About two years my first electric (played upright in school) I was 11 POS which I upgrade to another less pos. the third one was 4 years coming, but it was and still is my beloved Gibson Ripper L9-S
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How long after your first did you get a second bass?
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4 or 5 years of hard work, gigs, recording sessions, and other (musical and not musical) jobs
From a P-Bass (which I use as my main until now), to... another P-Bass LOL.
Before my first P-Bass I had some other basses but I never consider any of them my first bass because I didn't really like nor feel 'connected' with them. So do the 3rd and after..
Bought a fretted 5-string although I knew I really wanted fretless; wife convinced me to start with something easier.
As soon as I felt confident, I bought a fretless 5-string, then another that matched the fretted.
Sold the first fretless back to the guy I bought it from (he wanted it back) which gave me the opportunity to move to the fretless 6.
So 5 months from first to second, 8 from first to fretless 6.
I now almost never play the 5 and it's been a year since I touched a fret...
As soon as I felt confident, I bought a fretless 5-string, then another that matched the fretted.
Sold the first fretless back to the guy I bought it from (he wanted it back) which gave me the opportunity to move to the fretless 6.
So 5 months from first to second, 8 from first to fretless 6.
I now almost never play the 5 and it's been a year since I touched a fret...
I think I kept my first bass for maybe a year (if that long.) It was a Conrad and I couldn't wait to get a "real" bass. So what was my second bass? An Eko! 
DiabolusInMusic
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First bass to second was a couple of years, but I had only been playing for about a year, it was collecting dust prior to that. I rocked that bass for the next year or two before getting my first Fender (a standard P). I had that as pretty much my sole bass for the next 4ish years, I went through a couple of guitars in that time, even owning multiple guitars at one point.
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Just over a year- I used a mini scholarship/award I got from high school swim team to fund my first 5-string. Never really played the first bass again.
1st bass to 2nd was a month. (EB3 to squier tele)
I've got 5 basses now, after only playing a year. Had the eb3 and squier affinity V that got traded up. So I've owned 7. lol And yes I play them all. However my 6 string fretless is soon going to leave (got a 5er fretless) for a 4 string with rounds.
I've got 5 basses now, after only playing a year. Had the eb3 and squier affinity V that got traded up. So I've owned 7. lol And yes I play them all. However my 6 string fretless is soon going to leave (got a 5er fretless) for a 4 string with rounds.
Many Many years with just one bass, the Charvel CMB-2B Bass (since 1993, sold in 2008) some basses came along and leave too...!
Washburn XB -100 Bantam Bass (since 2000, sold in 2008)
Brownsville ABG2CRBS Acoustic Bass (since 2006) traded in 2010 for the "MexiFrankenFenderFretless" Precision Bass with Jazz bass neck, wich was also traded in 2012 (pure busines) for two items: a Squier Jazz, and a brand new cell phone, both items sold two weeks after for MORE money than i could get for the "MexiFrankenFenderFretless"
Spector Performer Bass (since 2008, sold in 2009)
Yamaha RBX 270 (bought & sold in 2010)
Warwick Corvette $$ (bought & sold in 2011)
Steinberger Synapse (since 2008, A KEEPER, i will be buried with it)
Fender Precision American Standard (since 2011, A KEEPER, i will be buried with it)
The Speed Stick Bass ... (a stingray copy) (bought & sold in 2013)
Washburn XB -100 Bantam Bass (since 2000, sold in 2008)
Brownsville ABG2CRBS Acoustic Bass (since 2006) traded in 2010 for the "MexiFrankenFenderFretless" Precision Bass with Jazz bass neck, wich was also traded in 2012 (pure busines) for two items: a Squier Jazz, and a brand new cell phone, both items sold two weeks after for MORE money than i could get for the "MexiFrankenFenderFretless"
Spector Performer Bass (since 2008, sold in 2009)
Yamaha RBX 270 (bought & sold in 2010)
Warwick Corvette $$ (bought & sold in 2011)
Steinberger Synapse (since 2008, A KEEPER, i will be buried with it)
Fender Precision American Standard (since 2011, A KEEPER, i will be buried with it)
The Speed Stick Bass ... (a stingray copy) (bought & sold in 2013)
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I spent my youth with a single bass because I couldn't afford more than one. I had different basses but I had to sell the one I had in order to afford another one. My dad bought my first bass for me and held on to it when I started buying on my own so I always had a fall back if the deal I was working to move up went sideways, which it did on occasion. I was an adult (albeit a young one) before I was able to own more than one at a time and then it was strictly a search for the "one". I might have three basses in the house but at least two were always on the chopping block. This went on nonstop for a number of years, until I got my hands on a US Jazz Plus. I dumped all my other basses and didn't own another one for many years. I was lucky in that I was good friends with a music store owner during that time so I could borrow a bass any time I wanted/needed to.
