5 Of The Best Expensive Bass Guitars - Why They're Worth It!

[@charlesoffdenson6692]

My favorite rickenbacker player is cliff burton. Dudes a legend

[@notoknotok]

Mine’s Chris Squire, his signature roundabout tone is just breathtaking

[@billfraser1491]

*angry lemmy noise*

[@benp4736]

Paul mccartney

[@popsiclelanding]

tw05p00p5 this is a joke right? Putting Chris Sauire In the same conversation as Clifford Lee Burton is quite pathetic lol

[@billfraser1491]

@@popsiclelanding hey dude it's subjective, relax...

[@zachhaywood1564]

The Rickenbacker has been my dream bass since the first time I heard Hemispheres by Rush. Geddy Lee is an absolute legend and far and away my favorite bass player.

[@FortessofShred]

Geddy Lee, Lemmy, Cliff..... 🤘

[@AlexvonBass]

Thank you for playing with a pick. 99% of bass demos ignore pick-playing, and I prefer to play with a pick, so I like having an idea what it sounds like. Great demo! I love the Fender P Bass.

[@noahgoodman1237]

bummy bassists play with picks

[@dextermorgan1757]

@@noahgoodman1237 only douchebag snobs are wanna be cliff's and Victor Wooten

[@alexrudnick393]

@@noahgoodman1237 bassists that want brighter tones, as well as bassists that don't give a shit about gatekeepers like yourself, play with picks

[@andrewrobertson3737]

​@@noahgoodman1237 lol

[@kalecardenas9645]

@@noahgoodman1237 no u just suck

[@zanhalen4856]

19:05 My fav Rick player has gotta be Geddy Lee. He is why I have wanted one for so long and finally my 4003 is coming Wednesday 😁

[@merciless2032]

Your a lucky guy :D How is it?

[@iraevans2013]

Congratulations. You'll love it.

[@user-ro4cu7om2g]

Saw Roger Glover of Deep Purple use Rick's lives made in Japan

[@mixedfruitjam]

Dagan’s enthusiasm for the Rickenbacker is so infectious!

[@kongandbasses8732]

My 1995 MusicMan Stingray 5 already has the wheel on the end of the neck to adjust the truss rod. Nice to see that Fender made it there 25 years later. The G&L needs a setup. All G&L basses I played over the years have been great instruments, but this one has a massive frettbuzz when you dig in harder, like heard the best in your opening riff.

[@pat8437]

My favorite Rick player is Chris Squire.

[@vincentmorelli1013]

Mine too.

[@jgrif3856]

My favorite squier player is Chris Rickenbacker

[@lautaromontoya6690]

our*

[@williamshird4253]

digg it man,,i realy digg it YES/////////CRIS SQUIRE ,,,thee 1 n only ,C S

[@popsiclelanding]

Geddy Lee imo

[@sting5725]

My fav rickenbacker players: -Mike rutherford -Chriss squire Prog 🤝

[@dbvetter7485]

I’ve been playing all kinds of basses over 40 years. Comes down to my 2017 Rickenbacker 4003, then my ‘72 Jazz Bass. Also my PBass isn’t to bad, but I keep going back to the new Ricky. I love the ❤️ RIC-O-SOUND ❤️ stereo, front pickup to one amp bridge pickup to another. Put some distortion on the amp for the bridge pickup and your ready for heaven.

[@rockers829]

My favorite Rickenbacker bass player was Lemmy from Motörhead 🤟🏻

[@matthumphrey8774]

Rockers Topic yup

[@zakariahsiles4825]

Excellent choice

[@sidgdansk6017]

Chris Squire was a great Ricky player. Roto Sound bass strings? wow; off went my head. I had a dot neck inlays and a back p/u. I've owned some really incredible guitars but it is all a matter of taste. Chris Squire had the band; Yes. the sound he brought out through the note projector(AMP) very tight and a+ musician's really made that group stand out from the others. keep on playing; if only to placate your mood at any given time. anyway; peace my fellow minstrel..🗣

[@BigSteveMusic]

So with G&L, I was told a few years back from one of their reps, was that when CBS took over, Leo had a lot of new designs that CBS had no interest in, they also wanted to change the production line and Leo wasn't happy so he left. Which is why a lot of pre-CBS fenders go for silly money. As he still had the original patents he was able to make the same designs without the law suit issues that companies like Tokai faced, but also made a lot of changes to classic designs, new bridges, Z pickups etc. Cracking instruments for a good price too!

