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#41
Pretty boring compared to some of the other lists on here but here goes

In order

1. Crafter Cruizer bass (not sure of model, bought new for £99)
2. Crafter P Bass (bought from Camden Market, London)
3. AXL Musicman Copy
4. J&D S4B (got me through college)
5. Squier P bass special (uprated the pickups and pickguard)
6. Fender Classic 70's Jazz (love this bass, spent ages searching around for the best one....found it)
7. Musicman Stingray 3eq (sold to me by a bassist friend....little roadworn but tons of mojo)
8. ????
 
#42
OutToPlayJazz said:
1. Columbus Jackson/Charvel copy.
2. Hohner Jack Professional headless
3. Status Series II
4. Yamaha TRB5 Nathan East model
5. Warwick Fortress
6. Yamaha active jazz copy
7. Washburn passive six string
8. Squier Standard Jazz in vintage red burst
9. Status Kingbass Artist 5 string
10. Status KingBass Artist 4 string
11. Fender MIM Standard V
12. Hofner Contemporary Violin bass
13. Status Series I 5 string
14. Status Groove 4
15. Status Groove 5
16. Status Shark
17. Fender American Standard Precision 2008
18. Fender Geddy Lee Jazz CIJ
19. Fender American Standard Jazz 2008
20. Fender MIM Standard Precision
21. Fender Marcus Miller Jazz
22. Fender American Vintage 62 RI Precision
23. Fender 50th Anniversary Jazz
24. Fender CIJ 75 reissue Jazz
25. Squier Vintage Modified Maple Jazz
26. G&L Tribute L2000 natural
27. Tune Japanese bass
28. Yamaha BB424
29. Epiphone Thunderbird Pro
30. Epiphone EB3
31. Epiphone Jack Casady
32. Ibanez SRX 705
33. Jackson CMG Concert bass.
34. Another Status SII
35. Status S2-Classic
36. Status S2-Classic 5 with phenowood fingerboard
37. Yamaha TRB6-II
38. Yamaha BB714BS
39. Sterling Ray 34
40. Music Man Stingray Piezo
41. Music Man Stingray 5
42. Status Streamline
43. Status Streamline with front and side LED's
44. Status S2-Classic-Classic 5 Myrtlewood
45. OLP Stingray HH
46. Music Man Stingray 2-band
47. Music Man Classic Sabre
48. Enfield Lionheart Prototype
49. Fender Classic Player Rascal
50. Sadowsky Will Lee.
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Oh my....ha ha ha
 
#43
I will give this a try ! Since 1969
1. Kingston (red sunburst)
2. Fender Mustang Bass (Competition Burgundy)
3. Fender Precision Bass (1966 Ocean Turquoise)
4.Gibson EB-O (Cherry Red)
5. Fender Telecaster Bass (1970 Blonde)
6. Fender Jazz Bass (1973 Black/rosewood)
7. Gibson Les Paul Triumph (1974)
8. Fender Precision Bass (1974 translucent blonde/maple)
9. Fender Jazz Bass (1973 Black/ rosewood) No - a different one !
10. Rickenbacker 4001 (Redglow)
11. Fender Telecaster Bass (1975 Blonde-humbucker)
12. Fender Precision Bass (1970 Candy Apple Red-rosewood)
13. Peavey T-40
14. Peavey Foundation (White/maple)
15. Peavey Dyna-Bass (1990 Black-rosewood)
16. Carvin LB70 (Vintage Yellow)
17. Fender Precision Bass (MIM-sunburst-rosewood)
18. Dean ABG ( Cherryburst-quilted maple top)
19. Squier Jazz Bass Standard (Candy Apple Red-rosewood
20. Ibanez SR305 5 string (silver metallic)
21. Squier Precision CV60's (Sonic Blue)
22. Peavey Axcelerator (Sunburst)
23. Squier CV50's Precision Bass
24. Ibanez SR305 5 string (red metallic)
25. Xaviere Precision Bass ( Olympic White - Mighty Mite Jazz neck-rosewood)
26. Parts-built Precision Bass (New Japanese-made loaded body - metallic gold, Squier Precision Bass Special neck-rosewood)
27. Squier Precision (parts-built) body refinished in nitro Ocean Turquoise, Squier Precision Bass Special Neck)
28. SX Jazz Bass Fretless (sunburst)
29. Ibanez SR400 (Charcoal Burst)

I currently own numbers 18,19,25, & 27. I may edit - I think I may have forgotten 1 or 2 !
 
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#44
I went through, counted and listed mine the last time there was one of these threads and I think the number was nineteen, I could be mistaken.


