I had a friend in high school back in the 80's who had that Epiphone. I've never seen another one since. Very cool guitar!
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Has any one regretted selling a certain bass?
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I had a friend in high school back in the 80's who had that Epiphone. I've never seen another one since. Very cool guitar!
I regret selling my Spector Rebop Zebrawood 4 string. Probably the best looking and most comfortable bass I have ever owned!
My 1982 Fender P...Olympic White aged to yellowish...tons of mojo. I sold it to Bunny Bass for $500 like 4 years ago. I wish I could get that one back...but Bunny Bass has disappeared. 
The second bass I owned was the first of quality. I was a custom built flying V with a set neck from a Jazz bass. Couldn't tell you who built it. It had a maple fingerboard with black blocks with a Badass bridge and Dimarzio model J pickups wired to an onboard preamp. The headstock and back of the neck were finished black with the body. The whole thing was close to five feet long.
I sold it around 1989 because I felt I had outgrown it and didn't need that sort of image anymore. What a fool I was.
Black & chrome rock & roll. Just bitchen.
I sold it around 1989 because I felt I had outgrown it and didn't need that sort of image anymore. What a fool I was.
Black & chrome rock & roll. Just bitchen.
A. 1978 Music Man StingRay. Sold because it became worth more to the market than it was to me at the time (I got $1000 for it from Dan Lakin, just before he introduced the first Lakland).
B. California Precision Bass Special. I modded it with good tuning machines (Hipshots with a Bass Xtender key). But right after I got it, I stumbled upon my first Lakland so it became expendable. Traded it for a really nice Geddy Lee, but the P Bass Special was a much better bass for me. Then they discontinued the California Series and I've never seen another one like it. The MIM P Bass Special just wasn't special enough...
C. Hamer Cruse Bass w/2-Tek bridge. It was heavier than I wanted, and I kept breaking the G string on it, which I attributed to the bridge. But shortly after I sold it, I discovered DR Strings, and the round cores of the Hi-Beams may have helped. At any rate, I've not heard that other people had trouble with string breakage on any other 2-Tek bridges. It was the best Jazz Bass I played in my whole life until I played several Lakland Joe Osborns.
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B. California Precision Bass Special. I modded it with good tuning machines (Hipshots with a Bass Xtender key). But right after I got it, I stumbled upon my first Lakland so it became expendable. Traded it for a really nice Geddy Lee, but the P Bass Special was a much better bass for me. Then they discontinued the California Series and I've never seen another one like it. The MIM P Bass Special just wasn't special enough...
C. Hamer Cruse Bass w/2-Tek bridge. It was heavier than I wanted, and I kept breaking the G string on it, which I attributed to the bridge. But shortly after I sold it, I discovered DR Strings, and the round cores of the Hi-Beams may have helped. At any rate, I've not heard that other people had trouble with string breakage on any other 2-Tek bridges. It was the best Jazz Bass I played in my whole life until I played several Lakland Joe Osborns.
jte
I sold a Hofner Beatle bass (an original not a copy) and a Rickenbacker 4001 and that is the reason I won't be getting into Heaven.
3 basses for sure im sorry i sold.a custom zola 5 string and an early g&l l2000 fretless
and a 1972 fender precision fretless.
and a 1972 fender precision fretless.
2 basses come to mind.
1. My modded Lakland 55-01. I loved the neck on this and after the Bart preamp and Nordy pickups were installed it took that bass to a whole different level. I sold it to fund the purchase of my Valenti, which I don't regret one bit, but I really do wish I had that bass back.
2. My Pre-Fender Kubicki Ex Factor. This was the easiest bass to play. I could fly up and down the fretboard on this bass. The electronics were modded and it had some road wear but it still sounded amazing. It had one of the best slap tones I've ever hear come out of a bass and the drop D tuner was awesome. I sold it because at the time I needed another 5 string. Boy do I miss her.
1. My modded Lakland 55-01. I loved the neck on this and after the Bart preamp and Nordy pickups were installed it took that bass to a whole different level. I sold it to fund the purchase of my Valenti, which I don't regret one bit, but I really do wish I had that bass back.
2. My Pre-Fender Kubicki Ex Factor. This was the easiest bass to play. I could fly up and down the fretboard on this bass. The electronics were modded and it had some road wear but it still sounded amazing. It had one of the best slap tones I've ever hear come out of a bass and the drop D tuner was awesome. I sold it because at the time I needed another 5 string. Boy do I miss her.
I sold a '65 Gibson EB 2 that I bought in 1973 (?) a few months after I bought it for $150. I did not have money for lessons and could not figure out how to play it on my own.
I bought a Fender Musicmaster bass in 1980 or so and kept it for about a year. I don't remember exactly why I sold it.
Maybe it just wasn't the right time. I don't know. I kick myself when I see what those basses are going for now.
I like my Peavey, though.
I bought a Fender Musicmaster bass in 1980 or so and kept it for about a year. I don't remember exactly why I sold it.
Maybe it just wasn't the right time. I don't know. I kick myself when I see what those basses are going for now.
I like my Peavey, though.
A 2003 Ibanez "Prestige" RKB-900 4-string with Bassline SPB/SJB-3 "Quarter Pounder" passive P/J setup. I purchased this bass in January of '04 for a steal when Ibanez was discontinuing the line, and its positives were a great "Vintage Fade" sunburst finish on a two-piece Alder body, fantastically-shaped and oil/waxed Maple neck & Birdseye Maple fretboard that brought me both to the non-rosewood side of things as well as the first 4-string I had played in about 7 years. However, it reminded me that I wasn't a fan of the P/J setup as well as the Quarter Pounder line of Bassline passive pickups (and passive setups in general as well) which I found *far* too hot and lacking in mids for my taste.
