Every video I see with a Gibson Ripper makes me want one more. Not only does it have a completely unique look, it has a really full aggressive sound.

that fretless squier sounded hypnotic

Rickenbacker : Classic, it is my personal favourite, unique sound! P-Bass: Very cool sound, it's classic too. Gibson RD: Underrated, very cool design and sound Jazz Bass: very popular, not without reason :)

2:16 this bass, hands down!

Guitars: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibson Ripper 1978 (recored on 3rd varitone setting) Body: Maple Neck: Maple Fretboard: Maple Construction: Set-In Scale: 34,5” Electronics: Passive varitone two humbuckers (sidewinders) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibson Grabber 1977 (Recorded with pickup in middle position) Body: Maple Neck: Maple Fretboard: Maple Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 34,5” Electronics: Passive, one moving humbucker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibson RD Standard 1978 (Recorded on both pickups) Body: Maple Neck: Maple Fretboard: Maple Construction: Set-In Scale: 34,5” Electronics: Passive two humbuckers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greco Gibson EB-2 Copy 1982 (Fender Flatwounds) Body: Semi hollowbody mahogany Neck: Mahogany Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Set-in Scale: 33,5” Electronics: Passive, dimarzio model one mudbucker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greco Gibson EB-3 Copy 1977 (Recorded on both pickups) Body: Mahogany with maple strip in middle Neck: Mahogany Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 32” Electronics: Passive, two pickups -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fernandes Gibson Explorer copy 1985 (recorded on both pickups) Body: Mahogany Neck: Maple Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 32” Electronics: Passive two monorail humbuckers Gotoh bridge and tuners -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fender Precision Bass Special 1979 (Thomastik Flatwounds) Body: Ash Neck: Maple Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 34” Electronics: Passive, Fender ’62 pickup, cts pots, orange drop capacitor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fender Precision Bass 1979 Body: Ash Neck: Maple Fretboard: Maple Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 34” Electronics: passive, one split coil Badass II Bridge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fender Precision Bass 1983 Body: Alder Neck: Maple Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 34” Electronics: Passive, one split coil Badass II bridge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fender Jazz Bass 1977 (recorded on both pickups) Body: Ash Neck: Maple Fretboard: Maple Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 34” Electronics: Passive, Fender ’62 pickups, CTS pots, orange drop capacitor Badass II bridge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fender Jazz Bass 1974 (flatwounds) (recorded on both pickups) Body: Ash Neck: Maple Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 34” Electronics: Passive, Fender ’62 pickups, CTS pots, orange drop capacitor Badass II bridge, hipshot ultralite tuners with D-tuner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Squier/Ibanez Jazz Bass (recorded on bridge pickup) Body: 1984 Squier SQ series (alder) Neck: 1972 Ibanez jazz bass (maple) Fingerboard: New Brazilian rosewood with fullerplast finish Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 34” Electronics: Passive, merlin JB humbucker, CTS pots, orange drop capacitor 1983 steel fender bridge, gotoh GB-2 tuners -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fender PB-555 Boxer, Special 1983 (recorded on both pickups) Body: Alder Neck: Maple Fretboard: Rosewood Costruction: Bolt-on Scale: 34” Electronics: Passive, two overwound split coils featured only on 1980’s Japanese fender special’s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fernandes PJR45 PJ-Bass 1985 (Recorded on both pickups) Body: Alder Neck: Maple Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 34” Electronics: Passive gotoh pickups Gotoh hardware -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rickenbacker 4001 1976 (recorded on both pickups) Body: Maple Neck: maple Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Neck thought body Scale: 33,5” Electronics: Passive, two hi-gain single coils Badass II bridge and custom steel heavy pickguard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peavey T40 1984 (Recorded on both pickups) Body: Ash Neck: Maple Fretboard: Maple Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 34” Electronics: Passive, two humbuckers Heavy duty die cast bridge and tuners -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aria Pro II ZZB Deluxe 1984 (recorded on neck pickup) Body: Alder Neck: maple Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Bolt-on Scale: 32” Electronics: Passive two humbuckers Heavy duty die cast bridge and tuners -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aria Pro II SB700 1984 (recorded on series mode) Body: Walnut Neck: Maple/mahogany Fretboard: Rosewood Construction: Neck trought body Scale: 34” Electronics: one passive humbucker Custom high mass brad bridge, and nut, die cast tuners Playing, sound, post production, montage - Mateusz Piotrowski Scene, lights, camera - Marek Kamadulski

3:52 I LOVED IT!!

1983 Fender Precision. WoW

Absolutely Fabulous demo. Finally someone who allows the Bass to the talking. I was surprised how similar many of the basses sound. I think often its the amp that provides a distinctive sound. And also most of the times, its the player rather than the Bass that sounds great.

