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How many basses do you own? (Currently) Part 2
- Thread starter smperry
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- Dec 28, 2009
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- Endorsed by K.B. Guitars, Nordstrand Audio Pickups, Von York Strings and Gallien-Krueger Amps.
I'll try and do that after work tomorrow. Or this weekend at the latest. I have pics on my phone but was having trouble uploading them to talkbass last time.
With some of the Zane and Killer B basses that are in production right now, I'll even add the pics of them that I have. A few haven't started production yet though.
Ductapeman
Ringmaster and Resident Geriatric
I have to change my vote from 9 to 11-- picked up an Ergo electric upright, five string yet (and loving it) and one of the blue-sparkle Epiphone JC's-- that thing just glows under stage lights, sounds fine too-- so now I've gone and skewed the statistics on everyone--
I have four. Truthfully, since I'm still pretty new to bass and just practicing I probably only need one (my ATK300) and a backup (I guess the Squier P-bass I started out on maybe). But then, I couldn't resist getting a MIM Jazz bass when one showed up at the local store, then I saw a five string ATK I liked, and here we are. I have been playing around with an acoustic Breedlove which I really liked, and probably want a fretless sooner or later, and I had my eye on a Talman, plus the local store has an orange Mustang which I fancy. It never ends I guess... 
I'm at 17:
EBMM Sterling 5 HS(white/rosewood)
Schecter Hellraiser 5(black cherry)
MIA Peavey Foundation 5(black/maple)
'76 Fender P Bass(natural)
'08 MIA Fender Hot Rod Jazz(nitro'd white w/ matching headstock/rosewood)
'09 MIA Fender Highway One P Bass(sunburst/rosewood)
'11 Fender American Special P Bass(feista red '50's body)
'51 Fender P Bass clone(nat alder/maple)
'94 MIJ Fender Jazz Special Fretless(black/unlined black fingerboard)
Breedlove Stage AEB
Breedlove Studio AEB
Ibanez Artcore 200(black/rosewood)
MIA Peavey Fury(white/maple)
MIM Fender Jazz build(ash/rosewood)
'06 Gibson Thunderbird(sunburst/rosewood)
'13 Gibson SG Standard Bass(black cherry/rosewood w/slabs)
'83 G&L L2000(black/maple)
EBMM Sterling 5 HS(white/rosewood)
Schecter Hellraiser 5(black cherry)
MIA Peavey Foundation 5(black/maple)
'76 Fender P Bass(natural)
'08 MIA Fender Hot Rod Jazz(nitro'd white w/ matching headstock/rosewood)
'09 MIA Fender Highway One P Bass(sunburst/rosewood)
'11 Fender American Special P Bass(feista red '50's body)
'51 Fender P Bass clone(nat alder/maple)
'94 MIJ Fender Jazz Special Fretless(black/unlined black fingerboard)
Breedlove Stage AEB
Breedlove Studio AEB
Ibanez Artcore 200(black/rosewood)
MIA Peavey Fury(white/maple)
MIM Fender Jazz build(ash/rosewood)
'06 Gibson Thunderbird(sunburst/rosewood)
'13 Gibson SG Standard Bass(black cherry/rosewood w/slabs)
'83 G&L L2000(black/maple)
1. Cort Viva B5
2. Aspen nottenbacker
3. Epiphone Les Paul Standard Bass
4. Epiphone EB-3
5. Epiphone Thunderbird the one with the guitar humbucker size pickups
6. MTD KZ5
7. '76 Ibanez j
8. '78 Rickenbacker 4001
9. MTD CRB
10. Spector Legend 5 Classic
11. Sterling Ray 34
12. Warmoth j 4
13. Warmoth j 5
14. Squier Deluxe Active Jazz Bass V
15. Warwick Corvette Standard (made in Germany!)
16. Yamaha BBN4
17. Yamaha BBN5
18. Warmoth Eagle
19. Warmoth Fenderbirdman fretless
I guess I need a couple more..
Edit: 20. Squier Vintage Modified P body w/ SVM J neck
21. Jackson JPB7
There, that's twenty-one.
