Protium Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Two - main bass and a backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosebass Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 A big fat 1 my de-fretted Hofner S7B of 1981 Vintage The most I have owned is 4 and I though that was verging on the Imelda's I normally build 1 or 2 a week though so I'm never short of others to [s]play on[/s] set up and check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Including double basses I think we're up to about 10. Still nothing on the good Doctor_of_the_bass!!! Rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Down from 10 to 6 briefly this month and then back up to 7. May yet go back to 6... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Just done a recount and despite having parted with (most of) the ones I intended to part with, it looks like the final total is approximately "all of them". This compulsive behaviour is actually starting to cause me stress & upset - and as a result I feel I'm slipping into a cycle of "Comfort GAS". I'll have to buy another bass to cheer myself up... J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul h Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 [quote name='Bassassin' post='348211' date='Dec 7 2008, 10:56 PM']Just done a recount and despite having parted with (most of) the ones I intended to part with, it looks like the final total is approximately "all of them". This compulsive behaviour is actually starting to cause me stress & upset - and as a result I feel I'm slipping into a cycle of "Comfort GAS". I'll have to buy another bass to cheer myself up... J[/quote] You sir are the absolute embodiment of this forum. You are like a version of me with more money or a more understanding wife. Possibly both. Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 (edited) Four - Lakland Skyline Decade (2008); Fender American Deluxe Precision (tuned BEAD) (2006); Fender Jazz Fretless (1999); Michael Kelly Dragonfly Acoustic (2002). Edited December 11, 2008 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mewsie Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 three for me, and one on loan which i sometimes caress with a microfibre cloth and pretend is mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 [quote name='paul h' post='348212' date='Dec 7 2008, 10:59 PM']You sir are the absolute embodiment of this forum. You are like a version of me with more money or a more understanding wife. Possibly both. Paul.[/quote] I suspect a version of you with 1) significantly less money but a taste for cheap & idiosyncratic (ie repulsive to anyone with standards) crap that would be more at home burning in a skip, and 2) a partner who sings in my band & therefore allows me my little foibles. As for embodying this forum - I have to say right now I have never owned a Fender, MusicMan, Warwick, Shuker, Lakland, WAL, Status, Goodfellow, G&L, Pedulla or even a bloody SX - so I'm amazed they even let me come on here! :ph34r: J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike257 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I'm feeling utterly under-equipped with my 5 - and my girlfriend thinks I have too many :s [i]Sandberg California JM4[/i]: My main squeeze, just put flats on and loving it! [i]MM Stingray 4[/i]: The first 'proper' bass I got. It's been neglected lately, but I'll never part with it. [i]Peavey T-40[/i]: Doesn't really get a look in at the moment, I'd trade it for something interesting if anyone fancies it... [i]Squier P Special[/i]: My first ever bass, currently rebuilding with Badass and Wizards [i]'Extreme' Jazz copy[/i]: Won in the Basschat raffle - the neck is amazingly nice, so I'm modding it up at the mo There's my 6-stringers too (Ibanez Artist, Epiphone LP, Ibanez acoustic), but they don't count, of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leowasright Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 It's nuts and I have just realised recently.... I am actually up to six at the minute (5 jazz and 1 Epi EB-3) But I really need to slim down to 3 or even 2 if the MIA Jazz goes. I can manage with the MIM Jazz (Midnight wine and fitted with a black scratchplate I made by hand) fitted with USA pickups, plus my MIJ Squire Jazz fitted witha '62 reissue CIJ Jazz neck and reissue pickups. And this is not about needing the money. Having that many is just....insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonshelley01 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 2 basses, 2 guitars and an acoustic at the moment. I have managed to control my GAS for a few months, but the money was burning a hole in my pocket so I have started to accumulate pedals now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Time for a recount of mine: [list] [*]'81 Cherry Sunburst Precision [*]Blue Fender Ashbory [*]Black Fender Ashbory [*]'86 Hohner B2A Cricket Bat [*]Fretless 'bitsa' Precision [*]MIJ '62 reissue Fender