Ever return to your first flame? I have.

[buldog5151bass]

When I was 18 (1983), I bought a used Fender - beat up '75 J body, P neck. Someone had removed the pickguard, slapped some filler in the holes, and BRUSHED varnish over the clear coat. Dimarzio neck pup, and (of course) a Badass bridge. Ugly, but played and sounded great. I gigged it for 20 years, then got a Lull P4, since I had some money, and wanted a nice P, and something lighter. The Fender just sat in my closet.

Last winter, I tried to restore it to its original glory - stripped, sanded, filled the grain, and polyed the body (varnish had seeped through the checked and discolored the wood, buy a little bleach helped some). Put on a vintage style bridge. The pup was waxed into the cover, so I kept that. Tort guard and thumb rest. Sure it's heavy (almost 11 pounds), but it's amazing. Now it's the Lull that spends most of the time in the closet.

35 years later, and I'm back home.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Pics or it's a Cort.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Pics or it's a Cort.

Tomorrow, I promise.

It's late.

 

[Wisebass]

Ever return to your first flame? I have.

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by buldog5151bass, Today at 4:46 AM.

Hi Bulldog I can't post pics my wife is watching

pics

may the bass be with you

Wise(b)ass

 

[two fingers]

www.talkbass.com/threads/nbd-welcome-home-old-friend.1267136/

 

[buldog5151bass]

Before and after.

 

[Wisebass]

Before and after.

okay! you gave her a nice make-up!

make her moan!

may the bass be with you

Wise(b)ass

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Oi! What's wrong with a Cort! Heathen.

 

[Dave W]

I dig it!

 

[lug]

Oi! What's wrong with a Cort! Heathen.

I played a Cort one time.....and my cat died.


Note: I don't really own a cat.

 

[superdick2112]

I played a Cort one time.....and my cat died.


Note: I don't really own a cat.

I played a Hondo once... ONCE.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Sorry, proud Cort owners.

(You may substitute any snobbishly lesser-regarded, common, budget-bass brand in place of "Cort.")

 

[southgabass]

I played a HondA once, slapped too hard and got beat with the airbag.... sad times

 

[Rib 13]

sort of.....one of my first basses was an Electra X640......I own another one many decades later

 

[Pirate Captain]

I'm in the middle of attempting to turn an old plywood Mako P bass clone into a playable instrument. Stay tuned for developments. My first "flame" was a Mako that I bought in '89 for 200 bucks (a fortune to me at the time). To the shop owner's credit, he did his best to steer me toward a better quality (solid wood, but still Japan made) instrument...but it was fifty dollars more than I had...and fifty more than I was likely to see any time soon.

Flash forward almost 30 years and I found a similar one on Reverb. I bought it for nostalgia alone. The pup had been rewired (wrong) so the guy refunded me half the price of the bass. Now it's a project. Plan is to slim the neck, replace the pup (and add a J...both DiMarzio that I bought here). install new hardware and see what happens from there. Hopefully will make a nice budget beater.

Here's a pic of what it looked like when I got it (that string-through bridge is a nightmare)

 

[tato62]

Wish i could find my 1st bass but I KNOW it has been destroyed long time ago. Now if I could find one somewhere.... They seem to be pretty rare.

 

[And I]

I still do sometimes play my Squier VM Jazz. It was my first bass (when i switched from guitar in 2005), my only Jazz bass, and honestly one of the best sounding basses I have ever used (those duncan designed pickups are legit). Unfortunately i can't get the action / intonation right lately. neck is too bowed and action is too high... gotta take it in to someone who knows what they are doing...

 

[pappabass]

Yes, I originally started on a MIM Fender P. After selling it, I was the prodigal bass player. I cheated on my foundational roots, I really fell off the wagon and played keys for 5 years. I even owned a VM Squier. I came back to my senses, sold my keyboard, divorced the Squier and bought another Fender MIM P. This one is my favorite color,,,black on black.

 

[slobake]

I had a pretty beat up MIM Precision that I sold here on Talkbass. It needed a lot of work and at the time I didn't know how to do anything except a basic set up. I wouldn't mind having that bass back now.

 

[buldog5151bass]

I had a pretty beat up MIM Precision that I sold here on Talkbass. It needed a lot of work and at the time I didn't know how to do anything except a basic set up. I wouldn't mind having that bass back now.

That's how I feel about the two basses I played before that:

- I learned on my uncle's beat up Danelectro Shorthorn (he was a music teacher). Even though he was not a bassist, he would not sell it to me - I wish I had it now.

- The first bass I bought was a Ric 4001S - sold it when I went to the studio, and preferred the Fender. Also would be nice to have that.

Such is life.