30+.
Now I'm down to one with no real plans to get any more. I like it better this way.
Now I'm down to one with no real plans to get any more. I like it better this way.
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How many basses have you owned?
- Thread starter steweDbass
- Start date
First bass was a Peavy p-bass clone.
Second bass was a Jackson j-bass clone.
Third bass (still have and use) is a 1976 Rickenbacker 4001S.
Fourth bass (still have and use) is an American Standard P-bass.
Second bass was a Jackson j-bass clone.
Third bass (still have and use) is a 1976 Rickenbacker 4001S.
Fourth bass (still have and use) is an American Standard P-bass.
Lets see.....
1998 - Pawn shop Rogue Bass (birthday gift for 16th birthday)
2000 - Yamaha Attitude Standard (first bass I purchased used)
2009 - Yamaha RBX 374 (pawnshop purchase to start playing bass again after 4-5 year hiatus)
2010 - Ibanez SR400 quilted Maple (only bass I ever bought new)
2011 - Ibanez RD 707
2011 - Warwick Corvette Standard ( Great sound, but the weight was a killer)
2012 - LTD 5 string C-305 (this was my first/only foray into 5 strings, just wasn't for me)
2012 - Ibanez Iceman 300 (the shape wasn't all it was cracked up to be)
*2012 - Another RD 707 (always wanted a pink Bass)
2012 - RD727 (Active version of the RD707)
*2013 - RBX 760 (went back to yamaha after long hiatus from the company)
2013 - Cort Space Arrow (Wanted to try a 80's style headless bass)
*2013 - Epiphone El Capitan (Foray into Accoustic-Electric Bass)
*2014 - Lakland Skyline 44-01(I had gotten away from Japanes made basses and went to an excellent Indonesian product)
* Current Collection
Note: Joined Talkbass late 2010...anybody see a correlation?
1998 - Pawn shop Rogue Bass (birthday gift for 16th birthday)
2000 - Yamaha Attitude Standard (first bass I purchased used)
2009 - Yamaha RBX 374 (pawnshop purchase to start playing bass again after 4-5 year hiatus)
2010 - Ibanez SR400 quilted Maple (only bass I ever bought new)
2011 - Ibanez RD 707
2011 - Warwick Corvette Standard ( Great sound, but the weight was a killer)
2012 - LTD 5 string C-305 (this was my first/only foray into 5 strings, just wasn't for me)
2012 - Ibanez Iceman 300 (the shape wasn't all it was cracked up to be)
*2012 - Another RD 707 (always wanted a pink Bass)
2012 - RD727 (Active version of the RD707)
*2013 - RBX 760 (went back to yamaha after long hiatus from the company)
2013 - Cort Space Arrow (Wanted to try a 80's style headless bass)
*2013 - Epiphone El Capitan (Foray into Accoustic-Electric Bass)
*2014 - Lakland Skyline 44-01(I had gotten away from Japanes made basses and went to an excellent Indonesian product)
* Current Collection
Note: Joined Talkbass late 2010...anybody see a correlation?
Chef
In Memoriam
I've had a handful not as many as I see some folks here.
I currently own a Lakland 44-60 Custom Limted Edition, a Lakland 55-01, 2 custom Kohlman Bassworks basses and a SBMM SUB Ray4
Previously owned:
Lakland 55-02 Deluxe
Fender US Standard 4 w/Bartolini pups & pre
Faux Fender (Squier) P/J w/EMG's & BTC
Lakland Skyline JO5
Schecter California Custom J5
Fender Jazz Bass Special
Custom Jazz 4
Fender MIM Jazz 4
Univox Badazz
Univox 'Lectra' Violin Bass
D'Agostino 5 string
Cort B2A
Yamaha TRB1005
Brice Douglas 5
Fender Marcus Miller 4
Peavey Millennium AC BXP 5
Tobias Deluxe 5
I currently own a Lakland 44-60 Custom Limted Edition, a Lakland 55-01, 2 custom Kohlman Bassworks basses and a SBMM SUB Ray4
Previously owned:
Lakland 55-02 Deluxe
Fender US Standard 4 w/Bartolini pups & pre
Faux Fender (Squier) P/J w/EMG's & BTC
Lakland Skyline JO5
Schecter California Custom J5
Fender Jazz Bass Special
Custom Jazz 4
Fender MIM Jazz 4
Univox Badazz
Univox 'Lectra' Violin Bass
D'Agostino 5 string
Cort B2A
Yamaha TRB1005
Brice Douglas 5
Fender Marcus Miller 4
Peavey Millennium AC BXP 5
Tobias Deluxe 5
An interesting question would be how many have you played in a live or studio setting? THAT could be insane for some of you (us) older guys...
Chef
In Memoriam
mark beem
Wait, how does this song start again??
