Cheap bass changed my life!!!

Was it a nice player?

 

Just goes to show that a gift doesn't have to be expensive to mean a great deal to the recipient. Nice story.

 

Cool story! I completely remember "Kiss meets the Phantom of the Park". It was a much anticipated event in my young life at the time! Iconic!

Do you still have the Harmony? It's funny how small things that push you in one direction or another can have MASSIVE consequences years down the road.

 

great story man !

 

Yea where is that harmony now?

I still got my first bass my dad was broke returning to college and single parent he saved up and got me a dean edge 4 , used from a pawn shop in 2003, it was like 100$ maybe and that was the best gift anyone has ever given me it changed my life completely.

Thats why i see SX as a cool brand, buy your niece or nephews one who knows it may change there life.

 

Looks like Gene Simmons changed your life

 

I got a guitar 5 years ago, and played it religiously for 3 years. Kinda slowed down on it, and started playing Bass 4 months ago. When I got that first guitar it was just amazing. It wasn't a piece of junk, but it wasn't very expensive (still have it). Now me and my band are recording later on this month (I am on bass now, and really loving the instrument). That first guitar or bass can really change your life. Great story. Music is just amazing, especially if you play it.

 

The beauty and POWER of creativity...

 

Cheap bass do bring back memory. I still remember when i only had £100 in my bank and found no job yet, i just spend what i got in my bank on a Aria P bass and that change my life since then.

 

I would have liked you post a picture of this 89.- dollars bass... You can maybe find a picture of a similar instrument on de the net ???? So I would be able to see what are you talking about !!!

 

Great tale. But I would also like to see a pic of this Harmony classic.

 

My first bass is (yes IS) a (something like) 3rd hand Aria STB-PJ. It was obviously very cheap as they are worth £120 new. My parents bought it for me for my birthday and there has rarely been a day where I haven't played it.

 

Good lad!

 

Great Story! It shows that when you looked back at things in your life, you had no idea at the time how that bass would imact the direction of your life. My story is something like yours, my first bass was a 89.00 p bass copy that my parents got for me on Christmas when I was 13.

 

My was the Sears Silvertone Pbass

 

The lesson that could be learned from this story is that we can and should encourage all young people/players that have a desire to want to play a musical instrument.

Unfortunately I have read alot of posts from certain TBers mocking young musicians with questions that may be obvious to experienced players. Remember we all started as beginners.

To the OP you are very fortunate to have a grandmother that encouraged you and helped you with your dream!

 

My first bass was a Harmony P-bass copy, too! It had a generic sunburst finish with a black pickguard and a maple fretboard. My roomate in college bought it at a pawn shop and tried to learn how to play, but I ended up playing with it more than he did (I had started trying to learn guitar about 6 months before he got it - we were going to start a band, etc...) The electric utility at our apt. was in my name, so when we moved out at the end of the year, he gave me the bass in exchange for me covering his part of the final bill (I think it was ~$30).

That was actually a really nice instrument - the action was suprisingly good, making it a great first bass. The electronics kinda sucked, but they worked, and it probably would have been a great player with upgraded pickups and a Badass bridge. I really wish I still had it.

♪Memories....♪

 

I just bought another Squier II after I traded my old one away a few years ago. It was my first bass every, and is now my main go-to bass

Cool story btw