precision [*]Fender Highway 1 Jazz [*]Alpine white Epiphone thunderbird [*]Danelectro Longhorn [*]CIJ Fender Mustang [*]Squier Vista Musicmaster [*]'71 Fender Musicmaster [*]Peavey Millennium AC BXP 5 string [*]Violet-burst Daisy Rock Elite [*]NS-Design CR-5M upright [*]Stentor student double bass [*]a one string electric upright thing [/list] brings me up to 17 plus I keep my daughter's three basses strung & set up for her. [list] [*]Daisy Rock Heartbreaker [*]'71 Fender Musicmaster [*]Another Violet-burst Daisy Rock Elite [/list] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 6 basses (see sig) and an acoustic geetar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basszilla Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Two for me, an active and a passive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 5 - which is one too many by my self made rules - all fretted 4's 73 Precision - semi retired 'precious' 54P Reish - so I could finally retire the above - my current fave Status Series 3000 - useful workhorse I wouldn't be without Shuker Bolt-On Custom - posh lightweight Stingray that's pretty much out of work at the mo because of 2 and 3 Epiphone Explorer - hated piece of crap that looks right in the ZZ trib I'd like to have just 4 - all doing jobs for me (inc the retired P) The EpiEx could go tomorrow for all I care but stays as long as the ZZ thing carries on. I'd really like a 70's sunburst fretless P , but that would mean dumping one of the others. Incredibly the only one I could consider would be the Shuker - which shocks me that I even think it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I own 4 and a half; 3 Warwick Streamers, a Takamine acoustic, and I'm in the process of building another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Not sure why I never answered this before I have 4, sort of: [b]1. Status Retroactive J[/b], yum yum. Only one other bass has been so playable and so "me", that was the Groove 5 I sold a few months back to SFN, now with Trace_n_Bass I believe?? [b]2. Status Groove fretless[/b], yum yum. Oh wait, this is equally as playable as the Retroactive, just I'm not as good without frets [b]3. Vester Jazz[/b] copy, my first bass so sentimental reasons won't let me sell it, plus it's prob worth about 50p. Plays and sounds nice though, for a cheapy. [b]4. Galveston[/b] electro-acoustic [b]firewood[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeS Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Three, down from five at the beginning of the year. Only my ATK gets played, and I keep meaning to offload the Cimar Precision I've got knocking about back at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 [list=1] [*][b]Shuker 5[/b] [*][b]Status S1 5[/b] [*][b]Wal Pro IIE[/b] [*][b]Yamaha RBX765 [/b]de-fretted [*][b]Ibanez BTB406[/b] beaten up piece o' crap 6-string [*][b]SX Jazzish[/b] project, work-in-progress [*][b]Overwater 'SkoolBase'[/b] long term restoration/resuscitation project -- another WiP [*][b]'64 Hofner Artist[/b] -- first bass I ever had, so kept for sentimental reasons [/list] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry44 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 4 and counting for me, although, i am getting some P gas!!!! anyone fancy an ATK400?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateralus462 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I have 1 - an Ibanez EDB700 which I love to bits Soon to be 3 though - This week I'll mostly be buying a Squier VMJ Fretless and an Ibanez SR506 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 [quote name='Bassassin' post='348281' date='Dec 8 2008, 01:06 AM']I suspect a version of you with 1) significantly less money but a taste for cheap & idiosyncratic (ie repulsive to anyone with standards) crap that would be more at home burning in a skip, and 2) a partner who sings in my band & therefore allows me my little foibles. As for embodying this forum - I have to say right now I have never owned a Fender, MusicMan, Warwick, Shuker, Lakland, WAL, Status, Goodfellow, G&L, Pedulla or even a bloody SX - so I'm amazed they even let me come on here! :ph34r: J.[/quote] Same as you, I've not spent more than £200 on any bass in current collection, cheapest was about 50. In previous times have had Fenders, Stingray & Rickenbacker on long-term loan, but am more than happy with what I've got now. Though, I do fancy getting a Bach or SX perhaps oneday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantdosleepy Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Two - my first bass and my main bass. It's too many, but I can't really let go of the machine I got when I was 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 5 for me. Shuker Jazz American Fender P Mexican Fender Jazz Aria fretless Crafter acoustic But still only 2 arms to play them with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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