binky_bass Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 7 hours ago, tauzero said: Have you ever considered just changing your strings for every gig rather than changing the bass as well? Never! It's been a fun sport over the last 20 years, buying, trading, selling on, buying something else etc... pretty much all of it second hand. So long as you buy at a reasonable price it means you can play almost any instrument, enjoy it for a while, move it on and try something else! Some have been kept long term, some I'll never sell, some went the next day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 1 hour ago, binky_bass said: It's been a fun sport over the last 20 years I'm a member of the Fun Sport Society too since more than 40 years and I'm about to retire now as I think I've tried almost everything bass related on Earth. 🤪🤦🥳🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 On 20/01/2021 at 21:27, Ed_S said: Fun thread. I saw the Jackson C5p in the OP and got all nostalgic for my C5a, so had to play. Just doing the ones that I no longer own, I got to 32 moved on since 1999. Not too terrible and none of them are properly expensive. I've never smoked, never done a drug that wasn't from Boots, can take or leave booze and don't like going on holiday, so.. why not! Squier P Bass Special (black) - My 'first' bass. Rattled and buzzed, and was quickly returned. Yamaha BBN4ii (yellow natural satin) - My first 'proper' bass. Brilliant thing to start on. Taught me the term 'buckle rash'' - I was livid! Jackson C5a (tr. red) - I have very fond memories of it, but it was as heavy as an anchor and only moderate quality. Westfield acoustic (natural) - Fun in its own way, but never much use to me if I'm honest. Had a case with a smell all of its own! Ibanez BTB405qm (tr. black) - 'My bass' for a long time. Cheap hardware and a finnicky EQ that let it down, but I still liked it. Ibanez BTB406qm (tr. blue) - Looked great but sounded dull and lifeless. Could never reconcile that it was the 'same' as the 405. Yamaha RBX270 (mist green) - Bought because I picked it up and it just sounded great. Sold when I switched to 5s. Shame. Yamaha BB405 (yellow natural satin) - Bought to replace the BBN4ii and was a great bass. Fitted EMGs which made.. no difference at all! Warwick RB Vampyre 5 (black) - Bought for the image but was actually a really nice bass. Bit too heavy in the long run, and the image changed. BC Rich Warlock NJ5 (black) - Sounded AMAZING with ProSteels, but just so uncomfortable. Half wish I'd kept it for recording. And photos. Fender MIM Standard P (white) (black) - The beginning of the change back to a mix of 4s and 5s. Had two and miss them both immensely! Fender MIA Standard P (candy cola) - Solid workhorse of a bass, but I picked the colour from pictures online and never liked it in person. Fender MIA Standard P 5 (black) - Had a badly cut nut which I got replaced, but the luthier damaged the board so that was the end of that. Fender MIA Elite P (tr. red) - Disappointing. Expected fireworks but got the DFA preamp and uninspiring wood grain. Fender MIM Mike Dirnt P (black) - Sounded lovely and had a very nice neck profile, but weighed an absolute tonne. Fender MIM Standard J (purple) - 2nd hand pre-WhenTheyBecameGood model. Modded it ex[t|p]ensively. Sold it at a crushing loss. Fender MIM Blacktop J (black) - Very nice bass. Wish I'd kept it. It just wasn't exciting. ESP LTD Surveyor 415 (natural) - Cool in its own way. Far too heavy to be of any long term interest. Fender MIM Standard J 5 (black) - Cool bass but had fit and finish issues that annoyed me. I'll maybe get a MIA one at some point. Fender MIJ FSR 60s P (white) - Another 2nd hand purchase. Smelled of the previous owner's aftershave. Gone. Fender MIJ FSR 70s P (white) - Nice when it was set up properly, but a passing cloud could affect the neck curvature. Fender Aerodyne J (white) - Another good one, but the neck was too twiggy for me. Shame as it was a nice bass. Fender Kingman acoustic (natural) - Bought to do an acoustic project that never happened. I know now that I'd just use a P. Fender MIM Roger Waters P (black) - Sounded really nice but had a neck like a cricket bat! Squier CV 60s P (tomato soup) - One of the ones that everybody raves about. It was perfectly fine, but it wasn't up to the hype. Squier CV 70s P (black) - Fret sprout central. If I still had it, I'd expect the neck to have the dimensions of a pencil by now. Ibanez SR505 (iffy brown) - Nice, but the truss rod didn't turn so I returned it. The guy in the shop tried a hammer drill. No dice. Ibanez SR750 (nicer brown) - I do like the SRs but the neck on the 4 string models is just too skinny for me. Stick to 5s and 6s. Steinberger Spirit XT-2 (black) - Supposed to be a space-saving backup bass. Never got any use and eventually went. Musicman Sterling Ray35 (black) - Seriously nice bass. If the 35 is this good, a 'proper' Ray 5 must be amazing, I thought... Musicman Stingray 5 (natural) - So disappointing. Why on earth didn't I keep the Ray35 - that was twice the bass for half the cash. Yamaha TRB1005j (black) - Great fun to play but really big and heavy at a point where my back hurts and I'm not up for it! Completely forgot I wrote all that back in '21, but to carry on the list where I left off with some basses that went soon after... Fender MIJ Classic Series 70s P (white) - Great bass; light and comfortable, and sounded just like