My Current Gang

[Old Horse Murphy]

So after a quite honestly disgraceful 2021 of buying and selling, followed by an equally disgraceful January 2022, I've arrived at this lot:

 

Back Row L-R: 2015 Thunderbird/Guild Starfire 1/ Hohner B2A (not fully working). 
 

Front Row L-R: Stingray 5 Special (strung with rounds)/ Stingray 5 Special (flats)/ 1989 US Fender P Bass (flats)/ 4003S/ Fender American Pro II P Bass (rounds)/ G&L CLF L-2000/ Custom Fretless.  

My Ibanez EHB1505MS is not included as I've put it up for sale. 
 

I spent a really nerdy day yesterday, cleaning and setting up this lot. I must say it was rather fun
 

I'd really like to think I'm done and ideally would like to lose a couple, although for the life of me I can't decide which ones. If anything, I've got a hankering for a lightweight G&L SB-1 but we'll see...

[Machines]

I have come to the conclusion you have too many hats.

[Old Horse Murphy]

My wife feels the same!

[gjones]

No Jazz Basses.......you'll have to do something about that.

 

Edit: Ooops I see one hiding far right.

 

         But it has no frets.......you'll have to do something about that.

Edited January 24, 2022 by gjones

[Linus27]

Blimey, I remember the days when you had 3 or 4 basses

[Old Horse Murphy]

So do I! I blame you 

[Linus27]

28 minutes ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

So do I! I blame you 

 

HAHAHAHA you can't blame me, I only have 3 basses now and none of them have frets

[Old Horse Murphy]

9 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

 

HAHAHAHA you can't blame me, I only have 3 basses now and none of them have frets

Weirdo! 😉

[Machines]

If that were my collection, i'd be thinning them out (if required) based on duplication. There's 2 P basses and 2 Stingrays. The others look unique enough to be justified.

[Old Horse Murphy]

8 minutes ago, Machines said:

If that were my collection, i'd be thinning them out (if required) based on duplication. There's 2 P basses and 2 Stingrays. The others look unique enough to be justified.

It's funny, because the ones I'd hypothetically let go of first are the B2A (once it's working) and the Guild, purely because l don't think I'll use them anywhere near as much as the others. The next would be the Thunderbird which would basically leave me mostly with variations on a theme. Given my history of basses that have come and gone though, that pretty much sums me up!
 

The Rays and the P basses are different enough for me with being strung with rounds and flats to justify keeping them (in my head at least). 
 

And then the whole ride begins again....

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 24, 2022 by Old Horse Murphy

[jd56hawk]

[Rayman]

NICE mate..... I don't even remember what bass I bought from you maybe 10yrs ago, probably a Precision?

[Clarky]

Hey Nick, are you sure that isn't a pic of BassDirect's showroom?

[Old Horse Murphy]

10 minutes ago, Clarky said:

Hey Nick, are you sure that isn't a pic of BassDirect's showroom?

No Dingwalls I'm afraid!

[Old Horse Murphy]

31 minutes ago, Rayman said:

NICE mate..... I don't even remember what bass I bought from you maybe 10yrs ago, probably a Precision?

I think we met up and I gave you a Ray exchange for your P Bass. I could well be wrong, there have been so many basses and so many Services....

[Rayman]

Ahhh yes.... I remember, a Stingray yep. 

[Bassfinger]

Does each bass have a corresponding and matching hat?

[super al]

12 hours ago, Bassfinger said:

Does each bass have a corresponding and matching hat?

That sounds quite sensible, you could probably spend a week trying out which bass goes best with which hat...best do that only once then label each hat with a corresponding bass 🤠

 

[Richard R]

Flatcap for flatwounds, beanie for roundwounds. Hatless for fretless.

Fedora for EUB. 

 

May need a whole thread to sort this properly.

[BillyBass]

You would also have to check which tonefabrics the hats were made of.  I reckon wool with a P Bass would not be a good match.

[adamg67]

2 hours ago, BillyBass said:

You would also have to check which tonefabrics the hats were made of.  I reckon wool with a P Bass would not be a good match.

Everyone knows the construction of the hat makes way more difference than the fabric, and lets not get into lined vs unlined hats.

[Old Horse Murphy]

I have a Stetson. Do you think it would be good for Metal?

[Richard R]

11 minutes ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

I have a Stetson. Do you think it would be good for Metal?

Metal Stetson is the name of a thrash country band from the North East of England.

And if it isn't then it damn' well should be!

[drTStingray]

On 24/01/2022 at 12:14, Old Horse Murphy said:

So after a quite honestly disgraceful 2021 of buying and selling, followed by an equally disgraceful January 2022, I've arrived at this lot:

 

Back Row L-R: 2015 Thunderbird/Guild Starfire 1/ Hohner B2A (not fully working). 
 

Front Row L-R: Stingray 5 Special (strung with rounds)/ Stingray 5 Special (flats)/ 1989 US Fender P Bass (flats)/ 4003S/ Fender American Pro II P Bass (rounds)/ G&L CLF L-2000/ Custom Fretless.  

My Ibanez EHB1505MS is not included as I've put it up for sale. 
 

I spent a really nerdy day yesterday, cleaning and setting up this lot. I must say it was rather fun
 

I'd really like to think I'm done and ideally would like to lose a couple, although for the life of me I can't decide which ones. If anything, I've got a hankering for a lightweight G&L SB-1 but we'll see...

Lovely 😎 - interesting you’ve strung the maple board Stingray Special with flats. How does it compare with the rosewood(or is it ebony??)/natural/ roundwound combination?

[Old Horse Murphy]

15 hours ago, drTStingray said:

Lovely 😎 - interesting you’ve strung the maple board Stingray Special with flats. How does it compare with the rosewood(or is it ebony??)/natural/ roundwound combination?

Well spotted! It actually came already strung with Flats, but after the laying it for a while it was suffering with a bit of the "old G-String off the edge of the fingerboard" due to the lower tension in the strings (and my sloppy technique). So, I flipped the strings around and the Natural/Rosewood (which doesn't suffer as much) wears the Flats and the Green Machine wears the Rounds. 
 

I also took time to try the black pickguard on the green one too and think it really adds to the colour scheme so I've ordered a replacement black one for it.