How many basses do you own? (Currently) Part 2

[B-Mac]

I don't, really. I might guess that it's like most of the less-expensive but still nice instruments these days (e.g. an Epiphone ES-339 guitar i just got) where they unbundle the case. For premium, "pro line" instruments, like $1000+, you get a hardshell case. For a $350 Epiphone, you get to pay $100 extra for the case.

My Hagstrom HB8 actually came in a *really* nice Hagstrom case -- oversized, heavy, with heavy-duty tweed covering and extra-thick/plush lining. It's actually just about the nicest case i own, for anything. But i bought the bass from someone on ebay in 2011, and i can't recall if that was a dealer or an individual. It was new or like-new, not used, with plastic film still on the pickguard. So no idea if that came with the bass new from Hagstrom, or if the seller obtained the case separately. Anyway, they discontinued that model, which was at the time a "reimagining" of their old 60s 8-string, quite a take-off really. Their current(?) 8-string offering is much more like the original 60s ones. No idea if those come with cases or not.

I was dealing with several shops on Regurge as a brand new item, and still no case. Really frustrating especially when it is something like this because you'll more than likely never find a case that will work with a short scale 8 string. Hagstrom had them on their website, but I'd get the same story from the seller that they 'weren't in stock'

 

[mjm0]

At a nice, even 30 now.

Aw, i forgot one, so it's 31.

Kay 1961 or 1960 Value Leader "bass", very short scale. Like, the exact same scale as their Value Leader 6-string guitars at the time, 24.5". But it was marketed and sold as a "bass"... probably to help jazz guitar players get into electric bass playing. They also sold a 6-string version of that same guitar-scale bass -- their catalog said "same as spanish guitar, but one octave lower in tone like the bass." $79.95 for either one! Plus $10 for a "sturdy carrying case"! (They also had 1 or 2 regular scale "pro" bass models at the time, for a more premium price.)

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• mjm0
• Aug 27, 2018
• kay 1961 bass catalog

When i got it, it had what appeared to be normal gauge bass strings on it; the intonation was terrible, and couldn't be adjusted to get anywhere close to usable. A friend took it to a guitar shop in NY, where the luthier there decided it was a "tenor guitar", and picked out string gauges accordingly, and it sounded much better. So now it's tuned in 5ths, C (just below a regular guitar E) to A, and i still use it that way.

 

[Jugghaid]

I'm in the middle of downsizing and just sold a bunch that were getting no playing time so I am down to 10.

Previously I have been up has high as 35. And about the same on guitars.

 

[Ralphieboy57]

I have 4:
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass (34") Hotrodded.
Yamaha BB200
Yamaha RBX270
Stagg Short Scale J-Style

I like them all but my#1 is my Jaguar.

 

[mojacko]

With my current equipment, I'm already on the end of GAS, probably for good, because all of them are different beast with their own unique character :

MTD 535
Sadowsky RV4
Fender Precision Pino Palladino
EBMM Stingray Piezo
MOOG SUB37
Markbass CMD121P

 

[mjm0]

I bet that thing rattles the windows with that octave B.

I've got better low-B's, but it's not too shabby considering the cheap-ish construction.

 

[crios]

Just one! What!? A Spector...duh.

 

[Valsmere]

I just picked up my second so I changed my vote to two!
I snatched up a Midnightblue Rickenbacker!

 

[Muddslide]

I just picked up my second so I changed my vote to two!
I snatched up a Midnightblue Rickenbacker!

Hell yeah. Congratulations!

 

[Skylear]

3

Yamaha RBX170 (Red Black Sunburst)
Sterling Music man Sub Ray4 (Ray4-WH)
Custom Jordain (don't bother looking up the name because I cant find it either, p sure its a Knock off) 5 string

 

[Big Hoss]

Just ordered another, so...

Ibanez SR480 4 string, natural mahogany.
Squier Affinity Jazz Customized burgundy mist with VM pickups and CV 60s bridge.
SX Ursa 1 RN 3TS p bass 3 tone burst finish with tort PG.
SX Ursa 2 MN 5 3TS 5 string jazz 3 tone burst finish, white PG.
SX Ursa 3 MN 3TS ALD pj bass 3 tone burst finish with pearloid PG
SX Ursa 3 MN 3TS ALD FL fretless pj bass. 3 tone burst finish with black PG. (Stock SX guard with gloss black rattle can refinish).

