Is your number 1 your most expensive bass?

My most expensive bass is the very last bass I would grab. My #1 is a Warmoth build.

 

My "worth the most bass" only comes out for special occasions. The one I spent the most on, needed the most touch-up work done and is now a main player.

 

Yes, my #1 is my Mike Lull M5V. It was/is the most expensive bass I own. But my Lull P5 and my Stingray are like my #1.1 and #1.2….

 

No, my #1 is a '73 P bass that I got eight years ago for a steal... $500 cash.

 

View attachment 4821470 Mine is. 06 Alleva-Copollo EUT5

I'd probably have something else in my other hand, but it's a clear winner

 

Sure is

 

Yes. A Dingwall 5 string combustion. I haven't needed anything else in so long I'm almost tempted to stop taking my backup

 

+1 for German engineering/manufacturing.

I don't own a Warwick any longer, but what impeccable craftsmanship.

And don't get me started on Storz & Bickel (those who know, know).

To answer the OP, my #1 is actually my cheapest. I'm a huge Reverend fan and own 4, but the first one I bought (Triad) was still 999 before they raised the MSRP in 2019 or 2020. Still totally worth it at the new price point, which is why I purchased 3 more after.

 

All of my basses are my #1. Some are more expensive than others , for sure.

 

I tend to rotate my 2 main basses. I’ll enjoy and be inspired by one for a few weeks and then I’ll remember how fun and awesome the other one is. They’re separated by $4k price wise but I get the same amount of grins and feels with either one.

 

My #1 is also a german masterpiece (like me )
My Warwick Streamer LX5, which is also my cheapest with 500 €
Next to it is my Modulus Flea FU, which I think (used) has a 2 before that 5 of the WW.

 

Not at the moment.

 

No, my #1 bass is probably my third most expensive, but the most customized to how I want it.

 

No. My pair of number one gig basses are parts builds that probably cost around $1,500 each to fire together. Random ash P bodies identically appointed, with USA Geddy Lee Jazz necks, Dominger P and Tom Brantley Geddy J pups, 920d parallel-serial control joints, Hipshot detuners, Decoboom pickguards, Dunlop straplocks, and D'Addario EXL170 strings:





My most expensive bass lives in my collection and never leaves the house. Ged reddy for a red Geddy... this one was a few dollars more than my #1s above:



But none of these are my most treasured bass, which happens to be my cheapest bass and the bass I've owned the longest: a black holo-flake Squier Jazz bass. It cost about $300 some 20 years ago, boughten for me by my dear friend Dan (RIP) when I was way down on my luck and just about outdoors. I will never, ever part with this bass for any reason. It mainly lives in its case in my tornado safe room, but I do pull it out every once in awhile when I'm missing my bro.



Das it mane!

 

No, no it's not. My favoured basses are a Squier and a Steinberger Spirit (i.e. modern cheap one). Not the MIA Fender Jazz or the custom made Spector copy or the MIJ '54 P bass reissue. Silly really, but there you are.

 

My #1 is a vintage Rickenbacker; my players are a pair of 2010 ones.

 

No, not even close.