snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 We've most likely all got a bass we sold/swapped/'lost' due to a bout of acute GAS or such madness. I'll start my confession with the fact that I once had a 40th anniversary Fender CS Precision which was a wonderful machine. Alas, it's long gone, but will never be forgotten. Why, oh why? There are times I do such stupid things. Which bass do you regret parting company with? Photos? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Not a bass, but my very first electric guitar, a Hofner Thin President E2, Florentine cutaway, just like this one... I've been looking for one like it for over half a century, to no avail. The stupidity of youth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Black 73 Rick 4001... Sold it probably 2010 ish when I wasn't using it much (was using a Headless Jack for gigs etc) , needed the dosh blah blah.. Naturally regret it but what can you do, I couldn't afford another one nowadays. There were likely a couple of odd gig pics of me with it but couldn't find those to save my life.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 I feel your pain already. I didn't think I'd be suffering alone. To think these may all be out there, under a bed, unloved, unplayed. I can't take it any more. Sob!😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Dad3353 I know it's not the model you are chasing, and this one is sold, BUT the guy who runs this lesser-know shop is a Hofner fanatic. Might be worth your while dropping him a note to see if he can help? Good luck. His contact is: https://www.vintagerareandretro.co.uk/news 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Far too many... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I'm still a bit sad I had to move my 5 string double bass on, but the reality is I don't have the time and space needed for it so it's better with someone who can use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 https://www.basschat.co.uk/profile/11876-dad3353/ see above please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Perhaps correct if it's being used. Let's hope it has a good home 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I rather regret moving on the white/maple Precision in my pic. Had a good bit of genuine wear on it, some generated in my ownership. I shifted it as I’d left the band I used it in and in my mind therefore no longer had any need for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Many, too many. But this always haunts me: Classy bass, indestructible, shed load of tone on tap, best fret board I’ve played, blah blah. Sold it to buy something shiny that got moved on quicker than a Tory prime minister’s term in office. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 1 hour ago, TheGreek said: Far too many... Me too tbh, but somehow, that Fender ... ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, oldslapper said: Many, too many. But this always haunts me: Classy bass, indestructible, shed load of tone on tap, best fret board I’ve played, blah blah. Sold it to buy something shiny that got moved on quicker than a Tory prime minister’s term in office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Just now, snorkie635 said: Love that colour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12stringbassist Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I've sold a few things, including a WAL. I sold them because they had gone to the back of the class and I don't regret selling any of them really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 My first decent bass, a Hayman 40/40 that I put together myself and stupidly pxed for a Precision. And a 4-string fretless bass, a Frontier, which I've never seen another one of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 11 minutes ago, 12stringbassist said: I've sold a few things, including a WAL. I sold them because they had gone to the back of the class and I don't regret selling any of them really. Fair comment. I too have sold three WALS and don't miss them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Sadowsky HPJ Blue Status Kingbass White CS 64 Jazz Burst Relic 56 CS P Yamaha BB1600 Modulus Flea erm… Listening back to last years band stuff, my Teal SR5 basically…lots of basses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, tauzero said: My first decent bass, a Hayman 40/40 that I put together myself and stupidly pxed for a Precision. And a 4-string fretless bass, a Frontier, which I've never seen another one of. Never played a Hayman - have owned a Shergold double-neck which may have had similarities? Never even heard of a Frontier though. You never know who's reading this and if they might contact you. How good would that be? Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 1 minute ago, snorkie635 said: Fair comment. I too have sold three WALS and don't miss them. I had a Wal for the shortest time, hated it and got rid of ASAP, no regret there either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Sadowsky HPJ Blue Status Kingbass White CS 64 Jazz Burst Relic 56 CS P Yamaha BB1600 Modulus Flea erm… Listening back to last years band stuff, my Teal SR5 basically…lots of basses Love it. You've got it bad Andy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, snorkie635 said: Love it. You've got it bad Andy! If I were an unmarried, childless man…I would still have them all 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 1 hour ago, snorkie635 said: Dad3353 I know it's not the model you are chasing, and this one is sold, BUT the guy who runs this lesser-know shop is a Hofner fanatic. Might be worth your while dropping him a note to see if he can help? Good luck. His contact is: https://www.vintagerareandretro.co.uk/news Many thanks for the link. Indeed, he has a lot of very interesting stock, and is right plumb in the middle of the sort of stuff that gets my attention. Amazingly, even the prices aren't daft..! I'll contact him, certainly, and see what a few midnight incantations and black goat sacrifices to the gods can do. A decade or so ago, I hosted a few French Hofner Bashes, and own several very nice specimens myself, gathered over the years, so it's nice to see the brand still around, commercially. Their current models, of guitars and basses, are worthy of interest. The model I'm hankering after was only a short run at the time, so there aren't all that many in the world, however, which makes the hunt a little more 'interesting'. Thanks again; meanwhile... Have a great day. Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Many thanks for the link. Indeed, he has a lot of very interesting stock, and is right plumb in the middle of the sort of stuff that gets my attention. Amazingly, even the prices aren't daft..! I'll contact him, certainly, and see what a few midnight incantations and black goat sacrifices to the gods can do. A decade or so ago, I hosted a few French Hofner Bashes, and own several very nice specimens myself, gathered over the years, so it's nice to see the brand still around, commercially. Their current models, of guitars and basses, are worthy of interest. The model I'm hankering after was only a short run at the time, so there aren't all that many in the world, however, which makes the hunt a little more 'interesting'. Thanks again; meanwhile... Have a great day. Douglas You are more than welcome. I thought you'd like that site. Good luck with your search. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: If I were an unmarried, childless man…I would still have them all 🤣 If I were in that boat, I'd look 20 years younger! 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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