1. Peavey Patriot (My first gig at the local Founder's Day festival)
3. Guild Pilot Fretless (These three were used mainly in my Navy years. Playing live on deployment, etc.)
4. Hohner J Bass Fl
5. Hohner B-Bass VI
13. Peavey Cirrus 6 Flamed Maple (In studio with Lychesis)
15. Carvin BB75 (Live with my party band, Lonesome Moe)
17. Warwick Fortress Masterman (Live with my party band, Lonesome Moe)
18. Warwick Thumb BO 4 (Live with my party band, Lonesome Moe)
19. Warwick Thumb BO 6 (Live with my party band, Lonesome Moe)
21. MIA Fender Precision 58 Reissue (In studio with Lychesis)
23. Carvin B4 (Live with my party band, Lonesome Moe)
24. Conklin Jake Kot 7 (In studio with Lychesis)
25. Conklin Hollowbody 7 (In studio with Lychesis & live with Lonesome Moe)
26. Conklin Hollowbody 8 (In studio with Lychesis)
27. Conklin Sidewinder 8 (In studio with Lychesis & live with Lonesome Moe)
28. Stambaugh SCNT8 (In studio with Lychesis)
33. Groove Tools GT7 fretted (In studio with Lychesis & live with Lonesome Moe)
34. Groove Tools GT7 fretless (In studio with Lychesis & live with Lonesome Moe)
56. Ibanez GWB35 (recording scratch tracks with a friend in his studio)
57. Yamaha BB415 (studio sessions @ SMC Studios)
59. Peavey Millennium 5 Gold Sparkle (tracking with my current band Transcendent)
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Five basses in 25 years.
1. Danelectro Junior Bass. Miss this one. I wonder how it would look to me today?
2. BC Rich Warlock, NJ, dual Ps. Seemed like the Hammer of Thor at the time!
3. Nother Warlock, single P.My beater/backup. Unremarkable,kinda junky.But played this 20 years now.
4.BC Rich Mockingbird. 1981 or so. Dual Ps/active, varitone. This was so sweet!
5. BC Rich Wave. 1996 USA. Neckthru, maple. My avatar, and daily player. EMGs will replace the Dimarzios sometime..
Pretty paltry by any measure, but those are the ones so far.
1. Danelectro Junior Bass. Miss this one. I wonder how it would look to me today?
2. BC Rich Warlock, NJ, dual Ps. Seemed like the Hammer of Thor at the time!
3. Nother Warlock, single P.My beater/backup. Unremarkable,kinda junky.But played this 20 years now.
4.BC Rich Mockingbird. 1981 or so. Dual Ps/active, varitone. This was so sweet!
5. BC Rich Wave. 1996 USA. Neckthru, maple. My avatar, and daily player. EMGs will replace the Dimarzios sometime..
Pretty paltry by any measure, but those are the ones so far.
1: Cortez Mustang copy (meh)
2: Aria single pup 335 style hollowbody short scale Matsumoku (played like butter) wish I still had it.
3: Kingston violin bass (crap)
4: First model year (1981?) Cort PJ bass, brass nut/bridge mahogany boat anchor.
5: Fender JP-90 '91 bought in '93, still have. Main player
6: Conrad dual pup hollowbody 335 bass Matsumoku not as nice as the Aria. Flipped
7: ibanez fiver, cheapo flipped
6: Kramer Stryker fiver: A surprisingly nice beast, flipped.
7: Jack Casady Epi, another keeper. Closest thing to my Aria.
I may have missed a few...
Fender JP-90
Epi Bass Club #169 JC sig
2: Aria single pup 335 style hollowbody short scale Matsumoku (played like butter) wish I still had it.
3: Kingston violin bass (crap)
4: First model year (1981?) Cort PJ bass, brass nut/bridge mahogany boat anchor.
5: Fender JP-90 '91 bought in '93, still have. Main player
6: Conrad dual pup hollowbody 335 bass Matsumoku not as nice as the Aria. Flipped
7: ibanez fiver, cheapo flipped
6: Kramer Stryker fiver: A surprisingly nice beast, flipped.
7: Jack Casady Epi, another keeper. Closest thing to my Aria.
I may have missed a few...
Fender JP-90
Epi Bass Club #169 JC sig
1974 -2003 one bass only, should be obvious which one...
In residence now:
Sunburst Epi Jack Casady,
Benavente Vortex 5 maple black block fretted neck,
2 Fender MIJ Geddy Lee's 1 Black w/ SD Antiquity II's & 1 LPB nitro w/ Fralins
Ibanez '81 Roadster DiMarzio P/J Pass/Active 2x2 headstock - Thor's Hammer
Gibson EB3 1963 unmodded all original
Burns Bison Club MIK 63 RI
Acquired since 2003 then sold/traded off:
Peavey Cirrus 4 Maple neck through EMG's 35" scale
Lakland HB MIK Arctic Silver
Lakland 44-01
Ibanez 82 Musician Ebony fretbaord - Barge Mooring but a fine one.
Ergo 5 string EUB Ergo #6
MIJ Fender J Bass '87 - pilfered by my son. There's a thread somewhere on how his mom helped him do that...
Burns Scorpion Bass - as featured on the Burns players page - sold to a bassist in a metal band. Perfect for that.
Gibson EB3 1974 - STOLEN along with MIA Fender Strat '69 LPB -STOLEN
Benavente Fretless Vintage Vortex 5. Had interchangeable neck with fretted 5 above. I'm useless on fretless.