a P should. Sold due to moving back to 5s - hope its new owner is enjoying it! Squier VM P (white) - Pretty decent for what it cost. Set up as a BEAD bass, but moving back to 5s meant it wasn't needed any more. Shuker double-P (white) - Too heavy, too many niggles, not what I hoped it would be, and a staggering loss on resale. An important experience, never to repeat. Fender-ish bitsa P (white) - MIM body, MightyMite neck, Wilkinson hardware and a quarter-pounder. Sturdy and sounded great - hope it found an appreciative home. Ibanez TMB30 Talman (black) - Bought by my mum as she used to play guitar and fancied a bass! Sadly arthritis meant it didn't work for her, so I used it for a while. Fun thing. Ibanez GSR180 (black) - A cheap gigging backup. Never needed to use it, but elected to do so a few times at rehearsals and it always sounded much better than its money. Ibanez GSR200b (walnut) - Bought on a whim because it was incredibly light and had great fretwork. Genuinely nice bass, and one I considered keeping but eventually moved on. Spector Rebop 5 dlx (tr. red) (tr. black) - Had a pair of these and liked the looks and sound, but they weren't the most comfortable basses and the Spector bridge is not my idea of fun. Maruszczyk Jake L4p+ (white) - Very light, very nicely made, sounded and felt great... maybe the perfect P-bass, but just not enough strings when it came to the crunch. Sandberg Cali 2 TT SL (black) - Very light, but very easy to damage. Fortunately I'd not added too many dings when the return to 5s meant it was time to move it on. Sandberg Cali 2 TM SL (red burst) - Similarly light and frangible. Never sounded as good as the TT, but wasn't around for long enough to work out which one of us was to blame. Ibanez SR506e (mahogany) - A fun return to owning a 6 for a while. Eventually it became apparent that I don't need a 6 so there wasn't much point it taking up space. Fender American Pro 1 Jazz 5 (black) - I made good on my earlier threat to get the MIA Jazz 5. It was alright, but the wrong nut width and board radius to be comfortable. Nice pickups. Ibanez SR305 (weathered black) - Intended to be the new gigging backup, but just never sounded that good and I didn't want to spend the money on trying to make it. Ibanez SR1305sb ('magic wave') - The bass that the 305 was meant to back up. Sounded great, but I learned that I don't like the feel of very open-grain wood on the back of a neck. Sandberg Cali 2 Central 5 (anthracite) - Having failed to learn my lesson about 35" scale basses, this was the one to hammer it home that I don't really find them that comfortable to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TrevorR Posted Tuesday at 23:58 Share Posted Tuesday at 23:58 I’m a rank amateur… I’ve only ever bought 7 basses. I still have 6 of them. The other was a late 80s Squier Jazz I put EMGs in, later de-fretted and sold on to my former bass teacher. And the remaining six are… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basshead56 Posted Wednesday at 01:41 Share Posted Wednesday at 01:41 (edited) So the Victor Bailey I got a few months ago marked bass number 50 that I've owned. I've had a count and it turns out I have moved on 30, still have 20. On the block to chop - My EB Musicman Stingray 3EQ and my 90's Dano DC. Will replace with one - either an active Jazz of some kind (currently eyeing up another QMT in cherryburst or a 2016 American Deluxe Jazz in Natural) OR a 2023 Am PRO II in Dark Night with rosewood. What I've moved on over the years, in chronological order: 1 Fender Mike Dirnt Sig Precision Bass Black/White/Rosewood 2 SX Acoustic Bass 4 Natural 3 DaisyRock Rock Candy 4 Pink Sparkle Active 4 2001 Fender Jazz Deluxe Active Black/Tort/Rosewood 5 2002 Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass CIJ Black/White/Maple 6 2002 Fender CIJ 70’s RI Precision Olympic White/Black /Rosewood 7 2004 EB Musicman SUB Bass Red/Black/Ebony 8 Epiphone Thunderbird IV White 9 1994 Fender Precision Lyte Deluxe Green Sparkle/Gold 10 Gibson Thunderbird Studio V Ebony 11 2004 Fender Mustang Bass CIJ Fiesta Red/MOP/Rosewood 12 1994 EB Musicman Stingray 3EQ Natural/Black/Maple 13 1979 Fender Precision Bass Sunburst/Black/Maple 14 Schecter Diamond 4 Black 15 2004 Fender Mark Hoppus Sign Precision Bass mk 1 Seafoam Green/MOP/Rosewood 16 Squier Jaguar VM Black/Tort/Rosewood 17 Epiphone Thunderbird IV Black/White/Rosewood 18 Fender Victor Bailey Signature Acoustic Bass IV 19 1970’s Aria Diamond Ric copy 20 2000’s Dean Stylist ‘Cabbie’ w Gretsch Blacktops – NYC Cab Yellow/Checker/Rosewood 21 1993 Fender JP-90 Bass Black/Black/Rosewood 22 BC Rich Virgo Celtic 23 Squier CV 50’s Precision Bass Fiesta Red/Tort/Rosewood 24 Squier SS Jaguar Bass Black/White Pearloid/Rosewood 25 Squier Precision Bass Mini Torino Red/White/Pau F 26 2004 Fender OBP-51 RI Precision Bass refin White/Black/Maple 27 Jackson CS Minion PJ Green 28 2011 Fender American Standard Jazz Bass Sunburst/Black/Maple 29 2007 Fender Jaguar Bass CIJ series 1 Hot Rod Red/White/Rosewood 30 2013 Squier Classic Vibe 50’s Precision Butterscotch/maple Edited Wednesday at 02:52 by basshead56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted Wednesday at 08:42 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:42 I'm not posting my list, I don't want to overload the Basschat SQL server. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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