Wow, that was just amazing. Extremely well done, and fun to watch and listen to all those different basses. While I preferred the sound of the jazz bass for overall tone, what surprised me most was that I actually liked all the basses for different reasons, kind of like different flavors of ice cream....... all good..... simply different, and of course we all like a different flavor. Thanks for taking the time to put that together. You made it look easy, but I'm sure it took a lot of time to do it so well. Many thanks : )

That p 79 with flat.... holy cow

With Fingers: 1. Greco Hollowbody. 2. '79 P-Bass (with flats). 3. '79 P-Bass (with rounds). With Pick: 1. '79 P-Bass (with flats). 2. Aria SB 700 3. Greco Hollowbody. 4. Peavey T40 5 . '79 P-Bass (with rounds).

79 PBass with flatwounds

Awesome video, please make more like these, perfect comparison video ... I’ve been a fan of the guitar restaurant for quite awhile 👍🏼 Great work!

Now that's how you do a comparison test.

Good job man! Straight to the point comparison!

I really enjoyed this. Thanks for posting!

Love the sound of the Greco eb2 with the flats. Looks like it has a dimarzio model 1 or will power pickup in there instead of the original mudbucker. If so the combination of mudbucker style pickup with flats on a hollowbody sounds great.

Amazing , very well done, simple clear and good playing. all bass shown here sound good, to me the Fender Jazz, 1977 maple neck is the one, range of bass sound and high pitch with blend tonality, and surprice the Rickenbacker 1976, really good bottom end and a clear sustain. Thanks to sharing and u win my suscription !!

Nice collection of basses and a good tone demonstration. Thanks!

excellent video! Love the Gibson RD. Thanks for posting!

Wow, great comparison video!

If there is one thing I have learned from this demo.... I am plucking the strings WAAAAYYYY too hard.

Thank you! Been looking for a video like this for ages, no b/s and straight to the point. Great job man! P.S The Greco EB2 sounds amazing, but the 79 precision with flats wins for me :)

Thanks for the very best bass comparison video ever keeping the same groove over all the basses so You can hear the differences! I’m a fender guy but I I kind of like the Aria too! Thanks so much for laying it down and not showing off chops! It made this very successful I think!

Waaay late to the party(as always) but great video ! Keeping the riff consistent really brings out the character of that great selection of basses. I'm a Rick-picker at heart and can't keep the grin off my face when that 4001 growls. Thanks again for the sweet vid.

One of my favorite videos on KZfaq. The Ripper and Precision basses were best IMO. None of that awkard clank sound. Only the meat and presence that's needed.

Great video. And the best part is that you ceep it easy and clean! A standing ovation . for that!!

77Jazz probably the best for me, Greco EB 2 has a nice beatles tone. That ricky also sounds pretty good, better than most i've heard.

Nice, simple, to the point. No flash and the repetitive riff helps. Nice job.

Wow, you did an excellent job here. Very informative. Thank you very much!

That 83 p bass sounds gorgeous

Bass Porn! ... What a collection! Truly a great video, well done sir! :)

That Greco 1982 has amazingly deep tone

Gisbon bass are so underrated

Great comparison video. I like all those basses for their different sounds but for me my favourite is the jazz bass. For its thick tone, versitility and tone.

Good consistent demo. Using the pick certainly brings out the difference in them.

That Aria sound at 5:50 is so John Taylor...

Good lord, I need that black/mirror Ric in my life...

Wow, thanks for the great comparison :) To me, the best finger sounds came from Grabber, -79' Precision and Aria Pro 700. There were others quite good, too. As for a surprise, The Stingray sounded a bit lame. And - I've always thought that Precision basses sound more powerful than jazz basses, this comparison proves it nicely. With a pick, Rickenbacker and Peavey still maintain a sound full of low freqs while most of the others tend to get thin. All these opinions take the place with the circumstances of this particular comparison, of course

I've enjoyed this video, good job!!

Muito legal legal! Obrigado pelo trabalho... Parabéns!

A really well done video! I liked all of the basses, and mercifully, not a single slap! I have a lot of basses, and love all of them. They are all unique, but that T-40.. is really incredible. I remember thinking they were a bit heavy, and strange- but totally killer sounding basses when I worked as a guitar tech at a Peavey dealer in the late 70's. That's why they aren't cheap anymore.

Este es el tipo de video que me gusta. Solamente el sonido del bajo, nadie hablando, y sin una batería de "fondo" que suene mas fuerte que el bajo.

Thank you for your videos I love them

Now that's the proper way to make a comparison. I was surprised at how good the Fernandez sounded.

The 1977 Fender Jazz. Of course, I own one of those and love it.

Great side by side comparison! The Ripper, T40, 79 P Bass and both Aria's have my personal preference. I've tried flats on my 90s Yamaha Attitude Deluxe, but those just aren't for me. My Yamaha and my Hoyer 5048 "Hoyerbacker" keep me satisfied for now, but if I ever run into a great Ripper, Grabber or T40, I'll be right on top of it! Thanks!

And NO talking, really nice demo! Precision bass for me ;-)

The P Bass special 79 and the Rickenbacker are my favorites!

Nice video man! That Peavey t40 has an unbelievable amount of fundamental in the sound! In terms of tone though, for me, winner is the Aria SB! Such a burpy hi-mid sound.

I have the same Music Man than in the video! It is true that these bass sounds very well. Incredible sound!

