AndyTravis Posted January 18, 2021 Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) @PatrickJ and I were talking about how many basses I’ve got through. We had a laugh, I shared ridiculous purchases (the Samick I bought when bladdered which I then Sold to @lee650 the next day) among others... So - from memory... Kay precision - gifted by a family member, was firewood, basically... Yamaha bb300 Japan - Bought in May 1997 for £99 in Sound Control - I resprayed it, shoved a mudbucker in it, stupid move. Sold to a mate... Washburn xb100 - Bought from A1 Music in Manchester, it was transitioning to Academy Of Sound, I’d actually gone to buy a Hohner B2A I’d seen that week, but it’d sold Jackson c5p - Bought by my uncle for me, ended up owning this 3 times, used as PX fodder towards a USA jazz, bought back and then sold...and then given back to me and then sold... Schecter model t Robert DeLeo - Used money from Saturday job, took ages to pay off, had it a week, returned it and traded with Jackson c5p towards Jazz bass Fender American standard jazz bass - traded two basses for it, found I snapped g strings on it - probably poor technique at the time...this was at Sound control Warwick corvette - Traded the jazz for this, kept it for years, played it up until 2009 when I sold it, this was at Academy of Sound Spector NS-94 - bought from the short lived Manchester bass centre. Had LED’s in the neck, bought on the day I saw the blue Tune bass I’ve got on the way...swapped for an amp at Spectrum Music in Whitefield. Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass - First Purchase when I worked for Dawson’s, kept it for about 5 years, sold to Nick Smith Epiphone Jack Casady - Lovely thing, sold to @Etienne Fender 50’s classic P - Bought for me by a girlfriend, was a nice bass... Fender Japan 62P - Bought from Ishibashi, never got on with it. Lives in Oldham now. Fender 75 Jazz FSR limited - Lovely thing, sold to @LukeFRC Squier 83 Japan p/j - Wish this was still here, miss it hugely. Still belongs to a basschatter, who won’t sell it back 😞 Jackson c20 - bought on a whim, returned shortly thereafter, just not as nice as the c5p Hohner B2A - got one eventually, took to Edinburgh and sold to a basschatter while I was drunk on a stag do - great bass. Rickenbacker 4003 - Never meet your heroes, couldn’t get on with it. Kept in a case and sold. Musicman Stingray 3eq Piezo - Great bass, absolutely skinted myself to buy this... Musicman Bongo HH - Bought for my 21st Birthday, sold in dark times... Hofner Violin “cavern” - Sold to the same guy who has my old blue Japanese 62p, bought silly cheap, sold for not much more... Jaydee Supernatural - Another “never meet your heroes” moment - didn’t make sense in the band I was in, sold at a loss Ken Smith Burner Artist - Lasted a week, gutted...my ex announced £1000’s in debt the day it arrived, sold nearly every bass I had to resolve Musicman Stingray Classic - Got for my 29th (I think) second best stingray I owned, but definitely the nicest one. Musicman Stingray 2eq - Trying to recoup the stingray classic I missed, not as nice Status Kingbass Artist - Got this from @MB1 who relieved me of a Stingray Classic; found the body and scale too small... Status Groove Bass - arrived damaged, but a great bass, sold cheaply, would love a 4 Fender Geddy Lee Japan - Bought on a whim, sold soon after, loved how it looked, neck too skinny... Fender Nate Mendel - Mega light, lovely bass, replaced bits on it and then sold to @lee650 Sandberg California 5 - didn’t get on with it, bought in a rush as the Stingray 5 I was after had sold... Yamaha TRB5p2 - should’ve tried harder with this, beautifully made, just heavy and a bit uninspiring. Fender Roscoe Beck V - Bonkers thing, great great bass - again, would like a 4 string version Peavey g bass - thought it’d be like a Flea bass, wasn’t...looked ace though peavey gv bass (owned this twice) - Great bass, I sold because I stopped playing 5’s Self build