Do you still have your first bass?

[coop]

Still have my Charvel 3B. I bought sometime in the late 80's ('87 maybe?). The spandex tights however are long gone.

 

[The Golden Boy]

I'd love to have my first bass back. Bought in 1979, Invalid Link Removed, traded a couple of years later for a P-bass copy of some forgotten brand. I'd give just about anything to have that or pretty identical model again, if nothing else for the nostalgia factor. I can still vividly remember the smell of the wood in the case.

Somewhere around 10-15 years ago, the LoDuca brothers building had "thousands" of EKOs in the basement- according to the sales guys. Stuff from the 60s that didn't sell.

It was cool visiting their store- you went into the lobby of this 1930s office building, get onto this 1930s elevator, and get off on whatever floor it was on- it was crazy. The whole place was packed full of EKOs and overpriced stuff like Ampeg fliptops and Mu-Tron pedals.

Try contacting the LoDuca Brothers company... (the sole US distributer of EKO guitars/basses...)

 

[95svtcobra]

I still have mine. Bought summer of 88 (but it might be an 87), Fender Squire Bullitt P-bass.

A few years later a buddy of mine gave me some alembic pickups that "fit right" in (with a bit of dremel work). Now the battery was another story. I notched the edge of the pick guard near the pickup routing and ran the battery leads out. Taped a 9V right to the bottom of the bass and blam! Ugly as sin, but those alembics sounded soooo much better....plus battery swaps were a cinch

I'll never dump this thing, but only for nostalgia...

 

[Buogon]

Yes, i still have mine a bass most of you guys have never heard of a short scale "HEIT"
I think it was made in Japan got it in the 70's for $35 smackers.
Good luck trying to reseach it, i have it in storage now.

 

[pagiatis]

I have sold mine (A Warwick Rockbass corvette 4 with active pickups) for what I paid for it and I feel no regrets.

 

[Calvan]

Somewhere around 10-15 years ago, the LoDuca brothers building had "thousands" of EKOs in the basement- according to the sales guys. Stuff from the 60s that didn't sell.

It was cool visiting their store- you went into the lobby of this 1930s office building, get onto this 1930s elevator, and get off on whatever floor it was on- it was crazy. The whole place was packed full of EKOs and overpriced stuff like Ampeg fliptops and Mu-Tron pedals.

Try contacting the LoDuca Brothers company... (the sole US distributer of EKO guitars/basses...)

My first bass was an EKO! i have no idea what model, but it's a short scale. i don't think the electronics in it work anymore. i don't think i've even looked at it in months. but i do still have it, and i will probably never get rid of it. my dad bought it for me for $150 when i was in 3rd grade. now i'm 21

 

[TUT2222]

I sold my first bass about 40 years ago. I honestly have no recollection of the actual year, but it was a jazz bass from my next door neighbor whose band had a local hit in the late 60's. Bought a Gib ES335 from another friend who had Joe Walsh set it up(yea, I'm from Cleveland) which I also got rid of. Hindsight and foresight........... Still have my 1980 Gib Flying V gu***r, though.

 

[WRXbase]

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

QFT.

 

[tidnab]

I still have my first bass, of course I bought it 4 months ago.... it's a stingray 4HH, I like it a lot... I did however get rid of my first amp... ( a little mark )... don't miss that thing at all...

 

[KsPiNeSh]

USA-made Peavey B-Ninety... it gets very little play, but the nostalgia value is much greater than the cash value.

 

[steamthief]

I still have my black/rosewood "big Fender, little Squier" Precision. The basswood body and neck are actually pretty good. I swapped out the stock electronics, upgraded to a clearance sale Reverend pickup, gave the neck an EBMM style gun oil and wax treatment, and it sounds huge. I need to do like Mark Wilson and tort it up to get it to full Geezerdom.

 

[RickBlair]

I still have my first bass - a 1965 Mosrite Ventures Model. I don't play it often these days but it gets out of the case on occasion and it has a unique sound that none of my other basses can match.

Rick B.

 

[WickedPissah]

I have it but it's not going to be the same in a couple months. It'll hopefully have:

New neck, new electronics, and a new bridge. God willing, it will also be purple with gold and white splatter and sparkle finish.

 

[kjpollo]

Nope, my first was some no-name P-bass ripoff with a non-p pickup on it.
I got it in 79 and traded it in toward a Kramer Duke in 81.

Come to think of it, I dont miss my first OR my second bass!!!

 

[Myth_103]

I still have my first bass (fender p-bass), and I never intend to sell it. I DO have emotional attachment to it. It's not too bad of a bass either!

 

[snake]

I have the same model as my first bass. My first bass was lost in when my ******* dad put our stuff in storage after our house was reposessed, then didn't pay for the storage rent. It was a Teisco bass bought from a Speigel catalog in 1968 for $159. came with a 25w Checkmate amp.

 

[Flintc]

Yes.

 

[Mudfuzz]

Yes I still have it: 74 Fender Pbass, Brown sunburst, all that is original is the neck, neckplate and body, everything else has either, died, warped, bent, or fell apart.

 

[Tommy Preston]

Alvaro,
I stand corrected.Sorry...I mistyped. I meant to say .or type that I had a Fender Musicmaster bass. My dad bought it for me along w/ a Kustom 200 bass amp. Blue sparkle roll and pleated covering. Sorry about the misprint guys.....

 

[7flat5]

Still have my first, '67 EBO.