| Author | Message | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 635 Registered: 9-2002 |
Anyone here use a beater bass for certain gigs? If so what is it? | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 819 Registered: 6-2002 |
I love thrashing around my old G&L L-1000, I ended up putting a SB-2 neck on it, No fears of a ding or two...those bass MFD pickups are great. | ||
| afrobeat_fool
Member Username: afrobeat_fool Post Number: 73 Registered: 7-2009 |
Kramer DMZ 6000B. Indestructable.You can drive a truck over those aluminum necks. I jacked some bartolini pickups in her. I got maybe 250 into that bass, total. | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 636 Registered: 9-2002 |
I really dont have one but have been giving it some thought. Part of me is thinking that I may as well enjoy my alembics no matter what the gig is like while I am still young and capable of enjoying them, but I also recognize that some gigs may not be ideal for them. | ||
| dannobasso
Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1091 Registered: 3-2004 |
Funny, Alembics have been my only gigging basses for 25 years now. I suppose my first Excel would fit if I had to feel the least pain if something happened to it. | ||
| briant
Advanced Member Username: briant Post Number: 361 Registered: 12-2004 |
An Essence. | ||
| jagerphan84
Advanced Member Username: jagerphan84 Post Number: 287 Registered: 10-2003 |
I think this would qualify.  | ||
| 57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 1048 Registered: 4-2005 |
Guild Burnside "The Lance" with Alembic Pickups (as seen in profile photo with Alembic basses and guitar_ | ||
| dnburgess
Senior Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 646 Registered: 1-2003 |
I just picked up a NOS superseded Ibanez Iceman (white). I've always liked the shape and figured it will make a good beater. I think the pickups are a little week - so I'll probably put in something gruntier - but otherwise its fun. | ||
| georgie_boy
Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 923 Registered: 8-2005 |
My Cort Curbow bass!!! Brilliant............if it gets trashed...........so what!!! Great bass though!! G | ||
| georgie_boy
Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 925 Registered: 8-2005 |
By the way., I've got a fretless version as well!! My other Beater.................my 1975 Precision bass..........all beat up, so no probs if it gets a few more dings!! Great sound though!! I've never taken my S1 out for close on 2 years now......just frightened I suppose! | ||
| georgie_boy
Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 926 Registered: 8-2005 |
Now that I've looked back, I think Glocke's post 636 makes the most sense!! I bought her to play.............worried myself sick at the start, then started playing Redneck gigs. My other basses have been fine!!....so why not my S1?? Thanks Glocke!!......sound advice! | ||
| sonicus
Advanced Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 268 Registered: 5-2009 |
My 1971 Ash body maple neck Fender Precision. I don't play it much anymore so it just hangs out and sleeps most of the time. It got played more when I was a poor young man. If it could talk it would have a few wild stories to tell from three decades ago about me! LOL_________ | ||
| eligilam
Intermediate Member Username: eligilam Post Number: 198 Registered: 2-2006 |
The "Barn Bass": a crapped out early-80's Memphis P-Bass copy that was actually the first bass I ever played. It's been "promoted" to the axe I play in my jam space (which is actually an old barn I'm trying to convert)...good for smashing mice with between tunes. | ||
| peoplechipper
Intermediate Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 144 Registered: 2-2009 |
MMMM! smells like dead rodent!!! Nice!!! I guess I don't have a beater, I have my Fernandes series 1 copy, but my Distillate is so reliable I don't even take the backup to gigs anymore, just fresh batteries...I used to have a Hagstrom and a Fender musicmaster(1974,first year early one) but sold them-just too plunky in comparison....Tony | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1625 Registered: 6-2002 |
I've not heard the phrase " Beater Bass" before. hahaha I'll remember that. In the past I did buy a Parker Fly guitar to take on the road touring but realised it wasn't up to scratch and sold it. For most reggae gigs I tend to take my maple necked USA strat which is perfect for that music. If it's anywhere I wasn't sure of relating to secure back stage area's etc I would take my Rob Williams Strat so I guess that would loosely be descrived as my current guitar beater. For bass I don't have a beater as they are all alembics, however if push came to shove It would be my Elan 4... ( But don't tell Mica) Fortunately I haven't done any gigs where I need a beater for a long long time. Jazzyvee | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 127 Registered: 7-2009 |
This is a great thread... I think the context is rooted to the "second" or "third sting" basses that are riding the pine -- "the bench" if you will... However, when the time comes, and all gloves are off, and you feel like beating the heck out of a song with the most emotional veracity, and you aren't afraid of the results and after effects of of the bass, when you are done, then and only then, this bass is to be used. Kinda like Hendrix setting his least favorite Fen___ on fire. | ||
| howierd
Member Username: howierd Post Number: 95 Registered: 8-2004 |
My 77 series I is the only bass I play. I've played it almost everyday since 1978 and will probably be the only one I'll ever play. My current guitar player is always asking me when I'm going to get a Fender. Howierd | ||
| gtrguy
Advanced Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 244 Registered: 9-2004 |
I gig with a Yamaha TRB-4P that shows it's age. however, it sounds fantastic. I also have a Mexi P bass and a Fender Prodigy bass that I'll drag to a gig or jam on occasion. Bye, Dave | ||
| gare
Senior Member Username: gare Post Number: 458 Registered: 11-2003 |
I used to use a Mexican Jazz bass, but replaced it about a year ago with a Lakland 44-01, great neck and flexible electronics. And lighter than the Fender. It's become my primary gig bass..some of the places we play the crowd gets a little frisky after a few pops and decide to join the band..just add beer ! Gary | ||
| pauldo
Advanced Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 253 Registered: 6-2006 |
Well - I'm not gigging now so nothing to beat on. But my trusty old Frankenstein used to always come to gigs with me in the past (but so did my Distillate) - Frankenstein is fretless.  | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 826 Registered: 6-2002 |
Those orange knobs look sooo right. Here's my L-1000/SB-2 hybrid:  | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 142 Registered: 7-2009 |
The black bass is a 1981 Ibanez Roadstar. My future plans are to re-route it for Alembic pickups and controls. I guess you could say, this bass "was" my beater bass. Hopefully, I could restore it back better than when it was brand new. So far, I replaced the bridge. I would love to get an Alembic chrome bird to go along with it... My Shorty on the other side, just sits like Bruce Lee in the background with striking confidence and support until I get my beater back online.  |
