Did anyone sell their first ever bass?

[jacksonev94]

Sold my first bass- A Squier Affinity Jazz to a drummer friend for $95; he sold it to some guy on eBay, so who knows where it is today. I had beaten the crap out of it for almost three years (stuck truss rod, high action, and atrocious finish) and didn't really regret it then, but I've kind of been missing it lately.

 

[Thebrownarrow]

I sold my first bass, a red Samick Stages 5 p bass when I was sixteen or so to buy an Ibanez gsr.

 

[ejaggers]

First bass was a white short scale Kalamazoo KB like this one:
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I traded it in on a CAR 1967 Fender Coronado II, which I will never sell.

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[Jeff Elkins]

Regrets? I've had a few...
I learned to play on an upright in HS, and the week I went to the music store to put a down payment on a beautiful Korean e-bass (no idea what the model was; I should look that up) w/p pups I got a call to join my first garage band. Slim neck, blonde racing stripe up the middle, Alembic-looking headstock. I had my senior pictures taken with that bass. :geek: The next year I bought a MIA P-bass from an acquaintance of my dad's for $150. He wasn't a player, and it was one of those situations where, looking back, I should have been suspicious of the provenance. The bass had a neck bow, but I was pretty ignorant at the time, and instead of having it looked at and fixed, I just complained about the action. Got rid of both of those basses for cheeeep, and bought an unmemorable 5-string. :idiot:

 

[BassNoobSuomi]

I cant find anyone dumb enough to buy the P.O.S.

 

[4-stringB]

My first bass was an Aria semi-hollowbody short scale, with tobacco sunburst. Came with an approx. 25w, 115 tube no-name combo. Traded them towards a Fender Mustang bass, along with a PV Series 400(210w @ 4ohm), with PV 215. Still have the amp/cab. Traded the Mustang towards an all maple Telecaster bass. Traded the Telecaster towards a '66 Precision (a P Bass!!). Still have the p bass, picked up a Geddy Lee J, along with a Danelectro Dolphin-nose, converted to fretless.

 

[Lemoore-on]

It was a Fender Music Master & I traded it in on a Ric 4003 in 1986. I think they gave me $75. for it.

 

[Philibuster]

1999 Fender Standard Jazz Bass. Not gonna lie, I totally bought it because I thought Metallica were the greatest thing since sliced bread and I loved the energy and enthusiasm Jason Newsted brought to their music; SO, since he played Sadowskys and I could not afford one as a 14-year-old, I got what I thought looked the closest!

And yes, I still have it. It's been all around the world with me and will go to which ever of my children it means the most to. That bass changed my life and it's a reminder of where I've been and what I've done. I don't play it often, but it still works as well as it did last century!

 

[poit57]

My first bass was a Samick P-bass copy that my mom got me when I was 16 because I wanted to learn bass. I sold it about 2 years later to help pay for a used Fender P-bass off of eBay.

Over the past 14 years, I've sold 6 basses because I don't feel the need to keep around instruments that I'm no longer playing. I currently use a Music Man Stingray and then I have a cheap 6-string Rogue that I bought to experiment on and probably has very little resale value.

 

[Pimmsley]

Yep ! And I don't regret it...

It was a 'Torch vintage series' p bass copy... It was pretty bad from memory, but so was I
Bought in 1990 for $120 sold in 1990 for $120...
However it did open the door to bass #2

 

[maxiegrant]

My first bass was a Hondo II P Bass clone. I sold it when I bought a Rick 4001, but later I regretted it because I needed a backup.

So I went and bought it back. The guy I'd sold it to was, amusingly enough, a bass singer whose voice was almost as low as the instrument. He had added a non-functional switch to the pickguard but other than that he wasn't playing it much.

I have kept it around since then, replaced the tuning gears and maybe one day I'll do the pickups. I recorded a song with it because it was just the right sound.

I don't sell my gear. I get too attached to them, and since I only buy things that really, really get my attention I tend to hang onto them.

 

[godofthunder59]

I still have my first bass a 60's Klira. My second bass a '65-'66 Hofner I foolishly traded in in '76 for my '76 Ibanez Destroyer. I tracked that Hofner through two different owners and finally bought it back in '86. I still have it, won't make that mistake again My first bass the Klira is the one on the right I "improved" it when I was a kid with Gibson SB450 humbuckers.

Like I said I still have the Ibanez and the Hofner.

 

[songwriter21]

Yep, didn't know much about mine...was an 80's Ibanez Roadstar II 4-string, classic/Olympic white w/ maple board and EMG's. I sold it for a Washburn XB200 Bantam. It would've been a bad decision, but the neck on the Ibby turned out to be warped all along (again, no idea, because I knew nothing back then).

 

[UK Philip]

i've been playing for less than a year, and own only one bass.

it's a 30" Gretsch Junior Jet...single pickup for that lovely vintage tone, threw a Gotoh 201 bridge on it and some decent strings.

here's another TBer's version, bigger bridge and upgraded/double pups but the same deal.

i'll never sell this bass, i already decided. i will be buying a precision (why will you not put a bloody p bass in your modern player range, fender?) but i'll always have this.

 

[UK Philip]

Yep, didn't know much about mine...was an 80's Ibanez Roadstar II 4-string, classic/Olympic white w/ maple board and EMG's.

i've seen these on the internet and i'm dead-set on buying one.

only ever heard good things about the roadstars/blazers, they look like solid instruments.

 

[Ric5]

Yep. I'm pretty sure most of us did it. no regrets on mine. It was AWFUL. However, there are SEVERAL since then I would love to have back.

I have owned over 50 basses ... I even owned 2 twice. Both times I remebered why I sold the bass, and then sold it again.

But there are a few I would like to have again ...

 

[akukulich]

Yep, I sold my Epiphone bass back in 1982 to help pay for a custom color Jazz Bass ordered new from the factory. I don't miss the Epiphone but I still have the J Bass.

 

[troy mcclure]

I think the question should be did anyone NOT sell their first bass. I traded my Sekovia Beatle Bass copy for a vocal mic worth about $30.

 

[zachoff]

Just this year. I hadn't played it in a long time so I figured I'd pass it on to someone who will.

 

[Yango]

I kind of miss my mid 70's Univox Professional Bass. It was a really, really nice slab of wood. I think if I'd kept it, I'd probably have replaced the pickups and pots... but alas, it's long gone...