[@PjRjHj]

True(ish) though there was Musicman inbetween where Leo got to express his ideas in the Stingray and Sabre, then onto G&L with amazing L1000 and L2000.

[@irebelvelvet7698]

In my opinion, the best expensive basses are Rickenbacker, Musicman Stingray and Sanberg California.

[@alwaysopen7970]

You have several hours on all?

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

I got a cheap arse 200 dollar sting ray sterling. Its knobs are real crap. WAY too sensitive. Soo easy to go from loud to quiet. Very frustrating to find that middle ground. Then it started making farty popping noises. The input jack wasn't implemented good... Bought funk 70s duncan pick up : ) Cost more than the bass lololol. Painted the headstock and pick guard green flake. Put in the new pick up. Put in funky knobs. Guitar is black with orange and purple knobs. And sounds fucking killer. I'm sorry but my franken bass beats all of your basses and you know it lololol.

[@jh565bb]

@@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 True you can make anything good if you spend the money. People tend to buy expensive basses because of the name and because you don't have to do anything to them.

[@crisp9929]

My favourite Rickenbacker player is Paul McCartney. His Hofner is so iconic, but his Rick is where it's at!

[@austinstyles6393]

The red Ric is killer! I must have!😍

[@bernardosantos8020]

austin styles, you must have incredible debt

[@theholychirch3924]

I will spend my life looking for an entirely matte black 4001 rick

[@zanhalen4856]

@@theholychirch3924 idk of youre dead set on a 4001 but i know they make a matte black 4003. But i do know some people just want a good ol 4001

[@humanchannel7825]

Chirch 98 u could probably sand the finish off the body and spray paint it with a matte black

[@benrosenbaum1899]

My favourite Rickenbacker Bass Player is Lemmy.

[@PMTVUK]

A legend. -Lee

[@moduloarquitetura3403]

@@PMTVUK AND CLIFF!

[@GioisNerd]

My is paul mccartney

[@LageYouTube]

@@GioisNerd well he really doesnt count as rickenbacker player even though he played in im the walrus and few others

[@bruh7052]

LageKZbin he used the rickenbacker throughout sgt peppers, magical mystery tour and abbey road, on promotional songs like hey bulldog and lady Madonna and he also used it as his primary bass while touring and making music with Wings.

[@DogBizzle]

favorite ric player is probably the riff lord cisneros. different style than most and sounds soooooo smooth

[@jacktowers7533]

This video continues to remind me that Leo Fender was the greatest single influence on popular music in the 20th and 21st century

[@ferox965]

His influences are definitely felt. With the exception of the Ric, these are all more or less Fenders or Fender clones.

[@tyorbs3680]

My favorite rickenbacker player is Geddy Lee

[@dogcowrph]

Paul McCartney started playing a Ric in the middle sixties. The first time I saw him in 1976 that’s mostly hat he layer. Listen to “Band On The Run” and that’s the classic sound.

[@riffwizardsupreme]

Favourite Ric player is Chris Squire. It makes me sad they stopped making the vintage series basses because they were the closest we could ever get to his literal one if a kind tone. Even though the only basses post high gain with true horseshoe were only the first run in ‘84 and ‘85.

[@bld93561]

My favorite rick player was my dad! He had a 70's white tuxedo one and ive been tryin to get my hands on one for years but uts really hard to find one :( one day! Ooonneeee daaaayyy!

[@davidnilles3117]

Favorite Rickenbacker bass player is Chris Squire of Yes.

[@Hillbilly_Papist]

Should be titled "5 quality intermediate basses for under 2k". You start buying quality Spector, Fedora, Warwick 2k hardly touches the used market.

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Sandberg are well put together great build quality

[@stevenordstedt2535]

This guy doing the video needs to become a whole bass player. I remember when I only played bass with a pick. I was very limited .

