It's so interesting how different everyone's opinion is. It seems like each bass is a favorite of someone. It shows how subjective our tastes are.

That 69 Telecaster really surprised me on how hot and full it was...

The big surprise for me was the Thunderbird. For passive pickups, that's a very loud, clear sound.

The video that literally every bass player wanted! Thanks! And for me the Tbird easily wins in both tone and looks

Finally a bass comparasion that's not drowned by the backing track

Love Jazz Bass sounds

I really liked the eb1 sound even though it wasn’t necessarily the bass with most clarity it just had this very nice warm wooly sound to it

‘52 Precision and ‘62 Jazz are my favorite sounding ones

God that eb1, you could shake the ground with that thing

Love the sound of that EB-3. The tone is complex with a slight fretless characteristic to it. Great video.

I liked the 1969 Telecaster and the Thunderbird. The Fender Bass V and VI were also cool somehow. I don't have any of these basses and am happy with the ones I have. The 73 Telecaster, Gibson EB3 and EB1 weren't my thing, but I didn't expect them to be.

Most of the strings are vintage too...!

Naturally, love the Jazz and Precision and the Rickenbacker, but the big surprise to me was the Stingray. Loved it! Thanks Johan and Sven!

haha the EB1 with the stand

The EB-1 sounded like it was being played from the apartment upstairs. Thanks for the great vid!👍

Make the same video, but compare the vintage basses to their modern counterparts! See, if the sound character has stayed the same

That Gibson EB-3 sounds magical :)

Great video comparison Johan. To my ear that 1965 Precision really has an edge over the competition. Sounds like it could handle any genre.

Outstanding collection of basses there. They would pay off my mortgage easily :)

There are just no videos as great as these!!! Just WOW! Thanks. Great playing Sven.

awesome comparison guys! much appreciated. the p-bass tapewound is my fav, but i was really digging the sound from the tbird, stingray and the longhorn. thanks guys!

this is incredible, I really appreciate the work gone into this, I liked the 1960 fender jazz, 65' Fender Bass V and the 76' stingray the most.

Its incredible how some basses sound better for fingerstyle and some for plectrum!

Oh man! This video is perfect It's everything I ever wanted

Thanks for this great video. Great basses. I love the sounds of 1965 P-Bass, 1960 J-Bass and 1976 Music Man. Amazing what Mr. Fender invented.

you really do the some of the best videos I've seen. keep up the excellent work please

Great video! In this setup, to my subjective ears I was totally shocked by that 1976 Stingray. To me, that's what a bass tone should be. Firm bottom, meaty midrange, and treble presence. All without any annoying overtones or weak notes. Bravo for this video! Thank you!

Just discovered this tonight. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 😀 Encore!!! Encore!!! 👏 👏 👏

THANK YOU FOR THIS! What a great video!!!

Super!! Tack för inspelning och uppladdning!!

Fantastic video! Compliments on the great tones from those vintage basses!

Great vid. You gotta love Fender Jazz basses!!

Dude these videos are a major gift! Thank You!

The Fenders are my favorites, especially the 1960 Jazz... Beautiful sound. Kanonbra video! :)

All Fenders, specially the 60' ones, rocks! The big surprise for me was the 69' Telecaster bass.... just amazing

Good video! Hard one to make because of the many variables like strings and how new they are…thanks! Nice collection!

That Danelectro though...epic! The Fender Jazzes were great too. Great video Johan and Sven!

This video is awesome! Sound recorded nicely. I like that 65 Precision. That Rickenbacker had some serious fret buzz going on.

Great video as always Johan!

For me it's a toss up between the '71 Jazz and the T-bird, and I had a special love for the 73 Tele. Great video!

They are all incredible instruments in their own rite but I have to agree, my ears really love that 76 MM Stingray too, nice and punchy and growly! Really interesting demo, thanks for all the your work!

Thanks guys. My favorite was the 65 pbass. Nicest to my ears

Great video. Just confirms there is nothing like that Fender tone. Leo hit it out of the park.

Yesss bass videooossss. Keep it comin! That Rick sounds so smooth

Excellent video! Very useful stuff

The Ripper!😍

I had a 69 Telecaster at that time and then many others like these after but your video makes me remind how I enjoyed and good was that tone and I should have kept it, even if two basses of the same model would not sound the same because of strings, setting etc but the essential remains. Tack hej.

