jaylegroove
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You might still be confused, since standard tuning on a 6str bass is BEADGC while being EADGBE on guitar 
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Big Poppa
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oddjob
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Lakland makes a great bass... they do. But like most around here, I have EBMMs and it is for mostly the same reasons - the tone. You can get some nice sounds out of a Lakland but the aggressivness isn't there. You want EB sound get an EB
Moanjam, nice to hear you are pointed in the right direction (Sterlings are great basses) Hope you find the perfect combo of color and vibe to make it work for you.
Moanjam, nice to hear you are pointed in the right direction (Sterlings are great basses) Hope you find the perfect combo of color and vibe to make it work for you.
bovinehost
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"Assembles" is the word you were looking for.
kneeoh
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You might still be confused, since standard tuning on a 6str bass is BEADGC while being EADGBE on guitar
Yeah, I know the tuning is different... its just the number of strings that would be confusing... after all, I'm not Keif Richards. I need to see 6
oddjob
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"Assembles" is the word you were looking for.
Stand corrected
I've played them... I like 'em... but they in no way compare to EBMM. Quality in both are great. But when it comes to tone and shear bang for the buck... EBMM wins hands down.
Just kind of off topic (just a slight jack here) What is the most expensive bass you (all) have played??? And what were your thoughts? Me, it was a 3200 Zon and I hated it... way to steril and stiff. Loved the look hated the sound. Also a 3000 Kubicki ExFactor... loved it hated the scale. Would take my Bongos over each one everyday!
bovinehost
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I wish jack were more slight, but such is life.
I've owned and played some fine examples of basses from other manufacturers. (And sometimes BP has made me pay!)
From the funky modern retro Rumblefish to the spendy custom USA Laklands to the lowly Mexican P bass, Modulus, Custom Shop Fenders, Skylines....and I think it's great that there are so many basses to choose from. That there is, really, something for everyone. Growing up, it wasn't like this, so I appreciate how varied the choices are.
Many of us have been around long enough to have gone through other basses (in some cases, MANY other basses) and, for reasons of our own, we've settled here.
My Personal Crusade to Validate The Bongo started not because I had a close relationship with EBMM or BP or for any official reason, but because I thought they were the bestest coolest basses I had ever played.
(Seems like a long time ago now, doesn't it?)
Meanwhile, as I collected Bongos, sure, there have been other basses (who remembers "Lipstick Boy"?), but I've always come back to Bongos.
There are other factors, at least for some of us, but the main thing has to be the instruments themselves. Without the performance, the value, the workmanship, the bullet-proof construction, the overall feel/look/sound of the instruments, there wouldn't be this dedicated base of forumites.
IMO, you can spend more on a bass - easily - but you can't GET more bass. You can get a DIFFERENT bass, but it's not going to be better, only different (and, okay, fine, probably not as good).
I'd put my Bongos and Stingrays up against any USA Lakland for construction and tone. Any day. And go price a USA Lakland.
For me, personally, I gain nothing in tone or feel by spending 3k or 4K more on a "custom" bass, and I won't be as satisfied as I am right now with how my basses feel and play.
Sure, my relationship with BP and Dargin and Derek and Beth and Jon(s) and Dudley and all the guys/gals at EBMM have changed how I think, but the simple truth is that it started with the instruments and it started before I had that relationship with the gang.
They're built right. They're backed up with great customer service and a commitment to making better instruments for the people who play them.
It's one-stop shopping for me, amigos.
Jack
jaylegroove
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To add to what Jack said, I have been (shame on me) a "come and go" MM player. I guess I needed to experiment different basses, different tones, different feels. This way is interesting but may become "dangerous", and finally I felt like I was in a sort of a "dead-end". This actually happened to me several times. Each time I finally went back to MM. Now the lesson has been learned. I don't have to search after the "absolute" bass that does not exist, just play some that really fit my playing. They're called MM, now I know it.
mynan
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Funny you should ask...
We had a meeting at my church last night and since it was a Tuesday, most of our regular band wasn't there. The guy on bass, who I had met a few times previously, is really pretty good and he plays a James Tyler 5-string.
After the meeting I was showing him my Markbass rig. He plugged in his Tyler and was playing for a few minutes, then asked me to play so he could mess with the settings. The Tyler is a nice bass, which it should be for the $4k pricetag that goes with it. It plays great, and with its two Barts and a preamp with more knobs and switches than I could count, you get a ton of tonal versatility. The clarity and punch is unreal. I used to think that my Cirrus' tone was bright and clear, but the Tyler has it beat, hands down.
On the other hand...even for the few minutes that I was sitting there, playing that Tyler, I was glancing over at my SR5 in its case, thinking, "this is nice, but I wish I was playing my Stingray". To me, as bright and clear and easy to play as the Tyler was, "bass guitar tone" as it should be is a Stingray.
