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

[painless66]

thats what i always say!!!! thx

 

[CSJBuzz]

Is 385 too many basses for one man to own?

As long as you’re meeting your other financial obligations, no.

 

[Reg Braithwaite]

As long as you have the right sized house - no.

“I don’t have a too many basses problem, I have a too small house problem.”

 

[51PMAC21]

since 1994
Rosser/Allparts - 51P (home brew in progress)
Rosser/AllParts - Telecaster Bodied "Tele Bass" (home brew in progress)
BargainMusician.com/AllParts - Tele Bass copy (heavily modified, home brew)
MJT/Musikraft - 54P relic
Rosser/Squire - 50s Dusty Hill copy (lefty) (home brew, almost complete)
Greco EB50 - EB-3 copy (lefty)
Ibanez SR505L modified
Ibanez SR505L stock
Fender 58P modified

 

[Lownote38]

Right now...

1994 Fender MB-5
2015 Rybski Custom 5
Frankenfender black fretless Jazz Bass
2019 Gibson Les Paul Tribute DC Bass
1988 MIJ Fender Precision (my first bass)
1968 Fender Precision
Fender Rarities Flamed Jazz Bass in plasma red burst

That's it for now, and I can't think of another bass I would want at the moment.

 

[jd56hawk]

Ten, it's getting to be ridiculous.

 

[John01]

Does it alarm many of you that over 200 people voted 21+ basses? I think some members may need counseling.

Sign me up! I really need no more than 10 basses, tops. But..... but.........

 

[John01]

Is 385 too many basses for one man to own? Been collecting for 30 years. Many of them are very old fenders starting with my 1951 Tadio Gomez / Leo Fender Models. I also have my father's collection and his brothers collection. Only 170 are really mine the rest I inherited. I have over 85 amazing instruments on loan to Hard Rock Cafe's all over the United States so others can enjoy them. All 85 belong to very famous guitar and bass players... Believe it or not the 170s that I have I play all of them and cycle through them so they all get love. I just had to move because I couldn't even walk in my house anymore. LOL

Now THAT is awesome! And clearly you've got a collection of some very significant and unique instruments which must be immensely valuable. I'm hoping you've got them all properly insured.

 

[TheBass]

Is 385 too many basses for one man to own?

From your pictures it seems, you are storing most of them away in their cases. That wouldn't please me. I would like to show and play them. When all walls in my house are full, I guess I will stop. I am "just" at 16, so there's still wall space left to fill ..

 

[Clank Plank]

Now at 7 basses and 2 amps.

 

[BCRich100]

I’ve got 2 basses right now but just started getting into them earlier this year. I do have 9 guitars besides the 2 basses, so there’s that! I’m quickly running out of room in my office/music room haha, but this is a good problem to have.

 

[Ess Eff]

Yammy
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[BuddhaofBass]

I own 12 Basses.

2 Ibanez Talman Basses/ Prestige and Standard
1 Prestige/ Wylde Thing(Thang)
1 B.C. Rich Mockingbird
1 Fender Jazz Bass (Tiger Taj Sonchai Signature) Not on the market yet.
1 Fender Precision Bass
1 Elrick NJS (Gold)
1 Jon Kammerer Hercules Violin Bass
2 Tom Martinson Customs (The Phat 5/ Kraken)
1 Fender Acoustic (T~Bucket)
1 Wishnevesky Custom (Fantasy)

I'm sure that there will be additions to my tribe...Stay tuned!

I'm up to 22 bases now...

 

[Lesfunk]

Four

four string
Four string backup
Five string
Headless for airline travel

 

[steeve85]

Six.
2 Spector 5-strings - one fretted, one fretless.
Bass Collection 4 string
Fender Precision 4 string
Cort 6 string
Aria Electric Upright

But I'd quite like a ukulele bass too - they look like fun.

 

[Renegade bass]

Update from a post back before Xmas. Currently have:
A Dean Edge that has been used as a project testbed
An OLP MM2 Stingray style 4 string
A Chinese Jazz Bass shaped 5 string upgraded from the wood upwards, Wilkinson pups, and gold hardware, series parallel loom.
A Partsicion P bass, Gotoh gold hardware and an Entwistle Neodymium pickup
A dirt cheap gumtree acoustic for picking up n playing.
A (as far as I can tell so far) Hondo H830n In pieces undergoing restoration and rebuild
An Epiphone Thunderbird IV.
7 so far but have a couple up for sale.

 

[MrCoachD]

Currently none because I sold my only bass (AO 60's Jazz in CAR) before our last move, and I haven't found my "next" bass yet.

Hoping to find a good deal on a MIM Standard P or Road Worn Jazz before I waste all the money I made on my last sale...

I've never had more than 2 at any time since my first bass in 1995 (MIJ 60's Jazz CAR). And I only had 2 while I was in the process of selling the previous bass after I bought a new one.

2 - 4 would be a nice "collection" for me. Guitars on the other hand...

 

[dmichaels10]

Update,

Just got bass #4 into the rotation

#1 - Fender Jazz Bass - American Made 2002
#2 - Alvarez AEB Villain PJ Bass
#3 - Sterling Stingray Ray34
#4 - Fender Nate Mendel P Bass
(Listed in order or acquisition)

 

[rtslinger]

So evidently my children don't think 22 is enough basses
that being said, guess what I'm getting for Father's Day?

 

[Runnerman]

Just hit the 10 point with my MIJ Fretless Jazz Special
That should be enough...although I do have one on order with a deposit. Something else will have to go....or so I tell my wife.