[@spawnthecrazy]

John Deacon, Queen's former bassist used a Rickenbacker 4001 on his first year in the band (1971-1972) before he changed to Fender Precision.

[@PANICBLADE]

I'm really glad Rickenbacker redesigned the truss rod system and pickups to be more contemporary. The old ones were such headaches, and even the new ones still have the same troublesome bridge. The new Al Cisneros Rick signature model has a bridge that is much better designed and it looks the same while keeping the mute system. I hope they start putting those on all their basses because they are much easier to adjust the intonation and action on, and way more versatile. I have an 80's 4003 with the old higain pickups you couldn't adjust, and all of my other basses just smoke it, .0047 cap or not. Like my 68 Hofner Violin bass with 39-93 gauge flats should not sound bigger than that thing with steel rounds, but it does. They really were guitar pickups repurposed for bass, no wonder so many got rid of them.

[@staypress]

I got an 81 4001S with.hi gains and it sounds gr8

[@staypress]

I dont understand y u cannot adjust the pu .I just turn a screw and they move up and down

[@punkoid76]

Can’t really gauge which sounded best as you never put down the pick, so hearing pure bass tone was lost.

[@FortessofShred]

Not going to hear a difference on YT due to compression any way.

[@brennendehexe7934]

Playing with Pic is the only way

[@markmilner842]

Favourite Ric players: Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Paul McCartney, Lemmy, Cliff Burton. (For Phil Lynott, I always think of P Basses.)

[@aidanfriedfeld8889]

You’re gonna talk about expensive basses and not reference Warwick......okay

[@smalllhank]

Aidan Friedfeld Warwick has pretty cheap stuff

[@aidanfriedfeld8889]

The majority of German made warwicks cost over 1500$

[@aidanfriedfeld8889]

And the German ones are the only ones worth getting

[@smalllhank]

Bob Loblaw the only Warwick’s I’ve seen in guitar center are the 600-800$ ones

[@jbvaav8474]

Seriously

[@theelongmann5841]

Fav rickenbaker players are between: Phil Lynott, Geddy Lee, and Chris Squire

[@mateorincon3448]

Fav Rickenbacker players, Geddy Lee and Cliff Burton. Otherwise excellent video comparison!

[@indykwatra2237]

MATEO RINCON Geddy doesn’t really play his Rick as much as jazz basses these days. I love the sound he got on his ricks back in the day pre- moving pictures.

[@mateorincon3448]

@@indykwatra2237 I know he moved from his Rick to his Jazz Basses in the 80''s but the Rickenbacker was his signature instrument back in the 70s and he still used it occasionally after the 80's (not including that he used wal and steinberg bass guitars as well).

[@thecruisersbassist]

The Ric is by dream bass. ESPECIALLY in that beautiful red. Just if it had a *brown fingerboard colour (I don’t know the wood), I would be sold. I need the Cliff Burton sound.

[@ferox965]

Sad to see that Warwick and Spector don't get a mention here. For me, my 2007 4003 and 1980 BC Rich Eagle Deluxe do anything I need.

[@indykwatra2237]

Chris Squire. Turn up some headphones and you will hear that glorious rick sound.

[@jenson_burrows7881]

Fave Ricky player is Geddy Lee

[@ken46120]

JensonPlayzBass doesn’t matter what he plays. Geddy Lee rips.

[@gpk9993]

I miss my ricky...why the hell I sold it is beyond me....the dumbest thing I've ever done. thanks for the vid...love your stuff ,man. Favorite ricky player was....who else..my hero..chris squire...R I P Chris....john entwhistle also...

[@10000spidersinatrenchcoat]

Ugh same here man I miss that bass bad

[@BrooksysBassCorner]

Some great basses in there. Great vid!

[@idiosyncraticmushroom3030]

My fav rick players are Cliff Burton, Lemmy, and the guy from Sleep (who’s name I don’t remember).

[@WakizashiSabre]

Ric is the prettiest bass with most personality for me but also most overpriced for what it is (not counting boutique brangs for 3k €+)...

[@brettb7000]

Shame if you wanted to know what these sounded like playing finger style...

