BaggyMan

Foot note to the Hils bass Went over it last night and found three fret that needed brief touch of the file to be 100% and only on the bottom side of the neck. I'd put that down to a litle neck shrinkage so no biggy.

Wow, thats an ask. **ponders over second coffee of the morning** 1. 1989 Zemaitis fretless. I own probably the only solid bodied Zemaitis fretless bass ever made. Not a Greco licensed version, the original real deal, built by the man himself for me. Its alive and i love it to bits...and still own it 2. Dingwall Combustion 5. Didnt get the vibe the first time around, got a second a couple of years later and its one of my goto basses becuase i know it gonna be good, so nice to play. 3. Series 1 Yamaha TRB, Jazz pickups version with he 'slap cut'. Japanese built, just a wonderful thing to play and be around. Had it for over 10 years, gigged the heck out of it, but sold it thinking it 'lost something' after buying a new amp. It was the amp. D'oh! Only ever seen one other in the 20 years or so since Honorable mentions Geddy Lee (Japanese built) Jazz. regret selling this one. Any of the x series from Yamaha (424x, 1025x) I have had 3 or 4. I currently have a 424x and its the best budget 2nd hand buy out there. My precisions will go before this one. Billy Sheehan Signature (i have has 2 of the full fat and 2 of the ltd wannabe versions) monster pure and simple Warwick corvette standard excellent bit of kit despite the top horn design. Still not sure why i sold this one. Maruszyck Elwood 5 Lovely instrument. Ibanez neck through single cut SRSC805. Lovely thing, but didnt get onto 'take to gigs' short list. Probably would now. Finally the ones that i didnt gel with (please dont hate me, most people's wives are other mens ex girlfriends and vice versa..) ACG Graft 5. I bought this after the bass guitar show in london. Its the show bass, the actual one reviewed on youtube. The build was second to none, the symmetric carve on the neck a real pleasure to play. Its was the dual filter pre amp that felled me. Its a Marmite pre amp for sure and for some the best thing since sliced bread. For me i just couldn't get on top of it, especially in live situations. Shame, such a beautiful bass otherwise but i wasnt prepared to mod it (which in other cases..i have done a lot!!) Ibanez BTB6 holy crap batman what a wide neck..my only dipped toe into 6 stringers world and whilst i love the btb vibe (i've had 5 or 6) two songs in and i'd get previously un-named ligaments in my left arm screeming for mercy. Ibanez Ergodyne EDA 900 fantastically mad design, made of luthite, Piezo bridge went in pretty much every direction design wise that none else had. One of the few that over the year that looks ridulously small one me and as such only got gigged once... Warwick thumb BO 5 didnt like the balance on the strap, also see above comment re size. Tokai LP bass. Just didnt get on with it. Looked great though As you can tell i am not scared to try something new, or buy without playing and hope for the best, that i guess is the GAS powered collector in me. I had one of the earliest Lakland Syklines (in fact one of the first 30), one of the first Sires (of which i have had quite a few since) its been fun so far if a little confusing to the outside onlooker. Theres an expression in my trade 'Cattle not pets' and most of my basses have been try, play then move on, cattle if you will. Musicman stingrays have been a constant, as have Yamaha products. I guess i have realised a general rule of thumb is a jazz neck profile and a control set i can live with.

Lol...why thankyou. I have been playing since 1980 and have owned around 300 basses in that time. Everything from Columbus, Hondo through to Washburn , Yamaha, Fender ACG and Zemaitis and so many more. No destination...just the journey..