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Old 10-26-2011, 10:26 AM
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I play the alphabet game alot with my 8 year-old daughter in the car, and the other day my mind wandered to all the bass gear that's passed through my hands over the years. Is it possible to create 26 pieces of gear, one for each letter of the alphabet? It doesn't necessarily have to be functional or fit in your hatchback, but I figure amongst the TB'ers we could put something together - feel free to edit and add or subtract as we go along, I know there's a ton of stuff under the letter A for example.

OK, here's my first attempt with some blanks:

A: Ampeg SVT-CL
B: Bergantino NV215
C: *Can't bring myself to type "Carvin" yet. But I just did.
D: Demeter Pre-amp
E: Epifani 610 (or the 115 combo)
F: Fender P-Bass
G: Gibson Thunderbird
H: Hofner "Beatle Bass"
I: Ibanez ATK-300
J: Johnson Short Scale Bass (not thrilled about this choice).
K: Kramer Disciple Bass
L: Lakland 55-94
M: Mike Lull M4V (or a Mono Gig bag)
N:
O:
P:
Q:
R: Rickenbacker 4001
S: Sadowsky DI
T: TC Electronic Blacksmith Amp
U: "Upright" bass - think I'm cheating a bit here.
V:
W: Warwick Thumb Bass
X: X-Factor Bass
Y:
Z: Zon Legacy Bass


I'm stuck for now - might need some more accessories, strings, cabs, etc... *maybe Tom Bowlus can help! What else ya got TB'ers?



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Old 10-26-2011, 10:27 AM
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P: Planet Waves instrument cable
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N: Nine-volt battery....guitard keeps stealing them!!
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Old 10-26-2011, 10:34 AM
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Old 10-26-2011, 10:36 AM
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O is for Orange.
P is for Bass.
U is for (Kala) U-Bass.
Y is for Yamaha!

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Basses A to Z Great website put together by TB'r GirlonBass (Terry).
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Old 10-26-2011, 10:42 AM
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Basses A to Z Great website put together by TB'r GirlonBass (Terry).

HOLY CRAP! *That's a GAS-aholics dream.
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Old 10-26-2011, 10:46 AM
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updated with some edits....

Quote:
A: Ampeg SVT-CL
B: Bergantino NV215
C: *Can't bring myself to type "Carvin" yet. But I just did.
D: Demeter Pre-amp
E: Epifani 610 (or the 115 combo)
F: Fender P-Bass
G: Gibson Thunderbird
H: Hofner "Beatle Bass"
I: Ibanez ATK-300
J: Johnson Short Scale Bass (not thrilled about this choice).
K: Kramer Disciple Bass
L: Lakland 55-94
M: Mike Lull M4V (or a Mono Gig bag)
N: "Nine-volt" Battery.
O: Orange MK1 AD-200
P: Planet Waves Instrument Cable
Q:
R: Rickenbacker 4001
S: Sadowsky DI
T: TC Electronic Blacksmith Amp
U: Kala "U-Bass"
V: Vox T-60 Cab
W: Warwick Thumb Bass
X: X-Factor Bass
Y: Yamaha (I had a cool one in the 80's can't remember the name)
Z: Zon Legacy Bass

Anything else for "C?"
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Old 10-26-2011, 10:51 AM
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C- Conklin basses

Q- apparently there is a company that makes "QBasses"
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Conklin 7 string bass.

edit: Zack beat me to it

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Old 10-26-2011, 11:03 AM
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Old 10-26-2011, 11:07 AM
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Old 10-26-2011, 11:17 AM
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Made some more edits now - Can we upgrade my picks for J and K? (unlimited budget here me thinks)...

A: Ampeg SVT-CL
B: Bergantino NV215
C: Conklin 7 String
D: Demeter Pre-amp
E: Epifani 610 (or the 115 combo)
F: Fender P-Bass
G: Gibson Thunderbird
H: Hofner "Beatle Bass"
I: Ibanez ATK-300
J: Johnson Short Scale Bass (not thrilled about this choice).
K: Kramer Disciple Bass
L: Lollar Thunderbird Pickups (to upgrade the Gibson)
M: Mike Lull M4V (or a Mono Gig bag)
N: Norstrand Pickups (?)
O: Orange MK1 AD-200
P: Planet Waves Instrument Cable
Q: Q-Tron Pedal
R: Rickenbacker 4001
S: Sadowsky DI
T: TC Electronic Blacksmith Amp
U: Kala "U-Bass"
V: Vox T-60 Cab
W: Warwick Thumb Bass
X: X-Factor Bass
Y: Yamaha (I had a cool one in the 80's can't remember the name)
Z: Zon Legacy Bass
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Old 10-26-2011, 01:57 PM
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Old 10-27-2011, 04:13 PM
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Old 10-27-2011, 04:18 PM
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I didn't cheat but failed to get Q or X

A - Alembec
B - Bergantino
C - Carvin
D - Danelectro
E - Epiphone
F - Fender
G - Gibson
H - Honfer
I - Ibanez
J - Jackson
K - Kramer
L - Lakland
M - Music Man
N - Nordstrand
O - Ovation
P - Parker
Q -
R - Ritter
S - Schecter
T - Tobias
U - Univox
V - Vigier
W - Warwick
X -
Y - Yamaha
Z - Zon
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