The Great Bass Census

[Pete Academy]

First Bass Owned: Vox something or other.
'Go To' Bass: Fender Jazz
'Your' Bass: Roscoe SKB5

[Raslee]

First Bass Owned: Ibanez Tr series
'Go To' Bass: Lakland JO5 (with Lindy Fralin pick ups)
'Your' Bass: Custom Fender jazz (with Lindy Fralin pick ups)

[BT!]

First bass: Westfield P bass copy
'Go To' Bass: Fender jazz
'Your' Bass: Fender jazz

Honorable mention to my Fender P bass which is a close 2nd to the jazz

[EBS_freak]

First Bass Owned: Jim Cairnes 4
'Go To' Bass: GB Rumour
'Your' Bass: GB Spitfire

Edited February 15, 2011 by EBS_freak

[hillbilly deluxe]

'First bass': Hagstrom 1977
'Go To' Bass: Bass Doc Jazz 5 1999
'Your' Bass: Bass Doc Jazz 5 1999

[leonshelley01]

First bass: Satellite P Bass Copy

Go to bass: Fender Jazz

Your bass: Fender Jazz

[Hot Tub]

First Bass Owned: Anonymous P copy in sunburst. It was actually lovely.
'Go To' Bass: Cort Artisan B5
'Your' Bass: As above. I don't have enough disposable income to have a choice!

[Conan]

1st bass Fender Musicmaster

Go to bass Status series II
My bass Status series II

[northstreet]

First Bass Owned: Sumbro Jazz copy
'Go To' Bass: Geddy Lee Jazz
'Your' Bass: Geddy Lee Jazz

There seems to be theme here!

[charic]

First Bass Owned: Blue Quilted Maple Peavey Millenium BXP
'Go To' Bass: Greenburst Quilted Maple ACG Finn
'Your' Bass: Greenburst Quilted Maple ACG Finn

[razze06]

First Bass Owned: grey P/J bass, possibly a bass collection copy, can't remember the details (Manson or smth?) from 1990
'Go To' Bass: Peavey T40 (or fender aerodyne precision, depends on gig)
'Your' Bass: Peavey T40

[HMX]

First bass owned: Hartke bass (out of some starter pack)
'Go To' Bass: Fender 70s RI Jazz
'Your' Bass: I'm a student. So that ^

[thebrig]

[size=2][size=3][b]First Bass Owned:[/b] Early 60's Burns Sonic (4-string)

[b]'Go To' Bass:[/b] Ibanez SR500 (4-string)

[b]'Your' Bass:[/b] Warwick Corvette Passive Bubinga (4-string)[/size][/size]

Edited February 15, 2011 by thebrig

[Gust0o]

First Bass - Encore P-copy
Go To Bass - Charvel 575
Your Bass - Lakland DJ Jazz

[mcnach]

[b]
First Bass Owned: Lyon by Washburn P-bass type
'Go To' Bass: G&L L2500 Tribute
'Your' Bass: MM Stingray (4-string, JE preamp, Hipshot d-tuner)
[/b]


edit: changed the "go to" from MM SUB5 to G&L L2500... I prefer teh sound of the SUB5 (because it's... a Stingray), but looking at what was asked, it should be the L2500... covering all bases.

Edited February 15, 2011 by mcnach

[Linus27]

First Bass Owned: Avon Epiphone Copy (Can't remember the model)
'Go To' Bass: Fender MIA 2008 Precision
'Your' Bass: Musicman Stingray Fretless

[cocco]

First bass : vintage stingray copy
Go to : at the moment my shuker
My bass : aria SB

[Earbrass]

[b]First Bass Owned:[/b] Kimbara Jazz Bass copy (1977)

[b]'Go To' Bass:[/b] Peavey Milestone III

[b]'Your' Bass:[/b] Peavey Milestone III

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

First Bass Owned: Yamato 'japcrap' jazz copy
'Go To' Bass: Epiphone Thunderbird pro-V
'Your' Bass: Fender CIJ Mustang

[spike]

First Bass Owned: Columbus Jazz copy

'Go To' Bass: Fender Jazz with J-retro

'Your' Bass: Fender Jazz with J-retro

[Ghost_Bass]

First Bass Owned: Maison P-copy
"Go To" Bass: Yamaha TRB-5PII
"My" Bass: Yamaha TRB-5PII

I'm GASing about a Sandberg California PM-5 in blackburst with maple FB and i believe this could become the "go to" bass in my arsenal due to it's tonal possibilities and active/passive option... the Yammy will always have "my sound".

[Randy_Marsh]

First Bass: Stagg BC300
"Go To" Bass: Warwick Corvette
"My" Bass: Warwick Corvette

[BigRedX]

[b]First Bass Owned:[/b] Burns Sonic Bass
[b]'Go To' Bass:[/b] Gus G3 5
[b]'My' Bass:[/b] Gus G3 5

BTW I don't understand how the 'Go To' Bass and the 'Your' bass can be different. Surely they have to be the same?

[allihts]

First Bass Owned: Squier P-Bass
'Go To' Bass: Squier P-Bass (w/Seymour Duncan Basslines Pickup)
'My' Bass: Squier P-Bass (w/Seymour Duncan Basslines Pickup)

I'd like to say my 'Go To' Bass was my Cort but the chances are it wouldn't be working. When it works it's great but it's just too unreliable.

[Cat Burrito]

First Bass Owned: Fender Precision MIJ 57 RI
'Go To' Bass: Fender Precision bitsa 70s bass
'Your' Bass: Any Precision strung with heavy flats and ideally with foam under the bridge