[@pinkbastard2.080]

Pick is acceptable

[@PapaKiloProductions]

Pick is never acceptable for a bass demo

[@danialm8122]

@@PapaKiloProductions do it yours.

[@caseypayne5138]

@@PapaKiloProductions pick is always acceptable for a bass demo. Everything sounds the same when it's played fingerstyle.

[@ChipsA17]

@@caseypayne5138 or they should just do both so everyone can shut up. He made that ric sound like shit. I didn't think that was possible

[@Quad8track]

Geddy Lee! My favorite bass player uses a Rickenbacker 4001.

[@carloscastillo8349]

In my opinion, I think that a lot of the cheap basses sound a lot better than the more expensive and boutique basses.

[@michaelmarshall1713]

Have had that happen to me very often . Blows me away and teaches a thing or two.

[@tamhewitt-baker5602]

@Michael Anderson no one listens to the bass. ;)

[@tamhewitt-baker5602]

@Michael Anderson love youse really. xx

[@stevec6427]

Very true with the Thunderbird. The Epiphone sounds much better than the Gibson for a third the price.

[@sigmundsound]

There are no boutique bass in this line up. Warwick, Spector, Zon, Fodera, MTD etc are decent.

[@PjRjHj]

G&L L2000, the "poor man's" Wal. Brilliant flexible Basses, can't go wrong.

[@crazeyjoe]

Out of the 5 featured, I preferred the G&L. With that said, imo, Spector and Zon basses are far superior to all 5 of them.

[@Cursed_With_Nightmares]

Lemmy and Cliff Burton...gods on Rickenbackers....!!!!!

[@DiscreetHobo]

1 thing to note about getting a rick, if you play with a pick with your hand over the bridge, be wary of unscrewing the foam riser. the screws are easy to lose and come undone when playing aggressively

[@alwaysopen7970]

My buddy just got a 5 string Rick and said it's killer. He has played a 4001 for decades, went to fender for their 5 strings and loves the new Rick. They have completely different pups he says are killer.

Red Rickenbacker and Fender Jazz Elite were the best looking and sounding!! Greetings Dagan from Hollywood California!

[@Martin_R-q2i]

My favorite Rickenbacker players are Paul McCartney and Cliff Burton

[@PMTVUK]

Both legends

[@carlstockmal]

Shoulda tuned the basses, at least for a demo, if not all the time. The description of the video says "These are the best bass guitars for professionals." I'm sorry my Alembic Elan 5 string is not good enough to make the list... It's beautiful, sounds lovely, and I always get compliments on its looks and tone.

[@juderocks5]

I know this is a late comment, but that's a really nice bass. I'm a guitarist, but I saw one of those at a concert (metal show, actually) and just had to ask the guy what the heck it was. His had a super pretty, natural finish and sounded great. I'd never heard of it, and hardly ever see them in person.

[@michaelsimmons3524]

My favorite Rickenbacker player is Chris Squire.

[@void0094]

My fav Rickenbacker player is Mike Mills from R.E.M. He played them in the early days

[@shelvingunit2000]

Don't feed Gangplank k? Why would he be anyone’s favorite bassist??

[@void0094]

@@shelvingunit2000 very cool basslines, good sound, plays with a pick. Most of the bands with one guitarist dont sound that full, but mike mills playing and his basslines give so much to the music that they don't need a second guitarist

[@shelvingunit2000]

Ah ok. I’ll have to check them out then. I only know their more radio hit type stuff. Generally not the style of music I am interested in myself. But I respect and appreciate any genre when it’s done right and done well.

[@void0094]

@@shelvingunit2000 i recommend murmur and reckoning! Nice that you're cool about it

[@shawnhuff6024]

I have a great black American fender elite Jass bass 2019

[@willgammage8032]

Not many people mentioning the Sandberg which IMHO is a really great sound. Maybe because it’s the first reviewed and by the time the video ends we’ve forgotten it 😮

[@ec-hi1br]

My favorite Bass is 1977 Rickenbacker 4001 ! The best Sound !

[@michaelmarshall1713]

This is a good demo and shows the difference in what has happened today and how Rickenbacker have never lost it. I agree about the Jazz bases I own three and love them and G&L and others but the Jazz is best all round bass for me and sounds like a Grand Piano .

