Did you keep your first bass?

[tmdazed]

I sorta still have it , its an old Hoyer EB0 knock off I picked up for 10 bucks at a garage sale, neck split up the center , wasnt worth fixing , still have the body , top has delaminated off of it now , but I cannot bring myself to junk it, after that I got a brand new MIM P-bass, HATED the hell out of that one, sold it and bought a new (at the time ) TNT 115 amp and a cheap Epiphone PJ accubass, loved playing that thing , couple years ago traded that one off for a yammaha RBX270 fretless (the Epi could have been considered fretless up to the 5th by the time I was done and ready to get rid of it , i gigged the hell outa that bass, no backup either , it never let me down). Just recently sold the TNT combo after it had sat for the last 10 years or so, for $75 more that I had paid for it new. The real first I regret getting rid of was a 1965 Strat american sunburst, I got thrown in jail and needed to make bail, sold it for 75 bucks to pay the fine, that one still hurts to this day

 

[Kmonk]

My first bass was a Washburn B20. I traded it and $100 in 1981 for a 1974 Precision.

 

[sotua]

Hell no. THat piece of **** particle-board painted with cheap matte spray body and a neck that was tearing the body apart with the string tension and the mile-high action? Glad to be rid of it.

The one that came after that, my second bass, that one I miss, for sentimental reasons, every now and then. Yamaha RBX250 in gloss black. Yummers.

 

[joelb79]

My first bass was a (now) vintage Univox Precision bass copy in Sunburst, tort pickguard. I would die to have it back. I remember plugging it in one last time and thinking man this sounds great but I wanted to trade it for an acoustic guitar. The guy I traded it to painted it all wacky with bad paint and then ended up giving it away. So kicking myself for letting that one go.

 

[Sav'nBass]

My first bass was an unknown bass that I bought for $50. My first real bass was a 77 Jazz which I still have.

 

[wilfred]

No i didn't but i wish i did!

It was a red squier p bass, i just didn't give it enough time to learn anything, i took it up again a couple years later and never looked back.

 

[kleinenenten]

NO! I refuse, it's my baby. It doesn't get nearly as much play as my other two, but it's never leaving. It doesn't hurt that my 3 basses each have their own voice, and it's the only 4 string, or that it's a little better than many first basses. It's an Ibanez SR 300DX, and I love it! Active pickups, nice thick bottom, with good highs. Can't imagine even considering getting rid of it.

 

[bootsox]

I kept mine, but it's hardly the same instrument anymore. it's gotten pretty ugly over the years.

This bass has been to hell and back, it went under water in Katrina and was thrown in a pile of trash when they were cleaning up, was completely defretted with no tools other than a pocketknife (and re-radiused and finished in epoxy, so no gaping holes from nasty tear out or anything), both strap buttons are stuck in place with toothpicks and wood glue, and all the wiring inside is done by twisting the wires and wrapping them in electrical tape (more because I change it so often than anything else)

despite all that it's still my number 2

 

[Veldar]

Sold mine for money for my amp.

 

[Pet Sounds]

My first bass was a no-name Hofner copy that I briefly owned in the '70s and sold. (My primary instrument then was guitar.) Years later, I got an Electra Phoenix Bass, which I also sold after awhile. But I still have my first Fender, a '95 AmStd P Bass that I bought new, and I still play it regularly. Tort and flats, baby!

 

[balton4]

What's up guys? Been a while, school and working over the summer kept me busy. I decided to keep my bass, and save up the cash to get a new electric guitar. Here I am now with my thunderbird, my silvertone, and my new epiphone les Paul gothic Floyd rose model guitar. I'm quite happy, because now I can keep the first bass I owned, maybe mod it up a bit, and when I'm older, I can tell stories about how my dad got me started with this instrument. Thanks for all the stories, and some of you seem to have started on some rather nice basses

 

[hsech]

My first bass was a short scale Kay (see profile picture). It was probably late 50's vintage. It was a crappy, cheap bass when I got it, but it did have sentimental value. I wish I still had it.

 

[bassfart]

This is my first bass, my uncle gave it to me when I was 11. It's a 60's Panda made in Japan. I would like to restore it if someone knows a great tech.

 

[Texsunburst59]

My first real guitar which I still own and bought new.

'79 Fender Antiqua:

My 1st Bass '74 Fender Jazz. bought used. (still own)

I'm a gear hoarder/whoreder, and RARELY sell any gear I buy.

 

[jd-ns]

first bass I ever owned was an 80's Peavey foundation... nice slim neck... it was great until the neck spontaneously twisted and warped beyond repair... I kind of miss it because it was such an oddity!

 

[AdamR]

I got my first bass in 1992, It was a cheap Vantage P bass, red, maple fretboard pointy head stock. Dont know what happened to it. Im sure I took it apart and tossed it later. I check ebay every once in awhile for one.

 

[KeithPoker]

I still have my first bass, it's a Regal defretted sunburst P copy in bad shape. I want to find a kid who wants to learn but defretted is a bit cruel

 

[BullHorn]

I still keep my Yamaha RBX170 but I should just get rid of it, it's not special, unique or useful in any way...

 

[HolmeBass]

I kept mine, a 1977 Fender Jazz bass.

 

[groooooove]

mines an 89-90 fender p/j

sold it, my mother (god bless her) bought it off of the person i sold it to, and gave it to me years later as a highschool graduation present

glad she did.... it's a great bass.