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Did anyone sell their first ever bass?

#102
yeah, it was an epiphone p bass type thing. it was fine, great 1st bass.
sat unused in my garage for about 15 years at least. I loaned it out once in a while when someone needed it, but that was about it.
sold it for $100 at a flea market to some french kid here on study abroad who wanted to play bass in a band.

Whatever, I am no longer emotionally attached to pieces of wood with strings on them.
basses will all come and go, it's my hands & ears I need to take care of most.
 
#103
I did, and I wish I hadn't.. It was a early 1970's red sunburst Rick 4001. I obtained it as collateral for a loan that was never paid back.. I used it for a few years, then sold it when I started playing mostly jazz, and the Rick wasn't the best tool for the job. I sold it and got a fretless P bass... Now I wish I held on to it, if only just to look at.Still the prettiest bass I've ever owned.
 
#105
Technically my first bass was a black Ibanez Tr-50. Had it for three months. Neck had something wrong with it. It was warped and no amount of truss rod would fix it. Brought it back to the music shop who sent it back to ibanez who two months later said it was unfixable and gave me credit for another Ibanez product, bought the black TR-70 they had in the store (technically worth more but my grandad was a big customer at that store so the owner let me have it for almost the same price). It sucked that my bass learning was interrupted for two months in my beginnings (when it matters more) but i was glad to get a bass with one more pickup and a rosewood fretboard which looked nicer than the maple of the 50. That was some time in 1996. It's still my main bass. And no, never selling it. I get emotionally attached to things. Besides it wouldn't be worth enough to bother.

Here's one thats not mine
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Nothing special to look at. Bottom of the line. Never had a beef with it sound or feel wise.
 
#106
Short answer: yes.

My first bass was a no-name fender copy, short neck fretted. $100 used in 1974. Nice enough but not great.

Sold it in the late '80s to my daughter's school band teacher.

Bought my current bass in the early '90s and still love it - also a no-name fender copy, gold hardware, solid hardwood, long neck & fretless (which is what I'd really always wanted).
 
#108
I learned how to play bass in my best friend's basement from his older brother. He taught me on this dark blue SX100B Series 1 Rogue bass. It was the first bass I ever played, and learned how to play my first songs on it. Years later I heard he was selling it, and I bought it from him on the spot. To this day, even though its beat up and not the best bass in the world, it's still my favorite and primary bass.

I don't know about you guys, but there isn't anything that compares to the feel and nostalgia of your first bass.
 
#109
Yes. I had a brand new 1972 Fender Mustang that I got for Christmas. I wish I still had it, though it most like would be a wall hanger. I 1975 P-Bass is the bass I will never get rid of.
 
#110
My 1st: $70 Squire 4 string from Craigslist. After a year and many hours learning about set ups, I finally realized the frets were not quite in the right position. Gigged with it but always re-tuning between songs played in different positions!

Sold it for $80 at a yard sale.
 
#112
My first bass was a peavey fury. Didnt know anything about basses and was just a beginner and didnt realize what i had.
Sold it to buy a "better bass" only to realize a time later that i just needed to learn about basses. No TB back then :bawl:
White bass with white pickguard and maple neck, i would love to own one again.
 
#113
I traded in my first bass, for a Peavy 1x15 cabinet. The bass was a Charvette. I don't really remember much about it. Other than it was blue, and had p bass pickups. I was 15 at the time. Already picked up my second bass. Which was a Lyon jazz bass (which I still have somewhere) I still have the cabinet as well. It's currently being used as a stand for my 4x10. It can't quite handle my head so it doesn't get much use. Wish I still had the bass though.
 
#114
Sold my first-ever real bass, '76 Fender Mustang, natural with maple neck, for $100 in 1979. My really really first bass, an electronics-store 'Heit' was the victim of teenage mods, refinishes, sandings, etc. and was unsellable. Think I took in on a trip to Israel at age 15 and left it with some kids I met who lived on a kibbutz. In fact I'm sure I did, cause I visited them a year or so later and they still had it and the D string was still busted.
 
#115
The first bass I bought I believe was an Aria Pro II "The Cat" ... it was/is probably a quite nice bass but I didn't know it at the time and traded it for a much worse but cooler looking medium scale Yamaha MB-II Motion B.

The Yamaha got traded in for a Music Man Stingray 5, and I still kick myself today for selling that one ... :)
 
#116
My first bass was an Ibanez Roadstar II... It was sold by an ex unfortunately. Not a great bass, but I wish I still had it for sentimental reasons.

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I do still have my second bass, an '82 Fender Bullet B30.

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#117
my first bass was a Hohner (not Hofner) Beatle Bass I bought for $75 and broke the neck off in an auto accident, no regrets. My next bass was an Ibanez late 70's P-Bass that was a gorgeous color red and a solid player. Sold it in the early 80's when I got married and moved out West. Plenty of regrets. Played keys and guitar mostly after that so I didn't buy another bass until my 1994 MIM Precision
 
#118
I didn't sell my first bass, but I no longer have it. In fact it no longer exists. I burned it in a campfire. May still have the metal pieces in a box at my patents house. It was a no name Pbass copy. Had a useless truss rod and over course a terribly high action. Not much adjustability in the bridge and a complete absence of high end. nowadays I wouldn't mind the sound, but the thing just played like terd.
 
#119
My first bass was a Kay short scale. It was old in 1961 when I bought it for $20. I kept it hanging on a wall until a couple of years ago when I sold it on Evil Bay. I had good memories with that bass, but no great sentimental attachment.

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#120
Peavey Milestone BXP. It was a great starting bass but as I moved up and accumulated higher grade gear I couldn't see any point in having it lay around un-played... I thought it would be better to sell if off to someone who would get more use out of it than me.
 

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