Basses owned ( is one you want amongst these? )

[bigjohn]

Considering I've been playing for 25 years or so, I've not done too bad in keeping numbers down.

Marlin Jazz copy.
My first bass. It was crap and had a neck on it fatter and wider than a P bass, which was okay, I did like it. I got well ripped off for it though. Spent over £100 for it 2nd hand in 1989. I could have probably bought a 2nd hand Jap Squier for that. I gave it to my mate, who passed it onto an other of our mates, it's probably still going.

Epiphone "Power Bass".
Body is like a Strat, with Jazz controls and pickups. Horn headstock. Bolt on neck. I still have it. Neck is somewhat broken. Was water damaged when I bought it, though I never knew at the time, that was the reason the neck relief was the way it was. Me and my mate broke it trying to fix it a few years back.

Then there's the three in my sig and I have owned another MIM P bass, which was nice, gunmetal / green / blue colour. Can't remember what it was actually called. I sold it on here some years back.

MIM FSR P/J Special Deluxe.
Matte black and passive. Really nice bass but with a really slim Jazz neck (Precision bass body), which is why I don't really play it as much as I could. Maybe one day I'll sell it.

MIJ Non-Export 65 Jazz reissue.
Much better neck for me, wider and deeper than standard Jazz.

US Standard Precision
Go to bass.


So I've only owned six basses. All four string and even with Gibson/Epiphone in there, all Fender variants / copies.

Edited April 7, 2015 by bigjohn

[Roger2611]

Ok, here goes!

No name Precisions x3
Westone Thunder 3 fretless
Bass collection SB301
Bass Collection SB602 Fretless
Bass Collection SB801
Warwick Fortress
Status Energy
Tune Woodbass
Jap Fender Jazz Fretless
Bass Collection SB410
Westone Thunder 1A x3
Shaftsbury Ric
Tanglewood Precision
78 Sunburst Fender Precision
Hohner Jack x2
Olympic White 79 Fender Precision x2 (still have one)
Westone Thunder 3 fretless (still have)
Westone Thunder 3 fretted
Bass collection SB 320
Ibanez SDGR
Tokai Jazz (still have)
Musicman Stingray x3
Warwick Corvette $$ (still have)
No name Precision fretless (still have)
50's Classic Precision x3 1 Red, 1 Blonde and my baby the black one (still have and is my avatar now)
50's Classic road worn Precision (Still have)
Eastwood Classic 4 (still have)
Sterling Ray 34 (still have)
Squier Mike Dirnt Precision (still have)
86 Jap Fender Precision special bass (still have)
84 Jap Fender Precision lyte (still have)
Godlike Disciple 5 stringer (still have)
Takamine acoustic (still have)
Squier bass VI (still have)
Rockinbetter ric copy x2
Status S3000
Hohner stick bass
CSL Jazz
Maya Jazz
Maya Precision
Eko Violin Bass

There is probably a good ten or twelve that I have forgotten ....ok you are right I have a problem!!

Edited April 27, 2015 by Roger2611

[neilp]

OK, here goes:

Satellte short scale thing, bought with my paper round pay when I was 15 (thanks to Coates in Redhill who let me pay weekly!)
Satellite Jazz Bass copy also from Coates on the same deal! I had that defretted, actually it was quite nice!
Ibanez 4-string thing with a horrible blue finish - can't remember anything else about it!
Mexican Fender Jazz- HEAVY!
Aria SB1000, late model, a bit ratty
WAL Custom fretless,Walnut, absolutely gorgeous, still have this
Aria SB1000, early one, mint and lovely, still have this
Cort B4FL fretless for when I don't dare use the WAL. Great value, really nice growly sound, still have this too

All 4 string, no need for any more in my book!

Neil

[Graham]

Realised I never posted in this thread:

Squier Affinity Precision - still got
Ibanez K5 (x2)
Fender Mexican standard Jazz
Mayones be4
G&L L2000 Tribute
Lakland Skyline Duck Dunn
G&L SB2 USA - still got
G&L L2500 Tribute - still got

Edited August 16, 2015 by Graham

[MonTheNicol]

Thats a lot of Bass Guitar's. Wish I had the money to buy them all. So if anyone wants to give me money...

