AndyTravis Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, snorkie635 said: If I were in that boat, I'd look 20 years younger! 😂 Just 13 years in…I had lovely thick brown hair before that… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Maybe should have listed 'hair' as the one that got away. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Roscoe Beck 4 and an old Stingray5. I’d get on better with the RB’s neck now and I probably only sold the SR5 because the guy I bought it from asked if I’d consider selling it back to him (I wasn’t really playing 5s at the time). Mostly, I’ve been moving forward with little looking back to previously owned basses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Much like @Dad3353 mine is a hollow bodied 6 string. A no-name Japanese copy of the Gibson Barney Kessel guitar. Very much like this Shaftesbury - probably from the same factory. I can even forgive it the sunburst finish! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, ezbass said: Roscoe Beck 4 and an old Stingray5. I’d get on better with the RB’s neck now and I probably only sold the SR5 because the guy I bought it from asked if I’d consider selling it back to him (I wasn’t really playing 5s at the time). Mostly, I’ve been moving forward with little looking back to previously owned basses. Now a Roscoe Beck V is a lovely thing. Been chasing one in CAR for ages. " Moving forward" sounds a good, healthy attitude though.👍 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, Mykesbass said: Much like @Dad3353 mine is a hollow bodied 6 string. A no-name Japanese copy of the Gibson Barney Kessel guitar. Very much like this Shaftesbury - probably from the same factory. I can even forgive it the sunburst finish! Classy if you ask me. Never give up the search my friend. It's out there somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ezbass Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, snorkie635 said: Now a Roscoe Beck V is a lovely thing. Been chasing one in CAR for ages. " Moving forward" sounds a good, healthy attitude though.👍 My RB4 was deep red but not quite CAR. Edited March 17, 2023 by ezbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Not a bass, but my old 1963 Hammond C3 organ + Leslie speaker. Absolutely glorious sound in full throttle. It was the first thing that sold when I got rid of my studio. Regretted it at the time although I knew I didn’t really have any other choice. I probably wouldn’t have time to play it every day now or even every week but on the occasions it might be possible... phwoar! 😅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 2 hours ago, meterman said: Not a bass, but my old 1963 Hammond C3 organ + Leslie speaker. Absolutely glorious sound in full throttle. It was the first thing that sold when I got rid of my studio. Regretted it at the time although I knew I didn’t really have any other choice. I probably wouldn’t have time to play it every day now or even every week but on the occasions it might be possible... phwoar! 😅 Hammond organ is a tremendous instrument to play. Drop that into a blues band and it's instant kudos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Guild B402-A - super rare, in my inexperience at the time I didn't know how to get the best out of it, stupidly traded it. Would have it back in heartbeat. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 '78 Rickenbacker 4002 in Azure blue I traded it in '85/'86 and have only one or two "analogue" photos of it to remember it by. I do still have the '80 Aria Pro II SB-1000 that I chopped it in for though. Ah, those good old days when you could only afford one bass at a time, eh? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebadon2000 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 My 1975 Precision White with Maple Neck bought new; Sold in 2000 was nicotine yellow by then.🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Choosing 'the one' means a decision regarding two basses. Either 1953 Precision (#0189) or the 1966 slab Precision. It's a difficult choice. Both sounded huge and both were uncomfortable to play for a long period (the edge would dig into my forearm when I was playing). On balance, I guess it would be the 1953 bass. The 66 is very rare but the 1953 has the history and I have a good few Precisions in the post-1957 form. The only picture I have of it, hanging next to my 1966 Jazz (another one that would worth a bit now!!). 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1970 Yamaha SB-35. Sold it when 'I moved to playing 5 strings' and therefore it went, along with all but one of my 4 strings. Moved back to 4 strings about a year later, of course.🤪 I have finally stopped pestering the guy I sold it to for fear of him getting an injunction. I've seen one for sale since, but it was about 0.5kg heavier 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Westone Raider I in silver/grey. It was my first bass. I was forced to sell it and I have regretted it ever since. I even miss the smell of the case. Not actually mine. The only photo I have of mine was taken while I was playing it naked… No one wants to see that! There were photos of my 18th birthday cake, which was made to look like my bass, but my ex kept them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, KingBollock said: Westone Raider I in silver/grey. It was my first bass. I was forced to sell it and I have regretted it ever since. I even miss the smell of the case. Not actually mine. The only photo I have of mine was taken while I was playing it naked… No one wants to see that! There were photos of my 18th birthday cake, which was made to look like my bass, but my ex kept them. Photo of you playing it naked? You tease us Sir.. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 16 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: Photo of you playing it naked? You tease us Sir.. 😁 May be 'teasing' the ex more! 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) Well I'm sure a view would be a source of great entertainment.. go on, you know you want to.. You can always pixel out any untoward "todger" action.. 😁 Edited March 18, 2023 by Waddo Soqable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Some excellent basses being mentioned. I wonder how many are still around, 'un-played', under a bed or in an attic (gasp!) oh how we suffer for/from our art. Next stop is a garret in Paris. 🫤 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 "Naked! The smell of the case!" Jumping out of a birthday cake? look away Vicar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Not a special bass, but special to me as my first 'proper' bass with which I started getting decent gigs. A Hohner 'The Jack' headless, supposedly active but that wasn't working. I paid about £200 for it in the late 90s and sold it, many years later during a sabbatical from playing, for around £300. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I had a Jack (in black) that I used for gigs quite a bit, was great and likely should've kept it, I think I got some pittance for it when flogged, a little over 100 quid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyl Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Conklin Sidewinder. It was a 7-string which always caused a stir, but looking past that it sounded amazing and played like butter. Sold it on here 2008. Still regret it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, guyl said: Conklin Sidewinder. It was a 7-string which always caused a stir, but looking past that it sounded amazing and played like butter. Sold it on here 2008. Still regret it! There's an Overwater 7 on the for sale section which is an exceptional bass. Worth a look? 15 minutes ago, guyl said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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