First Bass You Got?

[Bassquest]

Teisco from Sears that looked like this but with dot inlays.

 

[Brian Jeffries]

an aria pro II csb 250 i loved that shaging thing, paid 50 dollars for it back in like 1980 something or another, wish i knew where it was today.

 

[vitalitymusic]

My first bass was an '02 or '03 SX Jazz Bass which I still own.

 

[JeromeH]

I don't have a pic but it was a red Guild Burnside. Kind of an unbalanced V looking thing

 

[Ric5]

My First bass ... a Hofner Copy I smashed it onstage ala Pete Townsend

Then I got a real Hofner ...

Then I got a 60s SG bass and then a 60s Rickenbacker

 

[JeromeH]

Same body type just solid red finish

 

[mel0dic.bassist]

My first was "Martha" .. A '99 Squier Standard Series P-Bass Special. Candy Apple red/rosewood. I still have it. I started playing bass at 11, but didn't receive this one till I was 12 or 13.. Played the crap out of it, practicing and the usual highschool punk band/battle of the bands type stuff. Never made it anywhere with a band, but it was definitely worked in.

The neck is bowed and cracked in several spots, the truss rod I'm sure is broken, typical chips out of the finish, and covered in stickers. Barely playable and I cannot get the action anywhere near comfortable for any one, hahaha. I don't even want to know how many people's DNA are on the fretboard.

I loved this bass and still own it today. I plan on refinishing it, new pickups/electronics, new neck (Fender OEM replacement P neck), etc. I'll have to dig it out and get a picture of it. I basically grew up on this bass and was accustomed to Jazz necks. I never knew anything different because I didn't get my second bass till about 5 years later. After owning my SUB Stingray, having a more Precision neck feel, the OEM Precision neck is going to be my choice, maple/maple.

 

[gjohnson441496]

Something I always wanted to know about bass players, I wonder what bass they started on. It's cool to know where bassist come from. The first bass I ever got, was a Used Dean Edge 09. (I still have it bcause ive only been playing bass for like 2 1/2 months) What was yours?

It was a Kingston Violin Bass. I loved that bass and played it to death. I was really in a confused state of denial when it started falling apart. That's when I realized that basses are not all created equal... Some basses are better than others

 

[Yango]

A mid 70's "Univox Professional Bass". I kinda wish I still had it...

 

[Max Vartanian]

Same body type just solid red finish

poopie man! that's shaging awesome!

 

[Max Vartanian]

Aria Pro II RSB

I wish i had an aria. they're amazing.

 

[Max Vartanian]

My first bass was purchased.... yesterday. I think I may be officially the newest bass player here. An Epiphone Thunderbird IV, picked it up at Guitar Center after trying a bunch of others. Just really liked the sound (what I was able to produce, at any rate), how it felt and it just looks way cool. I'm looking forward to practice now.

Welcome to Talkbass. Glad you chose bass!

 

[overit]

I wish i had an aria. they're amazing.

I wonder how I'd like it now and have been tempted to pick one up, mostly for nostalgia. There were only 2 basses that I was attracted to at the shop I took lessons at in '89 - it was either the Aria and an orange P-Bass, I think it was a Hondo.

 

[rtav]

I got my first bass on Xmas 1978 - a 1966 Precision bass.

 

[Kustom_Thunder]

98 p bass my dad gave it to me for Xmas it was the last thing he gave me befor he passed away the fallowing August. it has been modified several times and is on its 4th neck. I can be vary ruff on this bass at times. It's stange I baby the rest of my basses but this one tends to get damaged often

 

[friendlybass]

Ibanez gio! Played it till the solders came undone then received as a gift a dean edge, was able to give it back to the guy who gave it to me when I bought my deluxe active jazz V

 

[BrotherMister]

I started on a Stagg bass, I'm not sure what the model was but I know it was an even cheaper copy of the Ibanez GSR180.

 

[wild4oldcars]

P bass from a walmart starter kit

 

[hopsbb]

First bass was a no name hollow body with 1\2 inch action it seemed like that I bought for $40 from a guy at a storage unit.It needed to be rewired but I never got around to doing it and would just sit around trying to play on it.

First bass that actually got me playing though was a Squier P bass starter pack.

 

[MrFred]

Lakland Skyline 55-01 was my first. Pretty much used that until i moved onto six string basses.