Knowing what you know now...

[TheGreek]

...and you were starting out again. do you know what you would buy???

 

 

I don't....far too much nice gear available now.

[Doctor J]

A Levinson Blade and a Sadowsky onboard pre.

[paul_5]

Jazz bass, Ampeg.

did I miss anything? Don’t think so.

[TheGreek]

See...I've lost my love of Jazz basses so it would have to be a PJ for me...

[4000]

29 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

...and you were starting out again. do you know what you would buy???

 

 

I don't....far too much nice gear available now.

I’d buy the same make of bass I bought then, for the same reasons. I’d buy a better rig than the JHS 50 watt guitar combo I first had though. 😂 Although the 100w Custom Sound combo I replaced it with was a bit of a beast, so maybe I’d have kept that and just kept buying Rics. 😉

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[Lozz196]

I’d start off with a Precision rather than trying to get a Precision sound from so many other types of basses, I wasted so much time doing that it’s laughable.
 

 

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[Cat Burrito]

I'd probably spend more on a first amp with hindsight. And know not to get too attached to the bass as a load more would be coming along all too soon! 😂

[neepheid]

I would save a lot of time and get an Epiphone Jack Casady

Amp would be tricky - I am very happy with my amp which is no longer available.

[stewblack]

I bought the amp and cab I could afford, and saved for the bass I wanted.

Knowing what I know now? Same bass but I'd leapfrog the carlsboro stuff and go directly to the Trace.

[Steve Browning]

A 1959 Les Paul Standard. Maybe 2.

[Geek99]

I’d never have wasted all that time learning guitar 🤢

[AndyTravis]

I would’ve bought a 2000’s Japanese yamaha BB3000 reissue - I could’ve saved a whole lot of bother.

none came to the UK but I had contacts at Yamaha Kemble who would’ve got me one.

Oh well.

[Woodinblack]

The same, an ibanez Ric copy and an amp I made myself.

[Saul Panzer]

Sire P7 bass
Fender Rumble amp (25-100 would be my current sweet spot)
A thick comfy strap

and the usual extras like a tuner, cables, decent set of headphones.

 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Flatwounds

[Hellzero]

Nothing, so with all the money I've not spent, we would have our house in Tuscany by now.

[40hz]

If I could go back, I'd have put most of the money into a proper amp & cab. I'll never ever forget the sensation going from a my first practice amp (50w Torque?) to trying out an Ashdown ABM with a 4x10 about 3 months into playing. It was biblical. 

I think a proper amp would have done more for the tones I was trying to get and inspired me a lot more.

[Mrbigstuff]

It could have been an NYC Sadowsky and I think I still would have traded it for something else. You can’t buy the time spent experimenting and experiencing what’s available. 

[Acebassmusic]

Lessons.....I had a musical background before picking up bass so I was self taught for the first 10 years. Lessons would have helped speed up the learning curve earlier on.

[Killed_by_Death]

 

I wouldn't pursue Music at all if I'd known then what I know now, that I'm tone-deaf.

Even in recent discussions about Music that I thought I knew very very well, others seem to be hearing something that I cannot.

 

[skankdelvar]

Looking back to 1977, my first amp was a 200w SS paired with a 2x12 cab and the bass was a short-scale semi.

So if I was starting out now I probably wouldn't change anything 

[Waddo Soqable]

2 minutes ago, skankdelvar said:

Looking back to 1977, my first amp was a 200w SS paired with a 2x12 cab and the bass was a short-scale semi.

So if I was starting out now I probably wouldn't change anything 

You only had a Semi you say....

[skankdelvar]

4 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

You only had a Semi you say....

Something a bit like this Commodore...

[leftybassman392]

A Porsche 911 SC with...

Oh wait: wrong thread.

 

As you were.

 

[Waddo Soqable]

7 minutes ago, skankdelvar said:

Something a bit like this Commodore...

Very nice