Another fab vid Johan. 15 thumbs down? Maybe that was because of the choice of socks? The Jazz basses and Thunderbird sound like a dream - thanks ;)

'65 precision, '71 Jazz, MusicMan and Thunderbird (both with picking) and Hofner's violin bass were my calls. I'm a P-bass guy, have a Washburn Lyon Series customized, it's really nice, but I can enjoy a few other models out of this collection.

62 Jazz. I know how easily that tone lays into the mix.

1960 Fender Jazz sounded perfect fingerstyle. The 1965 Fender V is so ahead of its time and slept on imo

In this and other comparison videos it's usually the Music Man (various models) and the Gibson Thunderbird that surprises many including me. Of course, ​Fender rules them all especially the Jazz Bass.

Great video Johan! Continue like that!

I love fliptops Johan. Great video my friend..... Sweet tones and a good reference for bass sounds.....

An amazing comparison! I love black ‘72 JB and original PB. Thunderbird and Bass V sounded surprisingly cool. EB-1 must need a some mod in the circuit I suppose. I love Beatles, but nowadays it was found that not a few songs were recorded with Jazz Bass in their later days

The thunderbird, stingray, hofner 500/1, and all the P basses sounded amazing.

I loved the tone of that 69 tele bass!!! Very nice indeed!! Great demo!!

So hard to decide!! I am always partial to the Rickenbacker but some other good sounds in there too. The EB1 was a real surprise, I have never seen an electric upright like that. The only one that was really a "no" was the Longhorn, although it would have been interesting to hear the finger picking one in a mix with guitars and drums.

I loved all. Fender Precisions, Teles and Jazzes being my favourites. Plus the Music Man Stingray.

For me the stingray was probably my favourite, sounded quite snappy and the notes were beautifully brought on with a brighter more prominent tone.

nice, but I missed a drum beat as your old bass videos. but FINALLY A BASS VIDEO hahahaha

The b15 with the ric is a beast, great video johan!

Just love that 74 ripper! I would like to see more of this bass in your videos. Really great video!

16 freaking minutes on basses? this is long over due.... i really liked the danelectro with the fingers. thanks for another great video mr. vintage. :)

Drool.... amazing collection!

If you've ever wondered why the Precision and the Jazz basses are the most ubiquitous electric basses on the planet, just watch this video. Leo really just got it right with those two.

Awesome video sir.

Video was cool AF! Thank you for doing such a simple, neat, and great video. I really liked the 65 P, 69 Tele, and the 71 Jazz. The other J basses were alright, same with the 4003 but Gibsons and stuff just didn't really do it for me sound wise. Stingrays are alright too, I have owned one though and don't want another.

Hey there, great clip! Being a fan of those vintage instrument, it was super helpful to hear them back to back. for instance, my main axe is a 68 Telecaster and I always wondered about the later Humbucker Tele's, well now I know. I own a few pre cbs Fender JB myself . Nice also to hear the Maple 73 right after the 60 and 62. Super helpful video and nice playing by the way. Thanx !! In my very own and personnal opinion, they all sound amazing except the Danelectro which, in comparison, sounds very medium and nasal. But hey , to each his own ;-) The old 53 Gibson sounds.. interesting ;-)

I like passive Fenders but that '76 Stingray sounded amazing.

Some lovely basses here. ;) Nice one.

Excellent comparison! I love the Hofner the most.

Loved the '65 P, '53 P and the Stingray. All of them are great of course!

great video. i owned a long time ago the höffner bass(copy of gibson) and a rickenbacker 4001( i think it was from around -67)and abaout the pedals, i dont have favorites, i tried many and still tries but i always come back to a cranked marshall for that sound, but pedals have also a sound, that sound is good to works. for me its only earblasting cranked up old Marshalls, but with that im not against other sounds, its ok but for me im a sucker for moving air and get old Marshalls or any brittish amp scream. fenders for an example sound great( i have a vibrolux reverb -74),but they dont cut that roughness and bite(i also had other vintage fender amps and Marshalls), and of coarse im just talkin for me,but this site is probably THE site on KZfaq now and again thanks for showing all this knowledge with to us. tanx Johan and have a glad midsommar

Now do them all again through an SVT with only a mic'd 810 😎

Special love for the longhorn! I think I'll buy one eventually

Many of them could've benefitted GREATLY from a setup. I was expecting some pick action on that Fender VI! Very cool to hear some for the first time. I have a 2013 reissue Korean Dano that plays and sounds like duck fat...smooth! If this example is any indication of what you could expect back then, I can see why a lot of the session players hated them.

