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if you could have 10 and ONLY 10 basses...

Hi everybody
On my profile there're 14 bass guitars, but actually:

4 are my brother's for they're ordinarily tuned
Yamaha Attitude Special w/DiMarzio
Yamaha BB414 w/DiMarzio upgrade
Yamaha BBN #5
Squier Praha/Bartolini upgrade Jazz

Other are mine for they're tuned a full step down
Yamaha Attitude Limited II lava red
Yamaha Attitude Limited II all black
Yamaha BB 714 Billy Sheehan black
Ibanez Soundgear SR4500E Prestige
Ibanez Doug Wimbish Bass1 Prestige
Fender Reggie Hamilton 3TS Jazz
Ken Smith Design '60s Proto Jazz
Eko Florence Acoustic

Except (ordinarily tuned)
Yamaha RBX 350 (my very first bass)
Fender Precision jr. (my son's bass)

Cheers,
Wallace
 
Probably this:

1-5 : Assorted Warwicks (own 1)
6-7 : Stingrays (EBMM) (own 1)
8 : Clement Ryan 4 fretless (own 1)
9 : Clement Ryan 4 fretted
10 : Clement Phunk/Phoenix 5 Fretted/Fretless
 
Including the 3 that I currently have (listed first):

Signature Jazz Bass (Trans Blue w/ Geddy Neck)
MIM Custom Jazz (3TSB with Rosewood neck, block inlays and an AM DLX Humbucker in the bridge)
08 Fender AM STD Precision (Black and Maple)

Plus:
EBMM Classic Stingray (Candy Red with Rosewood)
EBMM Bongo (Roasted neck on Tangerine Pearl)
EBMM Classic Sterling (Lake Tahoe Blue with Maple)
Mike Lull T4 Thunderbird (Ice Blue)
G&L SB-2 (Clear Forest Green)
Rickenbacker 4003 (Either Black or Blue)
Lakland 55-60 (Oly White with Tort guard).... this is my "everyone needs a 5er" bass
 
Alright, let me have a go at this one:

1- The FankenFender that I'm working on,
2- My Ibby GSR200
3- Rickenbacher 4003
4- Dean Dimebag 4
5- Warwick Vampyre
6- Gibbephone Thunderbird
7- Gibson Explorer
8- EBMM Stingray
9- Fender Mustang
10- Iceman
 
10 basses, huh? wow that's quite a lot. well I already own 2 schecter stiletto basses, 1 peavey millennium basses, and 1 Ibanez soundgear bass. so that makes about 4 bass guitars. but here's my list 10 bass guitars that I would own starting with the ones I currently own.

1.Schecter stiletto elite 5-string bass*
2.Schecter stiletto extreme 4-string bass*
3.Peavey millennium bxp 5-string bass*
4.Ibanez sr255 5-string bass*
5.Ibanez sr250 4-string bass
6.Yamaha rbx 375 5-string bass
7.Yamaha rbx 374 4-string bass
8.Peavey millennium bxp 4-string bass
9.Schecter raiden deluxe 5-string bass
10.Ibanez sr505 5-string bass
 
I'd get:

1) Warwick Thumb Singlecut 5 string
2) Warwick Infinity NT Birdseye Maple
3) Rickenbacker 4004L
4) Dingwall Prima Artist
5) Sadowsky Standard 5 string
6) Warwick Star Bass II
7) G & L M 2500
8) Hofner Vintage 62
9) Rickenbacker 4003
10) Martin BC16 GTE
 
1)'72 Rickenbacker 4001 FG
2) Vigier Passion
3) 60's Thunderbird IV
4) Kramer DMZ 6000B
5) BC Rich Mockingbird Supreme (Rico era)
6) Musicman Cutlass 1
7) Godin A4 Fretless
8) '65 Mosrite Ventures
9) Spector NS2 (Pre-Kramer)
10) 70's BC Rich Eagle (reverse P)

Do we get 10 amps too?
 
That's a heck of a lot more than I presently own!

Mine would be :

Zon Sonus Custom 5 Fretted
Zon Sonus Custom 5 Fretless
F-bass BN 5 Fretted
F-Bass BN5 Fretless
Fodera Anthony Jackson
Sadowsky 5-String J-bass
Fender 5-string P-bass
Steinberger L-series 5-string
Modulus 5-string fretted
Rickenbacker Cheyenne 5-string