It’s been a while since I visited the forum, but here I am again.
My new band and I (fingerstyle bassist) have decided to blend stoner and grove (and maybe a bit of thrash) into something of our own. Our catchphrase: “If Pantera and Sleep had a baby, and Black Sabbath is the milk man, it’d be us.“.
Since we are getting ready for gigs and maybe put up our first EP/Album (which will be a mix of covers getting stoned and groove’d). Here’s a list of our covers:
Sleep - Marijuanaut’s Theme
Hellyeah - Hellyeah
Pantera - Domination
Pagefire - Munchie Massacre (actually a comedy song, but good)
Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
Right now I have a Fender P bass with Seymour Duncan spb 3 pickups and Fender TBX Tone Control (and we’re actually quite content with it), but to make sure we get the right sound at the beginning, we’re brainstorming some ideas, like:
Rickenbacker 4003* (both the 4 and 5 string versions)
Fender Modern Player Telecaster Bass
Gibson/Epiphone Basses with humbuckers (SG , Thunderbird, Flying V, etc.)
Dingwall* (the cheaper passive ones)
*= If i ever get the money saved
What are your suggestions? The whole band is basically a bunch of white collar workers trying to live the dream with our band in our free time. We’re open for suggestions, but we can’t break big banks.
You have your answer right there, a Dingwall!! I am not sure where to are based. In the UK, it is possible to pick up a second hand Dingwall between £1,200 and £1,600, say an NG2/3 or a Combustion, depending on condition and the seller’s need to sell.
Sticking with the multiscale basses, a cheaper alternative would be a something like an Ibanez EHB1005ms - I’ve see those for £600 to £800 (second hand). There is also the Harley Benton multiscale for £259.
I thought you might know after recommending it for a certain music genre I already shortly tried to find out, why ppl would make even heavier basses but didn’t find anything. Also what’s the name of these things?
Ah, yeah, I talked about this bass with a friend who is a great bass player and had a chance to play it. In fact he said it should be a great bass for doom metal … I misread that from the original post. I’m not a metal fan, but I do like doom metal (cause: The Gathering - though I prefer their gothic metal phase with the excellent lead singer Anneke van Giersbergen).
So maybe I’m totally wrong - it happens. Often
I think those basses are called “whale basses”. I can see why…
EDIT I just read that you’re from Switzerland. That bass might be the Alpenhorn of basses
don’t get caught up on sustain, it’s a red herring. Every bass I have ever played had enough sustain to play the longest note I needed. More doesn’t add anything.
Please don’t ask me anything about this bass anymore.
I was really thinking about buying this one, though it does not fit my philosophy (= short scale) at all. It’s ugly. It’s great!
It took me weeks to convince myself NOT to buy it, so I don’t want it on my mind!!!
I can’t even handle the knobs a passive bass has yet, my tone knowledge sucks cort also has “whale-bass” models (looks more like a potato) and claim it “maximises tone”:
Don’t worry about maximizing tone. Don’t go there. Most of the tone will come from your fingers as you learn to play, and your strings and pickups, both of which can be changed. At this point in your journey practice, practice, practice. That will give you the best tone.
looking at that list and how all of them have worked and how different all of them are tells you that it probably doesn’t matter at all. i would get what i wanted, and not worry about it fitting in to a specific type of music.
I already shortly tried to find out, why ppl would make even heavier basses but didn’t find anything. Also what’s the name of these things? 