plexiglass P - crazy heavy, 14-15lbs Self build p/j with limelight neck - great bass, swapped for BEX4c Self build p/j duck Dunn - lovely thing, was proud of this... Farida j fretted - still here, made for me when I worked for their uk distributor Farida j fretless - as above...Ebony board Farida fjb6 red - a project I never started, bought and sold within a week Farida fjb6 white - Used for the neck I still have and sold with a fretless board Mike Lull 5 jazz - Excellent bass, one of the nicest 5’s I’ve ever played Fender mex p/j deluxe - should’ve kept this, nice bass Fender roger waters - Not for me, made it into a 57 black’n’gold thing. Swapped for geddy no.2 Fender geddy Lee mex - nicer than the Japan one I had, didn’t last though... Fender custom shop 64 relic jazz (twice) - bought from @three, sold to @binkybongo (who was the original owner...) and then sold back to Loz...then I bought it back From Bill...very odd. Nicest Jazz ever...now belongs to @Normski Fender custom shop 64 NOS - meh, traded for 2 basses at GBBL. Fender custom shop 55p relic - Excellent bass, sold to @Beedster - was made for the CS trade stand at Musikmesse Fender 1977 p - lovely thing, best late 70’s I’ve seen/played... Fender 1975 p - great old P, comfy, barky, woody... Fender Japan Fretless P 70’s - Heavy, but gorgeous sold to @mcnach Fender PBAC fl - Bought out of curiosity, nice thing. Fender power jazz special - Lovely, no need for it though really... Epiphone thunderbird classic - bought at a crack converters, loved it but looked silly on me Epiphone thunderbird non reverse - bought because I wasn’t sure how stupid I could look twice over... Dearmond star fire - Just 🤷🏻♂️, looked ace, can’t remember much about it... Sadowsky metro J - Mega Bass, wanted a P/J Sadowsky metro p - Still here, love it Status guy pratt - loved it, couldn’t justify with the Sadowsky being so lovely (and similar) and to cover a bill 🙄 Status smart bass - Looked great, sounded great - hated the ‘square’ feeling neck... Epiphone jack Casady blue - to replace the gold one I should’ve kept. It’s ace. Spector Euro 435lx - Brilliant bass, flippin loved it. Sold because a car went pop. Turns out I could’ve kept it. Fender Marcus Miller white - now with @bassfan Fender Marcus Miller natural (refin) - Went mad on this, spent silly money doing it up and fitting posh guts...just wasn’t as special in the end and I preferred it as a stock bass, should’ve just had a respray done and kept everything else stock, lost its character Modulus Flea Bass - Still beating myself up over this, don’t talk about it Yamaha bb200 - bought for the neck, arrived damaged, sold cheap Yamaha bb300 - To replace my original bb300, was ace, sold to @bigsmokebass Yamaha bb350f - what the 200 neck was for...should’ve kept it, nice bass, just needed frets Yamaha bb425x - decent workhorse Yamaha bb415 - as above, both did plenty of gigs Yamaha bb1100s 1986 - dreamboat, second favourite BB I’ve ever owned Yamaha bb1100s 1988 - not as nice as other one Yamaha bb1024x - Hard to discuss Yamaha bb614 - recorded with this, nice Yamaha bb414 - This bass makes me smile Yamaha bbg4a2 - 🤷🏻♂️ Nice enough, bland... Musicman 1994 stingray 2eq - Best Stingray ever...sold because I’m a tit Godlyke disciple - Should’ve kept it, just an absolute banger...went to @bassfan when I got his Flea...easily one of the best put together basses I’ve owned. Washburn sb40eq - Mental Graceland esque bass, sounded ok, sold to a guy who runs a Washburn museum in America 😳 Aria sb700 - FFS, should’ve kept. It was pristine. Aria sb1000 - Alright, preferred the 700 in the end. Aria Steve Bailey - Bought in haste, sold at a similar pace, turns out it was a scarce pre production bass. Still 🤷🏻♂️ Guild b30e - best acoustic bass I owned, bar none Tacoma thunder chief - arrived smashed from Mansons, gutted Fender mex 60’s burgundy FSR - nice, but got the CS so fell out of favour Sigma acoustic bass - decent cheap ABG Yamaha attitude special - great bass, the purchase was laboured and got messy and the seller absolutely soured the whole experience and I sold it on after 2 months because it did my head in that I’d given a scoundrel cash for it Yamaha attitude standard pink - great bass Yamaha attitude standard black - Just, a bit nicer than the pink, dunno why Yamaha attitude plus - Was sent back, unfortunately Yamaha bb714bs - Sold to the wonderful @leemarseillebass - should’ve kept it but these things happen PRS EBIV - Again, never gave it a chance, and I would probably enjoy it more now. Nice thing... Yamaha rbx360 (think it was a 350) - got it cheap, did it up, sold it... Fender Stu Hamm Urge - too little Self build billy sheehan wife bass - Madder than a box of frogs, needed a push across the finish line, sold to @ceteraat a significant loss 😂 Yamaha BEX4c - Lovely thing, useless for the band I was in, sold, regretted Hohner Bbass natural - corking bass Hohner Bbass Black (still have this at a mates) - bought for buttons and was ultimately bollocksed, is now sanded to bare wood (maybe primed) and is just a body and neck...should actually finish it Fender AVRI 62P - sold, don’t know why, a nice bass Fender Roadworn Jazz - bought when I had a period without the 64 CS. Lovely thing Danelectro 59dc bass - Chased, chased and chased, got one - sounded like 60’s soundtrack basslines...sold when I realised the body was too small Breedlove 5 string bass - Did 3 gigs with a soul singer, sold it at a loss Ibanez BTB676 - taken in trade against TRB5PII, just too many strings, took ages to sell too... Gear4Music acoustic 5 (defretted) - just messing about with defretting, worked out well, sold it and made money Samick HFB-590 - 2 bottles of merlot, eBay and idiot at the helm...sold the day it arrived to @lee650 Oldfield acoustic bass - stolen by a crackhead, best thing for it...used to replicate a double bass on the cheap, the trubass strings were probably worth more... And a Tune bass arriving this week. please...if you can...share your list of shame. and if you’ve bought a bass from me, and it’s not on the list, please mention it. im so ashamed. never once have I said any of this has made me a good bass player. Edited January 19, 2021 by AndyTravis 30 4 Quote
Machines Posted January 18, 2021 Posted January 18, 2021 I have a spreadsheet (!). Will add tomorrow. 4 2 Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 18, 2021 Author Posted January 18, 2021 Just now, Machines said: I have a spreadsheet (!). Will add tomorrow. I knew you would 😂 Quote
PatrickJ Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) the problem with our conversation is that I now feel like I've not experienced enough and despite literally getting a new bass last week I'm browsing the For Sale section! My modest bass history Fender Jazz Black Top (MiM) Fender Precision Deluxe P/J Special (MiM) Ibanez GSR200 - my first, £60 off eBay. Ibanez SRF700 fretless Lakland 44-01, Spalted Maple finish - I still regret moving this on Mayones Jabba Standard 5 String MTD Kingston of some kind, I sent it back after receiving it as there were multiple finger prints in the paint finish Sandberg Cali II VS4 Sandberg Cali II VT4 Sandberg Cali I VM4 Shuker Jazz (Custom Build) Spector Legend of some kind, I took it back the day after getting it as the electronics were wired out of phase and the preamp seemed a bit buggy. Warwick Corvette GPS 5 String Edited January 19, 2021 by PatrickJ 3 Quote
