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bass regrets

#41
There were two... an early 80's Moonstone Eclipse in burl walnut... beautiful, thin, thin neck, but two clean Jazz barts just weren't the thing for the louder, heavier music I was playing at the time.
And a Fender Performer in Pearl White. Really hated everything about that bass, as I was just diving into the "vintage" stuff at the time. Now, I could appreciate it for its quirkiness and pencil-neck. But at the time, it jusy wasn't "where I was at."
 
#43
Peavey TL six that I bought brand new... looked like this.
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#44
The second bass I ever owned (which was also my first bass that wasn't garbage) was a mid-90's Fender Squier Series AKA "black label" P-bass in Arctic White. I had no idea at the time that it was basically a MIM said Squier on it in really small print. Also since I joined TB I discovered that it's pretty hard to find a Squier bass in Arctic White now in a similar price range. So that made me sad. Thanks TB!
 
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Desert Gold Music Man Sterling. If it was an HS model I would have never gotten rid of it, but I just could never get the sound I wanted out of the one pickup. So honestly If I still had it I'd probably never play it, but it was my baby and I miss it.
 
#52
PWRL said:
Yeah, the one I had was a beautifully-aged Fireglo, and the best Rick neck I ever played. It never budged. Sounded great, too.
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I had a real nice 75 fireglo also with a neck that never budged, it had 1/2" spacing on the neck pickup, Grover tuners, small headstock, plexiglass truss rod cover..... arghhh!!!!It was like an early 70's Ric without checkerboard and toaster and it sounded great, forgot about that one, I miss it. I have a 79 4001 right now, plays and sounds great but the neck is anything but stable.
 
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#54
chuck1073 said:
Early 80's Steinberger L2 (#958) Toured with that bass for a long time. Sold it to a student.
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I feel your pain - although I sold mine for $600 back in 1990 so I could buy a ‘68 P bass that I still have.

But those original XL2’s were so easy to tour with. I did 5 years solid of USO tours with that bass. Learned how to float that right elbow as a finger player. The original soft case made it look like a rifle was slung over your shoulder ;)
 
#55
1969 Gibson eb-3 I bought it about 6 years ago from a friend from work who had it as an heirloom in pretty rough shape needed the electronics gone through and the needed to be set up like no tomorrow I bought it for $350 with every intention of fixing it up and keeping it forever. Being not long out of high school I ended up having my car break down and needed cash to get back on the road, so I sold it for not much more than I bought it for to get that back. Shop fixed it up and sold it for the staggering prices you see for them now. All other bass regrets have been rectified or avoided since then! Do have a few amp woes though!
 
#59
nixdad said:
Although there are several basses and a few amps I wish I still had (‘65 CAR Jazz, '63 Shoreline Gold Jazz, mint ‘65 Ampeg B15,etc.,) my biggest regret is what I DIDN'T buy when I had the chance - a Rickenbacker 4005.

I was in music retail starting in 1980, and had the ability to buy whatever I wanted at cost +10%. Ric was still making 4005's at the time, but I never pulled the trigger. It hurt even more a few years later when I found out they had NOS models from the 60's that I could have purchased. :banghead::banghead::banghead::(
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you know what they say, hindsight is always 20/20.
 
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