Have You Found your Bass 'Soulmate?' Pics!!

I had one of those "unlimited spending $$$" days and several hours of time to kill in the best music store in city and came home with the best bass that suited my needs. classic stingray 5

 

of course I still have gas. I want a 4 stringray with 24 frets and a Drop D hipshot on it Might have to settle for a Bongo? Anyways I've had this bass for 3 years now. I am still on my honeymoon.

 

My P-bass. It's got a very peculiar neck (not that wide at 1.6" nutwidth, but a very deep D-profile (1" thick) and a VERY dark rosewood fretboard), with thick flatwounds and a piece of foam. It's not that easy and forgiving to play, but my hands & technique are completely set to that bass, and whatever I want to do, just works perfectly on that bass...

 

a 1973 Fender Precision, maple neck- walnut custom color- which I bought new and still have -

 

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It would have to take one hell of an instrument to take me away from this one

 

He loves her so much, he ripped the sleeves from his shirt to use as polishing rags for his new baby.

 

You can see me and my soulmate bass just by looking at my avatar. I picked her up used on a local musician's website for $825. Not a mark on her, and the most amazing neck I've ever played.

Here's a better pic:

EBMM SR5 2001

 

Marilyn, a Nov 51 body [also penciled in the neck pocket was EM for Eddie Miller, who wrote Please Release Me, paid $200.00] w/ a Nov 55 neck [payed $125.00]. Assembled this bass almost 30 years ago.
Years before that some knucklehead decided to modernize the body w/ contours. Turns out he did a pretty decent job. But some other numb nuts attempted to remove the tuner ferrules by prying from the top however the logo was intact so this bass was worth resurrecting. My dad made the bridge pieces, Seymour Duncan made the custom single coil/ stack pu, and a friend refinished it back to blonde w/ matching thumb rest. She's been my "play" mate ever since. And sporting TI flats there's tone for days.

 

I have had 9 basses now, but I havent found my soulmate just yet. Still looking for the one! I cant wait trying a Dingwall bass, the specs of them are just making me horny..

 

FBB Bassworks Kaba medium scale five. Yes, it has a solid B. I still GAS, buy, but then sell. Someday I'll learn.



I really, REALLY love this bass.

 

I would have to say it's my Warwick Thumb NT 6.

 

'66 P bass. It's like an old friend.

 

My 1982 G&L L2000E is the one bass I have owned that I can see owning for a very long time. The rest just haven't felt like "mine", this one does.

 

My LB90. It's perfect.

Probably about 20 basses have come and gone and this is what they all get measured against.

 

The hunt still continues for me... count yourselves among the lucky few!

 

this one (should arrive anytime now)