40hz Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) I've never actually listed mine on any topic. This will be fun. Since I started in 2003, in order (sure I've forgotten a couple though). • Aria STB JB - Solid, functional, great starter instrument. • 1985 E-Series Squier Precision - Vintage, aged, resonant and growly. Neck as orange as Trump. •Warwick Rockbass Streamer 5 - Honky, funky, weak output. • Yamaha TRB4II - Heavy, professional, studio bass. Big presence in the mix. • Epiphone Thunderbird - Bizarrely the best slap tone I've ever had • Washburn AB10 - meh • Fender Geddy Lee Japan - 12lbs in weight and badly built. But still great. • Sterling Ray 34 - Identical to a Stingray for a third of the price. The brightest bass tone I've ever had. • 2010 Mexican Fender Jazz Bass - Beautiful weight, lovely smooth satin neck, could never make it sound anything but grindy. • Sandberg Basic 4 - Lovely, lovely, lovely. Will get another at some point. Like a classy Stingray. • Musicman SUB USA (Status necked for a while) - Still have it. Growl, thump, snarl. Indestructible. FUNK • Spector Euro 4 SE5 - The best of the best. Perfect in every way. EMG and Tonepump = sonic nirvana. • 2004 Modulus Flea (Black) - My first Flea. Had a synthy, electronic tone. • Warwick Streamer LX4 (Red) - Light, comfy, impeccably built. Growl in spades. • Warwick Streamer Stage One - Brittle and barky, found it hard to get usable tones. • Vintage Icon 74 Fretless - Perfectly serviceable fretless. • 97 Modulus Flea (Silver Flake) - Clean, clean, clean. Full-range tone. Masses of clarity. Gigged the life out of it. • Fender Marcus Miller Japan - Great for slap, not great for anything else. Zero midrange anywhere in it. • 2004 Modulus Flea (Blue Flake) - The most aggressive Flea of the 3. Absolutely insane poke and presence in a mix. The most individual tone of any bass on the planet. • Fender Classic Series 50's Precision - Classic rock sound. Total tonal authority and muscular delivery. Lovely baseball bat neck. Works for everything. • Warwick Streamer LX4 (Black) - Light, beautiful carving/shape. Super sweet, rich top end tone. Growly with a tonne of warm presence. 00s neck not as bad as people say. In short, I like Streamers and Flea Basses! 1 - Spector Euro SE5 2 - 2004 Modulus Flea 3 - Black Streamer LX4 Edited January 20, 2021 by 40hz 4 Quote
lee650 Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Goodness I'll have to think! I bet my list is shorter than Andys and I've been player a lot longer 😂 From memory and in order of owning -60's short scale Arbiter SG - Vantage VS -650B - Ibanez Musician - Hohner P/J Fretless P bass -82 JV Squier jazz (still got this one) - Bass Doc custom Jazz (later defretted) - Yamaha BBN5 - Yamaha BB NE1 -Warwick Streamer LX - Warwick Streamer Jazzman 5 -Warwick 90 Streamer Stage 1 - Ibanez SR 4 string - NS WAV EUB - Japanese Fender Precision -Washburn AB10 acoustic bass - Musicman Sterling (Still have this, owned twice) - Fender American Fretless Jazz - Ken Smith BSRMW 5 -Spector CRFM5 -Warwick Thumb 6 -Stagg EUB - Squier VM Precision 5 -Samick Acoustic bass -83 Tokai Fretless jazz - Musicman Stingray 5HH -Fender Nate Mendel Precision - Yamaha BB1025x - Yamaha BB424 -Fender Highway one Precision (still using) - Yamaha TRB1005 - Kay shortscale ( technically my Daughters and needs fixing 😂) -Yamaha BB 425 -Yamaha BB 350f fretless That's about as far as I can get with my senior memory. Not many for nearly 30 years of playing. Funnily enough when I Was a professional player,I only owned 2 or 3. It was only when i stopped and joined Basschat,thst I kept chopping and changing 😂 Edited September 28, 2021 by lee650 3 Quote
dub_junkie Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Been a bit of a journey on the bass merry go round. Hoping to slow down now but hey, that can easily change tomorrow. As far as regular production basses go, I’ve never owned a Yamaha, Sandberg or Sire bass which I find a bit odd tbh. * means I still have Valenti Jazz #042 Valenti Jazz #146* Ovation USA B768 Elite bass Breedlove Atlas Solo fretless Gretsch G5440 (x2) Bolin NS-5 Spector NS5 CRFM Spector Euro 5 Godlyke Disciple Godlyke Deity Warwick Streamer Stage 1 Warwick Corvette Std Warwick Streamer Std 4HH Warwick Streamer Std 5HH Status Energy 4 Status Groove 4 Ibanez Ashula II Ibanez Cerro singlecut 5 Ibanez SRFF806 LTD RB-1006 Rocco Prestia Overwater Aspiration Elite 4 Overwater Aspiration Elite 5 Overwater Aspiration Deluxe 5 FL Overwater/Tanglewood