If you could have any two Musicman Basses...

[Zippydog]

Title says it all - what two basses would you pick?

NOTE: The scope of this question isn't about limited edition, collector's color, special issue, rare "keep it under glass" high market value...blah, blah, blah. Scope is more about tonal variety and play-ability. About getting "that growl" and as much hard working tonal flexibility as any two Musicman basses will pack.

This question is all about what two basses would you most like to have and actually play as your "go to" basses? Revised: Fretted or fretless ok!

So here we go...what would it be? A Bongo HH and a Stingray HH? A Sterling HH and a Bongo H? Two Stingrays? Two Bongos? You get the idea.

OK....go!

 

[bovinehost]

First, if I could only have two and only two MusicMan basses, I'd hunt you down and do bad things to you for imposing such an arbitrary rule concerning numbers.

1. Bongo 5 single H.
2. Bongo 5 double H.

And if number two was "just" a single H, I'd be okay with that, too, really.

Jack

 

[ekb16b]

1. my 30th sr4
2. bongo 5 H (have yet to play one but my perception of it is nothing but great)

by all means i like the HH but i dont find use for the pickup selecting/blending that stuff just confuses me greatly, the sound from a single H is all i need

p.s. zippy what are yours?

 

[Psycho Ward]

What Jack said!

But to be different I have to add...

1: Any EBMM with the H/S config.

2: L00502 Lefty StringRay 4. The current killer!

 

[Aussie Mark]

30th Anniversary SR4
Bongo 4 HH

 

[Russel]

Why only 2?


I guess...

20th SR5 HH

Bongo of some sorts.

 

[bdgotoh]

The #1 slot is definitely a Sterling HH 4. Best EB bass currently made IMO.

The #2 slot is tougher, it would either be a Bongo HS 4 or a Stingray HH 4.

 

[maddog]

definitely the one on the left. I might settle for the one on the right.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

1. Stingray5 HH - natural finish / maple neck & fingerboard (growl guaranteed)
2. Sterling 6 stringer HH (Translucent Red) maple neck & fingerboard

 

[Musicman Nut]

I'd Take the 2 hundred I Have.

 

[Deaj]

I have them already - two 4HH Bongo's, one with roundwound, one with flats.

 

[philthygeezer]

I'm in love with the two on the left.

I'd take a Bongo HH if three were allowed.

 

[DTG]

# 1 would have to be a stingray H honeyburst mapel board-i had one and sold it and kick my self since !!

# 2 bongo 5 hh stealth

 

[MrMusashi]

id pick:
*the tony levin 20th sr5 because it is my fav bass with my fav color
*the dual 30th sr4 prototype because i love my 30ths and i love hh configs as well. not to mention i have a bad habit of collecting

im eager to try the redwood bfr.. it should be here this week so perhaps things will change as time goes by

MrM

 

[silverburst]

A 2-band Stingray and a 3-band stingray 4H.

 

[Kristopher]

sterling 5 hh
sterling 4 hs

 

[fly]

Sterling HS maple board......(lookin' for this)

Sterling H rosewood board.....(already have this)

 

[Zippydog]

p.s. zippy what are yours?

I can't decide...and that's the question behind the question.

As to "why only two?" ...I've forced the choice to two on purpose. I'm just a working stiff who plays bass for fun at church so I can't really justify an arsenal as deep as many here have...at least not for now ....*twitch*....

I currently have a black SR5HH, rosewood neck and a black Bongo 5HH. Great basses both, but since it arrived a few months ago something about the Bongo has me favoring it more and more lately...something about the feel and sound...maybe its all the great posts I read from Jack.... Has me wondering about maybe a bongo 5H or HS...or maybe just keeping what I've got and spending more time playing and less time posting.

Anyway, I'm all over the place on the subject so I thought this little stunt...er...thread would help tease out some other perspectives.
Thanks & keep 'em coming!

 

[adouglas]

I assume that you mean production instruments only, not those which will appear one day. If the latter is a possibility, a BFR Bongo 5 would be at the top of the list. I know better than to try to spec a BFR. It will be whatever it will be. I only hope it'll be a 5 when it does come out, but I fear it'll be Poppa's favorite instead...a straight-ahead H four-banger.

But for current instruments:

Much as I'd like to give a Sterling 5 a try, with a limit of only two I'd have to say

- Bongo 5 HSp
- Bongo 5 lined fretless Hp

 

[Duarte]

Hmmmm, for me (at least at the moment) this would be

1) SR5 HS
2) Bongo 4 Hp

Both in autumn redrise if that was possible.