Non-bass instruments you wish you owned

[boylebass]

I would love to own a well-maintained Rhodes. Although the sounds on my Yamaha MX88 and in Logic are superb, I want one for my deathstar keyboard rig.

 

[NickyBass]

I'd love to have a nice set of vintage drums and a baby grand piano.

A cello and an accordion

I played cello in grade school. It's a beautiful instrument. Lately, I've been spending more time with my accordions:

 

[NickyBass]

I would love to own a well-maintained Rhodes. Although the sounds on my Yamaha MX88 and in Logic are superb, I want one for my deathstar keyboard rig.

I bought a Rhodes in the 90's for about $200. I loved that thing. I've since sold it, but there was nothing like it. I was in a band in college and the singer also owned a Rhodes. We would drag that thing all over the city. I didn't enjoy carrying it, but it sounded great.

I used to want to own a Hammond B-3. But, I'd never be able to make it sound like Jimmy Smith, so I never went for it.

 

[ursusaltered]

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ugh!!! I love the cs80

 

[ursusaltered]

 

[Mvilmany]

Hurdy Gurdy.

 

[PWRL]

I used to have a Roland RS-101 that I sold when I was broke. I'd love to have another one, but now they're five times as expensive as they used to be. It just had a neat sound, even though I was the only person I've ever met who thought it was cool.

 

[Jakeman]

A Hammond B3. Just to plunk on once in a while.

 

[Jeff Hughes]

Grand Piano and the space to house it. Next house maybe.

 

[Killing Floor]

Ferner and Hilboldt Custom T

 

[3bc]

The new prophet 5/10 looks very tasty. I bought my last (and now only) bass 2 years ago. I’ve purchased 4 or 5 synths since. My other big passion.

 

[bassdude51]

An early 50s Telecaster or early 50s Esquire.

 

[smarthound]

I'd love a '60s Vox Starstream like this.

But the closest I'll ever get to affording one is my Alden semi.

 

[andare]

My holy grail is a Mark I Rhodes piano.

 

[micguy]

If you throw in instant know how on how to play it well (and I don't lose anythying on bass), a cello. Otherwise, I'm good - a little over a decade ago, I re-started playing, after a decade off from wrist issues. Although I started from scratch (boy, did I suck), the focus this time around (I now ONLY play bass) has, along with a whole lot of hours and hundreds of gigs, gotten me to the point where I am the best musician I've ever been - on any instrument. I'm not giving that up for a fling with some other instrument at this point.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

I'd love to have a nice set of vintage drums and a baby grand piano.



I played cello in grade school. It's a beautiful instrument. Lately, I've been spending more time with my accordions:

So awesome! No words can say it

 

[Sam Dingle]

It would be fun to own a really nice Martin

 

[eloann]

I've been obsessing over a handpan ever since I tried one


Also kind of GASing for an aluminium drumset (I still own my old gear from before I switched to bass but it's kinda cheap and beat up)

 

[Altitude]

I'd love to build a recording studio above my garage and have everything in it. But I have a more specific story.

I was a cello player in high school. In my sophomore year, my parents bought me a beautiful cello, a late 1800s build French instrument with a dark, mellow sound. I became a bass player in my senior year and eventually attended college as a bass player. I was dirt poor and sold the cello for $1200 in my second year, which at the time was about four months' rent. Had to be done.

I actually sold it to a younger student I had known in high school. This would have been in 1990. About a year ago, I happened to connect with her on Facebook. Happy to connect in general, but I admit that I had an agenda of finding out whether she may know the cello's whereabouts so that I might be able to find it and buy it back.

Turns out, unprovoked and before I could bring it up, she mentioned to me that she still had it. It was her high school graduation gift from her father, who has since passed, and her most prized possession. She still plays it weekly in church.

So, this is an instrument I do not want back. It is where it is supposed to be.

 

[RyanSaranich]

1970's Fender Rhodes.

I see your appreciation runs deep considering you've got Headhunters as your profile pic. Props!
I have a bunch of Rhodes (I collect!). Would consider a trade if you offered up something cool.