I have owned 3 Bass's in my 7 years of on/off playing.

Squier Jazz - pretty awesome for the cost, needs a new pickup and serious work done to the neck as its all James Jamerson style.
Epiphone Thunderbird - I loved the tone, hated the weighted headstock, made me crazy so I sold it, never looked back.

So the only bass I use nowadays is my Fender P... which I adore

Would love to have these though:

-Warwick Corvette Active
-Fender Jazz
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[TrevorR]

Aria Pro II SB700 - my first ever bass, I still own it.
Squier Jazz bass - Frankenjazzed, de fretted and then sold on to my bass teacher to help fund a Brook acoustic guitar.
Tony Revell custom built acoustic bass - back in 1991 they just weren't as available as now and this is a real beaut
Wal Mk 1 custom bass - bought second hand in 1992 and since then my No 1 bass
Wal Pro IIE - bought second hand in 2000 and my No 2 bass love.
Signature Frankenjazz - bought from Buildabass off eBay as a DIY project. Added Hipshot tuners, Audere preamp, Graphtec saddles, Dunlop Strap Loks... A fantastic super jazz. I leant it to a producer friend and now he flatly refuses to give it back he loves it so much.
Faith Neptune Titan acoustic bass - bought because my Revell it fully acoustic and too precious to take to acoustic gigs.

A grand total of just 7 basses, 6 of which I still own. Either I'm a total lightweight or I found my true bass love early on...

Edited August 16, 2015 by TrevorR

[The Veg]

Current:
Aria Pro II Cat Bass
Kawai FIIB
Fender Performer

Former:
Warwick Streamer Stage II
Rickenbacker 4003
Charvel Eliminator
Ovation Magnum II
Univox Mosrite-copy
Nameless Japanese violin-style hollowbody
Hagstrom hollowbody
Houben extra-long-scale acoustic bass guitar prototype

And I feel like I'm forgetting one or two as well.

Edited August 20, 2015 by The Veg

[Adebass]

Squire P Bass - my first bass

Yamaha RBX 260 - spare bass used at gigs, lovely neck on it, really like it

Ibanez SR500 - wanted a brand new bass, plays nice and looks lovely, didn't use it much to keep it mint

Yamaha RBX 170 - bought it because I liked the 260 so much, played well but no need for it, sold

Warwick Streamer Pro M - wanted a Warwick for a while, and I adore this bass. Firm favourite amongst my collection.

[bassment73]

This will test the grey matter...

Basses owned in order from 1990 - 2015!!!

Marlin Slammer (P Bass copy)
Squier Jazz Bass
Peavey Foundation
Antoria Violin Bass (Hofner copy)
Ibanez BTB400QM
Ibanez BTB405QM (5 string)
Cort GB75 (5 string)
Cort Artisan A5 (5 string)
Fender Standard Jazz Bass
Musicman Stingray 2-band EQ
Spector Rebop 4 DLX Zebrano
Spector Euro LX4 (Poplar Burl)
OLP Stingray HH
Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass
Fender Standard P Bass
Fender 1993 USA Jazz Bass ('Boner' model)
G&L 2000 Tribute
Fender American Standard P Bass 1997 Inca Silver
Fender American Standard P Bass 2010 Sunburst, maple fretboard
Fender Mike Dirnt Sig P Bass
Squier JV (late 80s) Jazz Bass
Fender 70's classic series Jazz Bass
Fender American Standard Jazz Bass Black 2007...

...NOW THE FUN PART!

Warwick Corvette Standard 4 Bubinga Fretless 2008 - German, passive
Warwick Streamer LX4 High Polish black 2003
Warwick Corvette Standard 4 Ash 2006 - German, fully active
Warwick Pro Series LX4 2011 High Polish natural cherry

...can you tell I like Warwicks?

