Beedster

Ooh, a Dusty 👍

Mmm, that’s not so much your experience but tour opinion. No traditional instruments are ‘easy’ (while some digital instruments will produce a decent performance with little skill or effort), but the same equation applies in nearly every case; all other things being equal, the more you play the better you get 👍

Not a '63 either Had to lever the neck out of the pocket, Monday morning instrument Serial suggests '73 despite receipt suggesting '71 ......... Grain, wear, and checking, and an enigmatic blue spot Back in one piece.... 👍

Well this is never a bad start, the work of Sr Torres.........

I think it just got even better...... Then Now

Yep, let's celebrate how lucky we've all been and still are, I started the thread for that exact reason, I was searching for photos of a specific bass I used to own (the MM Sabre with fretless Status neck) and realised as I went back through hundreds of photos what an extraordinary privileged journey I've had, certainly by comparison with my expectations when I first started out, sitting noodling with my Satellite (subsequently upgraded to a Columbus and then after a few years of saving to a Westone Thunder) while looking at adverts in the music papers for Stingrays, and thinking 'One day'.......

Ah, but this thread is about basses we used to own, if you inadvertently post a photo of one you still have you have to give it to me 👍

That one’s a close second 👍

Only condition is they have to be exes 👍

Go for it mate, I meant this to be exactly that, a celebration of how bloody lucky we are 👍

Couldn’t agree more Lawrie, feels more like I loaned each for a while. All beautiful instruments but just that, instruments, or means to an end. The end is the music. If I could have one back it would be the ‘65 which was special, but it went to a very good home. And the Wals probably set me back less than £3k the pair, and that was less than 10 years ago! Happy days 👍

Custom Shop and the real deal ‘57

Custom Shop..,,

‘65

Thanks, looking through old pics tonight, suspect there's a fair few more to come

'69...

And.......

And another..... An '81, a '64, and a '71