I'm down to 2 basses (Yamaha and a Gretsch shortie), two guitars (electric and acoustic) and two ukuleles. Gave the rest away to a nephew and he's very happy. He's going to inherit the rest of the gear when I grab a stool by the fireside, in Hell. 
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How many basses do you own? (Currently) Part 2
- Thread starter smperry
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Good plan.He's going to inherit the rest of the gear when I grab a stool by the fireside, in Hell.
Not so frequent in here but this is what I got right now:
- Manne Basic 5-string
- Clover Avenger 5-string
- SD Curlee Curback
- Schack B3
- Fretless Fenderish P/J
- Gibson Victory Artist
- Gibson Victory Standard
- Gibson Ripper
- Gibson EB3
- Gibson Triumph
- Gibson Triumph
- Manne Basic 5-string
- Clover Avenger 5-string
- SD Curlee Curback
- Schack B3
- Fretless Fenderish P/J
- Gibson Victory Artist
- Gibson Victory Standard
- Gibson Ripper
- Gibson EB3
- Gibson Triumph
- Gibson Triumph
Beat this guys. It's official: a guy from Hamburg, Germany has got a world record with 710 (!) basses:
Hamburger stellt Bass-Weltrekord auf
Hamburger stellt Bass-Weltrekord auf
What? Does he want to be the ONLY bassist in the world? Leave a few for the rest of us...
Tim
One of us on this very forum asked one day where do all those mass produced basses we don't buy go? Or something in that vein. I think this guy is part of the answer...
Well, looking at the pictures I see Ritters, Alembics and other custom basses. Not what I would consider as mass production.
Yeah i was kidding obviously but i doubt he ONLY has Ritters, Foderas & Alembics. Are there pics of the whole collection anywhere? I tried to read but my German is way too rusty & i was waaaaay too sleepy...
The guy must be single, with no kids, and lots, lots of money... 
If you go to the previous page you can see where I posted my bass guitars I currently have. I just got done taking some pictures and doing the needed editing.
I do all my own setup work to my taste. I learned working on my guitars and I've been adjusting the setups for bass.
First up is the Donner DPB510-B
I just got the gold anodized pickguard. It also has Oripure pups and CTS/Switchcraft/Sprague Orange Drop wiring. It wears a set of D'Addario Chromes flat wound strings. Yep, I spent more on the mods than the bass itself, but it's where I want it to be (for now). I'm really liking how she sounds and how she plays. I could have very easily stayed with the stock pups, but I wanted something a little hotter and the Oripures got me where I wanted her.
My second acquisition is My Squier Affinity Jazz Bass in the now discontinued Sonic Silver.
She's still stock as I got it from my local shop. Even wearing a set of D'Addario XLs they installed. I have a set of Fender Original Vintage Jazz Bass Pickups, CTS/Switchcraft/ Orange Drop wiring and Black/Red/Black pickguard to be installed. I'm looking for something a touch milder and warmer than the stock ceramics. I think the OVs should get me the sound I'm looking for. The setup needs a little more tweaking to my liking.
Lastly, the latest acquisition, the Ibanez TMB100 Talman Bass in Soda Blue.
I was expecting certain issues with this bass when I got it. The pups are rather hot, the preamp leaves much to be desired, pots are cheap. The stock strings were awful! the tuners , while they work, need a little help.
So far I replaced the strings and the nut and did a setup. I installed a set of La'Bella Deep Talkin' Bass strings and a Graphtech TUSQ XL nut. Tuning stability is much better. The tone is actually very useable, as long as I don't get too far into the active portion of the tonal sweep on the tone pots and keeping the volume levels low.
I haven't decided on where I want to go with it, but I 'm thinking of going passive, with a pair of concentric pots with a volume and tone for each pup and a parallel/series switch between the P and J pups. As for pickups, I'm thinking of a vintage P pickup and a hotter J pickup. This should give me a better balance between pups and give me a modestly mild parallel and a moderately hot series pairing. I tend towards a warmer vintage to moderate gain levels. What are your ideas on tone and gain levels with such a setup?
I do all my own setup work to my taste. I learned working on my guitars and I've been adjusting the setups for bass.
First up is the Donner DPB510-B
I just got the gold anodized pickguard. It also has Oripure pups and CTS/Switchcraft/Sprague Orange Drop wiring. It wears a set of D'Addario Chromes flat wound strings. Yep, I spent more on the mods than the bass itself, but it's where I want it to be (for now). I'm really liking how she sounds and how she plays. I could have very easily stayed with the stock pups, but I wanted something a little hotter and the Oripures got me where I wanted her.