[Low End Bee]

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1259066094' post='663643']
I've owned

1978-1984

Avon SG/EB0 bass - yuk
Shaftesbury Rickenfaker semi - dull thud
Ned Callan thingy - Very 70s
Shergold Marathon -
1968 Fender Precision - bought for £250 in 1979

1984-2003

retired

2003 on

70s Ibanez Silver Series P/J - Nice but very, very heavy
MIM Jazz bass - Nice but bland
Jazz necked Precision mongrel - assembled myself from bits*
Starfire 80s bass - Really horrible. May be destroyed in a video or something*
Ibanez AGB200 - On a whim. Fun but not my style
Shergold Marathon basket case - Just about saveable. Going to be a long term project*
2007 S-1 Precision with a wizard thumper and no S-1 now - I'd say better than my old 68. Love it.*

* = still owned
[/quote]

Interesting to read back after 6 years. I forgot all about that Ibanez.

The Starfire got a bit of TLC and donated to No.1 son. Now gathering dust.
The Shergold is still a basket case. Hidden away in an old case.
The Mongrel is still with me. I think I did a good job, Nice bass.
The ex S-1 is still my number 1. Best bass I've ever had. One day I will ebven learn to love its 3T sunburst. Now looking a bit 'roadworn' here and there. It's never let me down.

Additions

Eastwood Stormbird. Blagged an endorsement from Eastwood for the Jetsonics guitarist and me. It's fun, looks cool and is very giggable.

Harley Benton £31 JB75 Deko Jazz. Currently being resprayed (freebie) as I'm not fond of the Ikea chopping board look. Stupidly good for the money.

I still miss the original Marathon I had. I've remembered a natural finish 60s Epiphone Rivoli I briefly owned about 1980 to balance the forgotten Ibanez. Looked lovely. Just went plonk.

I've a lot to learn about GAS.

[CamdenRob]

I don't appear to have done this thread...

My basses fall into two catagories; The first lot when I was aged 13 to 20odd and the second lot in my 30s after taking up the bass again and joining BC.

As a youngster:

Squier P - awful bass... playing in death metal bands at the time and I was so embarrassed I sanded the logo of the headstock.
Westfiled - Tanglewood looking thing. Was OK - infinitelty better than the squier P
Status Energy 4 - played well but sounded a bit weak with j pups.
Status Stealth II 5 - my main bass for several years of playing in metal bands until it got stolen...

Then I gave up for ten years, came back to it and went through this lot in the last couple of years.

Spector Legend 6 - great bass for the money, sounded a little plain but very good over all.
Cort Curbow fretless 4 - dreadful... impossible to innotate properly, banana neck... slightly better than my first ever bass.
G&L Tribute 4 - still miss this... great range of tones and very playable.
Fender Jazz 50th anniversary - good solid passive fender... looked very fetching inh CAR with a matching headstock
Tune 5 string fretless - couldn't quite put my finger on why i didn't like this, glad it's gone though.
Fender 84 Jazz - old jazz... sounded a little tame for my tastes.
Warwick Corvette 5 - zing and boom... strings to close together for me to play though.
Fender 85 Jap P - a lovely bass... vintage frets and introduced me to the whole P bass with flats thing.
Warwick Thumb NT 6 - wonderful sound but very odd balance, hung in a really weird place on the strap
Wal MK3 Six Shedua 1995- my first Wal... made me realise that Wal basses are my perfect instrument... Sold everything else to pay for it and never looked back.
Wal MK3 Six Ziricote 2015 - had this one made, well worth the 18 month wait and now my main bass.
Wal Mk1 Fretless Violet Stained Sycamore 2014 - I intended to sell my original Wal sixer to pay for the one I had built, but when it arrived but I ended up trading the original one for this. I needed a fretless for some of my projects and IMO there is no better tone.

So thats me... Since coming back I went through 9 basses in a year untuil I bought a Wal and I've played nothing but Wal basses in the year since.

I GAS for other basses all the time but not in the sence that I want to play them, I would just like to have them!

