Best music purchase of 2022?

[Reggaebass]

4 hours ago, miles'tone said:

My 1965 Fender P. All original. I bought it unseen and took a massive sweaty gamble on it but I lucked out. It's everything I hoped it to be and more. 

It's the last bass I'll ever buy.

No, really!!

So nice, nearly pulled the trigger on one in America this morning, I’m still debating 

[Chiliwailer]

22 minutes ago, ossyrocks said:

That’s the way I justify it to my better half. I think my 73 has gone up quite a bit since I bought it in February.

Liking that… but you know the score, photos or it never happened 😊

[ossyrocks]

3 minutes ago, Chiliwailer said:

Liking that… but you know the score, photos or it never happened 😊

There’s a pic of mine up there^^

[Chiliwailer]

2 minutes ago, ossyrocks said:

There’s a pic of mine up there^^

Oops, missed that somehow, very nice 👌 

[miles'tone]

6 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

So nice, nearly pulled the trigger on one in America this morning, I’m still debating 

Cheers mate. I bought mine from the states actually, from a dealer in Florida who shall remain nameless because he helped me out by being "generous" with it's shipping value. 

Like I said, a massive sweaty gamble... (Don't try this at home kids!). I tried to bring him down on what was already a very fair price because, all in, the cost was beyond me. His response was, "hey man I feel for you but I ain't pickin' up the tab for y'all voting brexit. Here's what I'll do..." 

 

I've been looking for one for years and although it's the most I've ever paid for a bass, it was the cheapest I'm likely to ever see one in my lifetime. 

I just closed my eyes, told myself I'm worth it, and pressed Buy Now.

 

It could have gone so so wrong in many ways. 

I guess the universe decided I needed a break!

 

 

[Geek99]

5 hours ago, miles'tone said:

My 1965 Fender P. All original. I bought it unseen and took a massive sweaty gamble on it but I lucked out. It's everything I hoped it to be and more. 

It's the last bass I'll ever buy.

No, really!!

I may have stopped laughing by new year - sure, it’s your last purchase ever … 

[miles'tone]

47 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

I may have stopped laughing by new year - sure, it’s your last purchase ever … 

I know, I know... how many times have we all said it...

I mean it sincerely though. I'm selling all my superfluous instruments in the new year, leaving me with said P bass and my upright. I don't need and have no use for anything else. I'm 50 now, spent the last 20 years going through the whole cycle of bass buying, dopemine chasing madness. It's been a fun (and expensive) ride but now I'm good. Done with twisting, stick!

I've cashed in my chips and left the casino.

[Geek99]

“I started with a p bass but I wanted something that was less of a one-trick pony “

”ooh but what a trick…”

”my zon/sandberg/sei is so much better”

”I don’t like fender”

”I saw £&@&£ and he sounded so good with a p bass”

”well the simplicity appeals..less to go wrong..I mean there was that time in 1982 when the preamp battery died…

”I’ve bought a squier…”

”

 

repeat ad nauseum 

Edited December 24, 2022 by Geek99

[Cat Burrito]

For me it is my Squier Bass VI. I customised the pickguard and am looking forward to using it in the studio in a couple of days.

 

[paul_5]

A PCB for a Lovetone Meatball clone - amazing pedal!

[Raslee]

My Zon Legacy, 7lbs of back joy and funk tone to die for 😁

[TrevorR]

Got a little MarkBass MicroMark practice amp for home use. So nice and light for carrying round the house and sounds fantastic given its 1 tone knob and teeny weeny itsy bitsy speaker. 
 

That said, I’ve only made two gear purchases this year - and the other one was a TC UniTune clip on tuner (also great).

[MichaelDean]

My GX-100 is amazing. So pleased I took a punt on it and didn't settle for something with fewer footswitches. I've got a great sounding patch with an amp on one channel that I can send to the desk, while the other goes to my amp. Plus it's much lighter than my pedalboard full of pedals and has a smaller footprint. Not that weight reduction was a motivating factor, but it is handy.

 

[Bassfinger]

My Sire P5. Love it.

[Happy Jack]

Yamaha Reface DX

 

https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/music_production/synthesizers/reface/reface_dx.html

 

The most fun you can have without your bass on.

 

[Linus27]

I'm not really sure what my best purchase was as they've all been positive purchases and still a bit early to say.

 

My Boss OC-5 Octave pedal is brilliant. A proper workhorse that sounds fab and tracks brilliantly. I couldn't be any happier with it.

 

My Ashdown RM Evo II is also brilliant. Sounds great out of the box, super functional, light and has been reliable so far despite only having done about 5 gigs with it.

 

I also bought a fretless MIJ Fender Precision 62 reissue which is very beautiful and for the brief moment I tried it at home, seems very nice. However, I noticed the neck had some indents and grooves in it which caused certain note to vibrate or die prematurely. So it got dropped off at my luthier who's going to fix it so until then, I'm not really sure how it will pan out. Might be the best bass I own or may get sold next year but early indication seems it's a keeper.

 

[Tokalo]

I bought a MIM Player Jazz in July because it was underpriced on the Bay. I didn’t have the funds so needed to sell another bass if I was going to keep it. I didn’t sell the other bass in time, so the Fender had to go (for a slight profit)x

In the month I had it, I learned a lot:

I absolutely love the Fender “modern C” neck;

I quite like the punch and clarity from a single coil p/u;

I hate the variations in volume across and up/down the neck with a single coil p/u;

I don’t get on with VVT controls.

 

So it was my best buy because it quietened that little voice telling me I need a J.
(And because I soon sold the other bass and got a Sandberg Electra VS4 which - for a relative beginner like me - is light and punchy and feels like it was designed to be gigged, unlike the Fender).

 

Edited December 25, 2022 by Tokalo
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[joel406]

My Quad Cortex

[Eldon Tyrell]

1991 EBMM Stingray 2EQ. Great bass with cool Bernard Edwards/Louis Johnson/Timmy C vibes. Thanks again, @Dov65 for finding it for me 👍

 

[DGBass]

A custom shop Ashdown ABM was my first thought for best music purchase of 2022 but there was something else I bought that just pipped it to the post for sheer value and because of how stunned I was at the variety of tones available and how good it sounds. It's also superbly built and £70 seemed to good to be true but I can't fault it in anyway so far.

 

 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Probably my Ashdown ABM600 EVO IV, or Epiphone Casino, but I have a LPB Squier bass vi due to arrive on the 29th...

[jonno1981]

A very worn, annotated and well thumbed book about bass improvisation that I picked up from Reading’s oxfam music store. Every-time I leaf through the shelves I find a load of bass titles. 

[drTStingray]

I bought/downloaded the iReal Pro app. 

 

Has transformed my ability to play jazz standards to chord sheets and other stuff. Has tons of other stuff as well for those moments when you get asked to play Stand By Your Man or Black Velvet and you can’t remember it. 

 

Highly recommended. 

Edited December 25, 2022 by drTStingray

[knirirr]

Probably this bow. When I picked it up in the shop I intitially thought it too tip-heavy, but then I tried it out and even on the beginner bass in the shop it felt great. It has taken over from one of these, which I have kept for "last note of the ballad" jazz jam duties.

 

[drTStingray]

4 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

1991 EBMM Stingray 2EQ. Great bass with cool Bernard Edwards/Louis Johnson/Timmy C vibes. Thanks again, @Dov65 for finding it for me 👍

 

Ah you finally got one 👍😀