keefbaker Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 You may have one, you may not. This is the bass that if you were on the streets you'd be hugging for warmth at night, the bass that almost feels as much a part of you as your hands. I have one... Back in 1994 I walked into Dawsons in Warrington for yet another replacement bass. There was a custom luthier made stingray copy with a bartolini humbucker in the sweet spot. I played it and it sounded and felt incredible. Needless to say I bought it. Since then I've not bought another regular 4 string fretted (although I do have a P on long term loan) I've been through a number of 5 strings and fretless basses but never felt the need to replace that 4 string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I have two. Shuker custom 5 and Wal Pro 2E. If you held a gun to my head and told me to choose one or die, it'd be the Wal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) I love all my basses... Apart from an MIJ Fender Jazz I have had them all built for me so I feel pretty invested in all of them... I also have another build on the way due next year. I wouldn't want to part with any of them but I'd never say never... life changes, priorities change, I may find myself in a position at some point in the future where I'm no longer remotely interest in basses or music. In which case I'd sell them all ... although out of my current stable the Wal is the least likely to be going anywhere. Edited April 28, 2016 by CamdenRob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisK1975 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 My '78 precision - changed the pickup for a quarter pounder and it has a BAII bridge. Still have the original parts as well. Will never be sold. [attachment=218064:78p.PNG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 My pair of Zon Legacy Elite four strings were the basses I'd never sell. I sold them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Don't think that I would sell any of my basses. Most certainly though I would never sell my old Precision. I could easily find a replacement Vigier or Sadowsky Metro if I sold them (affording one again might be a problem) but my Fender is fairly unique, in that it barely works and is slowly falling apart. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 One bass? My Gibson RD Artist. My wife bought me it and it's an amazing, quirky bass which I love both owning and playing. There are others which would be a real gut punch to have to get rid of because of the work gone into making them what they are - Gibson Victory Artist and Ripper - both restored from states of dilapidation and my Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard tricked out with EMG goodness. But ultimately if I had to only keep one, it's the RD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Mine has already been mentioned - a 78 (ish) white/maple Precision. Also mentioned is the one that I most regret selling - a Wal ProIIE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 My Lakland 55-60 Custom. No other bass I have tried feels as comfortable or sounds as naturally awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) My Ozark acoustic bass that I've had since I was 16, so 22 years. Followed very closely by my Lull PJ4, very much hoping I never sell that one. Can't see why I would really. Edited April 28, 2016 by Chiliwailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Unless I really need to sell it, my 1st US 2015 Fender Precision (I now have two), as I did my first Rebellion Festival with that bass, and recorded our 2nd album on it, two things which mean a great deal to me. Plus it plays great, looks great, sounds great, and isn`t too heavy, all of which help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmonkey Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 My 1976 Gibson Les Paul Triumph in white. I searched for years until I found it. I play it more than any of my other basses and will never sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Until very recently, it was my Fender Roadworn Jazz. It's an absolutely stunning bass in every way I just never felt so comfortable playing a bass, and one that just sounds so good too However, in a recent attack of GAS, I also bought a Fender Roadworn P bass The P had had some slight thinning work done on the neck (before I bought it) - superb finish to that work too. I just had it converted to PJ, with a Jazz pickup added by brilliant cardiff luthier Dave Dearnaley I have to say it was brilliant before, but now it is immense. I love the sound options the PJ arrangement gives me, but it's also quite a bit lighter weight than my Jazz (I don't have any scales, before anyone asks - but the RW P seems the lightest solid body long scale bass I've ever picked up) I would hate to part with either my RW Jazz or my RW P - but if I absolutely had to, I now admit I'd keep the P But parting with the Jazz would hurt (slightly) less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_Bass Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Dificult, i have 3 basses i won't sell ever: Maison P copy - my first bass, bought it after working a summer for it. Maison Bass Cllection copy - my first 5 string, was bought for me by my late grandfather (would be the first out of a burning building). Yamaha TRB5PII - the bass with "my" sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 My 72 J (see my picture). Had it 34 years and it was the only thing that stood between me and not eating for some while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I will never sell my Clover Avenger. It just sounds so much better than my Warwick Streamer. I would sell that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 An ex-Pino stack-knob Jazz from 1961: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EX-PINO-PALLADINO-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-STACK-KNOB-1961-VINTAGE-FENDER-BASS-WHO-/391434650065?hash=item5b2352c1d1:g:D2IAAOSw7KJXEO9d I'll never sell this bass, mainly because I'll never buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Mentioned this before, but my custom Shuker; a gift from all my friends for my 50th, and a custom spec I got exactly right. When I go to The Great Soundcheck In The Sky, my boy's getting it. What he does with it after that is entirely his call, but I'll be passing it on to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1461841890' post='3038055'] An ex-Pino stack-knob Jazz from 1961: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EX-PINO-PALLADINO-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-STACK-KNOB-1961-VINTAGE-FENDER-BASS-WHO-/391434650065?hash=item5b2352c1d1:g:D2IAAOSw7KJXEO9d"]http://www.ebay.co.u...2IAAOSw7KJXEO9d[/url] I'll never sell this bass, mainly because I'll never buy it. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Sold it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 [quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1461840653' post='3038037'] Dificult, i have 3 basses i won't sell ever: Maison P copy - my first bass, bought it after working a summer for it. Maison Bass Cllection copy - my first 5 string, was bought for me by my late grandfather (would be the first out of a burning building). Yamaha TRB5PII - the bass with "my" sound. [/quote] I've never met anyone else with a Maison 'Bass Collection' copy. I had two, a fretted and a fretless. I gigged the fretted for several years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 [quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1461844804' post='3038101'] Sold it [/quote] me too. Twice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefbaker Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1461841890' post='3038055'] An ex-Pino stack-knob Jazz from 1961: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EX-PINO-PALLADINO-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-STACK-KNOB-1961-VINTAGE-FENDER-BASS-WHO-/391434650065?hash=item5b2352c1d1:g:D2IAAOSw7KJXEO9d I'll never sell this bass, mainly because I'll never buy it. [/quote] Why not? It's such a bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) [quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1461845167' post='3038107'] me too. Twice! [/quote] Mine was a Guild B302. Alan, who used to run Telford Musical Instruments tried to placate my Mom, who had just signed as guarantor on the HP agreement, by saying, "This is a professional instrument. He won't need anything else". He was probably right, but since when does 'need' come into it when you're struck by a GAS attack. I miss that bass Edited April 28, 2016 by MoJo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I can't categorically say "never" but the last to go would be my Veillette Citron. Everybody who's ever tried it has been impressed by it, great weight, balance and tone and most people have never heard of them. [URL=http://s1167.photobucket.com/user/FairfaxAikman/media/Veillette%20Citron%20Basses/d587bdc5-d975-47ad-860e-427f70d739a0_zpsionfvvlg.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q639/FairfaxAikman/Veillette%20Citron%20Basses/d587bdc5-d975-47ad-860e-427f70d739a0_zpsionfvvlg.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I foolishly sold the fretless I had, really regret this even though I don't play fretless.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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