And I'm primarily a drummer...

I'm going to try it again, and I'm going to my best to keep them in order.

1) 1970s Tele Star (Teisco) kid sized bass (A present from my parents when I was 13, traded for drums a couple of years later.)

2) 2000 Jackson JS-40 (Bought in 2008, given to a niece in California for Christmas a couple of years ago.)

3) 1990s Peavey Dyna (This was bought from a TBer, nice bass, but not what I was looking for.)

4) 1980s Peavey Fury (THIS was the first bass that I really bonded with. I gave it to a great nephew a year ago.)

5) 2011 Fender American 60th Anniversary Precision (Sunburst) FSR (My first forever bass.)

6) 2010 Squier Vintage Modified Precision TB (I wanted a Tele bass, bought this. Then I got an actual Tele bass and this was sold.)

7) 1972 Fender Telecaster bass (This bass is in my will to go to cousin's son someday when I pass.)

8) 2005 Schecter C-4 XXX (I liked this and had it for a few years, it just didn't fit for my music.)

9) 2011 Fender American Standard Jazz bass (I would have kept this one forever, but I came across another 60th Anniversary P and wanted THAT more.)

10) 1987 Fender MIJ Precision bass (Nice, but I prefer maple necks.)

11) 1970s Tele Star (Teisco) kid sized bass (Yes, I bought one identical to my first bass.)

12) 1995 EBMM Stingray

13) 2011 American 60th Anniversary Precision (Blonde)

14) 2000 Fender American Jazz bass FSR (Natural Ash)

15) 2014 Rickenbacker 4003W on order

16) 2012 Fender American Select Precision

17) 2014 Fender American Standard Jaguar with a 2012 American Select Precision neck

18) 1990s Peavey Foundation

19) 2014 Fender American Deluxe Dimension HH V

20) 1991 Fender American Precision Plus (Boner bass)

21) 2014 Fender American Honeyburst Special Precision FSR

If it is in red I still own it.

Blue means that I ordered it, but it's not here yet.

Black font means that it passed through my hands and is gone.

Some of these came and went pretty fast, particularly the earlier ones that I bought as I was figuring out what kind of basses I really liked. Once I figured that out I bought "keepers", which are still with me and I'm not planning on getting rid of any at this point.

The number is 21 if you count the Rickenbacker that is paid for, but not yet received.

There are a few that are in heavy rotation, primarily my Select-P, 60th Anniversary Ps and my Honeyburst-P. In other words, all of my Precisions except my P/J seem to find their way into my hands daily. My 1970s Tele Star is a wall hanger, a reminder of where I've been and how far that I've come. The Dimension V has been getting a good workout as I'm trying to get better on five strings. The others get played regularly, just not as much as the Precisions.

 
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#45
thisSNsucks said:
I keep an excel spreadsheet lol

Bach NR Thunderbird Trans Red
Bach NR Thunderbird Black
Ernie Ball MusicMan Bongo - Blue Dawn
Ernie Ball MusicMan Sterling - White/Black, Maple Fingerboard
Ernie Ball MusicMan StingRay - Black Sparkle/White Pearl, Maple Fingerboard
Ernie Ball MusicMan StingRay - Black/Black, Rosewood Fingerboard
Ernie Ball MusicMan StingRay - Dargie Delight w/ Matching headstock
Ernie Ball MusicMan StingRay - Red Sparkle/Black, Rosewood w/ Matching Headstock
Ernie Ball MusicMan StingRay5 - Blueburst
Fender American Deluxe Precision - Sunburst/Tort., Maple Fingerboard
Fender American Jazz - Purple/White, Rosewood Fingerboard
Fender American Precision - Sunburst/Black, Maple Fingerboard
Fender American Precision - Sunburst/Tort, Rosewood Fingerboard
Fender Geddy Lee Signature - Black
Fender Japan Precision - Sonic Blue/White, Rosewood
Fender Japan Precision (parts) - Olympic White/Tort, Rosewood Fingerboard
Fender Jazz (1966) - Olympic White/Tort. Matching Headstock
Fender Jazz (1973) - Walnut/Black
Fender Mark Hoppus Signature - Pink
Fender Precision (1960) - Stripped Olympic White/Tort.
Fender Precision (1973) - Sunburst/Tort.
Fender Reggie Hamilton Signature - Black
Fender Roscoe Beck Signature - Honey Burst/Maple
Fender Sting Signature (Modified)
G&L L-1000 - Natural Ash/Rosewood
G&l L-1000 - Tobacco Burst over Mahogany/Ebony
Gibson Thunderbird (1979) - Ebony
Ibanez ATK - Natural
MusicMan StingRay (1978) - Natural/Black/Maple
Rickenbacker 4001 (1979)- Fireglo
Rickenbacker 4003 - Fireglo
Rickenbacker 4003 - Fireglo
Sadowsky Metro MS4
Sadowsky Metro RV4 - Olympic White/Tort, Alder/Morado
Sadowsky Metro RV4-HP - Sonic Blue/White, Alder/Morado
Sadowsky Metro UV70 5 - Black/White, Ash/Maple with Blocks and Binding
Sadowsky NYC Standard 4 - Caramel Burst over Mastergrade Quilt Maple, Ash/Master Grade Birdseye Maple
Spector NS-2 Brooklyn - Walnut
Spector NS-2 Brooklyn - Trans Red
Spector NS-2 Kramer - Trans Orange
Spector NS-2 Kramer - Trans Orange
Spector NS-2A - Black
Squier Classic Vibe 50s Precision
Squier Classic Vibe 60s Jazz
Squier Classic Vibe 60s Precision
Squier Classic Vibe 60s Precision
Squier Jazz Bass 5
Squier Precision Bass 5
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Active
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar
SX Jazz Ash Maple
SX Jazz Sunburst
SX P/J
SX Precision Bass
Warwick Corvette Fretless
Yamaha BB1000
Yamaha BB2000
Yamaha BB3000
Click to expand...