My second acquisition is My Squier Affinity Jazz Bass in the now discontinued Sonic Silver.
She's still stock as I got it from my local shop. Even wearing a set of D'Addario XLs they installed. I have a set of Fender Original Vintage Jazz Bass Pickups, CTS/Switchcraft/ Orange Drop wiring and Black/Red/Black pickguard to be installed. I'm looking for something a touch milder and warmer than the stock ceramics. I think the OVs should get me the sound I'm looking for. The setup needs a little more tweaking to my liking.
Lastly, the latest acquisition, the Ibanez TMB100 Talman Bass in Soda Blue.
I was expecting certain issues with this bass when I got it. The pups are rather hot, the preamp leaves much to be desired, pots are cheap. The stock strings were awful! the tuners , while they work, need a little help.
So far I replaced the strings and the nut and did a setup. I installed a set of La'Bella Deep Talkin' Bass strings and a Graphtech TUSQ XL nut. Tuning stability is much better. The tone is actually very useable, as long as I don't get too far into the active portion of the tonal sweep on the tone pots and keeping the volume levels low.
I haven't decided on where I want to go with it, but I 'm thinking of going passive, with a pair of concentric pots with a volume and tone for each pup and a parallel/series switch between the P and J pups. As for pickups, I'm thinking of a vintage P pickup and a hotter J pickup. This should give me a better balance between pups and give me a modestly mild parallel and a moderately hot series pairing. I tend towards a warmer vintage to moderate gain levels. What are your ideas on tone and gain levels with such a setup?
I am sure he also has a lot of lower budget basses. But since he started collecting in 1963 he owns some rare collector items too. Unfortunately there are no pictures of his entire collection, just the ones in the article. He runs a club called "Zwick" in St.Pauli, the red light district in Hamburg which he turned into kind of a museum for parts of his bass collection. Must be a nice place to visit, a real man cave, attractive girls, beer and a lots of basses ...
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7 (Left Handed)
4str
Squier VM Natural. Replacement Neck SD Pickups.
Black cheapish Yamaha Jazz BEAD Rotosound heavy heavy strings.
Chowny Retrovibe Ricky lookalike Optima gold strings.
5str.
Old Cort Action 5, surprisingly v good for a cheapie 5er.
Sire M2 2nd Gen
Ksd proto j 605 audere preamp Black Nylon Strings.
Yamaha trb1005j. Natural. DR lowriders. My beloved but too heavy.
Seem to have accumulated too many Amps Cabs etc too, though not too many effects.
4str
Squier VM Natural. Replacement Neck SD Pickups.
Black cheapish Yamaha Jazz BEAD Rotosound heavy heavy strings.
Chowny Retrovibe Ricky lookalike Optima gold strings.
5str.
Old Cort Action 5, surprisingly v good for a cheapie 5er.
Sire M2 2nd Gen
Ksd proto j 605 audere preamp Black Nylon Strings.
Yamaha trb1005j. Natural. DR lowriders. My beloved but too heavy.
Seem to have accumulated too many Amps Cabs etc too, though not too many effects.
- Feb 16, 2008
- 21,240
- 23,633
- Disclosures
- John K Custom Basses
now i feel humble and not so bad owning only 44 basses.
Somehow I now have 13:
Chinese upright #1
Chinese upright #2
Fender Acoustic Bass 4
Fender Precision 4
Fender Jazz 4
G&L L2000 4
Fender Marcus Miller 4
Fender Marcus Miller 5
Sadowsky UV70 4
Sadowsky UV70 5
Fender Am Jazz 5
Fender Masterbuilt Jazz 5
Yamaha John Patitucci JP1 6
Just waiting for the new G&L L2500 CLF 750 swamp ash/maple 5
Chinese upright #1
Chinese upright #2
Fender Acoustic Bass 4
Fender Precision 4
Fender Jazz 4
G&L L2000 4
Fender Marcus Miller 4
Fender Marcus Miller 5
Sadowsky UV70 4
Sadowsky UV70 5
Fender Am Jazz 5
Fender Masterbuilt Jazz 5
Yamaha John Patitucci JP1 6
Just waiting for the new G&L L2500 CLF 750 swamp ash/maple 5
I took this photo yesterday, and I was wondering what to do with it.
I have four. Four basses. One, two, three, four. a-ha-ha-ha.