I am on the lookout for a four string fretted MK3 though for slappy tappy nonsence; either that or a Pro2e. I'm not having much luck though so may have to get one built!

Edited October 2, 2015 by CamdenRob

[funkyjimbob]

I think this is my full list. Not a lot but I'm happy with what I play generally. I currently own the ones underlined.

Peavey Millennium Bass - 5 string
Ibanez BTB - 5 string
Warwick Corvette Standard Active swamp-ash - 4 string
Fender Squier Series Jazz Bass- 4 string
Warwick Thumb Bass BO BN - 5 string
Warwick Streamer Stage 1 - 5 string
Zon Sonus Custom - 6 string
Warwick Thumb Bass LTD 2006 'Dirty Blonde' - 4 string
Warwick Infinity TN - 4 string
[u]Warwick Infinity Custom Shop Buckeye Burl - 5 string[/u]
[u]Warwick Streamer Stage 1 Custom Shop Buckeye Burl - 5 string[/u]

[Grahambythesea]

Fenton Weill Contra bass (weird angles on this but played ok) [Can someone tell me how to photos on here I'd love to show this strange beast?]
No name cheapie short scale copy of a mustang bass
Fender Musicmaster
72 Fender Precision (3 colour sunburst)
Ibanez Roadster Fretless (maple neck)
96 Fender USA 5 string jazz (crimson burst)
Fender USA Precision fretless (Olympic white)
66 Gibson EB2D (sunburst)
Washburn EAB5 electro-acoustic 5 string fretless
Spector Spectorcore 5 string fretless

Just got the 5 string Jazz and the Spectorcore these days and a load of acoustic guitars, octave mandola and even a tenor banjo!

[Grahambythesea]

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Edited November 21, 2015 by Grahambythesea

[BassMentor]

My Babies.
The first Bass I ever owned was an Aria, Precision Copy.
I sold it to buy the Fender 1976
The others are Yamaha BB5000A and a Maton JB4 Fretless.

[Kiwi]

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1182798627' post='23189']
Here's my list of suspects, I still have the instruments in italics.

Sierra Precision - goddawful with a ply body
Westone Spectrum 2 - goddawful with a ply body, but had 2 pickups
Jaydee Supernatural Mark King - lovely but lacked a little warmth - very 80's sound.
Warwick Rock Bass - stunning value, can give a stingray a run for its money
Status Groove 5 - lovely bass, just couldn't get on with the offset body
Jaydee Custom Jazz - less said about this, the better
[u][i]Smith BSR5GN[/i][/u] - lovely bass, warm, growly but still has snap
[u][i]Pedulla Pentabuzz[/i][/u] - very special, completely fills the room and sustains for days
Smith BSR6GN - very nice but not as warm as the BSR5GN, I don't have the skill to fully exploit it
Modulus Sonic Hammer Deluxe - soo-poib bass, not for my style of music however
[u][i]Musicman Stingray[/i][/u] - brought back from the dead, after some major part transplants its everything I'd want a stingray to be
Alembic Elan 6 - needed a chiropractors warning, dark sounding
Pedulla MVP5 - lovely workmanship, just lacked warmth, couldn't fit Alembic pups and pre to match Pentabuzz so had to go
Musicman Cutlass 1 (#1) - nice bass, neck like a banana, sold it to a collector
Modulus Quantum 5 - nice bass, best suited a warm amp
Modulus Quantum 5 fretless - also nice bass, warmer than the fretted, had to get the neck sorted though
[u][i]Alembic Series 1[/i][/u] - very special, has the best fret job I've ever played
[u][i]Musicman Cutlass 1[/i][/u] (#2) - also very special, like a stingray on steroids
[u][i]Smith BSR5GN fretless[/i][/u] - lovely bass, can't get the action as low as the Pentabuzz though
[u][i]Celinder Update J 4[/i][/u] - lovely bass, probably the only jazz I'll ever need to own
[u][i]Celinder Update P 4[/i][/u] - lovely bass, probably the only precision I'll ever need to own

