Basses you'll never sell ?

[tony_m]

4 hours ago, meterman said:

That throw is a keeper too. Getting a Fabulous Thunderbirds vibe off the pair of them 👍

Haha, sadly the Keith Ferguson Tribute Throw went to the Great Home Furnisher in The Sky a few years ago...  😞

[EBS_freak]

I guess this one.

 

[meterman]

I’d like to say never, this bass has got me playing more than I have in many years, it’s a short scale lightweight delight.

Luckily my playing rarely calls for sustain, or correct intonation on the E string, so this one might be with me forever 👍

[Reggaebass]

2 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

I guess this one.

 

Wow that’s nice EBS , what is it 

[LukeFRC]

3 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

I guess this one.

 

and what's the secret little black knob do? Is that the encoder to send midi signals to turn both your and the guitarists effect to the next snapshot, the light show to move on and also the smoke machine to turn on? 

[walshy]

6 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

and what's the secret little black knob do? Is that the encoder to send midi signals to turn both your and the guitarists effect to the next snapshot, the light show to move on and also the smoke machine to turn on? 

Laser beam from the headstock 

[LukeFRC]

3 minutes ago, walshy said:

Laser beam from the headstock 

I took that as the switch below. This is @EBS_freak so it will be some fiendishly clever integrated solution for something.... maybe it raises and lowers his bass riser? 

[EBS_freak]

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

Wow that’s nice EBS , what is it 

Its a GB Spitfire - www.gbguitars.co.uk

16 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

and what's the secret little black knob do? Is that the encoder to send midi signals to turn both your and the guitarists effect to the next snapshot, the light show to move on and also the smoke machine to turn on? 

It's the rotary selector switch for the sound to light LED system.

[EBS_freak]

12 minutes ago, walshy said:

Laser beam from the headstock 

I'm not that crass

OK OK, I wanted a laser beam from the headstock - but couldn't find a blue one that was exactly the same colour as the LEDs  

[M@23]

That’s really, really nice @EBS_freak. Wasn’t sure it could get much better til you mentioned the sound to light LEDs.

Edited February 18, 2021 by M@23

[ead]

Using 'grab in a fire' test, and given that I have two hands, I'd go for these two:

ACG fretless, the first custom bass I ever owned, stunning to play and quite easy on the eye too:

And slightly surprised myself by chosing my '66P bass for the other hand.

[yorks5stringer]

Can't sell this as I made it on a Shuker course and it was financed by a small inheritance from my Godfather.....

[sshorepunk]

17 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

I guess this one.

 

Exceptional! 

[pete.young]

14 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

Its a GB Spitfire - www.gbguitars.co.uk

It's the rotary selector switch for the sound to light LED system.

It selects the bass line to play, and lights the LEDs up in the right sequence?

[EBS_freak]

6 minutes ago, pete.young said:

It selects the bass line to play, and lights the LEDs up in the right sequence?

And it slaps the guitarist around the head when they deviate...

[Rich]

On 18/02/2021 at 08:01, 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.

 

It'd take soooooo much more than mere GAS for me to part with my Wal. Impending homelessness or a need for expensive life-saving surgery, maybe.

[binky_bass]

@Rich So all I need to do is bankrupt you, make you homeless and maybe steel your spleen, then your Wal is mine? 

I shall get this into motion post haste!!!

Edited February 19, 2021 by binky_bass

[NancyJohnson]

1 hour ago, Rich said:

It'd take soooooo much more than mere GAS for me to part with my Wal. Impending homelessness or a need for expensive life-saving surgery, maybe.

Rich, health issues aside, have you never had a moment where you just make a decision in an instant? 

I recall being in WH Smith in Reading a few years back, I picked up a copy of the US Bass Player magazine and saw an article about Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament.  He was pictured with his Lull Signature model.  At that point I was up to about nine or ten Thunderbirds and it was like someone just threw a switch, I knew instantly that my foray into Gibson basses was pretty much over there and then.  In an instant it was like, 'I really need to sell my Gibsons and get one of those.'

Thing is, nothing is forever.  I've had to sell stuff to cover building work, years ago a really nice Warwick that I'd desired for a really long time facilitated part of my kitchen...now that hurt a lot at the time, but I know now that ultimately I would never have kept that bass, otherwise I'd have tried to buy it back.  Onwards and upwards.  Never go back.

I do understand the importance of possession on the human psyche; if you did needed the swag, I'd happily let you pawn the Wal to me and I'd just store it unplayed until you could settle the funds back.

Edited February 19, 2021 by NancyJohnson

[binky_bass]

But who gets the spleen?

[Steve Browning]

22 minutes ago, binky_bass said:

But who gets the spleen?

How about the lady who's going to give hers so she can have hair like Claudia Winkelman?

[Beer of the Bass]

Everything might have a price, but what I could get for selling my basses is so low compared to their utility to me, or to the amount I could find a workable replacement for, that I can picture very few situations where they would seem worth selling.

[pete.young]

8 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

And it slaps the guitarist around the head when they deviate...

Awesome. I need to get one of those!

[Marvin]

These are the only basses I've owned for the last 4 or so years I think. Sire V7 and Squier VM Precision. They didn't cost much, the Sire was under £ 300 and the Squier was £150. I really like both of them so can't see me selling them unless I needed the money or couldn't play anymore.

(and that is about all the gear I own in that picture. 2 basses, a cab (not that one though) an amp and a box (now a bag) of cables and a few pedals. Travel light  )

[4000]

On 18/02/2021 at 08:53, stewblack said:

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. 

This, really. My favourite bass was, from the moment I picked it up and plugged it in, something entirely different to anything else I’ve ever played, and remains so. And the memories attached to it, both musical and other, are far too precious to me for me to ever consider selling it for mere money. I recently told someone I wouldn’t swap it for a genuine ‘59 Les Paul (current value what, something like £200k plus?) and I meant it. The only thing that would change that would be if I had to sell it in order to save a life, human or animal. And possibly - although even then I’m not sure - if I could no longer play. I actually worry about what will happen to it after I’m dead!😂

[bassfan]

On 18/02/2021 at 14:25, EBS_freak said:

I guess this one.

 

Such a sexy bass! 😍 One of my favourite  basses on here.