Basses : Years Playing Ratio

[Knifedge]

Owned:

old Raven 4 string - sold
squire Precision 4 string - sold
Charvette ?? 4 string - sold
Yamaha Motion B 4 string - sold (should never have sold it)
Peavey Accelerator 5 string - sold
Ibanez Soundgear 505 5 string black - sold
Ibanez Soundgear 505 5 string blue - sold *both Ibanez' developed electronics problems
2 Yamaha RBX375 5 strings - both sold
Dean EdgeHammer 10 string (sold)
OLP Stingray 5 string (sold)
Hamer Chapparel 12 string bass (still own)
Yamaha BB 5 string (still own)
Fender Jazz 5 string (still Own)
Peavey Cirrus Custom Shop 5 string (still own)

Been playing 27 years

15 divided by 27 = 0.55555555555555555555555555555555555

 

[kjpollo]

Sold/traded:

Memphis P copy
Kramer Duke
Peavey T-40
Ibanez Musician
Pre-EB MusicMan Sting Ray
Alembic Spoiler (Exploiter body)
Steinberger XM-2
Late 70's heavily modded Fender J
Charvel Sb-3 (?)
Spector NS2A
48th ST Custom Shop J

Still have:

Carvin LB-75 (soon to be traded)
Esp LTD B404sm
Clement Custom
SX SPJ-62
Peavey T-40
Schecter Riot-5


17 basses/30 years playing= .5667 ratio.

 

[oldrookie]

Owned:
Brice HVB-600
Washburn XB102
SX SJMB
G&L Tribute L2000
TBC AP500M
G&L Tribute L2500
Indiana P-bass

Sold:
Brice HVB-600
Washburn XB102
SX SJMB
G&L Tribute L2000

7 basses- 2 years

Ratio 3.5

 

[Bardley]

11 basses owned total:
Current:
'99 Warrior Studio Plus 5 String (Wenge/Walnut/Ebony)
'02 Musicman Stingray 5 (Trans Orange, RW board)
'96 Fender MIM P-Bass (Allparts Jazz neck/TI Jazz flats)
Yamaha BB1500A
'95 Charvel CHS4 4 string P/J

Previous:
'98 Carvin LB75
Fender Jazz (parts bass)
Danelectro DC bass (reissue)
'01 Warrior Fully Armed Soldier 4 string
Yamaha RBX250F Fretless 4 string
Galveston Acoustic Bass

14 years playing.

Ratio: .79

 

[SparkyB]

Musicman Stingray
Breedlove B3
Epiphone Jack Casady
Fender Jazz Fretless
Jackson C5A (selling)
Ibanez ATK750KA

6 basses. 1.5 years of playing

ratio: 4

 

[Psychotic_Hell]

Owned: 3
Washburn Lyon
ESP Ltd B-55
Lakland 5501

Sold:0
Smashed:1
Washburn Lyon

3 Basses to 4.5 Years

RATIO = 0.666 (im not evil i swear)

 

[jucas]

About 10 years playing.

Squier Jazz (sold)
'74 Precision
Takamine Acoustic
Godin A5
Cort Shortscale

5 Basses, 10 years... 0.5.

If you count the national SCPB a friend found on the road, 0.6.

 

[TobyBrodel]

sold:
Essex P/J
Epi Thunderbird
G&L L-2500 tribute
Squier VM fretless jazz
Yamaha P-bass copy (Rbx or something??)

Own:
Eastwood Airline "Map"
Fender MIM Jazz
Chinese upright

Total Basses: 8
Years Playing: 7

Ratio: 1.1

 

[jazzbo58]

Basses I own;
'78 Fender Jazz
'68 Fender Precision
'72 Fender Telecaster
'96 Fender Am. Deluxe Jazz
'08 Fender Am. Std. Precision
'08 Gibson Thunderbird
'78 Gibson RD Std.
Peavy TL-5
Sadowsky Vintage 4
Valenti Vee Bird
Warmoth Jazz
Lecompte ST5SS
Alembic Series II
Lakeland DP II LE
Michael Kelly Dragonfly
Modulus Quantum 4
Kramer 8 String

Total= 17

Basses I have sold:
'70 Hofner
Epiphone Hollowbody
'71 Gibson EBO
'76 Gibson Thunderbird
'72 Fender Jazz
'72 Fender Precision Fretless
Gibson EB3

Total = 24
Years Playing = 39 yrs

Ratio = 0.615

Cheers,
Jim

 

[sickest beast]

let's see...

owned/sold = 2
-ibanez sr600
-fender MIM P-special w/badass II

own = 1
-fender MIA jazz

years played = 8

ratio = 0.38

is that good? bad? what do i do with this figure?

