Just fell in love with... My own bass

Yes. I had an early 70'S Japanese hollowbody I bought back in high school for $70. I was not initially impressed with it, and let my brother noodles with it for a couple years. Then, one day, I was in his room and picked it up... and it was just there. It replaced an $800 Ibby as my #1. I played it pretty much exclusively for several years before I left for the service. Just before I left, I sold/traded off almost all of my gear, including that bass. I miss it like crazy, and hope I can buy it back someday (traded it to a friend for an mxr-m80 )

 

I feel that way about my bass now. I only have one, never want to change.

 

My dream basses are in my collection right now. '67 Guild Starfire with '73 Alembic Series II guts, a short scale Series I, a Modulus Q6 and a David King fretless 5. Every time I play any of them, I fall in love all over again.

 

I had a similar experience a while back. I found a guide at tunemybass.com on how to set up a bass. Turns out that that guide is pretty much useless IMO.

That guide basically said to adjust everything until the strings stops buzzing. I was happy for a while. My newly built bass felt just like my Squier Jag. I assumed that it was correctly set up from the shop so that became sort of a "template" after which i adjusted my new bass.

A few weeks later I borrowed a bass that had WAY lover action. I had to play very carefully to keep the strings from buzzing. Since i borrowed the bass I didn't want to adjust anything, so I stuck with it. After a while I discovered how much nicer is was to play lightly on a bass with low action.

After some research I found that Fender have a nice guide with some actual measurements on a good starting point for various settings. After I had adjusted to that baseline my bass felt like a completely different instrument. It even sounded better since I adjusted my playing style.

 

That Starfire looks unreal, how does it sound?

 

I regret selling my Jerry Jones Longhorn... But I'm pretty happy with my mikro, just needs better pickups.

 

My SX P bass is kind of like a wife. I know all of its flaws, but love it anyway. Although I don't have to worry about my bass getting jealous if I go off looking for new ones to try

 

Your wife has flaws? Does she know you think this?

 

I've been the owner of a cheap Ibby GSR200EX for almost two years now. I took her apart and optimized everything possible. I took out the active electronics, as this didn't add anything worthwhile. It only consumed batteries. I also invested in flatwounds. This bass plays like a $500 one, she's rock stable and produces a firm and well defined sound through the two humbuckers. I'll never sell her. I am looking for a fretless, not to replace her, but to give her a friend.

 

Gibson G-3 basses are amazing, I should play mine more.

 

Dusted off this old '67 EB2 last November. Bought it almost 20 years ago. It had some bridge/intonation issues going on so I just stuck it in a closet and forgot about it. Wifey got me a HipShot bridge for Xmas. It plays beautifully now. Love the shorter scale. Retired all the J basses to the same closet this on came from. Its now my main player.