still plays that bass! The one with the “Bassman” sticker is the setlist bass. Setlist is still there, the bassman sticker is long gone. And, the Cavern Bass just returned to Macca after over 50 years. Cool stuff! 😄
The setlist is off the bass. Been so since late 90's early 2000's.
Yep the stickers are gone, as are the tape-wounds, but Macca still plays that bass on stage with flats.
right! anyway i cant imagine it to be 10 million bucks... that yamaha bb he used with wings is the most expensive bass guitar to this point
Music Man here! With my stingray 5 HH I can get any tone I need.
That not really a Stingray though. It's more like a MM Sterling imo. I have both
Not that iconic P thump
Would love to see you guys try a G&L l2000 type bass. Unsung hero of the bass world in my book!
All I could think of around the 8:15 mark was "Scotty Doesn't Know!" from Eurotrip.
I absolutely love when you guys get together and make longer content!!! Love it!!!
Sadowsky are my 1 to 5
The fact that Macca bought his Höfner 500/1 here in Germany and used it at the excessive gigs at Hamburg‘s Star Club still fascinates me so much. Being part of the infamous Reeperbahn-scene must have been just WILD! Period. 🎸 💃🏼 🕺🏼 🍸 💊 😂😂😂
I really appreciate the way Ian described the drawbacks of the Stingray. I had one and I couldn't figure out why I didn't love it. It sounded so cool by itself, but it didn't sit right in the mix for the style of music I play. I ended up trading it toward a G & L L-2500, which has 2 pickups and a more mellow sound, but could get closer to the Stingray when you flip the active switch, move to the bridge pickup, and boost the treble. But I didn't want that sound all the time, and the Stingray is always "ON". Great video!
I’ve an L2000. IMO the L2K series are Leo Fender’s best design, but they get way less attention than the P, Jazz and Stingray.
I love the banter and even though this video was an hour and 20 minutes, I could listen to another 40 minutes easily and then still want more ;)
56:05 totally agree and would absolutely "blame" the humbucker for that! I played a Stingray for over 10 years but with a HS setup (humbucker + single coil) and so often defaulted to the single coil setups, playing close to the neck to bring out the humbler side of the instrument!
Mike Watt - Thunderbird
Gibson ripper/ grabber basses are pretty iconic IMO
Am now 65 and I always wanted to play a Grabber 🎸
I played a Gibson Ripper during the latter 1970s. It was designed to produce a variety of useful tones and had a great neck. The downside was that Gibson's QC was really bad and the bass became basically unplayable in about five years. The varitone switch allowed the pickups to be played 1. both in series 2. bridge pickup only 3. both pickups in parallel which like a really muscular Jazz Bass 4. both pickups wired out of phase.. In addition, there was what Gibson called a "presence" control which was basically a midrange cut control. Eventhough it is a mess, I still have it for the memories.
Whatever you guys do is exactly what i want to see/hear. Thank you for all you provide. I love you both an i love all things SBL.
Loved the show. Your chemistry is so palpable and a joy to listen to.
Flats on a stingray helps a lot with the "issue" Ian had of it being to bright. It makes it sit better in the mix.
My top is:
Jazz
Stingray
Precision
Rickenbacker
51 Precision
Love this channel.
Totally, agree, I have chrome flats on my Stingray and I love it.
What a joy to watch and hear you guys! Just when I was thinking..it’s a shame the T-Bird didn’t make it..Ian finally came up with one…that really knocked me off!!
I just found you guys in the last couple of weeks, bought my first bass and am learning to play. I look forward to watching more of this newish format and will definitely listen to past episodes. So excited!
Welcome to the world of bass!! Great to have you here!!
Always enjoyed the longer form discussions with banter thrown in (as it naturally occurs). If it keeps feeling good to do it, I'll keep listening/watching as your enthusiasm and humour hits right. Also, the guilt I feel from not picking up my bass, which is directly behind me, is somewhat lessened by viewing your vids :)
Thanks for the time spent with Spacehog. Great memories for me from the 90s.
Loved this, thanks guys. I’ve been watching the videos for a while and always enjoying, but didn’t realise you did a podcast! I’ll be listening at work from now on.
As for basses missed, surely the Spector NS-2 has got to be up there.