Those peaveys have a real clear top end sound but still have that growl you get out of p bass. I love that tone

Just caught up to your video. Very nicely done.

They all sounded good, with lots of variation. I am not at all surprised that the Greco semi-hollow and the Peavey T-40 were among the best. Also the P-Bass with Flatwounds. I wish you'd been able to add some of the old short-scale standbys like Beatle Bass, Mustang and EB-0.

All Bass Guitars sound great in my opinion, but if I had to pick 3 of them, they'd be Fender Jazz Bass, Fender Precision Bass, and Rickbacker Bass in order of the one I'd like most. (Fender Jazz)

best bass comparison video i've ever watched!!

really honest sound, one can really hear the basses as they would sound in a good quality bass amp or studio super honest !

Nice one! Cheer mate👍

wow!!! Great job! Thanks!!!

That was so cool!! 😎👍

Love how in the second part everything sounds so much more alive, due to different amp, at least to me... and First 2 Gibsons, just shine!

Thank you for video! Great basses, but Fender PB Boxer 1984 is my favorit!

'83 P-Bass all the way

gonna learn that sweet melody now.

Very well done!!!

Much love for gibsons in there. I love the unique body shape and soumd sig

The '83 Precision was my personal favourite

Super! :)

Great video

Had a B-15,(Those were the days!!) It's no wonder why they're renowned to this day.. they gie a more accurate representation of the tonality of the instruments!! Kudos!!

I knew I would like the Pbass tone, Pbass is always the best. And I knew I would like MM Stingray 5 and Gibson Grabber to (hey, where's Thunderbird?), so i'm not surprised. But... Wooow! The Peavey have a marvelous tone too!

Thank you for the demo, Mateusz. Good that the same groove was used for all. That first groove is stuck in my head now! My order of preference (running years is coincidental): 1. '77 Jazz Bass 2. '78 Gibson Ripper 3. '79 P with flats The Rick would have made no.3 if not for the buzzes.

Yep, I admit it, I'ma Fender Fan! Great Post! 👍

i love bass guitars and i'm hesitating between Squier and Fender as my first... i love the smooth tones

That sunburst '79 P Bass through the Ampeg...Holy Jesus.

Cool video, mateusz. the explorer basses by fernandes and aria sounds awesome. I also dig the jazz basses and the aria bass.

I listened with my eyes closed. The two that grabbed me were the Greco EB2 and Peavey T 40! Also the P-bas with the tape wounds.

The stingray is just so tight and concrete and dry, that is the sound that cuts through every mix. Heard by themself other basses sound more exiting, but in a band you would rub your eyes how that stingray would steal it.

Fender Jazz Bass 1977, Gibson RD Standard 1977 and Fernandes BXB Explorer 1985 for me :)

Very cool! I actually liked the Gibson basses best, particularly the RD.

Excellent demo! The fretless, sounded awesome! That had the most distinct bass sound. I have an older Sano Custom fretless bass with Bartolini pups. I'm not sure it sounds as good as the older Squire. Me bass, sounds more like a stand-up bass. Shalom

Thank you!

Love the Grabber, the SG, the sunburst '79 Precision and the Aria SB.

I love them all

That old Peavey was a back breaker it weighs a ton... Interesting change of bass sound when the Greco EB2 hollow body does a set.

the P @ 2:14 hands down....awesome video,thank you

...and just like that, I want a Greco bass.

I like the tone of the Fenders better with flat wound strings.

Gibson Ripper 78: 0:18 Gibson RD Standard 77: 0:58 Greco EB2 82 (flatwounds): 1:18 Greco EB3 77: 1:37 Fernandes bxb 84: 1:56 Fender Precision (flatwounds) 79: 2:16 Fender precision 79: 2:35 Fender Precision 83: 2:54 Fender Jazz bass 77: 3:13 Fender Jazz bass 74 (flat): 3:33 Custom fretless: 3:54 Fernandes PJR45 85: 4:34 RIckenbaker 4001 76: 4:54 Music Man Singray 93: 5:14 Peavey T40 84: 5:34 Aria SB700 84: 5:53 Aria ZZB 84: 6:13

Wow a Gibson Grabber. I remembered Gene Simmons played one in the early days of KISS and Greg Godovich of GODDO (saw them live). Like KISS they were also very theatrical and energetic on stage. Used to kick over his guitarist's head. Sonically the Stingray sounded very solid ,pronounced thick and percussive.

that aria sounded amazing

1. '79 P-Bass with flats 2. Greco EB-2 with flats 3. '74 J-Bass with flats Anything sounds better with flats.

great video! thanks for share.

Really want one of those boxers PB555, their electronics are interesting as hell too

Greco EB3 and Rickenbacker are nasty! My kind of bass.

Please Watch in 1080p!!

Ripper through the ampeg is my favorite. Would love to pick one of those up in the PJ config

Fender 1979 PBass with flatwounds!

That squire/ibanez jazz bass sounded by far better than the rest, it's mind blowing how great that bass sounded

9/10 comparison. only made me wish there to be a gibson g3 or musicman in it