"So Darling exactly how many Basses have you had?" The dreaded question...

[Metalmoore]

Well i have only had 3 basses and one combo in the ~4 years of on and off playing/interest.

A Stagg Warlock copy, a P/J no name bass (looks similar to an ibanez) and my Jazz i made and my Laney RB2 combo.

Hope i dont get as bad as some others here... lol

[RussFM]

Ibanez SR300FL
Squier Precision Special
Shine somethingorother
Warwick Rock Bass
Fender Mike Dirnt Precision
Fender MIJ Jazz
Spector Legend
Fender Deluxe Active Jazz
SX Jazz
Spector Q4
Spector Legend
Ibanez SR1000EWN

Down to 3 now, but one of those is for sale. Not that many really, for 10 years of GAS!

[erisu]

Hmmm well in order of purchase starting with my first bass in 2002....

Yamaha BB404
Ibanez SR485
Ibanez SR405
SX Jazz bass
Ibanez SR645
SX P-bass
Ibanez SR885
Warwick Custom Corvette
Yamaha RBX374
Fender Active Deluxe Jazz
Killer KB-Simony
Ibanez BTB405QM
Ibanez ATK300
ESP Edwards E-AM-128QM

Out of all 14 basses... I only have the Killer KB-Simony, Ibanez ATK300 and the ESP Edwards bass.... mind you... im thinking of selling the Ibanez ATK300 and the ESP Edwards bass to get another bass and just keep it as a 2 bass arsenal =O (PM if you're interested )

[yorick]

Here's mine in no particular order

sh*te ricky copy
Satellite P
westone spectrum DX
aria slb2
Some ibanez....
Jaydee thumb
g&l l2000
staus s2 classic
Ricky 4003
steinberger spirit
tanglewood p
squier p
sandberg jm and jj
pre ernie stingray
gherson jazz
fender 62 jap re-issue p
fender '60 p and 61 jazz
musicman stingray
kramer stryker
olp stingray
dean pace eub
r/h 70's fender /warmoth tele bass
yamaha bb414

So, 25 that i can remember......

[purpleblob]

Holy maccaroni. I've nothing on you guys. I'm going to show the wife this thread when the new instruments I've just ordered (nobody tell the wife!) arrive.

I feel so inadequate, but I've had a total of 12 basses in my entire life. I can bump this total up by saying I've also had 7 guitars and 4 guitar/bass combo's and my old Trace Elliot 4x10.

Pitiful, I must buy more gear

EDIT: Oh and as a cheap skate at least 5 of these instrument were so crap I wish I'd never bought them.

Edited April 26, 2010 by purpleblob

[dougal]

22 including uprights & EUBs. Thought it'd be more. Not sure how this makes me feel.

Westone Thunder 1-A
Home made (parts) P-bass
Aria 4-string in blue crackle finish.
Aria MAB20-5
Carvin LB75
[Goes to uni 'survives' on only the carvin for 10 years]
Chinese Laminate Upright
[Moves to the USA]
* Carvin XB75P
Acoustic cheap 4-string no-name thing
Fender Sting P
Warwick fretless 5
* GW custom 5
* Wish peanut 6
[Moves to Japan]
* Ashbury Mini Bass
Fender MIJ Jazz
Bongo 5
Aliertz CUB
[Moves Back to the UK, discovers basschat]
* Stingray 4
* Zellor Double bass
F-bass 5
Modulus Flea
* Sadowsky Metro 4
* Stingray 5


I'm currently down to 8 (*'d).

[OliverBlackman]

iv had 8 in 6 years, 12-18 ... and with only having 4 left so iv made massive losses but what else would i get for birthday and christmas

[cetera]

I currently have 41 basses:

16 x Spectors
5 x Fenders
3 x Wals
3 x Jacksons
3 x Peaveys
1 x Staccato
1 x Pedulla
1 x Fernandes
1 x Kramer
1 x Hamer
1 x Schecter
1 x Feline 'Kramer'
1 x Feline 'Spector'
1 x Cort
1 x Gene Axe
1 x Gene Punisher

I have previously owned 25 basses which I've sold on:

7 x Spectors
2 x DeArmonds
1 x Epiphone
1 x Feline
1 x Aria
1 x Ibanez
1 x Bass Collection
1 x Charvel
1 x Kramer
1 x Fernandes
1 x Jackson
1 x Nightingale
1 x MusicMan
1 x Hohner
1 x Hartke
1 x Avon
1 x Kay
1 x JapCrap NoName

Edited April 27, 2010 by cetera

[Stylon Pilson]

Bought 4, Got 4, Sold 0.

S.P.

[Low End Bee]

9 I think in 34 years. Currently own two plus one in a state of disrepair waiting for bits.
I'm not trying hard enough am I?

[Fat Rich]

Roughly in order:

Aria cheap bolt on with ply body, better than you'd expect (from Allbang & Strummit, remember them?)
Some kind of Yamaha bolt on, maple board, neck too chunky for me
Custom Warwick shaped body with the neck from the first Aria
4 or 5 Aria SB basses, various models and ages, one of them fretless
Aria bolt on 5 string, but strings too close together

'62 Jazz, so beat up that you had to examine it closely to see that it was sunburst, no finish left on the business end of the neck (which is why I could afford it). Sold in '90 for £1250, probably worth a fortune now that relics are so sought after, I'm such an idiot for getting rid of it.

Still have:

Late 80s (I think) Jap Jazz '62 reissue, sounds and plays like the real thing so I sold the real thing
'80s Jap Jazz fretless, great bass but hardly any fingerboard left
Early 90's Jap Precision reissue, has Jazz EMG pickups fitted

2 Status Series 1s from '93: 5 string fretted, 6 string fretless
Status Energy 5 string, mid '90s wooden neck


Amps, only 2:

Marshall bass combo sold to buy
Hartke 3500, XL115 & XL410 cabs
Peavey Bassfex

Suspect I'm going to be buying more stuff now I've joined this forum

Edited April 27, 2010 by Fat Rich

[EssentialTension]

Sixteen basses in thirty-five years, I think. I had six in the first twenty-five years and ten in the last ten years. It's not because of Basschat, it's because I have more money and basses are much cheaper than they used to be. My first bass in 1974, a Hofner Artist, cost me two weeks wages. My first Precision in 1976 cost me about two months wages.

I have six now but that's one EUB, one acoustic, one fretless, one Precision, one Jazz, and one other one. I feel that's defensible (except maybe the other one).

[bassmachine2112]

My darling I still need a few more to complete my sonic pallette

[bassmachine2112]

My darling I still need a few more to complete my sonic pallette