To come: Shuker Custom MIDI Headless 6
[/quote]

It's been 10 years since the post above so probably worth an update with the following:

I still have the Alembic, Pentabuzz and Musicman Stingray above plus the following (non italics means they briefly passed through my hands):

[i]Shuker Headless MIDI 6 (clear tint burl redwood)[/i]
[i]Spector NS5CR [/i](clear tint, now heavily customised)
Spector NS5CR (tobacco sunburst)
Steinberger XL25A (black)
1975 Fender Jazz (clear)
[i]Pangborn Warlord (graphite neck, black but refin to black cherry)[/i]
[i]Status Series 1 (FPP red)[/i]
[i]Self build semi hollow headless (blueburst)[/i]

[Skybone]

Kay P copy
Westone Raider
Aria Pro ii SB Special II
Dreadful Encore Strat
Westone Thunder 1A
Washburn Mercury
Tobias Toby 4
EBMM Stingray 2EQ
Aria Pro ii SB 1000
EBMM Stingray 2EQ
Fender Jazz MIM
Rickenbacker 4003
Fender Modern Player Jazz MIC
Rockinbetter (still have)
Chinabacker (awful)
G&L L2000 Tribute
Rockinbetter (still have)

[prowla]

[b]Columbus Jazz Bass[/b] copy - it got me into bass playing, so can't be bad. Bought from a Lasky's high-street electrical retailer, if I recall.

[b]Rickenbacker 4001[/b] '64 (earlier s/n than McCartney's and Squire's, according to the Ricky book) - bought from a friend of a friend in my teens in the mid '70s for £220; it had a neck problem and a blown pickup, so I got it fixed and sprayed white. Still got it, still have an intake of breath when I look at it.

[b]Aria Pro II SB700[/b] - the passive version of the SB1000. It was a decent bass and sounded fretless-like even though it was fretted, but I don't recall when I sold it and I've never missed it.

Custom-made "[b]Hooker[/b]" fretless bass - a friend of a friend made it and sold it to me after he made a second one. I lost it in a house move.

[b]Rickenbacker 4001[/b] '73 - bought from a drug dealer friend who decided he wanted to play keyboards instead, cost me £333.33 in the early 80s (with money my grandfather left me when he passed). I've still got it. At one stage I put a Badass II bridge on it, but it never really worked and was finally replaced by a Hipshot one last year. The treble pickup was replaced by a SD humbucker, because the stock one was unusable live; the thing about Rickys, though, is they sound like Rickys even when they're not plugged in, so the humbucker works.

[b]Hohner The Jack[/b] headless - I was playing in a clubs band in the late '80s and we had a change of clothes each set; one was shiny black outfits with red belts (well, it was the 80s!), so I bought a black bass & red strap to match. I never particularly rated it as a stand-out instrument though and sold it some time in the 90s.

[b]Washburn Status[/b] - I wanted a Status, but they are a bit pricey, so I got this. It was OK, but not a real Status. I sold it in the naughties. I'm surprised to see that they are creeping up in value again.

[b]Status S2 headless[/b] graphite through-neck - the real thing. Still got it. Quality! Would prefer a 5-string (nearly went for one on ebay a few months back, but forced myself not to bid!).

[b]Warwick Corvette 5 string[/b] - I decided to finally try out a 5 string a couple of years ago, so I got this on ebay. It was a Chinese one and I never really liked it; the neck was wrong for me and I think I damaged my left index finger on it. I sold it on ebay to someone who reported back that they liked it.

[b]Status 5 string[/b] headed, wooden neck. This is a really nice bass - more organic than the graphite. A keeper!

[b]RPG double-neck[/b] 6/4 - RPG was a guitar shop in Cannock (Staffs), whose owner imported some custom designed guitars (often focusing on left-handed, but also did right-handed). This one came up on ebay last year, so I placed a spotter bid on it and nobody outbid me. I drove up and collected it from a nice bloke. I had to do a bit of setting up, including shimming the neck angle; it plays OK now, but could maybe do with a bit more (or professional) work on it so get it right, or maybe it's as good as it'll get.

