binky_bass Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, Steve Browning said: My trusty 66 Precision. The two pictures are about 35 years apart. I use my SVL's live but this will never go anywhere (until my eldest daughter inherits it). Just to let you know, I am in fact your eldest daughter... when can I have my bass please? 1 10 Quote
electriccheese Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 My trusty 65... More than 50 basses came and went, but this one is really special for me. 6 Quote
Steve Browning Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 I must be so shallow. I look at a bass and think 'oh, it's just a Jazz' and then it's 'ooh but it's got a matching headstock'. 1 1 Quote
Muzz Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 45 minutes ago, Rich said: That, sir, is THE perfect Thunderbird. Why thank you...it took me a while to get just where I wanted it (it had a Lakland neck originally, and getting the U-Retro in and the pickups under the covers was a bit of a squeeze)...the pic doesn't do the birdseye justice (tho it's not as 'marmalade' (Jon's word) as the other one)...both basses have the same neck profile, based on the other Shuker on the left, out of shot... Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 25 minutes ago, electriccheese said: My trusty 65... More than 50 basses came and went, but this one is really special for me. With matching headstock too, very nice 👍 2 Quote
LukeFRC Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 56 minutes ago, Steve Browning said: I use my SVL's live SVL? Quote
Steve Browning Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: SVL? Basses made by SVL Guitars. Simon Law is Pete Townsend's guitar tech and an excellent luthier. He generally makes 6 strings (based on earlier employer Robben Ford's tele and Matt Schofield's strat) but he asked if he could make me a bass and these are using my 66 as the model. I didn't want to take the old basses on the road. 6 Quote
4000 Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 On 14/02/2021 at 22:22, FDC484950 said: I’ve never owned a Rick but that really is fantastic. I’ve probably owned more than twenty, but in this case you’re absolutely right. 😉 Quote
Rich Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 3 hours ago, eude said: Can we use the term "spirit bass" out loud here? Yup, of course you can. Hippy. 1 1 Quote
MacDaddy Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 I sold the basses I would never sell - the Hamer Blitz bass I always wanted, and my Rob Allen Mouse (although I bought that back, thanks @Clarky!). But I REALLY would not sell my custom Shuker's 2 Quote
Paul S Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 40 minutes ago, sshorepunk said: Damn! wish I hadn’t! 😥 Damnation! You didn't sell the Alocasia macrorrhizos did you? 😨 Quote
tony_m Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 I won't be letting my mid '90s MIJ '51 Precision Reissue go anywhere anytime soon. Nothing particularly out of the ordinary maybe, but it just has the look, the feel, and the sound for me... 5 Quote
Silky999 Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 My 1989 Ibanez SR800LE.....my first proper bass 5 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) Oh, listen to you lot! 'I'd never sell this, my trusty Archangel Splattenberger seven string, my late grandmother (15 times removed), bequeathed it to me on her deathbed in 1902, which says something as I wasn't even born then. I played it at the Queen's coronation. Well, I was thinking about it while I was watching a documentary about the Queen.' Every one of your basses has a price, much as I love my kit, they're all expendable. I said I'd never get rid of my white Thunderbird but as soon as I got GAS elsewhere, boom, up for sale. We are a fickle bunch, so attached to some wood and wires. Edited February 18, 2021 by NancyJohnson 3 4 Quote
binky_bass Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 40 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said: Oh, listen to you lot! 'I'd never sell this, my trusty Archangel Splattenberger seven string, my late grandmother (15 times removed), bequeathed it to me on her deathbed in 1902, which says something as I wasn't even born then. I played it at the Queen's coronation. Well, I was thinking about it while I was watching a documentary about the Queen.' Every one of your basses has a price, much as I love my kit, they're all expendable. I said I'd never get rid of my white Thunderbird but as soon as I got GAS elsewhere, boom, up for sale. We are a fickle bunch, so attached to some wood and wires. You emotionless heathen!!!! Be gone from this forum... BE GONE!!!! 5 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, binky_bass said: You emotionless heathen!!!! Be gone from this forum... BE GONE!!!! Buwaahahaaaaar! 1 Quote
stewblack Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 I suspect @TrevorRand I are of a similar vintage! My red Aria, so battered now it's worthless to anyone else, but to me it's a tangible link to my life of music. It's been in studios, on stages, in pubs, clubs, and fields. I have lost a lot of my memories, but that bass can transport me back in an instant. Also my Aria TAB semi was a gift from my old man, who knew he wasn't going to see another Christmas. Goes without saying that one never leaves. 4 Quote
LukeFRC Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said: Every one of your basses has a price, much as I love my kit, they're all expendable. I said I'd never get rid of my white Thunderbird but as soon as I got GAS elsewhere, boom, up for sale. I think it's been one of those things where the basses with the emotional attachment to have been replaced by something else. By the time they have been sitting in unplayed for a year or so, objectively unless I want to own lots of basses, I may as well let them go someplace else. Or in the case of a couple I've let go, the bass the cash allowed me to get was far more valuable than the emotional value of the bass to me. Quote
meterman Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, tony_m said: I won't be letting my mid '90s MIJ '51 Precision Reissue go anywhere anytime soon. Nothing particularly out of the ordinary maybe, but it just has the look, the feel, and the sound for me... That throw is a keeper too. Getting a Fabulous Thunderbirds vibe off the pair of them 👍 Edited February 18, 2021 by meterman Full sentence instead of arf a sentence 1 Quote
meterman Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, meterman said: edit: double post Edited February 18, 2021 by meterman double post double post Quote
Doctor J Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, NancyJohnson said: Every one of your basses has a price, much as I love my kit, they're all expendable. I said I'd never get rid of my white Thunderbird but as soon as I got GAS elsewhere, boom, up for sale. Very true. When I split with the missus a few years ago and needed to raise cash for the legal bill, I worked out the order in which I'd sell them via a complex mental formula of emotional vs actual worth vs playability vs versatility. The ESP would have been last to go but, yes, everything would have gone if required. Thankfully, it didn't come to that. Starting from scratch would have been very interesting 😁 Edited February 18, 2021 by Doctor J 1 Quote
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