Discontinued Basses- your faves

[smogg]

USA Peavey in general. More specifically (in order of preference); Millennium 5+, Grind 5, GV, & if I ever went back to passive fours the Foundation S. Best production passive PJ I ever laid hands on.

 

[two fingers]

Fender Roscoe Beck 4 & 5 string

This should get a lot of hits. I bet it would win a poll.

 

[stealth94rt]

I still have the promo add from when I was a kid. I always thought this bass was cool on so many levels.

Kramer XL-8
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Same here, so I bought one new off the rack at the local music store in the early 80s. It's still with me.

 

[BobKos]

MusicMan Reflex. Fender P-Lyte Deluxe. Reverend Rumblefish P/J 4.

 

[TheReceder]

Same here, so I bought one new off the rack at the local music store in the early 80s. It's still with me.

Please lie to me and tell me you kept it because you hated it and didn't think you should stick anyone else with it.

 

[gitfiddl]

Peavey Foundation and the Hamer Cruise.

 

[Pauly 4001]

The apex of fine bass construction was reached with the Ovation Magnum 1 and we've been treading water ever since:

 

[REV]

Gibson EB1

 

[mikewalker]

Oh, and also these ones:

( if nothing else, for the "thumb-friendly" pickup cases with recessed screws! Why did those go away? )

 

[nocluejimbo]

The Big Al was too damn cool. I loved the Albert Lee HH guitars I had, would love to track down the bass.

 

[Skullie]

Fender MIJ and CIJ Sting Bass
Plus another vote for the Fender Roscoe Beck 4 string

 

[murmur70]

Fender 1951 Precision Reissue CIJ
Steinberger XL-2

 

[Vinnie Boombatz]

Squier CV60's...

CIJ '52...

And they technically still make this model (MIM Classic 50's), just don't make this color any longer...

 

[Riff Ranger]

I used to have a Westone 6-string once upon a time. A Westone Pantera.

I also have two Westone six-strings, including a Prestige 150 which I love. They made few five-string basses and no seven-string guitars, though, so I had to go with a Korean Spector and Indonesian Schecter, respectively, for those. That particular Schecter might already be discontinued as well, haha.

 

[Rob Leonard]

Never seen one of those until now, very cool:

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Makes me think of Steppenwolf!

 

[bwildt]

Orphans that I own and that I am sad are no longer produced.

Musicman American S.U.B.
Line 6 Variax 700/705

 

[mikewalker]

Makes me think of Steppenwolf!

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

 

[Holdsg]

Another big fan of the Big Al bass. Great passive tones, and pointy. not everyone likes pointy, I know.

Now I would add the EBMM Cutlass and Caprice (see above), I guess I have a thing for MM passive tones (and not much of a fan of the active tones) Oh, I've tried, but meh for me.

original Darkstar pickup in anything. Although Curtis Novak makes a dead replica now (which I can personally vouch for).

 

[smcd]

Peavey B-Quad. This bass is still at the peak of innovation, despite it being discontinued 20 years ago.