Would love there to be a part 2 to this, where you check into some of the more "modern" classics.
Maybe an active special with Dingwall, Wal, Steinberger, Modulus, Overwater, Spector???
Just stock up on 9v batteries first though...
my top 5 is
1 P bass
2 Jazz bass
3 Music man 4
4 modern soak bar basses like Ibanez SR305E
5 thunderbird
1 JB
2 PJ
3 StingRay
4 PB
5 other and Rickenbacker and the ugly TB
Love the Rick discussion and Spacehog too! I had a new Jetglo Rickenbacker 4001 back in 1975. It was the most rockin' look every, but unfortunately, my bass had a super-thin floppy neck and never really sounded great. There was a low-cut filter on the bridge pickup back in those days that made that pickup sound extra wimpy. In the early 80's I sold it and missed the idea of it. A few years later, I happened to see a purple 4001 that was a few years older hanging in a guitar shop in San Francisco (it was the shop that used to be a laundromat). It had herringbone binding and the crushed sparkly inlays. I plugged that one in, and all of a sudden, I understood what the Rick was supposed to be! But the store knew that too, and it was major bucks. In recent years, I've played newer Ricks most of which have been really great. Last year I bought a new Jetglo 4003s and it's been great! Tried to get a V63 with the split horseshoe and toaster pickups, but never found one. I noticed that Rick has a listing to sell their horseshoe pickup on their site, but it was never in stock until Feb this year. Got it, haven't put it in yet, but really looking forward to it!
I always starting watching these thinking "ah, too long, but let me stay at least 20 minutes" and I end up watching it all! Because you guys fill these with insightful comments and are so fun to watch to. Thank you for this AWESOME content on CZcams!
Always enjoy your videos!
Cheers, appreciate that!
The congested mid range on the P Bass help greatly leaving room for guitars and voice on the mix especially. And every mid range instrument of course. Unbeatable.
Thanks guys, your podcasts are always great : plenty of info, experiences, humour & above all your genuine humanity shines ! Always a great hang out. Vis à vis the Stingray & less standout tones, I would suggest listening to Paul Denman of Sade (esp. first album) - very sultry, smooth bass, although he pumps it up on the 'Snakebite' track.
OMG!! I love this! I am laughing out loud at you two so much!! Ian saying he will be cancelled had me cracking up… as did Scott’s hilarious comments!
Oh… I blindfolded myself by turning my phone around and knew all 5 almost immediately. Pretty proud of that.
Stingray with flatwounds ❤
Stingray with spaghetti noodles for strings still sounds 1,000 times better than a Rickenbacker...or most other basses.
So Chic!
The Joe Dart model comes with flats
After almost 60 years, having had 2 JAzz basses, 2 P basses, 2 Ricks, a Hofner Beatle Bass , a Stingray and probably 20 plus other basses, my go to now is a G&L SB-2 w/PJ configuration and a maple board.
I have been watching you guys for a long time. I have learned a lot from you guys thank you...keep it up!
Cheers, glad you've been finding the content useful!
The reason for the pickup placement is so close to the bridge on the Stingray bass was suggested by Louis Johnson to Leo Fender. He didn't want the pickup in the way of his slap popping.
Immediately when I think of Gibson Thunderbird bassists, Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash comes to mind. One of the first songs I learned was "Handy" from their debut album.
Awesome vid! I have an idea for the next one, top 5 underdog basses like Gibson Grabber/Ripper/G3, Rickenbacker 3000/3001, Fender Aerodyne, Dan Armstrong Ampeg bass, Peavey t-40 bass etc.,
Cheers!
Great video and awesome basses you just can't go wrong. I enjoyed the content
Great show guys. T Bird iconic player, Pete Way, UFO
Fucking best podcast duo ever. Charisma and talent all around. Thanks for this content, guys. You even have bass voices: Scott sounds like a P and Ian is definitely a J. Cheers.
These are great clips! Keep em coming lads...
Ya love em n leave em Devine, 😂 classic!
Paul D'Amour, in my eyes, is definitely worth mentioning when it comes to Rickenbackers. Recorded, & primarily toured a 4001CS for the Undertow album. Glorious.
