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Basses you are emotionally attached to

#46
There are 2 foe me.:
A 1978 P-Bass that my wife surprised me with for Christmas with one year afterhearing me talk about missing my long lost P-Bass from High School. It was a 78 too.

The second was my 10th anniversary present from my wife. A late 90s Lakland USA Standard 5. It is transparent white with a birdseye board and Duncans. She even got the pick ups right.

Both basses were bought online with no help from me. She got preference info outta me on what I liked and went from there both times. I do think it's funny that both basses turned out being white, when I'm sort a black n' chrome type guy. But I cherish them both and I'll never let them go. The Lakie turned out to be my main gigger too, how's that for a choice by the little lady ?
 
#49
Spector_Ray said:
When I was in the military, there was a small music store on a little Air Force base in Panama.
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Ohh- the little store on the 2nd floor at Allbrook? I was at Ft. Kobbe for 2 years.

Although it's not like the oldest is the nearest and dearest to the heart, or necessarily the coolest. I have my 72 EB-0 that was my first real bass, around 20 years ago. It's uglier than sin, has been through the mill, a rout the size of an olympic swimming pool, it sounds OK now, but aside it being worth less than the sum total of the wood and hardware, I don't think I would ever part with it. All my other bass gear can be replaced, that one can't.
 
#50
dveeus1 said:
My 1976 Fender Jazz.

I still love the way it feels, plays, and sounds. But, more importantly it is the bass my dad (my best friend) gave me as a graduation present from elementry school.

If I stopped playing bass today I would keep it for the sentimental value alone.
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Bump.Also my 78 Music Man Sabre that my dad bought me also my preGibson Tobias 5 because there just to damn hard to find.Every thing else has been sold.
 
#51
FUNKonthewall said:
My first bass I'm never selling is my Ibanez GSR200 (dun dun dun). It has been through SO much with me. Sure it only cost like $200, but you can't put a price the memory of learning to play an instrument that you're going to stick with for the rest of your life.
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HAHA...GSR200 is my first bass, and the only bass I own right now. I will most likely keep it FOREVER!
 
#52
my first bass means a lot to me, its the black mim jazz, but my conklin really means a lot because i put a lot of effort and work into buying this bass and 7 strings really opened me up musically. ive since decided that a 7 string only has certain roles in my musical life (jazz and solo or duet type things, 4 is my thing for band settings), but this bass really opened me up to the possibilities and really got me focused on technique a lot more, so it definitely holds a place in my heart.

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#54
Back in '83 when I was still learning to play, I had just gotten my first real job and was determined to buy a Rickenbacker. I couldn't find one anywhere. One place tried to sell me a copy. One place said they could order me one but it would take 6 months. After just about giving up, I was out with a friend at bar time when I spotted a music store across the street. I said let's go over there and see if they have a Rickenbacker in the window. Wouldn't you know it, they did! I purchased it the next day, and the day after that I met my future wife. She wasn't happy because I didn't have any money for the first 3 months we dated because it was all going to pay off the bass. I figure if I had waited one more day to get the bass it wouldn't have happened and I wouldn't be a musician today.

I played that bass for 18 years. It is beat to hell and I would never part with it. It is worth so much more to me than I could ever get for it on E-bay. I still pull it out occasionally.

The bass can be seen at:

http://www.geocities.com/nitefirerocks/Dave.html

By the way, I am still married too. :bassist:
 
#55
My walnut Alembic Orion 4, just because it was my first decent bass, my first NEW bass (also my first - and not my last - Alembic) and because it's such a unique instrument (visually and soundwise). It was actually so uniquely looking, that it had been hanging in a shop for almost 5 years, just waiting for me to pick it up (?) Not only did it make me realise that playing the bass was the thing for me to do, after a few years of guitar playing that didn't quite work for me, it has also made me part of a small but growing, very nice and friendly community of fellow Alembic enthousiasts. Simply put: my Orion has showed me the way home...
 
#60
I got rid of an all original, IMMACULATE 75 Jazz, a maple blondie. I loved that bass, but stupidly traded for some bass I no longer own. Now with the new marcus Jazz- bass, it is almost like having my old friend back( only better). I've always had a thing for Fender basses.
 

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