So thats 6.

 

[baileyboy]

Two awesome basses: '74 Fender Precision and a USA Geddy Jazz.

 

[Chris Szatny]

I replied to this thread a while back and I need to update it. I had 3 basses. 2 Lakland Skyline 55-01s & a U.S. made Lakland 55-94 deluxe in cherry burst with birdseye maple fingerboard. Well...I still have the latter but traded my 2 Skyline 55-01s for a brand new Fender American Professional Series P bass(4 string) in Olympic white and rosewood fingerboard. It got really good reviews. It's been a while since I owned a 4 string but I missed having a good P bass in my arsenal...and this bass is AWESOME! If you are in the hunt for a great P bass, I strongly recommend the new Fenders.

 

[Todd Larson]

I've been fortunate to have many wonderful instruments come through my hands since I started playing at age 14 in 1973. First bass was a Framus TV-Star like this one, wish I still had it! Then bought a brand new '75 P-Bass, natural at 40% off list= $235, no case. Since then many new and vintage basses (and guitars) have been in my stable, including a '53 P-Bass w/matching Bassman-Amp, many 60s J-Basses, 70s Rick 4000, '65 reverse Gibson Thunderbird II in Pelham Blue, '68 EB-2, '60s EB-0, G&L L-2000, '03 Parker Fly FB5.

Current inventory: '84 Steinberger XL-2, bought new. I'll occasionally convert this to a 5-string, as I have a factory bridge and headpiece. January '57 P-Bass, mostly parts. Original neck, tuners, bridge plate. Body made to spec and Blond finish by Fullerton Finishes. '63 P-Bass, Fiesta Red body only refin. '64 J-Bass, purchased in the mid '80s for $600, fretless, old non-original sunburst, EMGs. '63 J-Bass, bought in '79 for $325 w/ stripped body, original case and covers, Burgundy Mist Metallic refin in '80, now finely weather checked, would fool anybody.

Not in this picture: 1939 Kay upright, '64 Silvertone 1444.

Next: On order from Sadowsky, NYC 24-fret 5 string. Hope to pick this one up in Brooklyn early next year.

 

[BamaBird]

I traded a few guitars for basses---- current haul reads like this
61 Gibson EB-O
72 Gibson G3
73 Peavey T-40
75 Peavey T-45
90 Peavey Dyna Unit
92 Peavey Millennium
Peavey Grind--- mid '10's ??
2015 Rickenbastard kit
??Hartke WK-4
'13Squire Jazz Bass (Signed by the Misfits)
'05 Epiphone Thunderbird

 

[Bill Kron]

Hamer 12 string Standard 34"
Hamer 12 string Standard 30"
Hamer Blitz 4 string
Hamer Blitz 4 string w/ Kahler tremolo
4 string fretless "Franken-jazz"
4 string Fenderbird
Hohner Club bass 4 string
Dean acoustic 4 string
Dean acoustic 8 string

 

[Muddslide]

Hamer 12 string Standard 34"
Hamer 12 string Standard 30"

Let me be the first to say "Cool as hell."

And also the first to say "Pics!"

 

[mjm0]

Hamer Blitz 4 string w/ Kahler tremolo

Cool, i always wanted a tremolo on a bass.

 

[arbiterusa]

L2 Steinberger fretless, two digit serial

(4) Cort B4FL, preamps gutted and total refinish.

1 “El Grande” 36” scale fretless I built while at SCGC. Piezo PU only.

1 Squier VM fretless.

7 fretless.

(3) Squier “classic” (predecessor to the VM series) Jazz basses. One 20th anniversary series. All three awesome, all from GC online, used, none over the 149.

1 Fender Japan 1985 32” scale Precision. I gotta do a write up on this one, it’s pretty unique. Like my 1985 24 3/4 scale strats, they not only do the reduced scale but a perfectly shrunken-down body to match the scale. I look like I’m 8 feet tall playing that P.

11 basses. Damn. I’m a damn hoarder.

 

[Chris Szatny]

Just 2....but what a 2.
Fender American Professional Series Precision 4 string bass and a Lakland 55-94 Deluxe 5 string.