TheGreek Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 ...and you were starting out again. do you know what you would buy??? I don't....far too much nice gear available now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 A Levinson Blade and a Sadowsky onboard pre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Jazz bass, Ampeg. did I miss anything? Don’t think so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 See...I've lost my love of Jazz basses so it would have to be a PJ for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 (edited) 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. 😉 Edited July 18, 2021 by 4000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 (edited) 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. Edited July 18, 2021 by Lozz196 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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! 😂 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 A 1959 Les Paul Standard. Maybe 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 I’d never have wasted all that time learning guitar 🤢 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 The same, an ibanez Ric copy and an amp I made myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Panzer Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Flatwounds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Nothing, so with all the money I've not spent, we would have our house in Tuscany by now. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40hz Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebassmusic Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killed_by_Death Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 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.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: You only had a Semi you say.... Something a bit like this Commodore... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 A Porsche 911 SC with... Oh wait: wrong thread. As you were. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, skankdelvar said: Something a bit like this Commodore... Very nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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