do you still have your first bass?

[SelenaBassGirl]

does any of you still have your first bass? Tell me about yours.
I still have mine. Mine is a pink Spencer p bass, a Fender knock off. I bought it for like $70 at a flea market. It was brand new but it was missing a string tree. Of course then I didn't know what was missing-I knew something was supposed to be in the hole on the headstock but I didn't even know how to play a bass then, so obviously I didn't know what a string tree was. I since put one on it.

[Punk Rock Jason]

Sold my first bass long ago. It was a jewel blue Ibanez GSR200. I got it when I was a junior in high school for about $200. Kind of miss it sometimes, but I've sold or traded so many since then that I know it probably wouldn't be getting use if I still had it. Good times though.

[xed]

Nope, mine was a "Harmony" p-bass knock off in natural with a black pickguard and *cough* gold *cough* hardware. It was horrid but I really do wish that I still had it.

[upandb]

Yes. My dad bought a build-a-bass kit on ebay for like 60 bucks in 2005. We painted it and stuff. I used Kameleon Kolors green-to-blue, so depending on the angle you looked, it was either blue or green. It was awesome. Sounded like garbage though, and played through a 20 year old Crate tube amp haha. It was technically a P-Bass. My father even cut the headstock in the shape of Fender's, so from a distance it looked like a Fender lol. Just no name.

I would never sell it though. Will never play it again, but I couldn't ever force myself to sell it. I'd rather live in a box.

[Pet Sounds]

No. Mine was a no-name Hofner Beatle Bass knockoff from the 1970s, played briefly by me in those selfsame 1970s.

[morguedoc71]

Nope.

1980-something Cort short-scale Slammer bass in blindingly gloss white finish, purchased for $95 brand new. The strap with the leather black lighting bolt cost nearly a quarter of what the bass cost, lol!

I sold it to a friend of mine a year later and bought a leather motorcycle jacket with the newly acquired funds...

[jschwalls]

My CRAZY bass and the life it has had...

I actually created a thread about my first bass... what a journey it has been on.. hahaah

[tom once dead]

Mine was a Yamaha RBX 170 I sold it to a friend a couple of years ago. Then bought it back this year. Put a new J pup in at the bridge which sounds sweet. I hardly ever play it though.

[waleross]

No, mine was an old Kent that broke my fingers, played through an old Silvertone all purpose amp.

[Derek Smalls]

I've still got mine... It was a Kawai Sleekline, which I customised with EMG pick-ups.
Never see one since!

[worxforme]

Gone.

Mine was a Electra EB3 copy.

[NoGraveConcern]

Yes, it's a USA Peavey that I purchased new 15 years ago:

[Tampabass]

gone, decades ago. A Fender Telecaster - heavy and boomy.

[Bassamatic]

Fortunately, I still do. It is a 1968 Hagstrom Hag II with the sweetest, fastest neck I have ever played to this day. Bought it new because Fenders were too expensive (maybe $250 for a P bass?) and I had learned on a borrowed Gibson EB-2, so I felt more comfortable with the shorter scale.

During the "heavy" music years of the late 60's, I modified it, adding 2 Gibson mudbuckers - neck and bridge. The sound of this bass is still incredible for rock. The bridge pup gives a wonderful growl and then I add a touch of the super bottom from the neck pup. If I want I can solo the original pup for a mellower sound - actually close to a P in the new position.

[funk generator]

My first was a BC rich warlock. I bought it as kinda a charity case and decided since i had a bass id learn to use it. Best thing i ever did, although looking back, i wish i had bought a fender jazz instead :/

Anyways hated that bass, it played awful and sounded just as bad. Gave it to my brother for him to learn to play bass on

[GM60466]

It is still in the family. My first bass was my dad's Gibson EB1 from the early '50s. I played it for years. Now my son uses it.

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[bwest9]

Bought my first bass in 1984, a natural wood Peavey Fury. Played it for a year, and sold it to a friend of a friend who wanted to learn how to play bass. I took the money from the sale, added that to savings from my paper route, and bought a brand new white Rickenbacker from the local mom and pop music store for a total of $875.

I tracked down the Peavey recently, and the same friend of a friend has it, and he sent me a pic.



Now I'm working on finding the Ric...

[MRDOOM]

Still have it, an Ibanez soundgear Gio. Got it for $200 with small practice amp at a pawn shop. Usually keep it in drop c tuning and it still sounds really good.

[pacojas]

lol,... my friend now owns my first bass. i bought a '78 Fender pbass in the spring of '79. since i was just a beginner my teacher picked the best one off the wall at GC. but, after not seeing it for 10 years, i got to play it last month!!! it still sings.

[OPBASSMAN1994]

I actually have and use mine often. Dean Edge 09 ( Playmate pack edition)

I was not even touching it after I got my Jazz, and so I decided to go Jaco on it, wanting to experiment with fretless stuff. "hey, if I ruin it, I can always replace the neck, and I don't really play it anyway." HOLY CRAP!! It actually sounded GREAT! With rounds, you can get that wah-ey synth sound with the tone knob up all the way. I use it with flats now, and get a nice, deep-voiced, bumping McCartney-esque tone with fingers. A good percussive punchy Sting or Simmons sound with a pick.

My jazz is still my main axe, but I do drag "blackjack" out for softer songs or stuff that needs a bit more Bass from the bass.