1) Squier Mustang (2011). My first bass. It still sounds low and funky. It lives at my wife's house, and probably gets played the least out of all my basses, but I used it a lot the last time I was recording, and I could see it getting a lot more use if I were playing in a different kind of band. It's all-stock. Sunburst.
2) 1984-85 Fernandes PJ: My #1 for gigging. It has a nice workable neck, GZRs, ultralight tuners and an Omega bridge, and it's strung with Fender 9050 flats. It has a warm, classic sound. Not too heavy, not too light at at little under 9 pounds. It's black and it looks classy. I like playing it live because it's been around the block a bit and feels like home.
3) 1987 Greco Spirit of the Live. It's a double-humbucker 32" scale Japanese wonder. It lives at my band's practice house. It's a fun bass, and it'd be my first choice for Reggae or anything else that requires a bunch of low end. It's completely stock.
4) Tagima TW 73 J-Bass. I sold this a couple of years ago and recently bought it back. I put EMG J pickups in it and brass saddles, but otherwise it's stock. It sounds like a rock n' roll J-Bass should. Clear and articulate with plenty of lows and highs. It's a cream or yellow color. I may end up gigging with this because my band mates were liking the way it sounded recently. I'm really on the fence between sticking with my usual flatwound strings on the Fernandes or going for the rock n' roll JB/EMGs/roundwound sound of this one.
I paid $1300 for all of these combined, although I spent another $200-$300 on mods for the Fernandes and the Tagima. Would I trade them all for one really good bass? Nope.
