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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: 1,642 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
    9,895
Up to 8 now:

1. 1976 Fender Mustang
2. Late '80s Charvel Jackson 3B
3. Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless
4. Michael Kelly Acoustic Dragonfly
5. Fender American Jazz Deluxe
6. Rickenbacker 4003
7. Fender Precision w/ Jazz neck (did the American Design Experience thing)
8. 1978 (or so) Fender Precision Fretless

All 4 strings.
 
What a difference two years can make!

From January 2013..

Up to 26 currently

Peavey Basses
Peavey TL-Six (Cherryburst)
Peavey TL-Six (Trans-black)
Peavey TL-Five (1st Gen. / "Eerie Dess Blue")
Peavey TL-Five (1st Gen. / Trans Black)
Peavey TL-Five (1st Gen. / Trans Magenta)
Peavey TL-Five (1st Gen. / Trans Red)
Peavey TL-Five (2nd Gen. Trans Black)
Peavey Palaedium (Natural)
Peavey Palaedium (Trans Red)
Peavey Sarzo Signature (1991)
Peavey Sarzo Signature (1992)
Peavey Fury
Koa Peavey Unity Series
Peavey Axcelerator 5
85 Peavey Dyna Bass
Peavey G-Bass
Peavey B-Ninety
Millennium 5

Other basses
Mike Lull M5V
Kawai FIIB
Ibanez GWB35
Yamaha BB415
Squier Classic Vibe 60's Jazz Bass
ESP LTD B-204SM-FL (for sale)
Bass Mods K4VV Fretless
ESP LTD B205SM FL

Today:
  • Mike Lull M5V
  • ESP LTD B205SM FL
  • Lakland Skyline 55-64
  • Lakland Skyline 55-60
  • Peavey Millennium 5
  • Lakland 55-01 Deluxe
  • Valenti '55 P
  • Fender '63 American Vintage Precision Bass
  • Ibanez SR5BBLTD
Only two basses have remained since then (the Millennium 5 is a different one).
 
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1. 92 Fender Jazz
2. 93 Fender Jazz Plus
3. Squier Tele Bass (major gig bass these days)
4. Epi T Bird fiver
5. Yamaha SBV 500
6. Ibanez fiver
7. Handmade Jazz
8. 79 Vantage
9. 70's Lero SG Bass
10. Samick Fiver
11. Peavey Foundation
12. Peavey Millenium
13. Squier Jag

Think I might be forgetting some...I have to do an inventory.

...Then there's the guitars.

I'm lucky my Wife puts up with me.
 
Currently own 3, soon to be 4. My sx bass(my first bass, will never part with it, sentimental blah blah). My Warwick streamer Jazzman(now modified with Seymour Duncan bassline MM, 60's jazz pickup and Aguilar obp3 preamp) Warwick pro series bubinga 6 string fretless corvette. I will soon own a custom shop Maple Monster with ebony fingerboard and 5 strings(high c) built by master builder Chris Larkin. Pretty happy, but I will always aim to have a Rickenbacker 4003 lefty and a Warwick stage 2 to go with them :D
 
I think I have about 12 now. It's getting bad around here again; I keep telling myself I want to get it down to 4-6 basses, but the number keeps creeping in the wrong direction.

It's such a buyer's market right now. I have made what I thought were borderline silly lowball bids on a couple very nice new basses lately, and my bids were accepted.

You know it's getting bad when you hear a song on the radio and think about buying a bass to cop that tone, only to remember that you already have exactly the right bass to cop that tone. :facepalm:
 
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1. Takamine GE-400GT
2. Ibanez 305DX
3. Oscar Schmidt by Washburn Acoustic AB5BK
4. First Act ME-100
5. Rogue LX200BF Fretless Series III
6. Rogue LX200B
7. SX Ursa 3 Jr MN 3TS FL Short Scale Fretless

USED to own:
Peavey Grind NTB 5 string
Iabnez Iceman ICB200 (Retro looking one)
Carlo Robelli 6 string
Hadean EB-9705 NM (WORST COMPANY EVER!!!!!!!!)
Hadean EB-6105 TRWR