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I have a very different reason for using a 5 string bass. I'm incredibly lazy. Hanging out in 2nd or 3rd position and crossing strings instead of shifting up and down the neck is more comfortable for me. I use a Alembic Epic or my upper end Ibanez for almost all my gigs but every once in a while...

Don't know but the serial number was two 0s followed by three numbers if memory serves me. My brothers Sabre was more like a jazz bass. The neck was quite thin.

Started out on different instruments from 1968 to 1971 when I decided to take on the bass. Started on upright and by 73 I had an electric a baby bass (Zorko, pre ampeg) and of course an upright and never looked back.

I bought an original Stingray in 1977. Sunburst with rosewood fret board and black pick guard. The sound was incredible but the neck felt like I was playing a baseball bat. Paid $425.00 plus tax for it. My brother bought a Sabre bass the next week and still has it to this day. I sold mine 6...

I was always drooling over a Sunn model T with a 2-15 cabinet. Ferocious enough to cause structural damage. 300 watts of tube power with excellent tone.

I was asked to set in and didn't have a bass with me. They had a house bass that was a Walmart bass literally. You know the beginner bass from hell. Someone had set it up pretty impressively and I grabbed it and played it.. The price of this thing new was like 79.97 new. Strangely enough people...

I started off in the early 70s with experimenting with upright pick ups and found that a mix of a Barcus Berry pick up along with a Polytone mixed through a Ampeg B 15 N ( one pick up in each channel) worked well to give me a great useable tone. Unfortunately I had to stuff the f holes because...

Sure, I'd have no problem using that rig. Not having to load in adds at least 10 minutes to your life if only for the fact that you didn't have to load in.

Owned one of the first Stingrays made, had a 3 digit serial number, rosewood finger board and a sunburst finish. Bought it in 1978. Played it for about 6 months and pretty much hated it everytime I played it. The tone was incredible but the neck was so fat I had no idea if I was giging or...

Paint your Wagon

My Stingray story was when I bought one brand new in the late 70s. Sunburst with a rosewood finger board and a 3 digit serial number. Loved the sound of it and the look but the neck was so big and the radius was so wrong for me that I sold it 6 months later. I had bought it for $425.00 plus tax...

In my lifetime so far I have played all of those instruments except the antigua.Ive owned a 68 fender mustang, 73 Gibson Ripper, 74 Gibson Grabber, 73 Fender music master, Travis Bean (serial # 136) and now I play a 4 string Alembic ditalate and a Alembic Epic 5 . Enjoyed the video and always...

WOW!!! The pick guard is worth 3 times what you paid for it not to mention that those Bass Line pickups are worth more than 10 times what you paid for it. All in all you made out like a bandit. I'm SO jealous.

If you can find a Yamaha PB-1 preamp it is the poopie for tone plus it has an effect loop ( adjustable) and a active crossover for bi amping with the capability of overlapping the crossover point. Also DI with ground lift and a switchable band of parametric that is fully adjustable. I'd still be...

Played a upscale hotel in Kansas City filling in for the house trio and left my (300+ dollar) bass bow. I had set it inside the grand piano. Didn't realize it till a couple of days later. Went back to retrieve it but it was no where to be found. Even checked lost and found to no avail. Replaced...

Of all my bass heroes in my 60 years of life Rocco was the only artist that I just came to the conclusion that no matter how hard I tried there is no way I could ever duplicate his unique and powerful way of playing. What a incredible talent and a great loss to the music world.

I couldn't get over the sound limits of a P bass. They all seem to have that certain P ness about them.

It depended on which type of band you were auditioning for. Stanley or Jaco, Kansas, Andre Crouch, Earth Wind and Fire, or for the long hair stuff Bottesini or Dragonetti.

Dare to dream.

Quilter makes a 800 watt bass amp with 3 knobs. It sounds great

My GK MB 800 is 4.9 pounds and is a beast. Unfortunately they don't make it anymore. I drive two GS 112 Aguilar cabinets with it and have been using that rig for about 10 years. Thinking seriously about getting a Aguilar AG 700 as a backup or possibly replacement for the GK if it dies.

I had a Travis Bean that I had bought in a little pawnshop in Kansas. Money got a little tight and I sold it to a friend of mine. He unfortunately committed suicide and for some reason it disappeared. Would have loved to have bought it back. It was Serial number 136.

I own two Alembics but the bass I'm still kicking myself for not mortgaging the house for is a Status 4 string fretless. Not a graphite one. Tele type of semi hollow body with one pickup and a peizo bridge that was blendable. One of the most impressive basses I've ever played.

Don't feel bad I remember the items that pre dated everything on that list.

Some p basses have more balls and others have more p ness.

I know the feeling. I brought home a new bow ( almost $700.00) and she was mad that I spent that much on a "stick with hair on it". Go figure.

Find some insignificant items that you can part with and tell her you traded them for the basses. If that doesn't work lots of flowers and chocolates? Maybe a nice vacation to somewhere exotic?

I believe that this project will be amazingly playable, stable and extremely eye catching. As far as longevity I don't have the knowledge of the OP to venture a guess on that but wish him the best of luck and I anticipate the final outcome of what I believe will be a unique bass. Looking forward...

Red Calendar for upright. Can't remember the name of that album. For electric bass it's a toss up between Tower of Power red album, Weather Report - Heavy Weather or Return to Forever (the one with Vulcan princess on it). Honorable mention The Brothers Johnson, Strawberry Letter 23.

I haven't picked up a Rolling Stone magazine since the late 70's. I lost all interest in it due to lack of relevance to the industry.

Modern Jazz Quartet (50s-60s) or ELO . I know,opposite ends of the music spectrum but both as challenging in totally different ways but just as fulfilling in their own right.

That's actually a mellotron not a piano.

Didn't that happen in the 80s when key bass or keytar took over most of the industry? If I couldn't play bass anymore you just as well shoot me. I just can't imagine my life without bass. You know eat, sleep, breathe, play bass.

This whole thread has a certain "P"ness to it.

Do you still have this amp and if so is it still for sale?