The Great Bass Census

[Bankai]

Hello. I decided to start this for my own interest but I suppose it'll prove interesting for most of us.

What I'd like you to do is copy the form below and reply with it filled in. In a couple of weeks I'll collate the responses and we'll see what's out there!

-Your [b]first bass[/b] is fairly self explanatory.
-Your [b]go-to bass[/b] means the one bass you'd take to cover all bases in a way. For example you get called to a gig blind and you need a reliable workhorse that'll be able to do anything and work well.
-And [b]'Your' / signature bass[/b] means the bass that gives you YOUR tone, The one bit of wood that's your signature.

You can only put ONE bass for each category, no matter how much it might pain you!

[b]
First Bass Owned:
'Go To' Bass:
'Your' Bass:
[/b]

EDIT: Thanks for all the replies so far, please make sure you only give ONE bass for each answer, and that you answer all categories, otherwise I can't use your infos

Edited February 15, 2011 by Bankai

[Bankai]

I'll start it off then:

First Bass Owned: Shine 845
'Go To' Bass: Jazz Bass
'Your' Bass: Thunderbird

Edited February 14, 2011 by Bankai

[Blademan_98]

I've only owned 3 basses so:

First Bass Owned: Ibanez SRX700
'Go To' Bass: Epiphone Viola
'Your' Bass: Rogue Fretless

[Doddy]

First Bass... Tanglewood Rebel
Go to Bass.... Fender Jazz (usually a double gig bag with 4 and 5 versions)
Your Bass.... Modified Fender Jazz

[OliverBlackman]

First Bass: Jim Deacon

Go to: Overwater Jazz 5

My bass: Fender p bass

[JTUK]

1st bass Fender Musicmaster

Go to bass Sei Jazz5 RW
My bass Sei Jazz5 RW

I currently have 3 basses and use 2 all the time

Edited February 14, 2011 by JTUK

[Mike]

First Bass Owned: Yamaha RBX270 Fretless
'Go To' Bass: Sadowsky UV70 4-string
'Your' Bass: See above!

[neepheid]

First: Epiphone EB-3
Go-to: G&L Tribute L-2000
Your: Ach, as long as I can hear myself when I play, I'm happy.

[Grand Wazoo]

First Bass Owned: 1983 Squier JV series Jazz
'Go To' Bass: Dingwall ABZ 5
'Your' Bass: Dingwall ABII 5

[Thunderthumbs]

First bass owned: Kay Les Paul shaped bass
Go-to bass: GB Spitfire
Your bass: GB Spitfire

[icastle]

First Bass Owned: Aria ProII SB600
'Go To' Bass: Ibanez SR505
'Your' Bass: NS WAV4

[bigthumb]

First Bass Owned: Westone Thunder Jet
'Go To' Bass: Warwick Thumb
'Your' Bass: Warwick Thumb

[robocorpse]

First Bass Owned: Rickenbacker 4001
'Go To' Bass: Status S2
'Your' Bass: Heavily modified Thunderbird

[danny-79]

First bass owned = Crappy no name P copy (possibly a Kay?)
Go to Bass = Either Stingray depending on what mood I'm in or what ever is nearer.
My Bass = Buttercreme Stingray.

[Vibrating G String]

First Bass Owned: Gibson Ripper (Second bass:Tokai PJ)
'Go To' Bass: Many, changes daily
'Your' Bass: Many, changes daily

[retroman]

First Bass - Legend Precision copy
Go To Bass - Alembic Orion 5
Your Bass - Rickenbacker 4001

[PURPOLARIS]

[quote name='Bankai' post='1127808' date='Feb 14 2011, 11:23 PM']Hello. I decided to start this for my own interest but I suppose it'll prove interesting for most of us.

What I'd like you to do is copy the form below and reply with it filled in. In a couple of weeks I'll collate the responses and we'll see what's out there!

-Your [b]first bass[/b] is fairly self explanatory.
-Your [b]go-to bass[/b] I mean the one bass you'd take to cover all bases in a way. For example you get called to a gig blind and you need a reliable bass that'll be able to do anything and work well.
-And [b]'Your' bass[/b] means the bass that gives you YOUR tone, The one bit of wood that's your signature.

You can only put ONE bass for each category, no matter how much it might pain you![/quote]

[b]
First Bass Owned: Tanglewood Rebel 4K
'Go To' Bass: Shuker Jazz 5
'Your' Bass: Shuker Jazz 5
[/b]

[scalpy]

First Bass Owned: Encore PB3
'Go To' Bass: G&L ASAT
'Your' Bass: G&L ASAT

Somehow relieved that so far most people seem to have the "Go to" and "Your" the same on this GAS-tastic forum!

[ShergoldSnickers]

First bass: Wilson Rapier medium scale

Go to bass: Shergold Marathon fretless 4 (er... my only bass)

Your bass: ditto

PS The Shergold will be joined in a few months by a RIM Marseer fretless 5. Build diary [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9653&view=findpost&p=1038168"]here[/url], courtesy of Robbie.

[voxpop]

1 yamaha BX something if I remember correctly.
2 ken Smith six string
3 as above.

[lojo]

1st: A home made fretless, planed timber for neck with hammerited ply body

To go: A fender P with rounds

Sound: A fender P with flats

[Muzz]

First Bass Owned: Satellite Short-scale Sunburst thing
'Go To' Bass: Modified SX/MM Precision
'Your' Bass: Modified SX/MM Precision

[LiamPodmore]

First Bass Owned: 1994 Squier Affinity Jazz
'Go To' Bass: 2010 Squier Deluxe Jazz V Active
'Your' Bass: Musicman Stingray Classic 5/Musicman SUB 5 (Don't own one yet though, did we have to own it?)

Liam

Edited February 15, 2011 by LiamPodmore

[jwbassman]

[b]First Bass Owned:[/b] Yamaha RBX800A
[b]'Go To' Bass:[/b] Really depends on the gig - either Overwater Evolution 5 or Fender Jazz 75RI
[b]'Your' Bass:[/b] Overwater Progress 5 Fretless

[purpleblob]

First Bass Owned: Kay Rickenbacker copy
'Go To' Bass: Sei 5 string Jazz (tuned E-C)
'Your' Bass: Difficult one, my Wal Custom is probably "me" but it's only 4 string and I'm pretty much settled on the E-C 5 strings now. So from a tonal/sound perspective I'll say the Wal Custom as it's probably closest to what I want to sound like, however writing this down makes me feel I need to order a 5 string Wal fretted now to have the perfect "me" bass