What gear did you start off with?

[Whiplash4ever]

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[Armbruster]

Ah, I remember the '99-2003. Being young and obsessed with the Reggae Rock scene up in Cali.

I played a really old Fender Bullet Bass Deluxe, and had a Peavey stack.

Now, obviously, I've moved up to higher-end gear. Marco & Epifani, here I come!

[Essen]

Fender jaguar and fender rumble 100. I thought it was better to start of with gear that I wouldn't have to sell after one year.

[NKBassman]

My dad's Hondo P bass and Fender Bassman 4x10 combo
Shortly after that an absolutely brutal BC Rich warlock P and a Yorkville 1x15 Combo.

My first real bass was (and still is) a Fender Precision Lyte Deluxe.

Funny thing is, now 10 years later, every time I go home I love playing that Fender amp.

[dalconthenovice]

ah yes, the good ol' days, talking about when i used to think flea was the greatest bass player ever (ha)
i started out on the cheapest ibanez possible, the single crappy can opener pickup and 18 frets, not to mention the nut was broken and i had it replaced it with a nut super huge, so i had to fret strings like they were two inches above the frets
and an old sock drawer guitar amp as an amp lol

i'm so glad those days are over

[LaklandBass]

Washburn Lyon P bass copy with a Peavey Basic 50 combo.
Then up to an ampeg 4x8 combo and a Jackson JPB-8

[Govier966]

I had a Squier bronco that i would plug into my home stereo.

[Billnc]

Old Epiphone (50's Rivoli?) with a Polytone.

[avenger7326]

Ibanez gsr200 with an old Peavey Minx 110..... actually this is still what I use except I got an swr with a 410 for playin with other people but I still use that little Peavey for practice. Thing kicks ass.

[groooooove]

started with a borrowed ibanez P style. then eventually got an american fender p/j from 1990. its been quite the journy since then..

[4001]

October, 1981.

My Jetglo 4001 and a Peavey 115 combo.
Bought from Biasco Music in Chicago, IL.

I figured if I had a great bass, then if I wasn't playing good, I couldn't blame that on the bass. The old Peavey still works great, but I need a new 15" BW for it. The old one is blown. It's a nice practice amp.

[Exploiter8]

Peavey T-40, the original "Patent Applied For" with the plastic rectangular case and a TNT 100 45 watt/15" Black Widow speaker.

X8

[voodoobassist]

Mom was excited because I was gonna start playing in church. So she bought me a 1963 fender jazz and a fender bassman with the matching 2X12 cab. She payed $300 for the whole rig. This was in 1969, I was in 9th grade. Wish I still had that rig.

[dan stanton]

Teisco bass and amp combo. Amp had 10 watts peak power, was made out of plastic. Still have the bass.

[nealw]

1981, when I was 13...I grew up in the country; I sold a cow that my grandfather gave me and bought a white Fender Musicmaster (wish I still had it) and a Spectra 312 combo. It was big and heavy and had a single 15. Seems like it sounded ok but I probably wasn't very discerning then.

[beavisd]

A borrowed '90s yamaha BB series bass and a fender sidekick bass 50 amp. I got my own amp 2 months later and 4 months after that my own bass.

[MEKer]

Bass: brand-new 1972 Fender Precision
Amp: Sunn 300 watt (pretty sure it was 300W and was the model a step down from the Coliseum) with the matching cab, which for the life of me I cannot remember what was in it: 2x15, 4x12? I have completely forgotten.

Wish I had it all back dang it!!!!!!!!

[eddievanbassman]

A Dean Playmate Edge 10 and a Peavey Basic 112. Still have the bass.

[Achtane]

Hondo P copy and a noisy Crate 15w amp. I adore the Hondo, but the Crate is gone as soon as I can find a deal on a good practice combo.

[Roy Vogt]

In 1970 I worked all Summer on the loading dock of my Dad's plumbing supply company-unloading cast iron soil pipe in the July Texas heat was rough on a 14 year old kid. I went to Ault's Music in FT. Worth and with a surprise subsidy to my Summer job money (thanks Mom!) I was the proud owner of a Kalamazoo Mother of Particleboard EBO copy (made in USA) and a Gibson Thor Bass Amp with 40 watts and 2 10" speakers-all tube. I still have the bass-it needs some strings but she's good to go any time. Ironically, I've endorsed Eden amplifiers since 1996 and my cabinets of choice have-you guessed it-2 10" speakers.