Which bass would you still go for if you already had too many?

[12stringbassist]

I'm on about 25 basses and next year I am going to rationalise the collection down to
about a dozen or so and also a couple of guitars.

Even with that thought seriously in mind, I could never turn up my nose at the chance
of one of these:

Edited June 17, 2010 by 12stringbassist

[goblin]

I've got 8 so far. There's a marine coloured Overwater Jazz that's been on ebay (may still be there) which I'd love, or something like a 5 string Warwick Corvette or Thumb. Fretless or Fretted.

Oh and another Wal too.

[Marvin]

A Warwick Corvette. Always wanted one, but never had the money. I'd probably get a Fender just to say I'd owned one. A Gibson EB-3. Another Ibanez SR. A Stingray.

[basshead56]

I am totally GAS free but would never say no to another 70´s Precision-Black/Black/Maple
Will most likely be aiming for a Squer VM Jag too though.

[Clarky]

I neither need nor can afford this (its a cool £3.5k at The American Guitar Centre in Kent). But I can't help going back and gazing lovingly at this custom Alembic Orion 5'er

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[bubinga5]

Had 13, down to 2...Im pretty much gas free..but i find it hard not to want this bad boy..

Edited June 17, 2010 by bubinga5

[Clarky]

Oh, and this Custom Shop Fender 55 Precision is my other unaffordable ($3.5k) bit of web porn I frequently stare at:

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[Musicman20]

I now have a 5 bass limit. I rarely get to play 5 so any more is just a waste (until Im earning more).

But, I definitely want a Custom Shop Fender in my life, more than a true vintage.

Ill see what the next year brings.

[BigRedX]

Off the top of my head...

Pretty much any Atlansia 5-string
Andreas Bull Shark or Basking Shark 5-string (or even both)
Marleaux-Pagelli 5-string
Spalt Hybrid 5-sting
Ritter Raptor 5-string

If money was no object I'd also have some of my favourite 4-string only basses such as the Ovation Magnum 1, Rickenbacker 4003 and Gibson EB3 custom built in 5-string versions.

Edited June 17, 2010 by BigRedX

[JTUK]

There is nothing I am lusting over..and I only have 3.

Or I haven't seen it yet...

[BarnacleBob]

Had 9 down to 3 but I want this ........

BB

Edited June 17, 2010 by BarnacleBob

[munkonthehill]

From recent threads im sure you have read im a huge Jaguar fan and now a massive aerodyne fan (again,,,thanks Steve )

im gas free although im due to recieve a jack casady sig bass in the next few days..

my main bass I need is the Gretsch white falcon..............class, elegance and rock n roll.

[RhysP]

Not a bass, but I would love to get another Chapman Stick to replace the one I foolishly sold a few years ago.

(And if we're talking money no object I'd have a 5 string, a 6 string & an 8 string Zon Legacy to go with my two 4 strings).

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Got 9 basses, but will be offloading some soon due to lack of space,& not using enough.
Answer to the question has to be , a Kubicki ex factor,a headless zon, steinberger trans trem..
better stop now

[Lozz196]

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='870270' date='Jun 17 2010, 09:52 PM']Got 9 basses, but will be offloading some soon due to lack of space,& not using enough.
Answer to the question has to be , a Kubicki ex factor,a headless zon, steinberger trans trem..
better stop now [/quote]
Although a Fender Precision Man, due to my Jam/Bruce Foxton worship I`d have to add a Ricky to the collection if money were no object.

[harvey1-8]

[quote name='Musicman20' post='870246' date='Jun 17 2010, 09:26 PM']But, I definitely want a Custom Shop Fender in my life....[/quote]

+1 on this, I'd love a CS Fender. It'd be a jazz, but that's as far as I've got with deciding on spec.

[Bloodaxe]

One of these:



Or an SB-900 in that colour scheme with an equally fancy ash grain pattern.

[cetera]

This.....



or this.... (both are rare as rockinghorse sh*t "Spector 'Nikki Sixx' Spectorbird" basses)

[neepheid]

Gibson RD Artist.

[molan]

Although I'm up to 10 or so basses now I know that there's always room for more!

On the list of things I'd like to own but are up in the very high price bracket would be a Fodera Victor Wooten:



And an Alembic MK Signature

[Gust0o]

I'd go for another CS or vintage BC Rich Eagle or Mock - I've got my pink Japanese and Custom American ones, but something like the below would have me spending again:

[JimD]

There's a schism for me here between working basses and nice-to-have/project basses (NTH/PB).

As a regular player in a band I'm happy with my Westone Superheadless (apart from the noisy pickups - see [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91295"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91295[/url] if you haven't already read it).

However, I'd love a Stingray as a working bass (NTH), but then why not get an OLP and hot-rod the electronics (PB)?

I'd also like an Ibanez ATK (NTH), but it would have to be black with a maple fretboard. These come with a white scratchplate but when I said black I mean black so the SC would have to be changed to black which moves it into PB territory...

After seeing Darren from the Pirate Twins playing a Status Series II with Thomas Dolby earlier in the year I'd definately love one of them as a working bass (check out Darren's Status collection at the bottom of this page - [url="http://www.the-pirate-twins.co.uk/blog_archive1.html)"]http://www.the-pirate-twins.co.uk/blog_archive1.html)[/url]. But then he's got some Kingbasses too - definately NTH (though mine would have to be the graphite-faced one...dream on JimD...).

Then there's the short-scale Gibson SG-style basses, but that's because of Mike Watt (http://hootpage.com/hoot_gallery-thudstaffs.html) so they'd have to be tweaked and therefore become project basses. Because they're projects it would seem wrong to carve up a Gibbo so an Epiphone would do...

The daft thing about all of this is that I have a project ready and waiting (bought a Kent Armstrong bassbucker for £8 a few years back, then got a Hohner Arbor "Precision" to put it in, but, typically I want a black scratchplate and a "Jazz" neck for it) and as you can see from here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91295"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91295[/url] I need to sort out my main bass as a priority!

But does that stop me dreaming up new projects or thinking about finding the cash for NTH basses...does it funk... (goes off to start new Basschat thread called "Do you lack focus and drive?")

[fatback]

My old '68 Jazz, if i could find it.

Never, never, never should have sold that lovely thing.

[M-Bass-M]

Of course, I'd need a bit of money first, but the dream has always been to have an Alembic Dragon Wing in my collection.

[fender73]

yamaha attitude for me please, sea foam green or Candy Apple Red