Danelecto Hodad. I miss that one it was fun.
In residence now:
Sunburst Epi Jack Casady,
Benavente Vortex 5 maple black block fretted neck,
2 Fender MIJ Geddy Lee's 1 Black w/ SD Antiquity II's & 1 LPB nitro w/ Fralins
Ibanez '81 Roadster DiMarzio P/J Pass/Active 2x2 headstock - Thor's Hammer
Gibson EB3 1963 unmodded all original
Burns Bison Club MIK 63 RI
Acquired since 2003 then sold/traded off:
Peavey Cirrus 4 Maple neck through EMG's 35" scale
Lakland HB MIK Arctic Silver
Lakland 44-01
Ibanez 82 Musician Ebony fretbaord - Barge Mooring but a fine one.
Ergo 5 string EUB Ergo #6
MIJ Fender J Bass '87 - pilfered by my son. There's a thread somewhere on how his mom helped him do that...
Burns Scorpion Bass - as featured on the Burns players page - sold to a bassist in a metal band. Perfect for that.
Gibson EB3 1974 - STOLEN along with MIA Fender Strat '69 LPB -STOLEN
Benavente Fretless Vintage Vortex 5. Had interchangeable neck with fretted 5 above. I'm useless on fretless.
Danelecto Hodad. I miss that one it was fun.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Starting from the first one:
Mid 70s Vantage (total POS)
+/- 1967 Coral Wasp (or maybe Danelectro)
1968 EB2-dc
196? Japanese hollow body with no identification except "Made in Japan."
1998 Ric 4003
2010 Epiphone Thunderbird (bolt-on)
2007 Epiphone Thunderbird pro-IV (now fretless)
2010 RW Precision
2004 Christopher 3/4 upright
The Vantage, Wasp, and bolt-on Thunderbird are gone, but I still have the rest, so that means I have owned 9 including the upright and still have 6 of them.
Mid 70s Vantage (total POS)
+/- 1967 Coral Wasp (or maybe Danelectro)
1968 EB2-dc
196? Japanese hollow body with no identification except "Made in Japan."
1998 Ric 4003
2010 Epiphone Thunderbird (bolt-on)
2007 Epiphone Thunderbird pro-IV (now fretless)
2010 RW Precision
2004 Christopher 3/4 upright
The Vantage, Wasp, and bolt-on Thunderbird are gone, but I still have the rest, so that means I have owned 9 including the upright and still have 6 of them.
Fender Bullet Bass
ESP F-204
ESP J-204
Ibanez Ergodyne 4
Ibanez SR606
Modulus Q5
Musicman Stingray 4 (usa)
Spector Legend Piezo 4
Tobias Basic 4 pre-gibson (usa)
Tobias Signature 5 (usa)
Tobias Growler 5 (usa)
Tobias Standard 4 (japan)
Warwick Bleach Blonde Thumb LE (german)
Warwick Corvette Standard Fretted (german)
Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless (german)
Warwick Corvette Proline (german)
Warwick Corvette $$ 4 (german)
Warwick Corvette $$ 5 (german)
I may be forgetting 1 or 2.. will update if I remember
ESP F-204
ESP J-204
Ibanez Ergodyne 4
Ibanez SR606
Modulus Q5
Musicman Stingray 4 (usa)
Spector Legend Piezo 4
Tobias Basic 4 pre-gibson (usa)
Tobias Signature 5 (usa)
Tobias Growler 5 (usa)
Tobias Standard 4 (japan)
Warwick Bleach Blonde Thumb LE (german)
Warwick Corvette Standard Fretted (german)
Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless (german)
Warwick Corvette Proline (german)
Warwick Corvette $$ 4 (german)
Warwick Corvette $$ 5 (german)
I may be forgetting 1 or 2.. will update if I remember
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Slight thread drift:
Perhaps this is just misguided nostalgia, but does anyone else miss those wacky Asian off-brand instruments they used to sell in department store catalogs in the 60s and 70s?
Nowadays a beginner goes shopping for a true Entry-Level Instrument and they wind up with something from Yamaha or Ibanez or Cort or SX etc. And in addition to being a bass that's at least half-respectable, it's probably a bass that looks, sounds, and feels like 95% of all the other basses out there (regardless of whether they're Entry-Level or not).
But 40 years ago if you wanted to spend $150 or less on a bass, you wound up with some plywood sunburst Zimgar or Teisco or Goya et al that you found in the Sears or Penny or Lafayette catalog right next to the Tiger Eminee organ, and it didn't really look like anything anyone else was playing (unless you were fans of Paul Revere & The Raiders) and it probably had an insuffereably high action such that it wasn't so much an "Entry-Level Instrument" as it was a "Disinterest-Generating Instrument"
Anyone else miss those idiosyncratic pieces of crap?
Yeah, I didn't think so...
You have a good point. If it were not for the "wonderfulness" of the Tele Star (Teisco) that I started on, I may not have traded it for drums and played bass as my primary instrument all of these years.
