Me too. Exact same bass. The guy who lived behind us was kind of like an uncle to me growing up. He played mostly upright. But he had one of these for gigs that required electric bass. And he's the one who helped point me in the right direction .
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Me too. Exact same bass. The guy who lived behind us was kind of like an uncle to me growing up. He played mostly upright. But he had one of these for gigs that required electric bass. And he's the one who helped point me in the right direction .
Mid 70’s Ric 4003. My friend’s dad’s bass. It was amazing. At the time I was literally playing bass for our band on a Yamaha key-tar plugged into a stereo receiver.
Steinberger L2, black. In 1985, my freshman year in high-school. It was a school-owned instrument played in marching band, pep band, and jazz band. I wasn't a bassist then, and didn't really have any interest... I was too busy being saxy.
The band director was in his first year, and he was interested in making a huge wave in a sea of hum-drum small-town school marching bands. So, he decided to march a bass guitar and a synthesizer (Korg Poly-800). He had a keyboard holder and an amp cart custom-welded. One band member had to be dedicated to pushing the amp cart, as it was big and heavy... it was either a 215 or an 810. Ah if we only had class D/neo technology back then...
Having an amp on-hand for performances also allowed us mic instruments that normally did not play solos on the field. I remember playing the sax solo on-field for our performance of Steve Winwood's "Roll with It". Ah the memories...
The band director was in his first year, and he was interested in making a huge wave in a sea of hum-drum small-town school marching bands. So, he decided to march a bass guitar and a synthesizer (Korg Poly-800). He had a keyboard holder and an amp cart custom-welded. One band member had to be dedicated to pushing the amp cart, as it was big and heavy... it was either a 215 or an 810. Ah if we only had class D/neo technology back then...
Having an amp on-hand for performances also allowed us mic instruments that normally did not play solos on the field. I remember playing the sax solo on-field for our performance of Steve Winwood's "Roll with It". Ah the memories...
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An old Samick version of a P bass. Cheap bass, but she had a nice touch.
That bass had been the "property" of my kid brother's band and usually whoever sung lead also inherited with bass duties, which made sense only to that band. I never was in that band, but later jammed with my brother and a few friends on Poison's Unskinny Bop and other related 80s hair-metal stuff. That was my 1st bass playing. The bass survived for quite a few years after that, being plaid by whoever and finally became firewood in the late 90s, after being thrown from a 3rd story appartment onto a paved parking lot by some drunken moron trying to help my brother move. The moron is the only one who laughed and to my knowledge, he and my brother haven't spoke since.
That bass had been the "property" of my kid brother's band and usually whoever sung lead also inherited with bass duties, which made sense only to that band. I never was in that band, but later jammed with my brother and a few friends on Poison's Unskinny Bop and other related 80s hair-metal stuff. That was my 1st bass playing. The bass survived for quite a few years after that, being plaid by whoever and finally became firewood in the late 90s, after being thrown from a 3rd story appartment onto a paved parking lot by some drunken moron trying to help my brother move. The moron is the only one who laughed and to my knowledge, he and my brother haven't spoke since.
Some pink or purple thing (probably an SR of some type) that my childhood babysitter had, followed by years of longing before getting my own Yamaha PJ that I swapped a few months later for a Squier P. The squier was my main only bass for a decade (was a half decent horn player in HS) before getting back into bass after college.
I guess I touched some at the store first, but the first bass I remember touching is still the only one I've owned and played (other than a quick demo at the store here or there).
Ibanez Mikro in Starlight Blue
Fender Bullet bass. Probably the short-scale one. My brother had it moldering in his closet when I went out to his place to pick up my old Strat. I'd never even thought about a bass before then.
Pre lawsuit El Degas P copy from Consumer's Distributing. My dad bought it for his hootenanny type 3 chord country booze nights. One night the bass player didn't show and they conscripted a teen me to play bass. He ended up giving me the bass later on but I traded it away at some point...I can't even remember what for lol. It was a decent little P bass for sure. It was identical to this one:
The first bass I ever touched was a Jetglo Rickenbacker. It was my senior year of college and I was just starting to mess around on an acoustic guitar and somehow ended up in a band. They said they’d teach me some guitar if I agreed to sing and, even though I had no business doing either, I joined. There was one song that our bassist wanted to sing out front without playing, so I played his Ric on that one.
I didn’t really think about bass again until about 20 years later when I bought my first one and it would be almost 15 more years before I actually had time to put into learning to play and finally join a gigging band. It took a long to get here, but I credit that Ric with laying the foundation that helped me finally get to where I am.
I didn’t really think about bass again until about 20 years later when I bought my first one and it would be almost 15 more years before I actually had time to put into learning to play and finally join a gigging band. It took a long to get here, but I credit that Ric with laying the foundation that helped me finally get to where I am.
The first bass I ever touched belonged to my high school marching band - a white 1978 MusicMan Stingray.
39-40 years later, I own 11 of them.
39-40 years later, I own 11 of them.
Mine was a large violin bass from a 1967(???) Columbia Records promotion. Part of a package with combo amp, strap, pick and line cord.
