3 Bass Limit

[scott sinner]

I have two of those three!

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• 88FenderPJS
• Mar 9, 2022
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Warwicks

 

[GIBrat51]

Okay, just for you: if you could have only three left-handed motorcycles, what would they be?

That's pretty easy:
- my first motorcycle; a 1957 AJS 250;
- a 1973 Ducati 750 Sport; and
- a 1936 police model Indian Chief.
The first 2 had the gear shift and the foot brake on the "wrong" sides. Controls were standardized in 1975, to foot brake on the right; gear shift on the left. The Indian? Police models usually had the throttle on the left handlebar/spark advance on the right; most motorcycles of the time had them the other way 'round. This way, a right handed motor officer could shoot you without taking his gun hand off the throttle...

 

[Chickenwheels]

 

[GretschWretch]

That's pretty easy:
- my first motorcycle; a 1957 AJS 250;
- a 1973 Ducati 750 Sport; and
- a 1936 police model Indian Chief.
The first 2 had the gear shift and the foot brake on the "wrong" sides. Controls were standardized in 1975, to foot brake on the right; gear shift on the left. The Indian? Police models usually had the throttle on the left handlebar/spark advance on the right; most motorcycles of the time had them the other way 'round. This way, a right handed motor officer could shoot you without taking his gun hand off the throttle...

Careful about that Indian Chief; don't let the Harley fanbois know you have it. I know it is a scooter and not a bike, but do you remember those old Cushman scooters that seemed to be finished only in metallic blue and had a shift "stick" (or lever) on the right, mounted adjacent the gas tank? A couple of my schoolmates had them. Those things were long compared to other scooters, but when you are a kid they looked as long as a Cadillac hearse.

 

[DJ Bebop]

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[whero]

I've been thinking about this myself recently. Mid-last year I sold a bass I wasn't playing much, leaving me with... one (yeah, I know - I should probably close my TB account). My proposed solution changes every other day, but right now I'm thinking it would be something like this:
- Fender Precision
- Fender Jazz fretless
- a hollow body of some sort, probably something like an Ibanez Artcore AGB.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

Fender J, Fender P w/ J neck, Fernandes Atlas

 

[devnulljp]

I bought a house a couple of years ago, which necessitated selling everything that wasn't nailed down. So the answer to your question in my case is a 1962 PBass, a defretted 1964 PBass and a 1972 PBass with added J.

 

[XJ_Wheeler]

1) Fender TF fretless
2) Yamaha BB435

And then 3)…either the RW jazz w/ p “b” neck or mendel p w/ mim jazz neck

 

[GreyBeard]

 

[Chickenwheels]

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I love SR5s.

 

[mcrawfordmusic]

Dream 3: '63 Fender P with flats, '71 Fender P with rounds and a 60's Harmony H22.

Current 3: '69 Fender P with rounds, '19 Fender P with flats and a '71 Ibanez EB3.

 

[Blake Bass]

Sandberg 4 string with P and MM pups
Sadowsky 4 string NYC J bass
Muckelroy HMC 5
These are the top three I would keep from my collection if I had to narrow it down. They cover almost anything I’m called to do or want to do.

 

[whero]

I believe the official rule is "Total number of basses = greatest number of strings on any bass in your collection".
As an example, if you play a 5 string bass then it's permissible to own 5 basses in total.

Me, playing the bass whose strings I use to count how many basses I can have:

I’ve been trying to get down to three for a while and I’m feeling like this might the trio to hang onto.

Fender ‘63 AVRI P
Fender Starcaster
Fender Roadworn Jazz converted to fretless

I would love a Starcaster to be my hollow body option but I can't remember the last time I saw one in New Zealand. It's hard enough to walk into a music shop here and find a new fretless Fender Jazz these days.

 

[2F/2F]

P Bass, '58 style with heavy flats
G&L SB-1 slab ('82–'84) with Rotosound 88 tapes
G&L L-5500 with half rounds

 

[Evets1987]

I only own three basses so this thread is for me.

 

[Auspuff]

If limited to only three, all would be fretless, period.

 

[c-ba55]

As it so happens, I have 3 electric basses!

Mayones Jabba 5 string for jazz and r&b
Dingwall D-Roc standard for rock and metal (best bass for metal!)
Pedulla pentabuzz for fretless

 

[mambo4]

*any* 3 basses?
Lull p4
Lull mV4
G&L L2500

 

[Black_In_Mind]

If I had to go back to owning 3 basses I would go out and buy another Ovation acoustic bass.

However, I don't really see the need for a 3rd bass so I'd just stick with my Schecter J-4 and Peavey T-40.