Re: Which bass is your favorite bass to play & why?

It depends, For some stuff like Motown and=20
Greaser" Music (Kingsmen, Raiders, Mitch Ryder) I prefer the J but for Jazz=
 and Standards, Rockabilly/Psycobilly most "Classic rock"=C2=A0and Acid I p=
refer the 6er.
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From: mark monillas <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 2:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Which bass is your favorite bass to play & why?
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>originally.. when i looked at getting a 6, i considered that bass for its =
price, later - still not owning one... i bought the carvin lb76, after find=
ing out that i enjoyed playing a 6, i sold my lb76 and got a warwick corvet=
te standard 6
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>Yo Victa, whatsoever you do, remember this here. You can't hold no groove,=
 If you ain't got no pocket !
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>--- On Mon, 8/1/11, Steve Molk <[email protected]> wrote:
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>From: Steve Molk <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Which bass is your favorite bass to play & why?
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Date: Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:15 AM
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>It's a '98 Samick Artist serise.=20
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>It looks a lot like this one execpt it's black walnut.=20
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>http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnowesselink/5325358810/
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>I put gold colored speed knobs on mine and a very small kill Switch so I c=
an shut the preramp off without pulling the plug. I also have a blue LED in=
stalled to show it's on. The LED is in line with teh top 2 controls (Trebbl=
e and Vol) with the same spacing as the pots and the "Kill Switch" is in li=
ne with the=C2=A0Pan and Bass Controls also spaced the same like this
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>Here are the Harmony Central reviews
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>http://www.harmonycentral.com/products/91230
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>As you can see by the prices this is not your typical Greg Bennit Cheapie.=
 They are reasonably rare and I haven't seen another one on eBay for the la=
st 2 years although I wouldn't mind getting another one and stringing it wi=
th Flat Wounds.=C2=A0=20
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>Later Alligator.=20
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>Steve
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>From: mark monillas <[email protected]>
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>>Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 1:47 PM
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>>Steve... what bass is your 6 string bass? or did i miss something here?
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>>Yo Victa, whatsoever you do, remember this here. You can't hold no groove=
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>>--- On Sun, 7/31/11, Steve Molk <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>From: Steve Molk <[email protected]>
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>>Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Which bass is your favorite bass to play & why?
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>>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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>>Date: Sunday, July 31, 2011, 10:54 AM
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>>Still like my good 'ol 100 % stock=C2=A0 Fender J bass. Everybody that ev=
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>>I also have Samick =C2=A0Artist ser (not to be confused with the newer Sa=
mick Artists as it cost 3 grand USD=C2=A0back in '98) 6- string. neck thru,=
 active.(Glad there are those=C2=A0who listen with their eyes instead of ea=
rs=C2=A0as I got a=C2=A0REAL DEAL on it)
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>>The worst "real" bass I ever played is my '63 Gibson EB3. It's got a neck=
 like a telephone pole but with the select tone in "1" it is the deepest so=
unding bass I have ever heard. Just it makes=C2=A0my old Kay upright feel l=
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 efficency is high pitch twang to me, but that is just a sigh of "my age"=
=C2=A0My Dual showman is even less then I like and=C2=A0dosn't run with=C2=
=A0the Kustom K200-B1 with the 2- JBL 15 cabinet, (Used to like=C2=A0one or=
=C2=A0even=C2=A0two=C2=A03-15 cabs in my "loud" days) although I would like=
 to get a hold of a Sunn 200S=C2=A0with a 2-15 Folded Horn or scoop cabinet=
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>>Anything over 5000 Hz is for the Guitarist :)))
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>>From: jollyr465 <[email protected]>
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much these days, except for myself & Mark. So I'll throw this out there aga=
in & see what happens! My personal favorite bass, in my stable of seven bas=
ses, is my 1995 G&L L2500. It gives me just about any tone that I want. It'=
s also pretty light for a five string also. I really love this bass & every=
thing about it. Also while I'm at it, what bass rig or combo amp does every=
body prefer & why also? I have two rigs, an Ampeg USA BA500 combo with a Pe=
avey 210 Black widow cab. Thats sounds just like an SVT, but it's also very=
 heavy! The one I've been using for the last year is my SWR Headlite head t=
hat weights in at 3.5 lbs & my two GK ultra lite 210 cabs, with each cab we=
ighting in at 30 lbs each. At most gigs though, I only take my SWR head & o=
ne GK cab. Which make it easy for me to unload, set up & then get out of th=
ere easily after the gig is finished. For me these days weight is a
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