An orange[b] Precision partsblaster[/b] - a "job-lot" on ebay, based on a Squier Affinity Precision/P-Bass, which the previous chap had oversprayed orange, in bits and with some extra parts. I've now replaced the neck with a Mighty Mite fretless one acquired from a workmate who had upgraded (the one he upgraded to must be fantastic, because the MM one is bloody good!) and just put a Hipshot Xtender/D-tuner on the bottom E to trick it up a bit. It's got Shadow (German?) Precision pickup, which is quite good, the Badass II bridge I had on my Ricky, my own wiring assembly, Fender flatwounds and Straplocks (may be Schaller or copies). I may replace the body at some point, at which time I'll probably rebuild the original orange Squier and sell it on to the next projecteer...

A Chinese [b]RSL[/b] bass - bought on ebay from a chap (I guess he's RSL!) in the next town; he had some guitars made and decided to make up the numbers with a short run of basses. Again, I put a spotter bid on one and nobody outbid me (they're currently available). The bass is good and bad... It's quite good quality and the neck is very thin and comfortable, but I had to do a lot of setup work and even took an angle off the end of the fretboard overhang to allow my finger to get in for slap (I'm not great at that, but it was actually impossible til I got my hacksaw & file out). The bad is that the final assembly lets it down (in particular the neckplate screws) and the bridge is four individual single-string bridges whose saddles are tiny black squares which fall out when you take the string off (I can just imagine breaking a string and losing one!), so I'll probably replace it with a more robust conventional one (from my box of bits).

A [b]Hohner Rockwood Precision[/b] - another ebay spotter bid which won (I think I maybe need to stop doing that!)... It was an OK bass, bright red, but I got it and decided I didn't really want it. I considered using it for a possible gig with a Pink Floyd tribute band as a kind of nod to how to play crap bass (I'm not a Roger Waters fan), but I decided I was probably better off just not going for it. I sold it last week on ebay (for a profit of £1!).

[b]Fakenbacker[/b] - I've just arranged to buy a Ricky copy project off someone who had put it on ebay, but ebay pulled the auction for fake/replica/copyright infringement. I got in touch with the seller and have arranged to collect it next weekend. I'd like to build it up with quality parts (I've got a spare Hipshot bridge and a genuine Ricky toaster pickup) with a view to eventually getting a real Ricky body and shifting everything onto it. I was hoping to put a Hipshot Xtender on it too, but it looks like they don't do a Ricky one :-( . It came with a non-genuine "Rickenbacker" truss rod cover, but I may replace it with "Frickenbacker" in the appropriate lettering.

So, that's me: some keepers, some hackabouts and some I can take or leave.

(Smiles happily and saunters off to open a can of beer...)

Going ahead, I'd like another 5-string (I'd be up for replacing the Status headless 4-string like-for-like) and will probably noodle around with partsblasters

[jezzaboy]

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1372884111' post='2131241']
Here we go.....

Current: Fender P bass Frankenstein, Yam RBX 374, Pawn Shop Mustang.

And previous in no particular order...

EBMM Stingray
Sterling by MM Ray 34 CA

Classic 70`s Jazz
2 x Classic 60`s Jazz, one white, one sunburst
2 x Mex Jazz
Highway One Jazz
Highway One P
Squier VM P
Squier P bass Special
Squier Classic Vibe P
Squier VM Jazz
Squier Mike Dirnt
Fender Mike Dirnt
2 X US P basses
2 x Fender Jap 57 reissue P

2 x Epi Tbirds pro
2 x Epi Tbird
Epi EBO
Epi EB 3

Ibanez
SRX700
SR700
2 X SR500
GSR 205
2X SR300
Artcore short scale thing
2 x SRX somethings

3 x GL L2000 Tributes
2 x Yamaha BB414
Rockbass Corvette
Status T bass
Status Energy

This list of previous basses is shocking and has cost me a bloomin fortune. And I have let go some really good basses for the stupidest of reasons.
[/quote]

Update time.