Have played for 25+ years. Have made me excited about playing again. Love the videos and the comradery
Great vid as always guys! Just some insight from personal experience when it comes to Stingrays; the secret sauce I’ve found is in a feature that only the fivers possess. The Series/Parallel toggle. I use my Stingray 5 in series mode only and it instantly brings down the glassy treble and boomy bass and sits more in the middle like a P bass. I completely agree with you guys on the fact that a Stingray more pokes through the mix than sits when in its standard parallel wiring but in series it’s a whole other bass. I have a Jazz, P, Dingwall and Stingray 5 and switching the ray from parallel to series transforms it from the last bass I’d pick up to the first. I wish the fours had the same feature. Give it a shot!
Awesome video !
That was so much fun.
I miss my 4001 stereo, but I don't miss the back aches from strapping it over my shoulder.
Geddy was my guy, but Chris Squire, and Mike Rutherford both made it special too.
Spector, and Chapman Stick if it qualifies.
Take care guys.
You guys are always informative and amusing! Among other basses I have several Rickenbackers and a Thunderbird. They both sound and play awesome but different; more grind and bark from the Rickenbacker and more solid, smooth sound from the T-bird. Does it neck dive? Yes, if you let it. I moved the strap button to behind the neck and use a grippy strap so it doesn't move much. It's not really heavy either, so I don't get fatigued playing it. And the neck is wicked fast.
My Ricks are newer models so they have the push/pull tone knob to engage or disengage a .0047uf cap to get the vintage clank or a more modern sound. I find them extremely versatile, with a very wide range of tones. Feels like they were made for me too, so they're a joy to play. I like how wel they take to any effects you throw at them, especially overdrive, chorus and flange. Their clear crisp tone really helps the effects work well without getting muddy.
Another bass you could have included that was played by Jack Bruce in Cream and by many others is the Gibson EB-3. Short scale, small body, big mudbucker in the neck position and a regular-sized humbucker for a bridge PU. I had a copy for a while, they're fun to play and downright dirty when you drive them hard, just listen to Bruce's live tone in the Cream days.
Love watching your videos get better and better! Glad I am here for the ride. Here's a couple podcast ideas!
awesome "weird note choices" in common pop/cover band songs for bass - similar to David Bennett. Title "what were these bass players thinking!?"
A list of some of the coolest venues/gigs you guys have done, would be fun to hear your road stories
Hot takes on how to run a band practice/ jam session
thanks so much for the long form content about bass its awesome!
More of this style gents!!!! Great work
Guys thanks for the vid! Please consider doing vid about modern basses like Ibanez, Dingwall, Schecter, LTD, Warwick, etc.
I added a 3 way switch to my 77 musicman stingray, which gives coil tap, parallel or series wiring. What a massive range of sounds now available, so much better, now it has a throaty warm distortion option and a more "passive" P bass sound too - I may still have the wiring diagram somewhere
The way to make a stingray sound good and not be super upfront is to check out Cliff Williams
That spacehog intro has the phone ringing sample from Penguin Cafe Orchestra 😊
your content is great, thank you for all the videos you guys put together. Have you guys talked about the different picks that you do or do not use? or what kind of picks are best to use, or what other famous musicians use?
We've not done a pick deep dive yet per se....maybe we will!!
Great video. In terms of ICONIC, I would add Steinberger, Fodera AJ contrabass and Fender BassVI
You're definitely the best, love the most fun and interesting videos
I love what you guys are doing. The random rants are great. I feel like I know you guys personally lol
Love the videos guys this is such an enjoyment! Although I think I’d take the hofner over the stingray personally 😂
My top 5
1. PBass
2. Jazz Bass
3. Rick 4001/3
4. Yamaha BB5000
5. Fender (Japan) Jaguar
Honorable mention: Ibanez Soundgear or BTB series
Also have been playing a PBass with rounds for years. Such an intoxicating feel and sound.
Amazing video, always a pleasure to watch you guys enjoying and talking basses!
One question though... What about the Gibson EB-3?
The "bassmann" Hofner a 1963 model is the same one Paul uses live to this day, his first hofner a 1961 model "The Cavern" was stolen in 1972 and was found and returned to Paul in fall of 2023. I also still owns the rickenbacker he used in The Beatles.