I don't even know where to begin
 
#46
Since 2010

Squier Affinity P-Bass
Spector Legend 5 fretless
Fender MIM Deluxe P-bass Special w/ DiMarzio's
Warwick Corvette Fretless
G&L L2500

Currently only own the first and last although I regret selling my P-bass Special. Those DiMarzio's sounded quite fine!
 
#47
I stand in owe of the number of basses the respondents list.
While I respect the level of GAS and dollars represented, I am curious...
How many hours was each instrument played?
I hope that everyone understands that it is the time you have played and not how many instruments that you have owned that really matters.
I'm talking hours, and hours, and hours... same axe...
But then our entire society is based upon money before talent, or ability. So maybe this is a moot point.
 
#48
Starting in 1983:
  • 1983 Harmony Marquis (black w/maple board, don't have the model #)
  • 1985 Peavey Foundation (natural w/maple board)
  • 1986 Peavey Foundation fretless (sunburst w/rosewood board)
  • 1987 Ibanez RB800 (Fountain Blue w/rosewood board)
  • 1988 Rickenbacker 4003 (Jetglo, sold in 2003)
  • 1990 Ibanez SR800 fretless (Purple Pearl w/rosewood board)
  • 2008 Fender Jazz MIM (black w/rosewood board and abalone PG, sold in 2012)
  • 2014 Rickenbacker 4003W (walnut w/maple FB)
  • 2014 Fender Modern Player Jazz V (sunburst w/rosewood board)
  • 2014 Peavey Grind 6 (natural w/rosewood board)
 
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#49
Man I think I have a serious problem.............. since 1997 but majority of purchases/trades weren't made until post 2004 when I got my first real job. Missing a few as I can't recall their names. :p