I've been playing for a year and a half. In order of acquisition:
July, 2020 - Ibanez SR300E.
September, 2020 - Kingston whatzit
September, 2021 - Fender Player Precision
February, 2022 - Dingwall NG2
My dad bought the Kingston in a pawn shop around 1994, and Mom gave it to me when I started playing. Someone here said it was probably constructed in the 1960s. It's super short scale at 24½ inches.
I hope I don't feel the urge to buy any more basses for a while. It will take me a while to get used to five strings.
I have four. Four basses. One, two, three, four. a-ha-ha-ha.
I've been playing for a year and a half. In order of acquisition:
July, 2020 - Ibanez SR300E.
September, 2020 - Kingston whatzit
September, 2021 - Fender Player Precision
February, 2022 - Dingwall NG2
My dad bought the Kingston in a pawn shop around 1994, and Mom gave it to me when I started playing. Someone here said it was probably constructed in the 1960s. It's super short scale at 24½ inches.
I hope I don't feel the urge to buy any more basses for a while. It will take me a while to get used to five strings.
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Just got this LTD Surveyor-414 today so that makes number 3 for me. My other two are a Spector Legend Standard 5 and an Ibanez Gio GSR205SM.
Just picked up 2 more this year; a semi-hollow body and a Pitbull kit to bring the total to 7. I can still only play one at a time though....
..well I can kinda play a little bit anyways....more like a monkey swinging from the strings to be honest....
..well I can kinda play a little bit anyways....more like a monkey swinging from the strings to be honest....
1) Currently own:
a) Yamaha BB2000 (1982)****** (will never sell)
b) Yamaha BB3000 (1984)****** (most versatile bass - will never sell)
c) Yamaha TRB6II (2003)****** (will never sell)
d) EB MM SR4H (2004)***** (keeper for sentimental reasons)
e) EB MM SR4H fretless with piezo (2007)**** (will sell when I get around to it)
f) Fender CS '59 Journeyman Precision (2014)***** (will never sell)
2) Formerly owned:
a) Vantage VA 900 (1981)* (First bass, owned '83 - 84: Bad neck dive, almost unplayable - traded in on #2b)
b) Ibanez MC 824 (1980)**** ('84 - '85: Great bass - sold it to my brother )
c) Fender Jazz bass (1978)** ('85 - 2005: Traded in on #1 d)
d) Ibanez MC 924 fretless (1985?)** ('88 - '90: Very noisy pre. sold)
e) '62 Reissue Fender Precision MIJ (2007)**** (2007 - 2010: sold)
f) '62 Reissue Fender Precision MIA (2010)**** (2010 - 2013: Gave it to my brother)
g) Sadowsky Metro UV70 5 (2012)*** (2013 - 2017: Disappointment - sold)
h) American Standard Jazz (2012)**** (2013 - 2021: sold)
My individual rating, based on tone, playability, construction, fit 'n finish, value for money:
* Poor
** Average
*** Good
**** Very Good
***** Outstanding
****** Absolutely stellar
(* 1/2)
a) Yamaha BB2000 (1982)****** (will never sell)
b) Yamaha BB3000 (1984)****** (most versatile bass - will never sell)
c) Yamaha TRB6II (2003)****** (will never sell)
d) EB MM SR4H (2004)***** (keeper for sentimental reasons)
e) EB MM SR4H fretless with piezo (2007)**** (will sell when I get around to it)
f) Fender CS '59 Journeyman Precision (2014)***** (will never sell)
2) Formerly owned:
a) Vantage VA 900 (1981)* (First bass, owned '83 - 84: Bad neck dive, almost unplayable - traded in on #2b)
b) Ibanez MC 824 (1980)**** ('84 - '85: Great bass - sold it to my brother )
c) Fender Jazz bass (1978)** ('85 - 2005: Traded in on #1 d)
d) Ibanez MC 924 fretless (1985?)** ('88 - '90: Very noisy pre. sold)
e) '62 Reissue Fender Precision MIJ (2007)**** (2007 - 2010: sold)
f) '62 Reissue Fender Precision MIA (2010)**** (2010 - 2013: Gave it to my brother)
g) Sadowsky Metro UV70 5 (2012)*** (2013 - 2017: Disappointment - sold)
h) American Standard Jazz (2012)**** (2013 - 2021: sold)
My individual rating, based on tone, playability, construction, fit 'n finish, value for money:
* Poor
** Average
*** Good
**** Very Good
***** Outstanding
****** Absolutely stellar
(* 1/2)
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