NBD - What are the chances?

[mike f]

This story I’ve repeated elsewhere but I think it’s worth putting on here as well.

 

2001 Ltd Edition Thumb BO. Sometimes, only sometimes, “the one that got away”  swims straight back into your net.

I bought this bass in 2003, brand new (despite its year). Gigged with it loads in London, recorded an album.., and then traded it in 2011/12 (not sure) for a Stingray.

It quickly went to the top of the list in my head of basses I’d wished I’d never got rid of. And then…

it appeared up for sale , on Facebook, this week. Mind blown, messages sent and received, confirmation made, bass purchased.

I am so happy. And it’s the beautiful beast of a bass that I remember and with 12 years or so having passed, an instrument I can now appreciate more and make sound even better.

[simonlittle]

Good to hear you’ve been reunited! I must say there are a couple of basses I’ve sold over the last ten years that I’ve been sorely missing of late. Great that it’s still as good an instrument as you remember too 👍

[Lozz196]

Nice one, I bet you’re really pleased, there’s one particular bass I’d like to get back but it went mid-90s so doubt I’d stand any chance at all.

[mike f]

1 hour ago, simonlittle said:

Good to hear you’ve been reunited! I must say there are a couple of basses I’ve sold over the last ten years that I’ve been sorely missing of late. Great that it’s still as good an instrument as you remember too 👍

Thanks. Its actually better than I remember, which has surprised me, in fact the whole series of events leading from seeing it online on my phone (4 days ago) to being sat with it here now has left me a little gob smacked! 

Edited November 3, 2024 by mike f

[mike f]

43 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Nice one, I bet you’re really pleased, there’s one particular bass I’d like to get back but it went mid-90s so doubt I’d stand any chance at all.

I am really pleased. And to add to the bass itself it came in my old Bass Centre Hiscox case with the original manual, documents of authentication (it being a limited edition) and paperwork with my own terrible handwriting on it dated March 2003.

 

Keep looking! I thought this one had disappeared over the horizon a long time ago.

Edited November 3, 2024 by mike f

[BassAgent]

Awesome! I know the feeling of "the one that got away". It's so awesome to see that bass back on your wall or in its stand again.

[Bernmeister]

What a great story.

Rekindling a lost love, only to find her again, as beautiful as ever & with your old hiscox case, certificate & documentation too.

Can’t beat it. 

 

[andruca]

Congrats 👏👏👏 Looks nice, well taken care of. Thumbs are not my thing, but a good reunion story definitely is, so THUMBS UP 👍👍 Rock it even harder this time 🤘

[mike f]

6 hours ago, Bernmeister said:

What a great story.

Rekindling a lost love, only to find her again, as beautiful as ever & with your old hiscox case, certificate & documentation too.

Can’t beat it. 

 

Thanks. I have been so very fortunate.

[mike f]

1 hour ago, andruca said:

Congrats 👏👏👏 Looks nice, well taken care of. Thumbs are not my thing, but a good reunion story definitely is, so THUMBS UP 👍👍 Rock it even harder this time 🤘

Thank you. It had been looked after very well. Still, I gave it a polish, fretboard too, and put some DRs on it. It sings and it growls! And it will be played hard 👍

[AndyTravis]

Very cool.

 

my Casady was my replacement for an old one…

 

Got it brand new and then sold because of some ridiculous stuff…

 

Fate stepped in and I got it back.

 

Like my best mate these days.

 

sold a load of bits and bobs (old HiFi gear and a peavey bass) to a mate last month and agreed a deal on a second one which is imminent…

 

Loved the Thumbs sound, they’re too physically small

for me - but love the sound.

 

It’s a great feeling getting an old bass back that you miss.

 

[Cliff Edge]

Great story. I would love to get my 1996 Stingray back, which I purchased in Manny’s a couple of weeks after the manufacture date. Sold it on eBay to a lady in Scotland, probably around 2000/2001. Also in a Hiscox case. 

[mike f]

32 minutes ago, Cliff Edge said:

Great story. I would love to get my 1996 Stingray back, which I purchased in Manny’s a couple of weeks after the manufacture date. Sold it on eBay to a lady in Scotland, probably around 2000/2001. Also in a Hiscox case. 

Oh man I hope you find it. Keep looking 👍

[Cliff Edge]

4 minutes ago, mike f said:

Oh man I hope you find it. Keep looking 👍

Thanks, found the serial number, B03721. Apart from a very nice example it was a wedding anniversary gift to myself. So doubly special. Just in case you all think bad of me, I bought my wife a very nice silver and gold bracelet in Tiffany’s the same day. She still wears it. 

[mike f]

@Cliff Edge every cloud…

Well now’s the time to put out a full description of it on BC. Someone here might have seen, or be playing it.

Maybe Basschat should start a One The Got Away thread where BCers can give a full description of an instrument and where it was last seen. I’d imagine that there’s plenty of us who peruse the internet looking at basses for sale (when we should be practicing!). Might have some success. 

[Shaggy]

Lovely plumage  - bubinga?    Great story 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mike f]

7 minutes ago, Shaggy said:

Lovely plumage  - bubinga?    Great story 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks. Yes it’s Bubinga pommele with an ebony fretboard.

 

[BassAgent]

On 11/11/2024 at 12:39, Shaggy said:

Lovely plumage  - bubinga?    Great story 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think it's a Norwegian blue then.