Back in 1983 I saw INXS and Gary Beers playing a Steinberger bass and I had to have one . Bought one at Chuck Levins and it was my main bass for the next 9 years . It was the longest time I ever played one bass ......yesterday after 30 plus years I bought a Steinberger Spirit ........one of those don't need it but got to have it buys .
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU KEPT YOUR MAIN BASS ?
- Thread starter jimmydean
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I play a couple of different basses for different bands/gigs
but I 'spose these two could be my "main" - certainly my oldest.
Got and modded the '75 P in '80. Still gets played out, just did a cover band gig with it Saturday night.
The '77 Ripper is the only bass I ever bought new. She doesn't get played out a whole lot any more, since my two elder jazzy trio mates passed on. But still gets played every day.
but I 'spose these two could be my "main" - certainly my oldest.
Got and modded the '75 P in '80. Still gets played out, just did a cover band gig with it Saturday night.
The '77 Ripper is the only bass I ever bought new. She doesn't get played out a whole lot any more, since my two elder jazzy trio mates passed on. But still gets played every day.
Still have the first bass I bought in the early 80s, a Ric 4001. I have modded it with active Alembic electronics and a 2-Tek bridge. It's arguably a better bass, but it not longer really sounds like a Ric. Should have left it stock IMHO. It remained my #1 until about 1991 or so.
My second #1 was a Yamaha BB5000. This was a military axe; I never owned one. I miss it.
My current #1 since about 1995 has been a Yamaha TRB6P. The first one I played was a military axe, but I bought my own within a year or two. I used the some military bass over multiple station changes; turned it in when I retired. My personal TRB6P has a cracked finger board and the truss rod is hard to adjust. I may buy a spare.
I have added some of the basses I lusted over in my youth as well. Examples include Fender Precision Elite II, Washburn Bantam (headless), and Daion Powermark X-B. I actually lusted over the Powermark XX-B, but settled for the lesser model.
The only bass I have ever sold was a Kay Upright.
My second #1 was a Yamaha BB5000. This was a military axe; I never owned one. I miss it.
My current #1 since about 1995 has been a Yamaha TRB6P. The first one I played was a military axe, but I bought my own within a year or two. I used the some military bass over multiple station changes; turned it in when I retired. My personal TRB6P has a cracked finger board and the truss rod is hard to adjust. I may buy a spare.
I have added some of the basses I lusted over in my youth as well. Examples include Fender Precision Elite II, Washburn Bantam (headless), and Daion Powermark X-B. I actually lusted over the Powermark XX-B, but settled for the lesser model.
The only bass I have ever sold was a Kay Upright.
I have had my fretless Precision for 54 years.
I bought the NS-2A in my profile pic used in 1990.
Still have my first bass. 1989 Fender Precision, 57' reissue. Purchased new. Maybe have 2-3k gigs on it, wish i had truly kept count, lol.
Passinwind
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Had one for 40 years, current oldest one is at 22.
42 years and counting (it is 47 years old).
My first decent was a Squier J, Maui Blue, with an AllParts maple P neck, got in 1994. Still have body and neck, but don't gig them regularly. Will never sell, many others have come and go, and main gigging axe will change from time to time.
Bought a new, MIA Fender Jazz in 1995, still using it today.
Since 1351. Got a great deal on it during The Black Plague when the previous owners died. The widow I bought if from was pretty hard up so I gave her a few extra silver pennies.
Been plying this neck since I bought it in 1976. It was on an old Jazz bass until about 10 years ago, does that count?
My "Main" bass is this home-built Faux Lemmy Rickenbacker clone, so I've only had this one a couple years, but I still own my 83' G&L L2k, my 86' Steinberger XP-2, and a Warmoth Jazz parts bass I put together in 1987 or so. I keep my basses a LONG time. I should probably sell the ones I don't play, but they all have sentimental value to me.
I still have an Ibanez SR800 that I bought back in the late 80's. But you asked about main basses. I bought my Brian Moore sometime in the mid- 90's that I still consider to be my main bass and my very first five string. I've since purchased other basses along the way that may briefly take the spotlight (grass is greener and all), but the Brian Moore is still the main ax in the arsenal and at every show, flanked by basses for other uses, like an EUB and a six-string bass.
I've had my Carvin LB70 since around 2001, so nearly 25 years now. It was a high school graduation present from my parents after I learned to play on a super cheap p bass copy. A number of basses at wildly different price ranges have come and gone since then, but the Carvin has stayed No. 1 for 99% of that time (with the sole exception being a brief initial honeymoon period with my Zon).