Gone to new home

Yamaha trbx 304
Ibanez ATK300
Squier VM 77 black n maple

Still here

Pawn shop Mustang
Ibanez SR750
Nate Mendel P bass
Yamaha BB1100s much modified
Sterling by MM Sub 4 much modified
Harley Benton PB50

[dmccombe7]

In chronological order as far as i can remember.
Ones in red i still have.

Columbas Jazz
Shergold 4 & 8 twin neck
Aria SB1000
Fender P fretless
WAL custom fretless
Aria SB900
Rickenbacker 4003
Fender Jazz
Ibanez Musician
[color=#ff0000]Yamaha BX1[/color]
[color=#ff0000]Warwick Thumb NT 89[/color]
[color=#ff0000]Fender Jazz Geddy Lee[/color]
ESP 6 string fretted
[color=#ff0000]Overwater Progress Custom 6 fretless[/color]
[color=#ff0000]Overwater Contemporary J4[/color]
[color=#ff0000]Epi Thunderbird[/color]
[color=#ff0000]Peavey BXP Millenium[/color]
[color=#ff0000]Jaydee Roadie fretless[/color]
[color=#ff0000]Dingwall NG2 [/color]
[color=#ff0000]Fender Deluxe Precision P/J [/color]

Dave

Edited November 1, 2017 by dmccombe7

[Jono Bolton]

[quote name='Jono Bolton' timestamp='1365256793' post='2037288']
In order:

1. Peavey Foundation - red, with a maple neck. £50 off a guy a few years above me in school, it was a 14th birthday present from my parents. Not a bad bass as I remember, an identical one came up on ebay recently and sold for not too much, if I'd had the cash at the time I would've had a punt on it.

2. Washburn XB100 - my first new bass, it was metallic blue with a rosewood fingerboard. I recall it was pretty cheap, about £100 and not really an upgrade on the Peavey, but by the time I got the Washburn the Peavey had seen better days.

3. Fender Jazz, made in Mexico, 2003, Sage Metallic Green. I traded in the Washburn against the Jazz, which was bought for me by my parents for my 18th. I still have it, but never play it. I used it a lot through uni, but it doesn't suit my sound or style of play these days. I [i]hate[/i] the colour too, I bought it on my 18th birthday and it was the only one guitarguitar but I'd been out the night before, and because I'd made my way up to Glasgow in my pitiful state, I didn't want to leave empty handed. In hindsight I should've taken the staff up on their offer of ordering me in a black one and coming back a couple of days later. Frustratingly, I walked round from guitarguitar to the old Sound Control with my new purchase, and was presented with a wall of Mexican Fenders in every colour

4. Fender Precision Bass, made in Mexico, 2000, Black. This one was picked up on ebay for £200, with a flightcase in about 2007/8. It was in pretty good nick apart from being filthy, I gave it a clean up, new strings, a new black scratchplate, Badass bridge and Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders. I didn't have it for long though, I ended up selling it a year after I finished uni to pay off a council tax bill.

5. Fender Precision Bass, made in USA, not sure of the year, maybe 2006? Sunburst/rosewood. This is the one I wish I still had, bought from Clarky on here, who bought it from Old Horse Murphy. The nicest bass I have ever owned, to the extent that I barely played it for fear of damaging it. I gigged it once and it sounded amazing, but once I left the band I felt guilty for having such a nice piece of kit going unused. I sold it back to Nick (OHM) after having it for about 6 months.

6. Parts Jazz. In selling the US P Bass, I planned to replace it with a Mexican 50s Classic Precision. I bought one online for a bargain price, about £400 I recall, and even though the website showed they had them in stock I received an email a few days later saying that it would actually 8 weeks until they had them again. They offered to hold one for me, but my impatience got the better of me and I cancelled the transaction and built my own bass. Once again, with the benefit of hindisght, the length of time it took to source all the parts was about 8 weeks, and cost a fair bit more than the 50s Classic The Jazz comprised of a natural Marcus Miller Jazz body bought on here from Mr Fudge, an Allparts neck and Hipshot reverse gear tuners. I hated the Allparts neck, and swiftly replaced it with a maple Might Mite neck that was much nicer to play. The reverse gear Hipshots were replaced as well with the 70s style equivalents.

