What Bass Guitar Vst is everyone using?

What Bass Guitar Vst is everyone using? 

Bigdogs


Scarbee Jay-bass is great fun to play - it has some advanced modelling of hammer ons, slides, different neck positions. It's a Kontakt instrument, but can be played in the free Kontakt player.

+1 I use Both Scarbee Jay-Bass and Pre-Bass in the free Kontakt player. They have good articulations. The velocity switching between Sustain, mutes and Harms takes a bit of practice to say the least, but nothing a session in PRV can't fix. There is also a MM bass in the series.
 
I cant say which is best, it depends on the type of music.
 
I have the DI versions and I route through Guitar Rig 3 XE if I want amped sounds.
 
I previously used Studio Instruments Bass a lot, it's gathering dust now.

Trilian from Spectrasonics is great.  And, as mentioned, the Scarbee basses are very good.  Another product line to look at is www.orangetreesamples.com especially their Iconic Jaco.  Bassis is another full featured set.  Good hunting.

I plugin my Fender

ManyBass

Danny Danzi


I like the Ik Mulitmedia Ampeg for re-amping and even doctoring up midi bass created by a sampler. Add a UAD Helios on top, and it doesn't get much better than that for me. :)

Oh yeah, make that ManyBass through Ik Multimedia Ampeg.  Essential ingredient.

+1 for Trilian

Vir2 BASiS is also nice... http://www.digifreq.com/m...ex.asp?ID=Vir2%20BASiS

and Chris Hein Bass... http://www.digifreq.com/m...ID=Chris%20Hein%20Bass

Scott

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+100 for Trilian.  It really sounds fantastic, and the articulations are impressive.  Watch the videos as Spectrasonics if you have the time.

Schecter Stiletto Studio 5
'72 Fender Jazz
Fender P-Bass
Hofner 500 Vintage 63

*LOL* Tell that to Stanley Clarke! *LOL*

Trilogy/Trillian. 

Voxegen maxx bass is great.

+1 for Kontakt 4 and Scarbee basses, though I'm still trying to figure out how to use the articulations with my too-small keyboard controller and/or guitar synth (any tips from above posters who use it appreciated!).
Besides the Scarbee basses, Kontakt 4 comes with some nice ones and can also load other formats and save as Kontakt sound.

Phoenix


+1 for Kontakt 4 and Scarbee basses, though I'm still trying to figure out how to use the articulations with my too-small keyboard controller and/or guitar synth (any tips from above posters who use it appreciated!).

There are two methods for controling the articulation, one is the playing style and the other key switches.  Key switches will take at least an Octave off your keyboard so anything less than 61 keys and you are limited.
 
Velocity is critical as velocity switching is used to switch between harms, mutes and sustained notes. How well you can master this depend on you keyboard and your skill, reliably playing notes with a midi velocity <10 for harms is particularly challenging for me, even in step mode. Playing with the velocity profiles on your keyboard (if it has them) may help but I usually need a midi edit session to clean it up.
 
The other thing you need is a sustain pedel to trigger the slides in Pre Bass. (this is one of my favourite features)