J Cort GB94 Cort GB99F Cort GB74 Cort GB75 x2 MTD Kingston 5 fretless Tune Bass Maniac Flea bass Tanglewood Curbow 4 Tanglewood Canyon III fretless ESP P bass Musicman Sabre Fretless Musicman Cutlass Musicman Silhouette bass Musicman Bongo 4H Musicman Bongo 4HS Musicman Bongo 4HH Musicman Bongo 5HS Musicman Bongo 5HH Musicman Sterling 4H CAR Musicman Sterling 4H white sparkle Musicman Sterling 4H honeyburst Musicman Stingray pre Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 2EQ teal Musicman Stingray 2EQ black Musicman Stingray 3EQ 3TS Musicman Stingray 3EQ fretless Musicman SUB teal (X2) Musicman Stingray 5H teal Musicman Stingray 5H black Musicman Stingray 5H Lavender Sterling Ray 34CA Sterling Ray 35 honeyburst Sterling Ray 35 Black cherryburst G&L Tribute JB-2 sonic blue G&L Tribute JB-2 sunburst G&L Tribute Kiloton G&L Tribute JB G&L Tribute L-2000 blueburst G&L Tribute L-2000 natural G&L Asat bass G&L Asat bass hollow body G&L SB-2 G&L L-1500 G&L L-2000 silver flake G&L L-2000 sunburst G&L L-2000 Flametop/J neck G&L L-5500* Squier Classic Vibe Jazz Fender MIJ Jazz fretless Fender MIJ 62 Jazz Fender MIM Jazz 5 Fender MIM Classic series Jazz Fender USA Std Precision trans white Fender USA Std Precision Blizzard Pearl Fender USA Dimension Deluxe 5HH Fender USA Std Jazz 5 fiesta red Aria Pro II fretless 5 Hohner Jazz fretless Hohner Jack bass black Hohner Jack bass natural Hohner B bass Hohner MusicMan copy HH Marlin Sidewinder no name Rickenbacker copy Satellite short scale Westone Thunder 3 Ibanez Cimar P bass edit: need to add (all 2021) MusicMan Classic Stingray natural MusicMan Classic Sabre 3TS* MusicMan Sterling Pearl blue G&L CLF research L-1000 gold Fender Dimension Dlx IV HH Lakland 44-60 see thru white Warwick Thumb Dirty Blonde* Warwick Streamer LX Jazzman* Edited October 21, 2021 by dub_junkie 5 Quote
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 @AndyTravis - it may not have made you the better player (your words - although I suspect that’s far from the truth), but it’s a lifetime of experience of owning/adjusting/tweaking various kinds of basses. You can’t buy that knowledge alone. You have to go through it. There are a few on your list (and others) that I have yet to try and would like to at some point: Schecter Robert DeLeo, Guild, Yamaha Attitude. I’ll get round to them one day I’m sure. Thanks for sharing - it makes me feel slightly less guilty 😂. Is this just for basses you no longer have? 1 Quote
itu Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Rickenbacker 4001 (1974, black) - my first own bass from Denmark street, £400 in 1986 Washburn Status copy (natural, later modded heavily) - my second instrument, worked well, 30 - 90, twang bass Cort P copy, modded to a 5 - one of my first trials Höfner short scale (60's) - repaired from wreck Kramer Ferrington (burst) - it was owned by some star! but the sound... Modulus Graphite Quantum 5 custom (1991, cocacola, bartolini) - was new and had an incredible sound, (costed an arm and a leg, and an acoustic piano then), I played it a lot but that 17 mm spacing, sold it few years ago Ibanez GSR (black) - some very cheap model and felt like one Ibanez Affirma (natural blond, fretted 4) - had been in a shop for ages, got a good offer Ibanez Ashula (white, modded to 5) - strange test, strange instrument, rebuilt it and sold Ibanez SR506 (modded to 5) - this was another wide neck trial, rebuilt it and sold Vigier Passion II (1988, burgundy) - found this one from the original owner from France, my first lesson in French! Vigier Passion II (1989, honeyburst) - she likes travelling, but comes back Modulus Graphite Genesis 5 (1999, black, bartolini) - my main bass, the neck! local luthier made fretless 4 (natural) - unlined 36" beauty, superlight (under 7 lbs!), birch + walnut + blackwood J parts, fretless Status J neck (sunburst) - neck's too thin, J is not for me J parts, Status MM neck (sunburst) - the P width is better for me and this is