2. Aspen nottenbacker
3. Epiphone Les Paul Standard Bass
4. Epiphone EB-3
5. Epiphone Thunderbird the one with the guitar humbucker size pickups
6. MTD KZ5
7. '76 Ibanez j
8. '78 Rickenbacker 4001
9. MTD CRB
10. Spector Legend 5 Classic
11. Sterling Ray 34
12. Warmoth j 4
13. Warmoth j 5
14. Squier Deluxe Active Jazz Bass V
15. Warwick Corvette Standard (made in Germany!)
16. Yamaha BBN4
17. Yamaha BBN5
18. Warmoth Eagle
19. Warmoth Fenderbirdman fretless
I guess I need a couple more..
Edit: 20. Squier Vintage Modified P body w/ SVM J neck
21. Jackson JPB7
There, that's twenty-one.
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Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
Currently, just this Yamaha I scored earlier this week, as I am just know rebuilding my rig since I am returning to playing due to neuro issues. But I am back with revenge on my mind and will rebuild my rig with passion, credit cards, and bad financial decisions.
That is a Yamaha BB404. It was a lower-priced offering for a few years in the mid-2000s from what little information I can find on it. It shares the same body style and headstock and the much more expensive Nathan East signature model. I cleaned it up, polished the frets, changed the strings, and I had to make a truss-rod adjustment. I am just now playing it plugged in because I just now scored a used amp. Pickups are passable, but I will eventually swap them out, more out of the never-ending desire to mod than an absolute need to change them. I also want to swap the bridge and tuners just because I want black hardware. I really do want a new nut, either bone or TUSQ.
The body is alder, and from opening up the control cavity, it looks like it. The neck is maple and feels nice and strong. I got it with a hard case for $150. That was one Craigslist ad I couldn't pass up. I'd buy another one right now if it popped up local to me.
- Dec 28, 2009
- 2,053
- 1,380
- Disclosures
- Endorsed by K.B. Guitars, Nordstrand Audio Pickups, Von York Strings and Gallien-Krueger Amps.
Just wanted to mentioned that The Les Paul I gigged
with recently and she just sits perfectly in the mix nothing but compliments, so thought I would share
with recently and she just sits perfectly in the mix nothing but compliments, so thought I would share
Still holding onto my trusty L-2000. That baby ain't ever movin'. Recently picked up a 90s Lyon LB-10 P bass and now I'm working on a Jazz build (see signature).
Two and a half for now.
Two and a half for now.
I own 3 basses right now
1. Sadowsky NYC Will Lee 4
2. Sadowsky MV5
3. Fender Precision Bass Custom Shop Pino Palladino
4 if you count my upright bass, but as we are on the electric bass side of TB, then 3 it is!
1. Sadowsky NYC Will Lee 4
2. Sadowsky MV5
3. Fender Precision Bass Custom Shop Pino Palladino
4 if you count my upright bass, but as we are on the electric bass side of TB, then 3 it is!
Just bought another one that's getting delivered tomorrow, so that' (in order of acquisition):
1. Some weird, custom early '90s Ibanez SD400 that says "Rock Creator" on the headstock.
2. 1989 EBMM Stingray 4
3. 1998 Warwick Thumb BO 6
4. 1994 Pedulla Pentabuzz
5. 2009 custom-made LowEnd LEJ6
6. 2015 Fodera Tom Kennedy Standard
7. And, to be delivered tomorrow, a 2013 Fender Jaco Pastorius Artist Series; not the Relic Series, but (and here's why I bought it) the neck and fretboard were custom-made by Jason Davis at the Fender Custom Shop. As soon as I get it I'm cranking the rear pickup and plan on playing "Barbary Coast" over and over until my fingers bleed.