...but in retrospect between the Quality Control and the woods used (2-piece Alder body, 1-piece Maple neck with Birdeye Maple fretboard), hardware (Hipshot-licensed Ultralite tuners & BAII bridge), and overall playability I should have kept the bass and tried other pickup combinations. For example, around the same time the Better Half and I stumbled across a used MIM Standard Jazz Bass that was another "steal" and as "near mint" as you can get, and spent the relatively small amount of money that would have been difference between this used and a "New" bass to mod it with a Gotoh 201 bridge, Bassline SJB-2 "hot" pickups (which I found much more pleasing, and would have been nice to try them in the Ibanez), Hipshot Bass Xtender, and new pickguard. And even though I sold that off as well, for about the same price after all was said and done, the Ibanez was by far the better bass.
Out of all the "midrange" basses I've sold off this one still urks me a bit, because even stock it would kill pretty much any American-made production Precision or P/J bass, and I should of given it more time... perhaps setup and downtuned C#F#BE. But in thinking about the timeline of all things basses, selling this off eventually led me to my Spector ReBop 4 DLX EX Zebrawood-topped, which is the non-Jazz Bass 4-string that I've found ultimately works for me. So maybe it was for the best after all...
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...but in retrospect between the Quality Control and the woods used (2-piece Alder body, 1-piece Maple neck with Birdeye Maple fretboard), hardware (Hipshot-licensed Ultralite tuners & BAII bridge), and overall playability I should have kept the bass and tried other pickup combinations. For example, around the same time the Better Half and I stumbled across a used MIM Standard Jazz Bass that was another "steal" and as "near mint" as you can get, and spent the relatively small amount of money that would have been difference between this used and a "New" bass to mod it with a Gotoh 201 bridge, Bassline SJB-2 "hot" pickups (which I found much more pleasing, and would have been nice to try them in the Ibanez), Hipshot Bass Xtender, and new pickguard. And even though I sold that off as well, for about the same price after all was said and done, the Ibanez was by far the better bass.
Out of all the "midrange" basses I've sold off this one still urks me a bit, because even stock it would kill pretty much any American-made production Precision or P/J bass, and I should of given it more time... perhaps setup and downtuned C#F#BE. But in thinking about the timeline of all things basses, selling this off eventually led me to my Spector ReBop 4 DLX EX Zebrawood-topped, which is the non-Jazz Bass 4-string that I've found ultimately works for me. So maybe it was for the best after all...
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'72 Fender Jazz Bas
Sold it to buy my 1st car
'76 MusicMan StingRay Bass
Sold it to buy another bass
Sadowsky 24 fret 5 string
Sold it to buy another bass
Sold it to buy my 1st car
'76 MusicMan StingRay Bass
Sold it to buy another bass
Sadowsky 24 fret 5 string
Sold it to buy another bass
1962 Jazz Bass, sunburst, near mint with mutes between bridge pickup and bridge (rare) and original case - sold it for $800 in 1983.
OUCH!
OUCH!
A 1977 Leo Fender MusicMan StingRay. Fretted - maple board and natural body. I bought it used for $250 in 1981. I could sell it for $2500 today.
(Need an icon that shows banging one's head against a wall or a desk).
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(Need an icon that shows banging one's head against a wall or a desk).
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'76 MusicMan StingRay Bass
Sold it to buy another bass
But Nino - you have the tools, you have the talent...you could build your own!!! An "Homage de Leo," if you will. You've taken the jazz design to the next level...what about the MM?
I regret selling my 72 Les Paul Deluxe, bought new, Telecaster serial number 206, paid $50, sold for $50, and 1956 Carvin (first year) guitar. The only bass I regret selling was the Steinberger, so easy to play, light, but I was never completely happy with the tone. Also regret selling Gibson SB-400 bass, which wwas a "monotone", but I have kept my RD-77, which other than the weight, accomplishes all of my tonal aspirations, and has become a part of me over the years, so much so that I dislike playing other basses, although I recently sat in and played an Ibanez that real;ly played itself. Not enough to appreciate its tonal possibilities, though.
I had a Westone "Rail" bass that I sold off some time ago. It sounded like the piece of junk it was...but I still miss it. It was definatly an interesting looking bass. Id buy another if I could find one.
I had a Fernandes Telecaster bass that was originally black, but I spent an entire summer sanding it down, clearcoating it and fixed up the electronics. It was beautiful, but I sold it to a friend for next to nothing so I could buy a new bass.
The first thing he did was to spray paint it yellow and pink without even disassembling it first (bridge, pickguard, pickups, STRINGS. Everything was on when he painted it!). Then he got drunk one night and decided to smash it to pieces in his back yard... It wasn't particulary good sounding, and it was hard to play because the neck was fatter than a baseball bat, but I still regret selling it, knowing it's fate...
I'd love to own one again, but I haven't found another like it...
The first thing he did was to spray paint it yellow and pink without even disassembling it first (bridge, pickguard, pickups, STRINGS. Everything was on when he painted it!). Then he got drunk one night and decided to smash it to pieces in his back yard... It wasn't particulary good sounding, and it was hard to play because the neck was fatter than a baseball bat, but I still regret selling it, knowing it's fate...
I'd love to own one again, but I haven't found another like it...
