Past & Present: Your dream bass at age 15 & your dream bass today...

[Pj,Rj,Hj]

Age 15
Sea Green Stingray (still wouldn't mind it)
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Age 21
Fretless Wal mk1 (Got it)

Age 27 (Current)
Loads but I'd settle on the following

Fretted Wal mk3 6 string
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Fretted Jaydee Pearl Series 4 string
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A "modest" looking Alembic Series 1 or 2

Always loved the look of Fodera Emperors

I already have the workhorse P and J.
Others that intrigue me are NYBW, Ritter, Atlansia (love my Aria SB), F bass and Dingwall

 

[SolomonHelsing]

Age 15/16(Whenever i started playing)
A warwick stryker, saw one in a music shop visiting sister in university, loved it.... but the price tag was a ooooh dear point

A few years later i still liked the stryker, but my ideas had gone down a tad, back to one of the basses i looked at for a start when i started but got a epiphone thunderbird instead back then, and that was a Spector, particularily in the holoflash

A year or two after that i ended up with my fender precision and i stuck with that for a while.

Now age 20 it would take something special for my dream bass to be anything but my own Warmoth Z 5 string bass.

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P.S Its a dark purple indoors, in bright lights it does go that more light purple/pinky colour.

 

[parsons]

At 15- I thought an Olympic white P bass wouldve been awesome.

At 32 now. I don't have a dream bass. I just enjoy the ones I have.

 

[khutch]

I did not have one at 15, in college in the 1970's it was a Fender Jazz in the natural finish.

At 59 when I took up the bass again it was still a Jazz but the MIM Deluxe Active I wanted/could afford was not available in natural so I got black. A few months later I am looking at fivers and I have to say that visually the Squier Jazz V in natural still does it for me but I just can't deal with the 19mm string spacing on a fiver so I am switching allegiance to an Ibanez SR505, most likely. Maybe someday I will upgrade my MIM Deluxe to an American Deluxe which is available in natural though....

Ken

 

[jacksonguy95]

Well when I was 15 I wanted a warwick vampyre for its "brutal" looks. But a year goes by and now all I wish for is a fenser or shadowsky j bass

 

[jasper383]

When I was 15: early 80s Precision Elite or Yamaha BB bass.

Now: AVRI P Bass (got it) or Yamaha 2024X (don't got it).

I haven't really changed much, I guess.

 

[tri33]

Well I started playing at about age 13. My first bass was a MIM Pbass, although I don't really remember myself checking out all the different brands as I do now. I do remember at about age 16 I really wanted an Alembic, that was probably my dream bass.

Now I'm 22 (in a month) and my dream bass is a koa topped Fodera Imperial, with a ebony fretboard (as for the body I'm not really sure, maybe mahogony with a flame maple tone block).

My tastes really have changed, as I am not that fond of Alembic's looks anymore. I still think they're cool basses, but asthetically my tastes have changed.

I'd also like a custom J bass. Maybe a Fender Custom Shop.

 

[rickwebb]

My Dream Bass at 15 was the Top-Of-The-Line Alembic Series 2 (think Entwistle), along with custom Hamer !2-string (Tom Petersson, of course), and Rickenbackers all over the place
(Chris Squire, Geddy Lee).
Well, the Rickenbacker is now in storage, along with the Galveston 12-string. And an Alembic was never going to happen.
Now i play a pair of E-series MIJ Fender Jazz Bass Specials every weekend in my Dance-Rock cover band- and i really couldn't ask for more...

 

[mikeswals]

I had a green one just like that around 1991(?), Mike. It was actually a really well made bass.

I finally did too in '91. I went down to the Carvin store to buy a 5, and instead bought their LB76 with koa wings.

 

[Metallized]

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[novenpeter]

Age 17 (haven't play bass at 15) : Maybe some Japan made bass

Age 19 : [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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[celestialtrash]

I love having the bass that i've dreamt about since I started. Just picked up my first Musicman Stingray!! Its white, not one of those classic or sterling jobs.. and its beautiful.

I was also really into Pedulla back in the day.. so maybe in another 10 years I'll have a rapture.

 

[crashonskis]

Well I am still 15 but my dream bass is a warmoth jazz bass with alder body koa top, A musicman pup, and a wenge neck.

 

[Rip Topaz]

At 15, in 1985, all I wanted was a BC Rich or something similar, since all the bands I was into back then played pointies.

Now, a P with flats. Weird. I used to think it was all about moving forward, little did I know that I wouldn't find "my" sound till I looked into the past.

 

[lordziros]

1st where can i get 1 of those B.C Rich wave basses and how much do they cost?

and as for the primary question the first bass i wanted was a musicman stingray because the bassist of my favorite band at the time (billy talent) played one as did queen's bassist,

as for the bass i want now thats a tough question 2 of my favorite looking ones are the bc rich heritage classic mockingbird and the black widow. but if i had to pick a top 5 it would be
1.bc rich mockingbird
2.rickenbaker 4001
3.gibson sg/thunderbird(they are a tie at this point)
4.dean spire 5
5.bc rich black widow

 

[jim777]

I think at 15 my ideal bass was Chris Squire's Ric. Right now it would be a Wood & Tronics Chronos 6 string.

 

[Eric Scholz]

My dream bass at 15 was a Mark Hoppus signature, and now it's a Gibson EB-2D

 

[GM60466]

Old jazz bass then
Old jazz bass now

 

[whitespike]

At 15 - the Rickenbacker bass I bought then and still own!
At 30 - see above.

 

[Richenbacher]

At 15- I thought my Yamaha ERB was the greatest thing ever. The only other bass I considered was a hofner violin bass.
At 17- Rickenbacker 4003 midnight blue
EB Musicman Stingray classic red
Fender Jazz
Really got into fender jazzes after playing a squier jazz with flat wound strings