[@carloszamora9551]

Rickenbacker is my favorite

[@Kraz3e987]

My two favorite Ric players are Chris Squire of Yes and Dave Meros of Spock's Beard

[@gavriel.r]

Favorite Rickenbacker player for me is Al Cisneros from Om/Sleep.

[@PushSueAside]

Love the Rickenbacker. Love mine, love them all. Beautiful fretboard.

[@perryklein1790]

Leo Fender sold his company to CBS, due to his health issues (1965) and became a very silent partner developing the Music Man, because of a legal agreement that he could not compete with Fender. Leo was the "Music Man". After the legal agreement expired, he left Music Man, which was not a friendly parting at all. Ernie Ball bought the company, and Leo and George Fullerton started their G&L (George and Leo) company, where he started working on Active Instruments, and improved his pickups with the Magnetic Field Design design. G&L is on Fender Ave in Fullerton CA, the original Fender Company, where George and Leo's office is still intact. Ultimately, a group of Fender employees bought Fender from CBS in 1985. BBE Electronics purchased G&L after Leo's death, and Leo's wife is a Board Member.

[@johnwilkerson1535]

You are so correct. I didn't know about BBE buying G&L. Thanks for the info. Also the model CLF? Clarence Leo Fender

[@Patrickjohnphotography]

Awesome video,....but Russel Brand speaks so quickly :) Loved it DAGAN, GREAT JOB.

[@noahsarich6323]

My favorite Ric player is Roger Waters in the early days of Pink Floyd

[@bernardosantos8020]

19:04 Big ol Macca

[@oliverrickard9970]

Bruce foxton can smash a rickenbacker, makes them sound so much better with his melodies . Such an underrated bass player

[@bubbamike4743]

Favorite rick players Mike Rutherford and Chris Squire

[@SoleilRobbie]

Favorite Rick player would have be Chris Squire - then Geddy Lee 🤘🏽💕✨

[@josephjordan2883]

I made it to 01:15, while reading some comments, then I saw his thumb wrapped over the top of the neck and knew he was a joke! I can also assume, from what I saw, that this is someone with the intent of selling some of these "expensive" basses.

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

I have an early 1980s G&L SB2 Sunburst Bass Guitar.

[@bassbird3089]

My favorite Rickenbacker player is Scott Pilgrim

[@SheetsM_Str]

I want more basses to be made with that pickup config from the Sandberg

[@eckie4679]

I own or have owned all of these. My Ric is the 4003s/5 in Pillar Box Red. Hit or miss really. Some nights it’s great but often a bit dead. And the B string is pretty weedy. And the electrical buzzing is unacceptable for an instrument of this price. I’ve got the Tribute G&L L2000. It’s incredible and I’d say the best functionality of any bass I’ve played. It’s such a beast of tonality that I feel it needs to be “tamed” 😊 and kudos for the tone controls working the same in both passive and active modes. In fact I don’t really see what the active mode gives you really over the passive one. 🤔 Fender Jazz - enough said but I’ve actually got a Mike Lull M5 which is even better. Tone wise there’s not much between it and the Fender. However, at only 8 lbs it’s way lighter and more playable than any Jazz I’ve tried. And the Sandberg. A quality instrument that was just a bit lacking in character for me.

[@stevenordstedt2535]

Chris Squire of Yes is the Master on a Rickenbacker and Geddy Lee Of RUSH!

[@a.a677]

I need a Sandberg California TM4

[@wrinkleneckbass]

Damn I love the color of that Rickenbacker.

[@monkeymindmatters]

Seriously sweet red Rickenbacker! Paul McCartney is my favorite Ricky player.

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

My favourite Rickenbacker guitarist is Vinny from Red Vox. My favourite Rickenbacker bassist is probably my friend who played bass for Beatlehead, as well as quite a few other bands.

[@rjohnson494]

And from all the scratches from our presenters jewelry all these basses are now on sale for 50% off. Thank you very much good sir.

