I know that most people would say a 7 foot medium heavy fast action rod is the best all around rod for bass fishing. this would be easy, but companies all have different standards. what would be the best for all around? a stiffer medium heavy which would be a heavy in g. loomis's standard or a medium heavy g. loomis which would be medium in st. Croix's standards. these are just a few, please say what your choice for the best all around rof would be.

All personal preference with no right or wrong answer. I have several MH rods in the 7' range for the main reason that they're good all around rods. Some are better at one thing than another, but I couldn't pick one out of the herd as my favorite. 

if i could only have one rod it would be a medium powered fast action spinning rod. you can do a lot with it