1. Some weird, custom early '90s Ibanez SD400 that says "Rock Creator" on the headstock.
2. 1989 EBMM Stingray 4
3. 1998 Warwick Thumb BO 6
4. 1994 Pedulla Pentabuzz
5. 2009 custom-made LowEnd LEJ6
6. 2015 Fodera Tom Kennedy Standard
7. And, to be delivered tomorrow, a 2013 Fender Jaco Pastorius Artist Series; not the Relic Series, but (and here's why I bought it) the neck and fretboard were custom-made by Jason Davis at the Fender Custom Shop. As soon as I get it I'm cranking the rear pickup and plan on playing "Barbary Coast" over and over until my fingers bleed.
Here is the current stable:
1989 Dixon 4 string P copy modified pickups and custom pickguard
90s Alvarez Villian V customized pickguard and pickups. Only one in existence like it.
1996 Squier Pro Tone V modified with Tone Monster preamp and Seymour Duncan humbuckers. My #1 gigger.
1999 Squier Precision V ...Im so cutting on this one with soapbars routes. Stock...Awful, dreadful pickups...
2016 MTD Kingston V Fretless stock
199x DeArmond Pilot V. Bartolini J pickup swap
2017 Ibanez Talman TC105 (five). Tone Monster Pre and Bitteroots at the neck
2003 Pedulla Rapture V. Stock (I don't mess with perfection)
2017 Squier Dimension V. Stock (for now)
Also have a Pro Tone V neck that I think I am gonna fit to an Active V body (direct fit) to and route the body for soapbars. That should yield an interesting bass!
My limit is 10. If I want another, one of these have to go. I don't even like to think about it. If you look at these basses, most of them are wide necked. The Alvy and the Dimension being the only exceptions...well and the Dixon is a 4 string (only one I own) 19mm spacing and baseball bat shaped. Wide necks like this are the exception rather than the rule. I won't buy a bass anymore that isnt at least as wide as the Alvy or Dimension and those are the narrowest I will tolerate. They are all in chronological order by the way. I had 9 once I got the Pro Tone. After I met the Pro Tone, I sold or gave away the other 7 I had, keeping only the Alvarez and the Dixon. Mostly because the Dixon is my very first bass (and it is awesome) and the Alvarez? I got way too much money in it, and it's so unique. Then they slowly crept back to 9. I only kept the Squire Dimension because it's just close enough to make it tolerable and I practically stole it new at $199.
1989 Dixon 4 string P copy modified pickups and custom pickguard
90s Alvarez Villian V customized pickguard and pickups. Only one in existence like it.
1996 Squier Pro Tone V modified with Tone Monster preamp and Seymour Duncan humbuckers. My #1 gigger.
1999 Squier Precision V ...Im so cutting on this one with soapbars routes. Stock...Awful, dreadful pickups...
2016 MTD Kingston V Fretless stock
199x DeArmond Pilot V. Bartolini J pickup swap
2017 Ibanez Talman TC105 (five). Tone Monster Pre and Bitteroots at the neck
2003 Pedulla Rapture V. Stock (I don't mess with perfection)
2017 Squier Dimension V. Stock (for now)
Also have a Pro Tone V neck that I think I am gonna fit to an Active V body (direct fit) to and route the body for soapbars. That should yield an interesting bass!
My limit is 10. If I want another, one of these have to go. I don't even like to think about it. If you look at these basses, most of them are wide necked. The Alvy and the Dimension being the only exceptions...well and the Dixon is a 4 string (only one I own) 19mm spacing and baseball bat shaped. Wide necks like this are the exception rather than the rule. I won't buy a bass anymore that isnt at least as wide as the Alvy or Dimension and those are the narrowest I will tolerate. They are all in chronological order by the way. I had 9 once I got the Pro Tone. After I met the Pro Tone, I sold or gave away the other 7 I had, keeping only the Alvarez and the Dixon. Mostly because the Dixon is my very first bass (and it is awesome) and the Alvarez? I got way too much money in it, and it's so unique. Then they slowly crept back to 9. I only kept the Squire Dimension because it's just close enough to make it tolerable and I practically stole it new at $199.
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Here are my primary players. I don't have out the fretless or the special which another TBer referred to as "the worst bass in the world". No I wouldn't go that far but maybe "the worst 5 string pickups in the world".