 

[rarbass]

So:
# of basses/years playing?

0.8

 

[CardinalFan984]

owned:
Ibanez GSR200
Traben Array Obsession
Musicman Sterling HH
SX Fretless Jazz

Years Played:4.5

Ratio: .88888888...

 

[12stringbassist]

Playing since 1975 = 34 years approx.

Currently own:
Aria ZZB Deluxe Bass (blue sunburst)
Burns Bison Reissue Bass (white).
Cort Violin Bass (antigue sunburst).
Danelectro Longhorn Bass (green burst).
Dean Rhapsody 8 String Bass (natural bubinga wood).
Epiphone '58 Flying V Bass (black).
Fender USA Standard Jazz bass (Candy Apple Red 2008).
Fender 60th anniversary USA P Bass (3-tone sunburst finish).
Fender Precision Lyte Bass (Toffeeburst).
Fender Squier Modified Vintage 50's Precision Bass (Sunburst).
Fender Squier Classic Vibe 50's Precision Bass (Lake Placid Blue).
Fender Squier Precision Special Bass (Red sunburst).
Gibson SG Supreme Bass (Quilted maple top).
Gordy XR Custom fretless 'Explorer' style bass (natural wood finish).
Hamer B12S short scale 12-String Bass (Translucent cherry flame).
Hamer Chaparral long scale 12-String Bass (Black)
John Birch SCDR stereo bass (greenburst).
Rickenbacker 4003 (in fireglo finish)
Rickenbacker 4003 (in midnight blue finish)
Rickenbacker 4003 (in limited edition Blue Boy finish)
Warwick Streamer Chrome Tone Bass.
Warwick Custom Shop Thumb bass (Walnut gloss).
= 22

No longer with me:
Wal Pro 1e
Avon EB-0 (now used by my daughter)
Fender Precision Lyte Bass (charcoalburst)
Framus nashville bass (broken irreparably and I can't find another)
Squier P bass from 1st year of production
Squier P bass
Fender HMT bass
Fender Jazz 5 string MIM
+ 8 = 30 basses, under 1 a year.

I have still got another 5 or so guitars and have parted with about the same number of 6 strings over the years.

 

[Mellow D]

Years played: 11
basses ownew: 3

Ratio: 0,27

Man, still 4 years til i'm done studying.. i need more basses

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

I thought student loans were for basses? Overdrafts are for rent and living

 

[Sterling_Bass]

One bass. Roughly four and a half years of bass playing.
0.22

 

[bassicsax]

playing 6 years...

basses previously owned... 3
sx 4+1 fretless jazz bass
Lakland 5502 dlx
Rockbass by Warwick streamer standard

basses i currently own... 3
Lakland skyline Hollowbody
Fender classic 50s pbass
Ibanez gsr 190

so for me its 1/1

 

[Mellow D]

I thought student loans were for basses? Overdrafts are for rent and living

hmmm, you make a compelling argument...

probably buying a SX fretless in a month or so...

 

[SlavaF]

Currently own:
Ibanez SR1005
Ibanez BTB06
Peavey Cirrus 6
Carvin B2 Fretless
Ibanez Rick 4001 copy
Ibanez SR500

Used to own:
Peavey Zodiac BXP (stolen )
Ibanez BTB405 (sold)
Ibanez SR640 (sold)

Total: 9 basses

Been playing for 5 years, so 9/5 = 1.8

 

[Easy8]

Owned:
Tiesco Silvertone
Kay Semi-hollowbody
Gibson EB2-DC
60' Fender P
67' Fender Jazz
76' Fender P
Danelectro Shorthorn double neck
MIM Jazz
Squier VM Fretless
SX Jazz - fretless 5er

Still own:
60 P
MIM Jazz
Squier VM Fretless
SX Jazz - fretless 5er

10 basses/40 years = .25