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How long did you have your 1 bass for?

#81
My first was a Squier P-Bass that crapped out after about a year of playing it every day. I would have kept it, but my dad threw it out before he moved because it didnt work. :hmm: If he never threw it out, I would have kept it forever, but I wasn't there when he was doing major cleaning. It looked like crap, there were dents and scratches and one knob was completely missing (including the thing you put the knob around).
 
#83
Mine was an Encore P bass copy that I got back in 95, when I was 10 years old. Bought for £70, and kept for about 7 years, untill I got a Rockbass Corvette.

It weighed a ton, sounded like crap, and played terrible, and still does, but I dont think I will ever sell it - when I look at it, it reminds me of the feeling I got when I bought it - Sheer joy at having a real bass guitar, after looking at them on TV for so long. Somehow I think it will get even less play when my Streamer Jazzman turns up in a few weeks, but its nice to have it around anyhow :smug:
 
#84
When I switched from guitar to bass in 1968, I got a second-hand 1965 Gibson EB3. I can still recall the peculiar, musty smell emanating from the open case. The neck had been broken at the headstock (very common on mahogany Gibsons), but professionally repaired. I played it with a pick and used it on gigs and recording dates. In 1971 I got the idea to rip the frets out. That was interesting, but listening to soul players like Tommy Cogbill, Duck Dunn, Jerry Jemmott and then Chuck Rainey, I got into fingerstyle playing, and it seemed that to get that kind of traction groove, a long-scale, Fender-type bass was the way to go. So in 1978, after ten years, I traded in my defretted EB3. Can't say I missed it much, but it would be fun to have around now.
 
#86
20 years for me. I bought my first bass ('77 Fender P-bass) in 1985. I rarely play it anymore as I have become dependent on the 5th string of my Lakland 55-94, but I will never sell it. As I have stated to many before, I will hang it on the wall before I sell it. It was my first major investment at age 15 (Cdn$365). I learned to play on my dad's '61 P-bass.

Lager,
R
 
#91
My first electric bass just turned 9. My MIM P is still a great practice bass that I bring on stage every 5 gigs or so. It now has a semour duncan quarater pounder, a slightly more substantial bridge, both chrome covers, and I just installed a peavey super ferrite right at the bridge that I will wire up this week.
Would never sell it. If it were stolen I would probably build one similar to it, except that mine is black and I would definately build my next one sunburst. It is a great bass to experiment upon and mod.
 
#92
If you like slim string spacing, don't get an artcore bass. They have a string spacing like a p-bass. (just like I like it) If you are expecting traditional Ibanez narrow spacing the artcore will be a dissapointment.

Off topic I realize, Sorry.
 
#100
My first bass (I bought in 1986) was a Gibson Flying V. I didn't know then how limited they were, and I'd picked it up second-hand (maybe even third-hand, who knows). At any rate, being young and broke, I lost it to a pawn shop in the early 90's. I'd kill to have it now... I wouldn't play it, but I'd love to own it.

Here it is, January 1987:

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