I posted this pic in another thread - my 1974 Univox Hi-Flyer....budget bass, but it did the job!
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First bass you ever touched.
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I found a picture of what it looked like, the one I played belonged to the high school, the year was 1992.
Okay that would have been a early Fender P bass I was very young an my Dads friend used to jam with him in the living room. He left it at our house one time and my Dad put it in the bedroom closet in my parents room. We were not allowed to go in the closet, mostly because that is where the gifts were hidden. I of course couldn't let that chance slip through my little hands and with great expectation of hearing that boom I loved, I was sadly disappointed that when I pluck the strings it didn't have the same effect
this was the mid 60's so I am sure that the bass wasn't brand new. That was the first time 
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It was a knock-off Beatle bass. Kay or Univox. Not sure, it was over 50 years ago. It was stolen from my friends basement, where we rehearsed. Then onto a Gibson EB-0.
A 1989 Candy-Apple Red Charvel 4B. Touched it, bought it and learned how to play on it.
For nostalgia's sake, I wish I still had it. But if I did, the first thing I'd do is swap out the pickups. They were easily the lowest output pickups I've ever experienced.
For nostalgia's sake, I wish I still had it. But if I did, the first thing I'd do is swap out the pickups. They were easily the lowest output pickups I've ever experienced.
I don't think I had ever touched a bass before I bought my first one, a bottom-rung Memphis in the mid 80s
and to think, I went into the store to buy an electric guitar and become the next James Hetfield...but I changed my mind at the last second, thinking "well I don't know anyone who plays THAT"
great decision
and to think, I went into the store to buy an electric guitar and become the next James Hetfield...but I changed my mind at the last second, thinking "well I don't know anyone who plays THAT"
great decision
I don't remember exactly which model it was, but my cousin made me discover bass by letting me play his Dame something something made in Korea I think.
It looked similar to this one
After getting hooked on it, my dad bought me a Squier Affinity P-Bass.
It looked similar to this one
After getting hooked on it, my dad bought me a Squier Affinity P-Bass.
I'm still trying to figure this out. This was back in about 1988 or maybe 1989. This was my very first bass I ever owned, and also the very first bass I ever touched, bought it before I even knew how to play it (that's me in the middle) -
My memory sucks, and I can't recall if it was a Peavey or an Aria Pro II. I'm almost certain it was a Peavey because I remember a point in time where I had a Peavey bass playing through a Peavey amp and people used to say "Man, you really like Peavey huh?" Not really, but they were affordable back then. That being said, I can't find a Peavey model that had a solid body, bolt on neck, no pickguard and a single humbucker in it. Nor can I find an Aria Pro II model that matches that either. So if anyone knows what it was, let me know.
I do remember buying it at a local pawn shop, which is still in business and I think still has some of the same guitars they had back then.
Edit: Okay, I couldn't take it any more and had to seriously search for the answer. So here it is, it was an Aria Pro II RSB, just like this one -
I ended up rattle canning a black/white zebra stripe paintjob on it, then later on rattle canned a transparent pink over the top of that, then sold it. Ahh....the 90s.
My memory sucks, and I can't recall if it was a Peavey or an Aria Pro II. I'm almost certain it was a Peavey because I remember a point in time where I had a Peavey bass playing through a Peavey amp and people used to say "Man, you really like Peavey huh?" Not really, but they were affordable back then. That being said, I can't find a Peavey model that had a solid body, bolt on neck, no pickguard and a single humbucker in it. Nor can I find an Aria Pro II model that matches that either. So if anyone knows what it was, let me know.
I do remember buying it at a local pawn shop, which is still in business and I think still has some of the same guitars they had back then.
Edit: Okay, I couldn't take it any more and had to seriously search for the answer. So here it is, it was an Aria Pro II RSB, just like this one -
I ended up rattle canning a black/white zebra stripe paintjob on it, then later on rattle canned a transparent pink over the top of that, then sold it. Ahh....the 90s.
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Not really sure. I am sure I picked up some friend's bass at some point. The one I remember, though, was my high school girlfriend's yellow Charvette (by Charvel) bass. After that, I got a Hohner headless one because that's what I could afford at the pawn shop. ...then sold that and got an Ibanez SR800 fretless about 6 months later. I used that bass for several years for just about everything.
Gibson EBO in summer 1970. Cherry finish.
I was delighted when I got the "Live Cream" LP shortly after, and saw Jack Bruce playing a cherry finish EB3 in the cover photo! Back then, you had no idea what instruments your heroes played unless you were lucky enough to see them in concert, or you ran across a random photo in one of the three or four rock magazines.
I was delighted when I got the "Live Cream" LP shortly after, and saw Jack Bruce playing a cherry finish EB3 in the cover photo! Back then, you had no idea what instruments your heroes played unless you were lucky enough to see them in concert, or you ran across a random photo in one of the three or four rock magazines.
Ahhhh....that first touch..
Christmas eve, 1972, I had been bugging my folks for a year. Up until that night, even though I'd been begging for one, I had never even touched one.
It was a well used cherry red 62 Epiphone Newport.
Christmas eve, 1972, I had been bugging my folks for a year. Up until that night, even though I'd been begging for one, I had never even touched one.
It was a well used cherry red 62 Epiphone Newport.
First electric bass? I have no idea. My orchestra teacher handed it to me and said, "You're going to play this on a piece this semester. Get familiar with it." It could have been a Fender P-bass or copy of one, but honestly I didn't pay attention to brands when I was 12.
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