This is my version of the best basses in this comparison: Fingering - 1965 Fender P, 1969 Fender T, 1971 Fender J, 1976 MM, Rick. Picking - 1976 MM, Gibson Ripper, !965 Fender P, 1969 Fender T, 1971 Fender J, Rick. 1.1971 Fender Jazz Bass 2.1969 Fender Telecaster 3-4. MM 3-4. Rick Thank you, Johan! It's a great battle!

It's easy to love the 1960 Jazz. The 1969 Tele-Bass was huge. ( Dug the nylon string with a pick ) Musicman rocked hard. But the big surprise was the EB-1. I want that tone for recording.

Thanks for including a 70s Tele bass. This video demonstrates why "mudbucker" is a misnomer. It has more midrange cut than the previous 3 basses! (Which all sound amazing.)

The '60 Sunburst Jazz won the contest, period! I'll volunteer to let it stay with me, just to keep it safe... 😎

Hehey! That '53 Tele Bass is the same age as me! But My preference runs towards the Gibson EB-3 and the Rick. But then I'm partly deaf, so what do I know? 😉😁 Thanks for making this video man, it's big fun for a start, and I love listening to all basses.

I liked '71 Jazz Bass most. Very punchy and clear. Bridge pickup is closer to the bridge when compared to other Fender Jazz Basses and it really makes a change.

I love this video

Standing up, picking that EB-1 looks pretty badass!

You are my hero

Great video. Thanks for making it! The good: That '53 Precision sounds amazing! The strings probably help though. That '62 JB sounds great, it easily beats the '60 JB for me. I'd also take the '71 JB over the '60 JB though. Maybe it's got something to do with the wiring/pots? It's definitely not as simple as the older, the better with Fender. Surprised by how much I like the Thunderbird, the Ripper and the Stingray. And I think a Bass VI can definitely hold its own among "real" basses, it's just not very finger-pick friendly. The bad: I don't know what pickup is in that Gibson EB1, but it's absolutely dreadful. The EB3 sounds horribly nasal to me, as does the '73 Tele. I find it hard to judge the Rickenbacker and Danelectro, as it sounds like they both needed a setup really badly. more fret buzz than I can take.

My favorite was the thunderbird

Might be the first time I have heard the Gibson Ripper

The 1960 Jazz and the EB s and this is coming from a RIC owner for 40 yrs . though that 4001 didn't sound as good as my 1980 4001 LH. THANKS Good video.

All excellent basses. The EB1 is so silky. Great playing too 🙂

Thunderbird, Longhorn and Rickenbaker all the way! Big surprise with Gibson Ripper. I didn't knew that one and loved the tone too.

6. 1962 Fender Jazz and 12. 1976 Music Man Stingray the best

I love that 1973 Fender Telecaster, I can't help it.

Got to watch with my daughter, she liked the '60 jazz the best and also liked the fender V, I liked the '69 tele. I gave her my old franken-bass and have to steal it back whenever I record; an ash jazz style body with a P neck PU, Jazz bridge PU, and a maple jazz neck with a tele style headstock. I rarely like new bands, but most of my favorite modern era bands seem to come from Sweden and sound like old bands such as Black Bonzo and more recently, The Night Flight Orchestra. Also Roine Stolt is one of my favorite guitar players. Maybe you could do a video and turn us on to some of your favorite Swedish bands/players we might not have been exposed to here in the states from a classic rock perspective?

the precision bass floats my boat every time..

Love your videos Johan, and this one is wonderful. I love Thunderbirds, and the one in this video sounds incredible. The Fenders sound like I would expect, with the Jazzes sounding better solo but, in the mix, I think the Precision wins in the overall band setting. I was surprised how good the Stingray sounded! I have owned several, but never got one to sound that good. Are those flat wound strings on it? Great job again.

Gibson - EB-1, wow, what a silly thing. Why have I never seen this?

'53 Fender Precision and '63 Höfner 500/1 makes me smile :)

+Johan Segeborn I really enjoy all your videos, you always get a great sound! Can you run through your approach to getting the settings right on a cranked plexi and how it can sound if you don't get it right...?! Thanks!!