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Another great hang!
Fantastic video. If we had to elongate the honourable mentions list, I think it would feature basses such as the Gibson SG or the Guild Starfire.
Hi Scott and Ian (and al working behind the scenes). I am a guitar player, and have been accompanying a singer songwriter for over ten years. 90% of our gigs we play as a duo, the other 10% we are joined by a percussionist, and in 2% of the gigs we are joined by a bassist. He is 79 now and artritis makes that he feels his playing is not up to parr.
For some songs, when we play as a duo or trio I grab the bass.
Lately I’ve been playing a Ukulele bass. It is easier on my hands and sounds really good.
I would like to see you guys step out of your comfort zone and review some Uke basses.
Oh i did get rid of those awful rubbery strings.
Would love to see you guys discuss/play the (arguably) legendary Peavey T-40!
My 1st bass I wish I never sold it
These used to be everywhere, I never cared for them when I was a young guy, but I get it now.
A year ago I bought a Jazz Bass. I had never played a guitar before, did keyboards. The first lesson I had was one of yours. Setup, tune, basics style. I am still learning and I gain so much from your videos.
'76 Thunderbird was played exclusively by Pete Way of UFO, once it became available - ditched the P. Thunderbirds were also played by Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash, Chris Squire of Yes, Glenn Cornick of Jethro Tull/Wild Turkey.
glenn cornick had a home-made whammy on his too.
You missed „The Jam“ on the Rickenbacker theme.
I've always had Mick & Dan (That Pedal Show) for my guitar needs, and now I've found Scott and Ian to encourage me to reconnect with my old Westone Thunder 1. My life is now complete 😁. Thanks lads 👍
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Great stuff, gentlemen. My honorable mention would have to be the Spector NS-2. As for Nikki Sixx, he definitely used other basses (Spector, Hamer, Schecter) but I always associate him with the T-Bird design.
Learn so much with your videos. How do you feel about Fender Jaguar?
Love this content! Curious to know about all the small scale basses out there and when/why one should have it in the arsenal
some time ago everybody wanted a short scale because of JMJ with his Mustang, and Nick Campbell with that Musicmaster, and than there's that beautiful Mullarky Wilcock bass, but did anyone see him use it at a concert recently? It seems like those 3 almost don't play their shortscales anymore ... I tried a Mustang for a while: at home it's great! It's the most easy bass to play bebop theme's, but than in a band (I play jazz...) it just won't work: to much sublows and the wrong mids ... (nice in rock, not in jazz to my taste) so than I go back to my P ... and so it seems did Nick Campbell ...
You guys left out Leo’s last bass, the MOST versatile he ever made, the astonishing G&L L-2000 E . Magnificent !!!!!!
I have to agree with Scott. I believe The P-bass is the greatest all-time bass. I love the sound of My custom Schecter P-bass with Roto sound rounds on it. I would never sell that Bass. It sounds so awesome! For Rock and Metal music. Great video guys.🤘
Oh man,,,a club bass,,, ALWAYS WANTED ONE ,, love you guys 💕
I almost followed Scott's advice on purchasing order of basses! I started with a Fender P Bass, figured start at the beginning. Then I found a really fun, relatively inexpensive Hofner Violin bass, so grabbed that one. Than saved up (sort of) and grabbed a classic Rickenbacker 4001. I love them all for different reasons. Flatwounds on all three!
I can’t see myself ever choosing anything else over the Jazz Bass. When I finally bought my
professional ll Jazz last year with some money I got from graduating, I immediately fell in love with it even more then I thought I would. I have used it for every gig I’ve had in the past year and I can’t really ever see that changing. I have been truly hooked on the Jazz
I agree, I have played a jbass as my main for probably 15 years and it's just so flexible. Slap, tap, fingerstyle, p-bass-ish if you want, deep and scoop if you want, whatever you like. Plus that really fast neck.