a rock unit with a single EMG double coil and vol fretless 5, MusicMan neck (natural) - pau ferro feels and looks good, but 17 mm spacing Guild Ashbory (red) - I bought this when it was new in markets and played few songs in gigs, but no way at least 12 heavily modded P-ish parts basses - I think I am into something... the latest trial is still at home MISA TriBass - novation BassStation - I try to manage this combo Clevinger 5 eub - incredibly good, had it since new and was expensive Plywood double bass - this was a wreck, and I put it together, played a few years, but I had no space total 32 + some more instruments Quite many have been tests: do I like this detail or that? There are lots of manufacturers or luthiers that could build my dream instrument with ease: long scale 5 with 19 mm string spacing, one humbucker, lightweight, dark color scheme... Thinking about the money, well, it took quite many years I did not rely on my personal feel. I should have been more picky with the choices I made. All those trials with friends' basses and those played in shops have driven me towards my specs. Not only instruments, but also strings and amps. Some European instruments I would like to play every now and then are a 4-string fretless Wal, Overwater, Spalt, Status, Auerswald, Schack, Ritter etc. Shops are few and basses hidden, but they do exist. It has been a long road, but it will continue. Happy to travel it along with you, my dear colleagues! Edited January 19, 2021 by itu 3 Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 19, 2021 Author Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: @AndyTravis - it may not have made you the better player (your words - although I suspect that’s far from the truth), but it’s a lifetime of experience of owning/adjusting/tweaking various kinds of basses. You can’t buy that knowledge alone. You have to go through it. There are a few on your list (and others) that I have yet to try and would like to at some point: Schecter Robert DeLeo, Guild, Yamaha Attitude. I’ll get round to them one day I’m sure. Thanks for sharing - it makes me feel slightly less guilty 😂. Is this just for basses you no longer have? I’ve included basses I still own (about 5/6) 1 Quote
ped Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 Squier affinity p bass Fender mex jazz Pedulla MVP Fender 57 Precision Olp stingray Status neck Carvin bb75 Marleaux consat Bossa jazz Vigier passion fretless III Vigier Arpege fretless I 5 Vigier Passion II white Vigier Passion II ‘88 Vigier Arpege II Vigier Passion III 5 Bacchus jazz Bacchus twenty four 5 Ken smith BT5 Ken Smith BT4 G&L SB1 Glarry P Wingbass Alembic elan 6 Epiphone thing Atelier-Z DAL-4 Celinder J-Update Musicman Stingray 83 These are mine - currently own the Vigier ‘88, Celinder, Musicman and SB1 3 Quote
OliverBlackman Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 8 hours ago, AndyTravis said: @PatrickJ and I were talking about how many basses I’ve got through. We had a laugh, I shared ridiculous purchases (the Samick I bought when bladdered which I then Sold to @lee650 the next day) among others... So - from memory... Kay precision Yamaha bb300 Japan Washburn xb100 Jackson c5p Schecter model t Robert DeLeo Fender American standard jazz bass Warwick corvette Spector NS-94 Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass Epiphone Jack Casady Fender 50’s classic P Fender Japan 62P Fender 75 Jazz FSR limited Squier 83 Japan p/j Jackson c20 Hohner B2A Rickenbacker 4003 Musicman Stingray 3eq Piezo Musicman Bongo HH Hofner Violin “cavern” Jaydee Supernatural Ken Smith Burner Artist Musicman Stingray Classic Musicman Stingray 2eq Status Kingbass Artist Status Groove Bass Fender Geddy Lee Japan Fender Nate Mendel Sandberg California 5 Yamaha TRB5p2 Fender Roscoe Beck V Peavey g bass peavey gv bass (owned this twice) Self build plexiglass P Self build p/j with limelight neck Self build p/j duck Dunn Farida j fretted Farida j fretless Farida fjb6 red