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

How many basses do you currently own?

  • 1

    Votes: 937 9.5%
  • 2

    Votes: 1,555 15.7%
  • 3

    Votes: 1,643 16.6%
  • 4

    Votes: 1,337 13.5%
  • 5 to 9

    Votes: 2,987 30.2%
  • 10 to 20

    Votes: 1,066 10.8%
  • 21 +

    Votes: 282 2.8%
  • Too many to count

    Votes: 90 0.9%

  • Total voters
    9,896
Right now...3.

1)Fodera Victor Wooten Signature Monarch, 4 String, Buckeye Burl top.
(never gonna lose this one)
2)MusicMan StingRay 5.
3)Lakland 5502
*2 and 3 are black body, maple neck.

*I'm thinking of selling the StingRay and the 5502 and upgrading to a Lakland 5594dlx.
Unless someone has a better idea for a 5 with a KILLER B.

Sj
 
Celebrated a NBD and am up to 3 now! This is my new-to-me Ibanez SR406.
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I'm up to 31, one for each day of the month, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's some folks here that have one for each day of the year. There's no such thing as too many basses - 4,5,6,7,+ strings, fretted, fretless, etc . I also suffer from Bass Building Syndrome, so a good chunk of mine are homemade from scratch or assembled from parts. Here's a few of my somewhat atypical 4 string creations.
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when I get my new mod-shop Fender P, it will be 7, one for each day of the week.
I rarely do family shots, because they sometimes come in and out pretty quickly around here.
But keep my "score" up to date in my signature.

Currently:
2 Fenders (60s jazz reissue and a walnut/roasted P being built)
2 G&L (L-2500 and El Toro)
1 Sadowsky (NYC JJ)
1 Spector (NS-2J)
1 Acinonyx
 
Amazon Kit bass pictured in another thread
Vintage Stingray 5 pictured in another thread
78 PBass
Hofner Beatle bass, one of the cheaper new ones
Warwick Thumb 5 bolt on
Warwick Streamer LX5, both Warwick have all Wenge necks
Lakland 55-94 with Duncans
Valenti #43, Ivory Jazz 5 P/J
Fender American Standard 5 with Sadowsky P'ups and pre-amp. I believe Nino Valenti did the actual mods
Zon Sonus 5
Ibanez USA-ATK5, w/ Bunker Tension free floating neck

I think that's it for now.....
 
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Let’s see. An updated list...
‘65 Fender Jazz (purchased ‘15)
‘76 Fender P (original owner)
‘85 Rick 4001V63 (original owner)
‘06 Rick 7001ABG (original owner)
‘06 Rob Allen MB2 (original owner)
‘19 EBMM BFR Old Smoothie (original owner)
The good ones stick around a bit...
 
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View attachment 4207564 I currently only have 4, and none of them are top-tier by any stretch but I enjoy them all immensely for different reasons:
Ibanez TRB15 - I have owned it since 1994 and will never part with it no matter how many more basses I buy;
Cort B5 Artisan - I like the weight of it, feels sturdy and easy to play
Schecter Stiletto Studio 5 Fretless - it's my fretless, say no more
Warwick Rockbass Corvette Basic Active 6 - I always wanted a 6 string and only recently bought this, I haven't played many 6s so I don't have a great frame of reference but I really enjoy playing this since adjusting the action on it. I'm sure I will buy another 6 or a 7 before long.


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Since this post I’ve added a Cort C4 Plus and an Ibanez BTB7 to the crew, that’s probably
All I need for basses for a while. Now to get some Darkglass into my amp choices...
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