Marvin Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434056011' post='2796393'] Well you know, I don't want to be banging on and on about it all the time. [/quote] Quite right. Always best to be discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 The bass I could not be without would be the one that I am currently using and I don't mean the Yamaha BB1025, literally whatever bass I am using at the time. I've had well over 100 and used to buy and sell just cos I fancied changing and trying something else. I happened to need a 5 string with the current band so bought a nice cheap Yamaha BB425 but it was so good it became my main instrument to the extent that I bought a BB1025. I won't get to use it until next weekend though which is a pain but it means that I have time to modify my Boss AB-2 to run on mains power so that I can pick up the BB425 in an emergency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 [quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1434029633' post='2796090'] A bit of fun here... I bought my Trace Elliot T bass in 1996, and its still with me now. I have had so much gear come and go over the years, basses, amps, cabs, pedals, you name it, and at some stage I have had it, but this bass is still with me. It's not the best, or most expensive I have ever had, but it is the one that means the most to me, has been all over the country with me, and has got a sound to it that none of my others has, or is capable of reproducing. Sometimes in doesn't see the light of day for months on end, but when it does come out, it's like seeing an old buddy again. It weighs a ton, has got a few clunks on it, it's pretty old school now after 20 years compared to what's out there now.. But with that age comes its own unique voice.... Anyway what's your old faithful, and why.... ( Selling a bass and buying it back again gets you extra points..) [/quote] I was reading a review of those T-basses over on the statii site... nothing remarkable in a review of what is a well regarded bass.... at the end it's got the pull out box showing the other things available at similar prices - typical stingray, a fender jazz and then a Wal 4 string for £1400.... even allowing for inflation Wals are more expensive secondhand now than they were new then!! Anyway I digress.... My Warwick Streamer Stage 1 i got it for a silly low price. And played it lots - didn't like the sound... stuck barts in, .. played it loads - went through a phase where I think I had it up for sale more than I didn't. Was still playing it a lot... I'm particularly grateful for Flanker for telling me I was daft and to keep it when I offered it to him in exchange for a Nash jazz bass. moved to leeds and had the boys and Alpher do an absolutely beasting fret job on it (they know what they are doing) and stuck ACG preamp in.... and it sounds and plays great now. And... I could spend hundreds on a bass, go the full custom route or whatever - but I don't think I could improve on my Streamer. It's well played and sounds great. (might try some different pups sometime) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 My Harley Benton jazz bass, if I didn't have it I couldn't play as it's my only bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTypeV4 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 My Warwick Streamer LX5: It's been everywhere and done loads of shows with me since 2001 and whiilst I don't gig as much as I did back then, it's still my go-to machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 My sadly departed brothers old bass. Its strung left handed, I'm a righty, it's battered to hell. Is a no name (possibly custom) and obviously home upgraded. So its utterly unplayable, but I'll always treasure it. Its only when he got ill that I started playing bas again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Telebass Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 My 2004 MIM Precision. In reality, all that is left of the original is the body, bridge, and the pickguard screws. It wears an American Special Jazz neck and a USA 1994 pickup, mounted on a BWB guard. Plays so easily, sounds amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 My Warwick JD Thumb. Although it's a 4 and so I don't play it these days, it's still a fantastic bass. So glad I traded a Precision (plus a lot of money) for it back in 1987. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowregisterhead Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I keep a detailed list of all the basses I've owned over the last 40 years of playing (jeez, is it really [i]that[/i] long??) and I'm amazed/ashamed to admit it's just hit triple figures... not showing off, as I clearly have a bit of an issue with buying instruments, but despite being a complete bass tart, one that's stuck with me is an early Lakland DJ5 I picked up second hand about 5 years ago. It was comfy, played beautifully, and everything was in the right place, so I fitted a John East J-Retro and Delano pickups, and it's just fabulous. I still continue to buy basses and move them on, but keeping and going back to one bass for this long is exceptional, for me anyway! The one I wish I still had is this - I sold to a guy called Phil Winter in 1985. If anyone knows him or its whereabouts, please do let me know! [URL=http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/lowwregisterhead/media/WhitePEBStingray2_zpsfdx9ybah.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n588/lowwregisterhead/WhitePEBStingray2_zpsfdx9ybah.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 [quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1434184828' post='2797369'] [url="http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/lowwregisterhead/media/WhitePEBStingray2_zpsfdx9ybah.