Farida fjb6 white Mike Lull 5 jazz Fender mex p/j deluxe Fender roger waters Fender geddy Lee mex Fender custom shop 64 relic jazz (twice) Fender custom shop 64 NOS Fender custom shop 55p relic Fender 1977 p Fender 1975 p Fender Japan Fretless P 70’s Fender PBAC fl Fender power jazz special Epiphone thunderbird classic Epiphone thunderbird non reverse Dearmond star fire Sadowsky metro J Sadowsky metro p Status guy pratt Status smart bass Epiphone jack Casady blue Spector Euro 435lx Fender Marcus Miller white Fender Marcus Miller natural (refin) Modulus Flea Bass Yamaha bb200 Yamaha bb300 Yamaha bb350f Yamaha bb425x Yamaha bb415 Yamaha bb1100s 1986 Yamaha bb1100s 1988 Yamaha bb1024x Yamaha bb614 Yamaha bb414 Yamaha bbg4a2 Musicman 1994 stingray 2eq Godlyke disciple Washburn sb40eq Aria sb700 Aria sb1000 Aria Steve Bailey Guild b30e Tacoma thunder chief Fender mex 60’s burgundy FSR Sigma acoustic bass Yamaha attitude special Yamaha attitude standard pink Yamaha attitude standard black Yamaha attitude plus Yamaha bb714bs PRS EBIV Yamaha rbx360 (think it was a 350) Fender Stu Hamm Urge Self build billy sheehan wife bass Yamaha BEX4c Hohner Bbass natural Hohner Bbass Black (still have this at a mates) Fender AVRI 62P Fender Roadworn Jazz Danelectro 59dc bass Breedlove 5 string bass Ibanez BTB676 Gear4Music acoustic 5 (defretted) Samick HFB-590 Oldfield acoustic bass (stolen by a crackhead) And a Tune bass arriving this week. please...if you can...share your list of shame. and if you’ve bought a bass from me, and it’s not on the list, please mention it. im so ashamed. never once have I said any of this has made me a good bass player. Favourite and least favourite? and biggest surprise (good or bad) Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 19, 2021 Author Posted January 19, 2021 18 minutes ago, OliverBlackman said: Favourite and least favourite? and biggest surprise (good or bad) Favourite was probably the white CS jazz that @Normski now owns. But I suppose the Sadowsky P sits at the top for “do it all”. Biggest surprise was the Godlyke disciple - i sold it to @bassfan but regretted it from the second it left. 1 Quote
LeftyJ Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Let's make it more fun by marking the ones we still own in bold More or less in alphabetical order: Aria Pro II SB-1000 (with two extra pickups added) Carvin B4 Carvin LB75 (flamed walnut) Carvin LB75 (all black - bought back out of sellers' remorse) Condor Jazz Bass Condor Jazz Bass (bought one back after regretting selling my first bass. The second one was awful) Cort Artisan B4 Cort NTL-B fretless acoustic Ellio Martina Forza 5 (The One Bass. I'll never sell this one) Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray5 Esh Stinger Fender Japan 57 Precision reissue Fender Japan 75 Jazz Bass reissue G&L USA SB-2 Hohner B2A Ibanez ATK300 Ibanez ATK300 tuned to D Ibanez ATK305 Ibanez RS924 Ibanez MC924 (1981) Ibanez MC924 (1983) Ibanez SR800LE Jan Bak Precision Bass Kydd Big Kydd EUB Longbow 2-string fretless Mr Bassman No Sweat (Human Base) Rickenbacker 4003 Sandberg Bullet 5 fretless Status S2 Classic bolt-on 4-string Status S2 Classic bolt-on 5-string Warwick Streamer LX4 Warwick Streamer LX5 Yamaha TRB5II amber Yamaha TRB5II trans blue All lefties obviously Edited January 19, 2021 by LeftyJ 6 Quote
AndyTravis Posted January 19, 2021 Author Posted January 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, sshorepunk said: I can’t remember half of mine Took me a good while 1 Quote
uk_lefty Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) I feel quite restrained in comparison here! In brakcets is the year I bought the bass, a lot of these were second hand. Tanglewood Nevada P copy 1999 Kramer Striker fretless 5 (still got it) 2002 Hohner PJ 2005 Brice 6 string 2007 Warwick Steamer LX 4 2007 MiM Fender Jazz 2012 Westfield P 2015 Fender MIJ 1970 Reissue P 2015ish Hohner B2A 2015ish Sire V7 Vintage 5 2018 MM Stingray 4 2018 (still got it) Fender CIJ Jazz 1975 reissue 2020 (still got it) Aria Pro ii Elite 1 SB Bass 2020 (still got it) Warwick Steamer fretless 4 2020 (still got it) Parts for a bitsa 2020/2021 (waiting to be built) Guess when I joined Basschat?! Edited January 19, 2021 by uk_lefty 1 Quote
