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

[curbowkid]

Warwick thumb4
Warwick thumb5
Warwick thumb6
Warwick thumb6fretless
Warwick thumb 7
Fodera monarch 4
Fodera monarch 6
Fodera emperor 6
Fodera whatever else I could ever possibly need.
Fodera

 

[willbassyeah]

1. Musicman stingray H4
2. 5 string SC with 2 darkstar pickup and ACG Preamp + Fretted Fanned fingerboard
3. 34 inch Wal bass
4. Sandberg VS hardcore masterpiece
5. Pre CBS Fender Jazz
6. Sandberg VM on some exotic woods
7. 4 string SC with 2 darkstar pickup and ACG preamp + Fretted Fanned fingerboard
8. Brodwell 5 string SC with MM style pickup and Nordstrand musicman 2band preamp
9. Tom Clement fretless anne
10.The 250000 ritter bass so that i can sell it and bought all the 9 basses above

 

[Willopis]

3 pre cbs fenders
a couple of Carl Thompson
Jaco custom relic
The rest Alembic vintage

 

[bootsox]

you can have more than 10, of course, i'm just thinking that a lot of folks, if they could have anything they wanted, realisitically would end up with about 10.

of course, with my wedding bass and this pending potential ebay score, my conklin total will be up to 11, but who's counting

if I could have anything I wanted I'd probably fill several acres.

 

[AbrahamBaconham]

Definately a 4001 Rickenbacker Bass.

 

[bostonasphalt2]

I have about 4 of the basses n my top ten list already: Warwick Thumb 5 NT, Warwick Corvette Hot Rod 5, 20th Annuversary Stingray 4, and 1977 P bass.

I am not so much up on collecting old basses, but definitely would want an old Jazz bass in the mix, along with mostly more Warwicks. Probably a Warwick Infinity 5 would be an absolute must have on the list

 

[NoiseNinja]

I only got 3 basses, an Ibanez Mikro, a Warmoth (made out of baritone parts) and some Aria Pro II.

If I were to have 10 basses however it would be:

1. Ibanez Mikro with Dimarzio pickups
2. Ibanez Mikro with Dimarzio pickups as backup
3. Ibanez Mikro with Dimarzio pickups fretless
4. Ibanez Mikro with Dimarzio pickups tuned A,D,G,C
5. Ibanez Mikro modded with 6 strings and tuned E,A,D,G,B,E
6. Ibanez Mikro modded with 6 strings as backup
7. Jerry Jones Longhorn
8. Jerry Jones Longhorn fretless
9. 3/4 DB of some kind
10. Some beaten up crap bass for beating up and noise, might as well be my Aria Pro II

 

[5str]

In no particular order:
1) Schecter Hellraiser Extreme 5 (crimson red burst)
2) ESH Stinger II 4 (black-red striped)
3) This Comodous Invalid Link Removed
4) Mayones BE5 Gothic (black)
5) Schecter Diamond Series Damien Solo Elite 4 (black cherry)
6) Warwick Vampyre NT 5 (french violet)
7) Vigier Arpege 4 (trans black)
8) Spector Euro 4 LX TW 35 (satin black)
9) De Gier Origin Deluxe 4
10) Sandberg California VT 4 Fretless (matt black)

I am pretty sure of this list!

 

[Alex1984]

1. Johnk_10 '66 Jazz Bass (Vintage White, Rosewood, Block and Bound)
2. Johnk_10 '66 Jazz Bass (CAR, Rosewood, Block and Bound)
3. Johnk_10 '62 Precision Bass (Vintage White, Rosewood)
4. Johnk_10 '62 Precision Bass (Funk Machine style)
5. Rickenbacker 4001 (Fireglo)
6. Spector NS2A
7. G&L L2500 (Blueburst, Rosewood)
8. Gibson Thunderbird
9. MusicMan Stingray Classic (Cream, Rosewood)
10. Warwick Thumb (Slim Wenge neck)

 

[bassbenj]

Pretty much like this:
(7 string)
1. Conklin Bill Dickens (got)
2. Same fretless
(6 string)
3. Modulus fretted (got)
4. Alembic Fretless (got)
5. Fender Steve Bailey (old school)
(5 string)
6. G&L L2500 fretted Blueburst (got)
7. G&L L2500 fretless blueburst (got)
8. Fender PJ 5er. (They don't make one...mine Squier)
(misc)
9 Stingray 5er. (nothing like a 'Ray 'cept a 'Ray!)
10. Really great 10 string (octave courses).

