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How special is YOUR bass?

#21
Mine is special because I put it together, set it up, modified it and made it play the way I want it too......(And I have had other bassist and guitarist like it's sound and how it plays.) Soooo that is why mine is special to ME. :bassist:
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nerkoids said:
My basses are not special. I am special. And yes, in THAT way...
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Bingo! You ripped off my post!;)

In any case, I am very lucky that I own some amazing basses. I love them all, but I look at them as almost expensive pieces of wood that I play music with.

I guess the 1974 P my wife bought me has the most "sentimental value", but even then, it's just a bass.
 
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#26
I have three electric basses at this point, and they're all special to me for one reason or another.

My Hwy One Jazz is simply my longest-running bass, I've had it since it was new in 2008 and until I decided to take my fretless playing more seriously it was my go-to bass. It's worn in and comfy and it's always there if I need it.

My MIJ Mustang is special because there just aren't many around, and, with the seeming demise of Fender Japan, it's perhaps one of the last of its kind. And it has racing stripes, so there you go.

My fretless is just unique. It started off life as a Squier VM Jazz fretless (in my opinion the best starter fretless, bang for buck), but I've since upgraded everything and the only original part left is the body and the control plate. I suspect there aren't a lot of lined goncalo alves/bocote fretless necks out there, and it has a set of one-off Regenerate Guitar Works pick ups. It's my main player and will likely remain so until I can come up with the money for a wenge-faced Mk I Wal fretless and I can finally get my Mick Karn/Percy Jones jams going for real.
 
#27
Mine wouldn't be special to anyone but me. I've had to sell off everything nice or special I had, then most of what was left of my gear was destroyed in a flood in 2010.

I do have two El Cheapo basses. One is an old headstock SX P-bass which was the first bass I bought in 2005 after having gone about 4 years mostly bassless (I started playing in 1978.)

It was damaged in the flood, but I think I can bring it back to life. It will be heavily modded (because the electronics and hardware were rendered pretty much useless) so it'll be more specialler to me then.

All the instruments and other stuff I had that I had any sentimental attachment to...that's all gone.
 
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Baird6869 said:
Bingo! You ripped off my post!;)

In any case, I am very lucky that I own some amazing basses. I love them all, but I look at them as almost expensive pieces of wood that I play music with.

I guess the 1974 P my wife bought me has the most "sentimental value", but even then, it's just a bass.
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Dude, you wife bought you a bass. It's the love that makes it special.
 
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#31
My SR480 is special only to me because it is the first "quality" bass I bought new.
My SR500 is special as you rarely see 90s MIK PJ SR500s, and unique in that it is the only one I am aware of retrofitted with EMG PJ pickups / electronics.
My Squier Affinity jazz is customized by me with a tort pick guard, vintage modified Duncan Designed pickups, classic vibe 60s high mass bridge, and full shielding job. Only one I am aware of quite like it.
 
#33
my basses are not very special, just very used.

some say my SB-1 has a certain "mojo" but I think it is just because it has a lot of miles on it and looks the part. it does sound good, too. has just enough dirt worn into it that it rounds out some of the edges.

my Pedulla MVP is special because they are not a common bass. it also has a lot of miles on it. the only bass I still have that I bought in the 80's.

I have pics somewhere, but too lazy to find them right now.
 
#34
I build my own basses...it's kind of therapy for me. My most crazy is my 7 string hollow body through neck Headless fretless..it's pretty wild:
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but my current build is a sixer which I really like:
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Although my most common bass to play is my 4 string fretless with marbled ebony fingerboard, through neck and Music Man pickup...it's loaded with flat wounds and nails the "pino" tone totally.
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#36
My basses are all jazz basses with the exception of a pj and an upright. One that is special is my 1964 jazz. Purchased by one of Ray Charles bassists is 65 at the famed muscle scholes studios from another bassist. Upon purchased the bass was stripped of its sunburst painted with varnish (!) and played around the country for a few big tours. From the late 70s it was played on the Alabama and Mississippi delta circuit til its previous owner suffered an accident and the bass was stored in his garage. .... till I purchased it in rough shape and sent it to john 10k for restoration . Now it's has had a pup rewind , neck straightening and a full refin byand is my number one. I play it weekly in a big band, one a week in a quartet and a few weddings a month. It's a great neck and a great story as it lives with me in my tiny nyc apartment with 5 other fenders and my family.
I don't know how much of its previous story is true except that the guy whocsold it to me had great picks of him playing with a lot of blues legends and the bass . That being said I would be happy with any of my basses and the chance to play another gig.....I guess it's special to me now that I've had it 2 years.... it's like a worn in glove!
 
#38
My Rick 4003s reissue is a bit special to me because it is one of the two first reissues they built and the first FireGlo. It was also one of the basses shown at NAMM. I admit it's a bit silly, but I think it's kind of neat, too.
 

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