Current:
  • Squier Deluxe Jazz Bass Active 5
  • Modulus Quantum 5
  • Carvin Icon 5 (Fretless)
  • Sadowsky Metro MV5
  • Squier Protone
Past:
  • Fender Fotoflame Jazz (w/ Fretless Conversion)
  • Warwick Streamer Stage II 5
  • Marco TBL 5
  • Fender Jazz (1978 & Rosewood Board)
  • Ken Smith BSR5J
  • Kinal MK21
  • G&L L-5500
  • Warwick FNA Jazzman 5
  • Roscoe LG-3005
  • Kala U-Bass
  • MTD 535-21
  • Benavente SCD5
  • Nordy VJ5 Classic
  • Ibanez SRT805dx
  • Ibanez SR1205e
  • Atelier Z M265
  • Squier Classic Vibe Precision
  • Gibson Thunderbird
  • Zon Sonus 4
  • Ibanez Roadstar RB630
  • Dingwall Super J5
  • Kiso Suzuki 5/8 Upright
  • Fender US Deluxe Jazz 5 (2012)
  • Fender Jazz (1978 & Maple Board)
  • BSX Allegro Electric Upright
  • Warwick Thumb Bolt-On 5
  • Spector EURO5
  • Epiphone Viola
  • Lakland 44-64 Custom (USA)
  • Dingwall ABZ 5
  • Modulus VJ
  • Guild Starfire I (1966)
  • Rickenbacker 4000 (1979)
  • Fender Precision (1978)
  • Aries Senes VS
  • Valenti Vintage J5
  • ESP J-Five
  • Fender Roscoe Beck V
  • Fender '50s Precision
  • Fender Precision (1974)
  • Rickenbacker 4003
  • Jerry Jones Naptune Longhorn
  • Schack Carbon V
  • Ernie Ball Sting Ray (Ltd 2005)
  • Fender Reggie Hamilton Standard
  • Fenderbird (Part Bass)
  • American Precision V
  • Goldtone Club Upright
  • Godin Freeway Active 5
  • Stagg EDB-3/4 Electric Upright
  • Ergo Electric Upright
  • Epiphone Jack Casady Signature
  • Fender Mustang Ressiue
  • Gibson EB-0 (1972)
  • Fender Duck Dunn Signature
  • Ibanez SDGR885
  • Yamaha TRB5II
  • Warmoth Jazz 6
  • Samick VA Fretless 5
  • Fender BG32
  • Ibanez Rickenbacker (Lawsuit)
  • Godin A4
  • AriaProII CSB-300
  • Warwick Streamer Std. 5
  • Squier Musicmaster
  • Squier Protone 5
  • Gliga Genial Upright
 
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#50
EB stingrays 4&5 Fretless/ Fretted
Pedulla MVP6
Kubicki Ex-Factor
Jaydee Super natural
Ken Smith BSR6P
Curbow Int'l Petite Fretless 5
& quot;87" Warwick Thumb 5
Lakland 55-94 Deluxe (3 times)
& quot;98" Warwick Thumb 5
Roscoe LG3005
Sadowsky UV70-RWASH5
Fbass BN5
Eden WT550 Traveler
Sadowsky PJ5 Reversed
MTD 635-24 (2 Times)
Fbass BN5 Quilt Top
Ritter Okon 5
Alleva Coppolo LG-5
Ken Smith Black Tiger 6 TN
Fender Custom Shop Classic Jazz 5
Fodera Emperor 5 Deluxe (Owned for 1 Day)
Sadowsky NYC Standard 5 (2 Times)
MTD 535 (2 Times)
Mike Lull M5
Fodera Monarch Elite 6 Fretless
Skjold Custom 5
Ritter Roya 5
EBMM Stingray 30th Anniversary
Ken Smith BSREG Elite 6
EBMM Stingray 5 HH
Nordy vJ5
Fodera Emperor 5 Deluxe w/ Bubinga Top
Fodera Imperial Elite 5
MTD 535 x 3
Mike Lull P5
Lakland Skyline DJ5
Nordstrand NJ5
Fender MIA Jazz 5 Deluxe
MTD 535-24 x 6
Pedulla ET5 Thuderbass
Ampeg SVT6Pro
Modulus TBX5
Alembic Elan 5
Ken Smith BSR5GN
Dingwall AB2
Fodera NYC Empire 5
MTD 535-24 s/n 1036
Carvin LB75P
Skjold ECS6
Brubaker Lexa6
Hanewinckel Vintage 7 & Ceres 6
MTD 535 s/n 1558
Fbass BN6 s/n 630908
Sadowsky NYC Modern 5 s/n 4684
G&L L1505 s/n CLF43541
Low End LEJ6-24
Epiphone Jack Casady Bass
SWR Super Red Head
97 Warwick Thumb 5 NT
07 EBMM Stingray
Warwick Vampyre 5SN
Fodera Emperor 5 Elite
EBMM Sterling 5HH
Lakland SL55-60 Custom
Peavey Cirrus 5 USA
SWR 350X,
Sadowsky NYC Vintage 5 S/N 5107
Sadowsky Metro Will Lee 4 S/N M5885
Fbass BN6
Modulus Quantum 5
Brubaker JXB5
Fender American Jazz V Deluxe
Ibanez Verdine White 4 Signature

Currently own: Alembic Essence 5/ Elrick Platinum SC5 Classic/ 1978(1982) Fender Jazz USA
 
#52
This is probably considered deviant behavior for TB, but other than my first bass, an Eko 995 violin bass, I still own every bass I've ever bought. Keep in mind I was pretty much inactive from 90s until the last year or so.