Or maybe sub a nice semi-hollow body acoustic fretless (Carvin AC50) for the 10 string. (got)

 

[FileBass]

all 4 strings

3 sadowsky
1 fodera
1 ritter
1 status
1 fretless zon
1 pedulla
1 kensmith
1 EBMM

 

[Darren Henry]

1. Rickenbacker 4003
2. '62 Fender P bass
3. EBMM Stingray
4. Gibson Les Paul Recording/Triumph
5. '70 Fender Jazz Bass
6. Wal Pro II
7. Kustom K2000D
8. Gibson EB-2 or "Les Paul"
9. FenderBird
10.Fender Coronado II or Harmony H-27

 

[FrankenIbanez70]

1. Xaviere P copy
2. Peavey T-20
3. Fender P-bass (Flats)
4. Fender P-bass (Rounds)
5. Epi Thunderbird
6. Fender Mustang
7. Gibson EB-2
8. Fender Bullet bass
9. some kind of custom short scale
10. some kind of custom long scale

 

[Calaverasgrande]

one of each musicman bass
1 bongo
2 sterling
3 stingray
4 Big Al SSS
5 Big Al H
6 Reflex
7 Cutlass I
8 Cutlass II
9 Sabre
10 Stingray 5
better make that 20 because I want the Classic series, a bongo sixer and various other iterations.

 

[TolerancEJ]

The following are my top 10 basses. Of my wishlist, I currently own Zero of them (sniff). The list is in no particular order.
- Conklin BDGT-7 String √
- Music Man Bongo HH 6
- Warwick Thumb 6 √
- Fender Steve Bailey Signature Fretless VI or the Warwick Artist Series Steve Bailey 6 Fretless
- Ritter Jupiter 6
- Fodera Monarch 6
- Waterstone TP12 (Need either an 8 or 12-String Bass in the mix.)
- Warwick-Rockbass Alien Deluxe 6 (Need an acoustic bass too in case of power outage or to play on a beach.)
- Carl Thompson 6-String w/ Scroll
- F Bass BN6 √

If I can sneak in a number 11, I also would like to have an upright bass. Also, that recently announced Warwick-Rockbass Triumph Lite EUB also looks quite tempting.

Update to my original post. Instead of zero, I now own 3 of my top 10 basses. (A 4th of this list is potentially arriving sometime soon.)
Warwick Thumb BO 6(Aug 24/2010)
Conklin GTBD-7 (Oct 22/2010)
F Bass BN6 (July 2/2013)

 

[DwaynieAD]

keeping with just 10:

1- Fender Jazz
2- Fender Jazz V
3- Fender Precision
4- Fender Precision V
5- Musicman
6- Musicman 5
7- Bongo 6 HH
8- something fretless (probably a fender jazz)
9- something "modern" (probably a carvin)
10- something boutique (ritter would be my first pick)

 

[Scottkarch]

1) Acoustic Fretted 4 string Michael Kelly Dragonfly
2) Acoustic Fretless 4 string Michael Kelly Dragonfly
3) 8 String Fretted Washburn B-20-8
4) 8 String Fretless Thunderbird
5) Rickenbacker 4001 or 4003
6) 12 string Waterstone TP12 deep gold fleck finish.. or green fleck
7) 4 string fretless Jazz
8) 4 string fretless Spector Core Piezo
9) My 1980s Ibanez Roadster..first bass I ever bought with my own money
10) My 1980s Washburn B20 second bass I ever brought with my own money.

( once I get all those, I'll be selling my Geddy Jazz, Dean 12, Dean 8, Ibanez Fretless and a few others... but I'm not holding my breath ).

 

[John D Harris]

My current bass GAS list is down to 2:

A Valenti S24FJ5 Alder body (1/4" radius), Maple neck, Pau Ferro fingerboard, a Nordstrand P pickup in the traditional position and a Nordstrand Big Split pickup in the bridge position, & a Nordstrand 3-band preamp
&
Ernie Ball MusicMan Bongo 5 HH.

 

[cfsporn]

Rick 4080/12
Early 60s P Bass
Early 70s J Bass
Early 50s P Bass
Rick 4001
Fretless Jazz Bass
Status B2
Danelectro Longhorn 2 Pickup
8 String Jazz Bass
Fender (Not Squire) Jag

Boy did my tastes change

Today I would get 3 Fodera Anthony Jackson Presentation models with varying woods and some modifications I invented, a Sadowsky unlined fretless 5, 2 Alembic Rogues with Series II electronics and highly customized (one fretless), my custom that I am designing in my head, a Carl Thompson 36" no-frills, a Lakland USA 55-60, and a Lakland 55-64.

 

[Solarmist]

1) Ibanez Prestige SR4005
2) LeCompte STSS
3) Garz Cobra
4) Skjold Slayer
5) GMR BassForce
6) Peavey Millennium USA

I'd be simply thrilled with these!