TBO it was not until I started reading TB that I even considered owning more than one bass unless it was while looking to replace my main player.
TBO it was not until I started reading TB that I even considered owning more than one bass unless it was while looking to replace my main player.
Like Cronker, I'm not sure if you meant how long before I replaced my first bass or how long before I added a second bass to start a "stable" of basses. I replaced my first bass within three months or so; had gotten a cheap Ibanez SGR off CL, started reading on TB and elsewhere about all this cool stuff, and got a Washburn Taurus T25 that Christmas, asked for it because it had 5 strings and was neck-through. Sold the Ibanez to help pay for an amp that could play outside the bedroom.
But I became a two-bass person a year after that (the following Christmas) when I got a Yamaha BB415. Although actually, I think I briefly owned one or two in between that didn't take - A Schecter Omen and an MIM Fender P.
At this point - about five years after I started playing - I own four: still have the Yamaha (sold the Washburn), a custom 5er from John Toon, a Carvin SB4000, and an MIM Fender J.
But I became a two-bass person a year after that (the following Christmas) when I got a Yamaha BB415. Although actually, I think I briefly owned one or two in between that didn't take - A Schecter Omen and an MIM Fender P.
At this point - about five years after I started playing - I own four: still have the Yamaha (sold the Washburn), a custom 5er from John Toon, a Carvin SB4000, and an MIM Fender J.
I got my second bass 4 months after my first (it was a fretless bass that my dad's friend was selling so I just had to have it)
1st bass-
Xmas '72: Epiphone, candy apple red
(Saved lunch $ & then bought a '64 Bassman amp in Fall '74)
Saved more lunch & grass cutting $ & bought a '64 P-bass in Summer of '75 (same guy that had sold me the amp).
Got a 'real' Summer job during HS & college-
Bought a brand new '78 Music Man Stingray...few months later, bought a new Schecter P-bass (now a P-J bass).
Still have them all.
...was even playing the Schecter PJ bass (w/ Lane Poors + a Sadowsky outboard preamp) into the 2000s.
I am using the '64 P-bass as my shed bass (somewhat of a log even with its mods).
Xmas '72: Epiphone, candy apple red
(Saved lunch $ & then bought a '64 Bassman amp in Fall '74)
Saved more lunch & grass cutting $ & bought a '64 P-bass in Summer of '75 (same guy that had sold me the amp).
Got a 'real' Summer job during HS & college-
Bought a brand new '78 Music Man Stingray...few months later, bought a new Schecter P-bass (now a P-J bass).
Still have them all.
...was even playing the Schecter PJ bass (w/ Lane Poors + a Sadowsky outboard preamp) into the 2000s.
I am using the '64 P-bass as my shed bass (somewhat of a log even with its mods).
Gaolee
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I got my second bass by accident about a year after I got the first one. The third was also a bit of an accident, three more years later. Each was a replacement for the one before it. I didn't get another until about 25 years later. I still have the third bass, so I'm able to conform to the TB culture of conspicuous bass consumption. This means I was a one bass hit for almost 30 years. But now I'm a multiple bass hit. That's a rise in stature.
I got my second bass well after the first--years & years--too many to count (if you want hyperbole.)
The main reason in my case is that I am more a guitarist than a bassist, and while I considered other basses, for what i did it didn't make sense, especially when money is tight.
Until I decided I would like to try fretless bass--so I had a reason to some money aside to buy one.
The main reason in my case is that I am more a guitarist than a bassist, and while I considered other basses, for what i did it didn't make sense, especially when money is tight.
Until I decided I would like to try fretless bass--so I had a reason to some money aside to buy one.