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] I'd want that back, too. Is that a Wal pickup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowregisterhead Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434186325' post='2797380'] I'd want that back, too. Is that a Wal pickup? [/quote] No, it's the original MM pickup, only I had the scratchplate removed and a surrounding ring made out of mirror arylic fitted when it was refinished from its original sunburst. When I found the bass in a run down music shop in Edinburgh in 1981, the original bridge was way out of alignment and it was virtually unplayable. To this day I don't know how it found its way out of the Musicman factory and over here in that condition - the neck, body and pocket were all fine, just the bridge was about 5mm south of where it should have been. The shop owner wanted rid of it, so he let me have it for £250 IIRC. As part of the refinish, I had a Schaller bridge and a brass nut fitted. It was an amazing bass, but I couldn't pay the rent one month, and I had to let it go. I regret it to this day! Edited June 13, 2015 by lowregisterhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) [quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1434189387' post='2797425'] No, it's the original MM pickup, only I had the scratchplate removed and a surrounding ring made out of mirror acrylic fitted when it was refinished from its original sunburst. [/quote] Ahh... it looks fantastic! [quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1434189387' post='2797425'] It was an amazing bass, but I couldn't pay the rent one month, and I had to let it go. I regret it to this day! [/quote] Choices, choices... some are inconsequential, yet others resonate through the years... Just thinking, a Ray with a Wal pickup?? That would be something. Edited June 13, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowregisterhead Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434189630' post='2797431'] Ahh... it looks fantastic! Choices, choices... some are inconsequential, yet others resonate through the years... Just thinking, a Ray with a Wal pickup?? That would be something. [/quote] It could well be, if you could find a Wal pickup. Wal certainly won't sell them separately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) [quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1434189949' post='2797436'] It could well be, if you could find a Wal pickup. Wal certainly won't sell them separately! [/quote] Yes I know... only yesterday I was reading a thread somewhere about the possibility of making a clone... very interesting. I'm sure I've got a link to it somewhere... *rummages around* ...er, I think this is it... [url="http://music-electronics-forum.com/t15437/"]http://music-electro...rum.com/t15437/[/url] Looks like each string has two single-coil pickups contra-wound on separate bobbins to essentially create a humbucker for each string. No wonder Wal basses sound good. Though I think it has a lot to do with the tone circuit, too. Edited June 13, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowregisterhead Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434190344' post='2797446'] Yes I know... only yesterday I was reading a thread somewhere about the possibility of making a clone... very interesting. I'm sure I've got a link to it somewhere... *rummages around* ...er, I think this is it... [url="http://music-electronics-forum.com/t15437/"]http://music-electro...rum.com/t15437/[/url] Looks like each string has two single-coil pickups contra-wound on separate bobbins to essentially create a humbucker for each string. No wonder Wal basses sound good. Though I think it has a lot to do with the tone circuit, too. [/quote] Looks complicated, but that's one way to preserve the electronics from being copied wholesale, I suppose. There was a Wal on eBay a while back that had been butchered and the pickups and circuitry and pickups replaced. If you're going to do that, why buy a Wal?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 My own I would would look silly on stage without it !!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 My own I would would look silly on stage without it !!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 [quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1434184828' post='2797369'] I keep a detailed list of all the basses I've owned over the last 40 years of playing[/quote] I've done similar (well what is an Excel spreadsheet actually for?!) and it numbers 32 basses since 1977. Mine would be my 1973/74 Fender Jazz that I had from the original owner in the very early 80s. Obviously, with it being the early 80s, the first thing I did was remove the original (perfectly fine) p/ups and get EMGs fitted. Good job I didn't just throw the original p/ups away. Oh.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnythenotes Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 I think I remember that bass Mr Riva..... Was it a sunburst with a dark wood fretboard..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 [quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1434233092' post='2797900'] I think I remember that bass Mr Riva..... Was it a sunburst with a dark wood fretboard..? [/quote] It was/is.. block inlays and all the chrome covers... until my mum threw them away a few years ago along with the original thumb rest! Still not a patch on that red Fender you had - one of my all time favourite basses, that, Mr Notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'd hate to be without my old Bass Collection and there's that mega cheap Harley Benton PB-50 with Status nylons. But aye the Bass Collection is the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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