Hey I was just wondering what people did with their very first bass. If you've kept it? or if you sold it?
I'd feel too sad to part with mine... xD
I'd feel too sad to part with mine... xD
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Your first bass
- Thread starter rozzyraspberry
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i still have my very first bass, modded it a bit, but its still with me, and i'n still loving it.
Bass_junkie.
Bass_junkie.
Black Squire
I like it alot, i use it as my training bass because it has rounds, and i have flats on my TRB6P, so it helps build the calouses and speed.
I'll never sell it.
I like it alot, i use it as my training bass because it has rounds, and i have flats on my TRB6P, so it helps build the calouses and speed.
I'll never sell it.
I still have mine. It is a metallic red Vester P+J 4 string. I took it out to play it a couple of months ago, and the pots were all scratchy and the jack was spotty. I'm keeping it around if I ever have a kid that wants to play bass. I'll upgrade the electronics in it, polish it up and give it to him/her as their first bass.
I've still got mine - crappy old Cort C4 - thought about selling it a couple of months ago. Glad I didnt though - think I'll turn it into a fretless. mwaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh
Still have it, although it's modded with a new neck and will hopefully one day in the future get a Badass II bridge & EMG pickup.
Ideally, I'd like to get it repainted and re-stickered too.
Ideally, I'd like to get it repainted and re-stickered too.
Passed it on, as it was passed on to me (just can't remember to whom!) - a Kay Rickenbacker copy. I'm getting all sentimental.
See, I am an idiot without a village....
I traded my first bass (A used Cortez P copy) in for my first new bass. My first "Real bass" I thought at that time...I then sold that new bass (Peavey t 40) and didn't touch a bass for 12 years. Then I bought another (Ibanez) and, 6 months later, sold that one too! Fast forward another decade, I now have 2 (read my signature) I will prolly never sell....but then with me you never know.....I do know this now though, I will never be without a bass again.....they may come and go but never without one....
I traded my first bass (A used Cortez P copy) in for my first new bass. My first "Real bass" I thought at that time...I then sold that new bass (Peavey t 40) and didn't touch a bass for 12 years. Then I bought another (Ibanez) and, 6 months later, sold that one too! Fast forward another decade, I now have 2 (read my signature) I will prolly never sell....but then with me you never know.....I do know this now though, I will never be without a bass again.....they may come and go but never without one....
30 years ago, for my 16th birthday I got Fender Musicmaster (Lake Placid Blue) and matching Musicmaster amp.
It was a great bass to learn on, and sounded very "Fender", the Strat pick-up was cool, it was cheap... couple years later I stripped the polyester finish off and clear coated it... eventually traded it in, got a lot more than I paid originally... that then went to bass #2 my 4001 Ric... which served me well until I came to Japan. The Ric is still stateside.
It was a great bass to learn on, and sounded very "Fender", the Strat pick-up was cool, it was cheap... couple years later I stripped the polyester finish off and clear coated it... eventually traded it in, got a lot more than I paid originally... that then went to bass #2 my 4001 Ric... which served me well until I came to Japan. The Ric is still stateside.
My first bass was a 1985 Ibanez Musician. 5 years later I still own it and play it regularly (kinda like right now).
My first bass was a Kingston my dad got me in 1963. Traded it in for a Fender Telecaster in '64.
My first bass was a 1968 Kawai Concert. I didn't know what it was at the time, but I found out later. In 1972 removed the frets from it. I let someone borrow it in 1974 and never got it back.
Looked just like this black guitar version.
Wish I still had it.
I saw a photo of Mike Watt playing a slightly different one.
My first good bass was a 1974 Rickenbacker 4001 in MapleGlo. I still have that bass.
Looked just like this black guitar version.
Wish I still had it.
I saw a photo of Mike Watt playing a slightly different one.
My first good bass was a 1974 Rickenbacker 4001 in MapleGlo. I still have that bass.
