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How long have you owned you main player ?
- Thread starter MAJOR METAL
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78 P-Bass, bought new in '81 and has been my one and only ever since -- with a few mods along the way.
2000 Fenderjazz 8 years 1 month few mods here and there
It's Older than my Kids My Marriage to the warden I mean wife and has lasted longer than my sister's marriage
I stared to play becouse my Bro In Law's band needed a bass player so I filled in
It's Older than my Kids My Marriage to the warden I mean wife and has lasted longer than my sister's marriage
I stared to play becouse my Bro In Law's band needed a bass player so I filled in
my main player is a musicman stringray which i bought in september 2002 so about 6 years.. ive had my rickenbacker about 18 months that i play lots in one of my bands that the stingray doesnt sound right in.
My #1 is a sunburst Squier DJAV that I bought last January. It was a really great find. It does exactly what I was looking for when I bought it. It's got a clean, focused tone that will cut through the mix. (and it didn't break the budget!)
My #2 is a 6-string Peavey Grind. I got it in April of 2004. It was my number #1 until I got the Squier. I've got it specially set up for the trio situation I use it in about every other week. It's tuned EADGCF. It gives me more flexibility to do leads and chording.
My #2 is a 6-string Peavey Grind. I got it in April of 2004. It was my number #1 until I got the Squier. I've got it specially set up for the trio situation I use it in about every other week. It's tuned EADGCF. It gives me more flexibility to do leads and chording.
I've had my '87 Ric 4003 since 1997. I've recently been playing my Geddy and my Squier VM that I modded a little more to keep the miles off the Ric.
I do have other basses that I've owened for 17 years or so but the Ric has been my main bass since the day I got it.
I do have other basses that I've owened for 17 years or so but the Ric has been my main bass since the day I got it.
I got my ~1983-86 Schecter California Custom B/4 in 1993.
The other two axes in my arsenal that either play a close second (like Avis) or at one time and for a very long time were my main bass are the 1982 Steinberger L-2 and the 1988 Modulus Graphite Quantum-6 SPX, both of which I bought brand new in their year of manufacture.
Though I have been playing the crap out of my 2007 Rob Allen MB-2 lately, so maybe that's my main bass? Damn you Major Metal, why all the hard questions?!?!?!?!
The other two axes in my arsenal that either play a close second (like Avis) or at one time and for a very long time were my main bass are the 1982 Steinberger L-2 and the 1988 Modulus Graphite Quantum-6 SPX, both of which I bought brand new in their year of manufacture.
Though I have been playing the crap out of my 2007 Rob Allen MB-2 lately, so maybe that's my main bass? Damn you Major Metal, why all the hard questions?!?!?!?!
I've got 02 standard jazz that is just a sweet bass. Slightly rough around the edges when I brought her home. A little cleanup work on fret ends and assorted stuff like that and she sings. This bass has great sustain and really is quite loud acoustically.
That even comparing it to my Geddy jazz.
That even comparing it to my Geddy jazz.
My jazz about 1 year..
I have two basses that work just about every gig, an FBB fretless 6 and an FBB fretted 7. I've owned the 6 for just about 4 years now, and the 7 is a little over two years .... no plans on replacing either of them at this time .... 
Five years and change for my 2003 American Series Jazz. My close second SB-2 joined the stable about a year and a half ago.
This is a funny question for me. I played my first bass for almost 20 years straight. An interruption here and there, but always back to her. Now, I have had my Modulus G5 for about a year, but in that year, I have played maybe 4 other basses. I don't play only one anymore.
I have 2 "main players"... One is the Fender Vintage Series '62 P bass that I bought new on April 15, 1983, so that's 25 years. The other is the Lakland Deluxe 494 that I got around 1999 or so, so I'll have had it 10 year this next February.
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