If god gave you $2,500 to spend ..

[James Collins]

I would keep saving.

 

[CenTexThumper]

A down payment on a low end Muckelroy Precision.

 

[7615]

If god gave me $2500 to spend.... it certainly wouldn't be on a bass. Just imagine the pressure having received money from god ... it’s kinda like a test - it’d be Biblical.

After getting over my disbelief - born again as it were - I’d take my time - gods got time - it would have to be a totally selfless expenditure - god - that’s a tough one - oops blasphemy.

 

[Clark Westfield]

This after I asked him for a few hundred more:

 

[Relayer71]

God hands me $2500, i'd have several things to say to him:

- You exist!

- Seriously? With all the people in need of money, you're giving me $2500?

- I knew there'd be a catch! No way am I starting a Stryper cover band!

 

[Stranger Danger]

On a bass. What bass would ye buy? You can only spend $2,500. Not more! You can buy a cheaper bass and upgrade with different pick ups, tuners etc. But only $2,500. What bass would ye buy?

Used Modulus Q5

 

[Bassaga]

I'd order everything for my dream Warmoth at last. And probably use the leftovers to pay somebody else to put it together for me - it'd be an awful shame to botch the assembly on a bass thus procured.

 

[bdgotoh]

A used Mike Lull V4

 

[Thumpin6string]

God would never just give you $2500, he'd give you the ability to earn it.

 

[arbiterusa]

Frankly, I’d buy an upright. I’m good for electrics.

 

[Inara]

Probably a Fender Tony Franklin fretless in Lake Placid Blue or Sunburst. I'd use the leftover money for

• a different pickguard if Lake Placid Blue, or cream pickup covers if Sunburst
  
• replacing the tuners and xTender with the Hipshot Ultralight equivalent
• replace vol/tone with the improved Best Bass Gear version of stack-knob controls
• a 4-way switch instead of the 3-way (to add series mode)
• getting the neck slimmed a bit so it's somewhere between standard modern P and J profile

 

[Big Shrek]

God hands me $2500, i'd have several things to say to him:

- You exist!

- Seriously? With all the people in need of money, you're giving me $2500?

- I knew there'd be a catch! No way am I starting a Stryper cover band!

Nah, just think "Second Round Stimulus Check with a Kid on it."

 

[dmt]

Hmm. The thing is, I don’t really need any more basses.

I do have a bit of a Jones for an electric fretless, but I already have an acoustic fretless I hardly use. Still, free money and all...
So, I could see if I could have the Fender custom shop make me an unlined fretless American Performer Mustang with nitro finish (and undercoat) in surf green. It would be a bit of a waste, but it would also be something that would be quite cool. I’m not sure what that would cost, but hopefully $2,500 would cover it.

Alternatively, I could see what $2,500 would get me in a white 60s EB-3.

Two other possibilities would be:

- buy a used Thunderbird in very good to excellent condition and put in a set of traditional 60s-Thunderbird-style pickups (along with probably some other upgrades, possibly to be done later)

- buy a Les Paul Jr. DC Tribute bass and switch out the pickup for a 60s-Thunderbird-style pickup and the bridge for a Hipshot

 

[pbayneg]

I guess a Fireglo 4003S and put toaster and horseshoe pickups in it

 

[Paul Corrosion]

Make it £2,500 (UK) and that'd be a Rickenbacker 4003 Jetglo heading my way.

 

[Krizz]

Well, if it has to be a bass, it's a Birdsong rear routed Corto 2, with a dragon head turquoise inlay.

If I could spend it on what I really want, it would be a mesa TT 800, with a mid '80s MIJ rear routed Fender series E jazz.

Either way I would be happy

 

[mikewalker]

Are those American, Canadian, or Australian dollars??
Either way, a pretty paltry gift from the god of bass players... "Please sir ( or ma'am), may I have some more?"

 

[Chrisk-K]

Euro Spector

 

[RumbleMan3]

I’d build a nice parts bass... or two, depending on how much money is left over. (I think $2500 AUD would be enough for one really nice bass build, and one budget bass build)

However you’re obviously talking in USD, so 2500 USD comes to 3602 AUD, so in that case I could probably build 2 nice parts basses and buy a really nice, but not over the top Ampeg rig.

 

[fhm555]

Since I have no need or desire for more basses I'd try to renegotiate the deal so I could just put the cash in my get out of town by sundown stash. If that didn't work out I'd get the maximum bang for my bass buck, sell it and put the money in my get out of town by sundown stash.