I’m a bit older than you boys and I think you hit the top five perfectly but there were some other basses that caused a buzz in the 60s that influenced future basses and we upstart bass players starting with the EBO (my first decent bass) that Jack Bruce used in Cream, the 8 string Hagstrom Noel Reading used with Hendrix, the EB2 that Jack Cassidy used with Hot Tuna and Chas Chandler used with the Animals and the piccolo bass Stanley Clarke made famous in the early 70s with Weather Report and his solo works. I can see you having fun with these. By the way, I just swapped my 70s 10+lbs Jazz bass for a Music Man because it cuts through the band and much lighter. It seems to work with my Eden and house PAs better to my ears. You should talk more about the amp/speaker tones and comparisons since that’s the other half of the equation. You are always fun to watch!
You guys absolutely nailed it with the difference between a P with rounds vs P with flats... and of course, my GAS induced brain immediately combined it with the Nate Mendel P related comments... Before I know it, I am like, yeah, I have a P with La Bella flats, but I am missing out on so much... Darn, that Mendel signature model is expensive too! It better come with decent tuners... Cheers!
It's weird... I'm not a bass player, I'm hardly even a guitar player, but I am subscribed to your channel and I have lost countless hours watching you guys talking about stuff that goes right over my head! I love it even though half the time I can't tell the difference between the tones you all find SO different!!
Keep it up & I promise you I will TRY to develop my ear enough to comment about the actual content!
This is one of the best videos I've ever seen you guys do, so, thank you for making it. N O W, Scott, you'd be disappointed to open a chest and of those 5 iconic basses, you said the Musicman? My jaw dropped 😢. Still, great, great, great video. 😂😂😂😂
You two together are the best!
I wish I had a top 5 bass of all time. I am lucky enough to have 2 though. A fender jazz Marcus miller edition and A Gibson grabber that my friend Guigsy gave me. I love the idea of iconic bass lines of the 90’s. I played keys in a band called Finley Quaye in the late 90’s. Even after all was a great bass line that was created in studio with an overdub. Our bass player ‘Rubber’ was a killer at playing both parts at the same time. Love your videos guys and I’m not even a bass player! You’ve made me want to learn. “Use it as a raft” had me in stitches…. 😂
The kids ministry at our church has a “little” trio of drums, bass and acoustic guitar that plays for kids worship on Wednesdays. One of the moms plays the bass. She plays a PJ through a 8x10 full stack. She’s an amazing bassist, and sounds absolutely killer.
I couldn't agree more. For me, this is the definitive list, including the honorable mention! I have 4 of this 6 beasts, just 2 to go.😉🤘
Top 5 for me: 1 to 4 Spector NS2 Kramer 1987, 5 Squier P-Bass JV-series.
1 hour and 20 minutes. I'm not gonna even start watching this one. I know enough about these basses.
For my band, I use my Rickenbacker 4003 for our standard tuned stuff (drop d) and a Stingray 5 for our heavier stuff (drop A). Both are very different sounding, but since those are the only two tunings we use, it makes for a good change of pace.
Love this discussion!!!! And Ian mentions the Yamaha BB!!! The BB doesn't have a cold or sinus infection like the Fender!!! The mids are a bit higher - Love it! Gary Tibbs live with Roxy Music turned me on to the PBass.
Fully agree with the choices. I own all 5. The order of favouritism changes depending on what mood I’m in or if I’ve taken my medication 🤪
@ 23:35 My favorite P-Bass style. Such a beauty.
Love my MM Stingray 4. My absolute fave.
Paul Denman showed that a Music Man can sit well in a mix in early Sade tracks.
Bruce Thomas was primarily a Precision guy. You should get him on the podcast for an in-depth interview.
Nice pod cast guys. I really enjoy your geeking out. I sincerely mean that. lol
My desert bass would be the J for sure. And if I had to rank your 5 picks (which I agree on as the top 5 most iconic basses btw.):
1. Jazz Bass
2. P Bass
3. StingRay (I have a J/MM bass, and I use the MM setting quite often)
4. Höfner (because it's something completely different and fits some styles I like to play like no other)
5. Rickenbacker (although I never played one, so I'm not sure if I'd fall in love with it if I did...)
By the way: Regarding Höfner, I'd also choose the Club Bass over the Violin Bass, it's just so sexy, nice and compact, and people don't want you to play Beatles songs all the time
Great Vid. Randy Meisner of the Eagles played a Rick on the Hotel California album. He was also a lead singer on many Eagles songs, including Take it to the Limit.