Do you still have your first bass?

[Iroquoi]

I'm thinking about selling my first bass guitar, that sounds crappy but i think it has a emotional value to me, i'm not decided and afraid that if i sell it i'm gonna regret later...
Do you still have your first bass?
If not do you regret selling it?
I want to know your experiences and try to figure out myself if i should or should not sell my bass guitar.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

I sold my first bass after three years of owning it. I didn't regret it at first because my ignorance made me think it was a crappy instrument, but it just needed a good setup. When I got to know a bit more about basses I realized the kind of instrument I had and I deeply regretted selling it. That's why I did this and I'm very happy now.

 

[Sbociol]

I had an Ibanez SR300DX....I sold it after about an year to purchase my first Warwick...I never regretted that

 

[elgecko]

I do...I tried selling it long ago when I was having some problems. I'm glad no one offered me what I thought it was worth. I defretted it and it's my only fretless so it's easy to justify keeping now.

 

[Phalex]

My first bass was a 1980something T-40. Natural Swamp Ash body, with a Black pickguard, maple board......

No, I don't regret selling it so I could buy a pointy BC Rich Warlock...... That's what I tell myself anyway......

 

[Slax]

I still have mine. I don't think I'll ever get rid of it even if it is a hunk of junk.

 

[Tommy Preston]

I lost my first one in a family move.It was a Musicman..1971 or 72.Have regretted not having it.

 

[MtJam]

No, unfortunately I don't. It was a 70s Gibson EB0. I foolishly traded it for an Epiphone SG (I know, I know! They didn't even include the case; I had to buy it). Dumbest trade ever--that was almost 20 years ago. Ironically, a friend later bought it from the store where I traded it and showed it to me a few years later. A short time later, he offered to sell it back to me, but I wasn't interested at the time!

Then...a few years ago, I wanted to get a, you guessed it...Gibson EB0. I settled on a '69 (same age as me) from Gruhn's. Pretty decent bass, but maybe not as good as I remember my first bass being (maybe it's nostalgia).

I do have my second bass--a MIJ Fender P '62 reissue. That one's not going anywhere. It's featherweight, and I've done many gigs with it. That's my story! Wish I had kept that first Gibby!

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

I lost my first one in a family move.It was a Musicman..1971 or 72.Have regretted not having it.

As far as I understand, the first MM bass was released in 1976.

 

[Darkstrike]

No, still have it, too much sentimental value/actually not worth selling to get rid.

So, instead I hotrodded it to hell, added a string, bass trem, second pickup, etc.

 

[adrhouston]

Not only do I still have it, but I mostly still play on my beloved old Kingston viola hollowbody.

 

[cripula]

Mine was a 75P, got it new in 76. I sold it in '82, and didn't regret it.... for a while. Eventually I REALLY regretted it.
Wound up buying it back 15 years after selling. I have better Ps, but none of them are my first!

 

[BrianJamesDeBo]

i still have my first bass. A squire p-bass. It's heavy, hard to play, sounds lifeless, and i will never get rid of it. First of all I probably couldn't get much $$ for it, that and I think it looks pretty cool hangin' on my wall. It's like an old trophy you got in elementary school, not worth anything to anyone else but brings back alot of memories.

 

[johhn smith]

my first real bass was a 1983 yamaha bb300 which i had made fretless around 1987. about 2 years ago i got sick of looking at it and gave it to a young guy that i worked with who played guitar and last thing i heard his father, who used to play bass way back when and he were jamming a bit. i was happy to hear that someone was getting enjoyment out of it as i had for quite a few years and i don't miss it one bit.

 

[olistorck]

I got rid of mine. It was terrible. a 1984 Warwick FNA.. some sort of Musicman imitation, weighed a ton, neck like a defensiv back.... sold for a good price and moved up..

 

[Mark Wilson]

Yep!
Squier P-bass!!!

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

My 1st - a '58 P bass white was stolen from my car in California January 1971.

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

No, still have it, too much sentimental value/actually not worth selling to get rid.

So, instead I hotrodded it to hell, added a string, bass trem, second pickup, etc.

Ha, ha, ha
Hotrodding = adding 1 string?

 

[lunarpollen]

I still have my mapleglo Hondo Rickenbacker copy that I bought used at a music store for $200 back around 1994 or so. I will never get rid of that thing!

 

[Perspicuus]

Still have my first bass... It's a Samick AB2.

Good feel, and awesome tone. I plan on keeping that bass forever.