This remained my main bass for a couple of years, but I got the hankering for another P Bass. I put it up for sale on here with little interest, but eventually managed to trade it with another member for his Precision, which upon arrival, turned out to be my Precision (see number 4) It came back a little different to when it left me, the scratchplate and Gotoh 201 I sold it with were still there, but there were covers added, and a Wizard Thumper, a few more scratches and dings and cracked finish and holes in the headstock from a Hipshot 3 string retainer, and the flightcase was gone as well. I've spent a lot of time modding it, and it currently has a threaded saddle bridge, a 4-ply tort scratchplate (proper celluloid), a tug bar and a Ki0gon wiring harness. It plays nicely set up with 50-110 Rotosounds, it's definitely "road worn" but it's my go-to bass. I'm toying with the idea of selling both the Jazz and the Precision to fund either a 50s Classic or Road Worn Precision, but the market's pretty slow just now so I reckon I'll hold on to them for now
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It was interesting to read all that back after 4 years, if only because I doubt I’d have remembered it all! I sold the MIM P Bass; I’d put an Allparts Telebass neck on it by the time it left me. I also sold the Jazz as well.

An updated list:

7. Epiphone EB-3. I hated everything about this bass. It didn’t last long.

8. Peavey Foundation. I bought this on eBay for a bit of nostalgia, but it was a bit knackered. I bought an original body and transplanted the neck and pickups across. It sounded great but the neck was too thin for me. Someone on here has it now.

9. Squier Matt Freeman (black). Cost me £200 off eBay 3 years ago and is still my main bass now.

10. Squier Matt Freeman (white). I liked the black one so much I bought another! It has since been moved on but I wish now that I’d kept the white one and sold the black one.

11. Squier CV 60s Precision. I got lucky and picked it up on Gumtree for something like £150. The bridge was siezed so I replaced it and put a white scratchplate on it. It was nice but didn’t do much for me so I traded it for...

12. Squier CV 50s Precision. Once again, it was nice but not my thing. Sold it on here earlier this year.

I don’t think anything’s missing. Having a list written up just makes me realise how much money I’ve pissed away over the years. I’m quite happy with just the one bass now. I’m sure others would disagree that it’s money wasted but I certainly think that the money I’ve spent could’ve been put to better use.

Edited November 3, 2017 by Jono Bolton

[GreyBeard]

1) Used Teisco 1968
2) Hagstrom 1970 (got stollen)
3) CBS Fender P fretless (150 used)
4) Peavey Fury
5) Ibanez Musician
6) Ibanez 5 string (203?)
7) SR5 (white on white still have it
8) SR5 fretless (still have)
9) Tobias 5 string (Gibson)
10) G&L 5502
11) Fender P (1995 still have)
12) Ken Smith
13) Fender Jazz Deluxe
14) Fender P 5 string Deluxe
15) Fender Roscoe Beck 5
16) Lakland 5502
17) SX Jazz 5 string
18) Ibanez ATK 305 (still have)
19) Sire v7 (still have)
20) Goden 5 string

[ThorOdinSon7]

is there a Matt Freeman Squire for sale out there?

[kodiakblair]

Made a list of mine last night. In 36 year I've managed to own 99 basses
When I hit 100 I'll post the list but careful thinking is needed,be a shame if the century bass was a £20 beater

[Bugamoo]

Hello I'm in morning for my Maverick S5 Nemesis,   clear finish or Clear red.

I lost all 8 of my bass guitars when the storage unit all of our belongings where in sprung a roof leak. The staff didn't notice the leak for 9 months. I can replace all guitars except the Maverick and that was the one that my wife brought me as a wedding pressant 20 years ago. It was my favourite Slap bass. I'm devastated.