[@peterresetz1960]

G&L stands for George and Leo. George Folmer was the guy that Leo Fender started Fender guitars with. George was who designed the electronics. Leo worked out the guitars body designs and the manufacturing process. They sold the G&L brand and Leo Fender then went on to start Musicman which he later sold to Ernie Ball so he could finally retire.

[@Cholo_Puffs]

George Fullerton*

[@Feesh6]

Gotta cut the treble and boost the mids when playing distorted bass keeps things even and shakes more walls

[@robertpike5670]

The Red and Green Rickenbacker don’t stay around long Neither do the 5 or 8 strings

[@pat8437]

Green?

[@jahir839]

The rickenbacker tho😍

[@gilbertspader7974]

I am obsessed with Warwick basses. Where are they ?

[@craigmoran893]

It's just a shitty top 5 video.

[@rome8180]

Tune the basses before you demo them. Jeez. It was especially apparent when you'd play octaves. Also, I'd like to hear less overdrive on some of these demos. Hearing a clean sound is more useful to me.

[@Dorray]

rome8180 absolutely agree.

[@rome8180]

@WidePeepo7 I don't want to hear it on every single demo though. I like clean bass too. It's gotten absurd at this point.

[@shelvingunit2000]

Ok Wildepeepo, but when the video is titled “5 best expensive basses” and the entire thrust of the video is about demonstrating the specs of the selfsame 5 expensive basses, one would expect a little versatility This guy is going through the motions of showing us every pickup configuration and every control feature but then playing the same plectrum style w the same overdriven tone. He’s just a simple rock bassist. But bass is an instrument w a wide array of stylistic and tonal choices. So get someone to host the stupid video who can reflect that. Why should we have to seek out other videos to find the same instruments just with less overdrive? It’s a big negative tick for whoever made this video that we do have to do that. See?

[@shelvingunit2000]

Hold on. I’m taking notes here. Mind-blowing info you’re dropping on us, professor lol

[@williamshird4253]

put down the freaken PICK,,,,,,,play the bass man.. bassz! buzz ,boom bang, pop or something,,,,,not pick it,,pluck it so i can realy no the sound of the BASSES you show,.

[@brandonelliott7399]

If money is no object. The the best IMO are status graphite. Warwick custom shop. Dingwall.

[@MrTennisgolf]

Sorry, I couldn’t stick around long enough to see if you ever lost the pick, so we could really hear what they sound like,

[@qxeenelsa]

no musicman stingray or bongo?

[@PMTVUK]

This is just part 1 ;) -Lee

[@lionelgautreau375]

My favorite Rick player is cliff and Lemmy

[@jackelsomsmith9158]

Would have been nice if you’d actually used that tuner occasionally...

[@shelvingunit2000]

JackElsomSmith lol I was thinking the same thing. Every bass is out of tune

[@erayhocaoglu4782]

If i played bass i would definitly buy rickenbacker

[@hashimosman4594]

my favourite rickenbacker player is haruko

[@tedted4002]

is it me or is there a lot of string buzzing with a few of these basses?

[@JacqueRamon]

Interesting to see the G&L have the original headstock not the ugly pointy one he changed to after Fender had a sook and made him change it

[@waynelennon2844]

Love the way you tune it to your desires

[@swedish_vikings]

Cliff Burton.

[@robertpike5670]

You guys going to do a video on the 5 strings Rickies?

[@iraevans2013]

I do gotta ask...... Why are all your demos with a pick? A lot of us finger or slap too.

[@jackd.ripper9951]

I'll kick it old school like Geddy Lee. Give me a Fender Jazz and/or a Ricky 4000 series any day of the week.

[@AlmadenJeff]

I clicked on this link expecting a Fodera. Some how all I see are mass produced basses that I wouldn't categorized as one of the best expensive basses.

[@virgil6206]

Jeff Foderas are literally the most overrated basses ever.

[@Kraz3e987]

I guess that would be a video titled "best boutique basses" to see stuff like fodera, mayones and such. Not every one is in the market for an 11,000 bass

[@bananabana6630]

@@virgil6206 And your level of intelligence is also OVERRATED! Go back to your video games!

[@virgil6206]

@@bananabana6630 damn bro you really got me