71 P Fretless TSB, bought new.
50s German upright
69 Tele with 65 P neck, I paid $125 for it in 76. Body restored by johnk10 to its original blondness, and I added a new Tele neck. I had the '65 neck on the 71 for awhile, recently bolted it on its own body.
96 Ibanez TR 500 fretless, black. Nice active jazz style bass
14 SX Ursa 2 Jazz sixer, CAR.
13 Squier VM Jag fiver, black. Very impressed with this one, got it dirt cheap on Craigslist.

I'm consistent:I've also been with the same woman since 78.
 
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#53
Liam Wald said:
I stand in owe of the number of basses the respondents list.
While I respect the level of GAS and dollars represented, I am curious...
How many hours was each instrument played?
I hope that everyone understands that it is the time you have played and not how many instruments that you have owned that really matters.
I'm talking hours, and hours, and hours... same axe...
But then our entire society is based upon money before talent, or ability. So maybe this is a moot point.
Click to expand...

Good question! I'll say for me that some are played for hundreds & hundreds of hours, and some just a few hours. Why? Some are based on band suitability. Playing in a classic rock power trio, a modern rock band, a 12-piece R&B horn group, and a 50's rockabilly trio will not have the same equipment needs. Also, over the last three decades, what sounds good to the ear has changed. When I started out, everything available was four string, passive, & fretted.

So, why would I only play some basses for a few hours and then flip them? Well, until recent years, if you did not live in a major music center (NYC, California, Chicago, Nashville), the choice of bass brands to try out locally was very limited. Fender and a few import brands are the normal options. In the 1990's, there was just one store in town that carried high-end basses (Alembic, Tobias, and eventually Modulus to be exact), but all were out of my price range then. So for over a decade, buying, selling, and trading various used basses via the Harmony Central classified ads (remember that e-mail list?) was the ONLY way for me to try out what was out there.

Some people find that perfect old J-bass and they are good for life. No problem with that, but for me, I got excited about BASS because it was different from guitar, more than "Les Paul or Strat." Playing bass is odd enough, so playing odd basses was even better! :) I wanted to play with my fingers, with a pick, with my thumb. I wanted to try fretless, upright, paired-course, extended range, active, piezo, optical, MIDI, acoustic. I wanted to play rock, metal, folk, jazz, rockabilly, R&B, blues, alternate. For me, getting the right bass to fit my different bands' sounds & my role in the band has been my objective. And, sometimes, it takes a couple tries to get it right. So now I play about ten basses regularly, two or three each for my bands, practicing a few times a week. To some, that may be overkill, but it meets my goals.

BTW, the MTD 535-24 myrtle/ash/wenge is my bucket list bass. That one goes with me to the old folks home. But, alas, that's a different topic...
 
#54
Torch P bass (1986)
Ibanez SR800 (1988)
Status Series 2 (1996) *
Ibanez ATK fretless (1990 something)
Warwick corvette $$ ( 2011) *
MM Bongo ( 2013) *
MIA fender standard jazz (2014) *
Spector Euro ( 2014) *

*still own
 
#55
Fender Roscoe Beck IV
2015 Gibson Thunderbird IV
Fender American Jazz Deluxe FMT V
Fender American Jazz Deluxe QMT IV
2014 Gibson Thunderbird
Warwick Corvette (double buck) $$
Ibanez 805 5-string
Specter NS-2 (US) (stolen, serial # 2022), reward if found!
1994 Alembic Epic fretless
Carven LB70 4 string
Kramer 4 string bass (forgot the model)
1982 Ibanez P-Bass knock off
 
#56
Lets see...

1-Aria pro- aqua green
2- musicman stingray - black
3-G&L L2500 / quilted honey
4-G&L JB2 - trans orange
5-G&L ASAT - butterscotch
6-Fender mij jazz- maple board with block inlays- blue
7-Bolin NS5 - trans blue
8-Renaissance 5 fretless- cedar
9-Yamaha TRB6P - redburst
10-Yamaha TRB6 - prototype green/blue
11-Spector US NS4 - clear quilt maple

Thats all i can remember

Forgot a few
12-Yamaha motion bass ii- white / short scale
13-Stambaugh - singlecut 5 in walnut. Someone on TB ended up with it.
 
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#59
Here are most of the ones which didn't make the grade over the years. There are a couple missing, my first two Aria Pro II's from the late 80's. Other than that, I think this is most of the exes


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#60
Something called an "Encore" shortscale
Sears catalog sourced P/J bass
Gibson Ripper
Ibanez GSR200
Schecter Studio 5
Fender MIM Jazz
CIJ Geddy Lee Jazz
Squire VM fretless
Warmoth Fretless
Warmoth/Fender hybrid
Squire Classic Vibe Precision
Fender Aerodyne P/J
 

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