bassfan Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) This thread has cheered me up no end. I thought I’d gone through a few but nowhere near as many as some and it definitely doesn’t make me a better player. 😂 Here they are in some kind of order : Squire P Tanglewood semi acoustic Warwick thumb bleached blonde Warwick thumb dirty blonde Fender Marcus Miller Fender P ‘62 reissue lakland 44-94 (cherry burst) Modulus Flea - went to @AndyTravis lakland JO (The Sims paint job) Fender CS ‘64 - Sonic Blue still got Shuker Flea ‘62 shell pink - still got Shuker Flea battleship grey Fender jazz ‘62 Olly white Status S2 (headed) - still got and not going anywhere Yamaha Bb1000s Yamaha bb414 fender P Lyte Godlyke disciple Sadowsky UV70 - still got and not going anywhere Fender Marcus Miller (natural) Fender Marcus Miller (Olly white) still got Edited January 19, 2021 by bassfan 1 Quote
Machines Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, AndyTravis said: I knew you would 😂 I should hit #50 this year . Green = still here. Edited January 19, 2021 by Machines 4 Quote
Maude Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Lots of relatively cheap stuff compared to most but having fun doesn't have to cost the earth. Unnamed SG copy (first bass) Yamaha Attitude Special Yamaha BBG5s Yamaha rbx374 Antoria J ---------------------- Above sold, below still got. --------------------- Hohner Arbour Series fretless P Line 6 Variax (modified) Line 6 Variax (standard) Aria STB Series P Aria STB Series J SX P Harley Benton acoustic 32" fretted Harley Benton acoustic 34" fretless Harley Benton bass uke fretted Harley Benton bass uke fretless Harry White 4005 Aria 4001 Bitsa P J MM hybrid Danelectro Longhorn Ibanez Talman TMB30 Kay KJP-1B Hofner Club Ignition Hofner Artist Yamaha BEX4 Harley Benton EUB Gedo doublebass Squier Bass vi I think that's it but I might've missed something. Edit. Missed one 🙂 Edited January 19, 2021 by Maude 2 Quote
Hellzero Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 Do you really want me or @cetera to put our list of basses here again ? 6 Quote
Trueno Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 Fairly modest here, I think... Yamaha BB404 Zoot Chaser 4 Yamaha BEX4 Fender MIA Precision Fender CIJ Mustang Warwick Rochbass Streamer (fretless) Warwick Rockbass Corvette (fretless) Warwick Corvette $$ (fretless) Warwick Thumb BO (fretless) Fender MIA Jazz ... all four stringers. I always had a “no more than three” and “one in one out” rule. Now I have... Squier Jaguar SS, with EMG Geezer pickups Fender MIM Mustang, with Kiogon loom and Nordstrand pickups 2 Quote
cetera Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hellzero said: Do you really want me or @cetera to put our list of basses here again ? Lol! The list of basses I used to own is as long as the list of basses I still own...... i.e. loads! 2 5 Quote
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 2 hours ago, ped said: Ken Smith BT4 Still coming to terms with my failure to act when you put this up for sale. If I could turn back time.....😬 1 1 Quote
uk_lefty Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Trueno said: I always had a “no more than three” and “one in one out” rule. Now I have 6 basses (well, 5 and a half). I really should trim down, it's a bit silly. I just need to work out the optimum number. I also have a rule of "don't spend the proceeds until the courier has delivered the item AND the buyer is happy". I broke that rule last night, but the intent is there. That's how I ended up with the Warwick while the Aria was lost in a DPD vortex. Edited January 19, 2021 by uk_lefty 1 Quote
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