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Pics showing you and your very 1st bass

#81
Picture taken circa 1974. My first bass was a 1967 Gibson EB3
 

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#82
actually my third bass (a p bass i bought brand new in 1969). picture taken in april '71 at the pomona fairgrounds in socal.

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same gig, but on this song i played out guitarist's '68 les paul goldtop, and he played my p bass. i just noticed that both of the chrome covers were still on it.

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#87
Found this one, dated late 1967. I was just about to turn 15 when this was taken.

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This one is from early 1968 with the same bass (Raven T2B that I rebranded with a Vox stick-on logo)

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and this one is from early 1969 with my 66 Hofner 500/1.

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TD
 
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#89
My first bass was a '79 T-40 natural. Nice paneling, eh? Extra credit for correctly guessing what the background poster is.
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...and the bass that replaced it only a year later, a '80 Ric 4001.
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I still have the Ric, and I wish I hadn't sold the T-40. I got a nice '80 SiennaBurst T-40 last year, just to make myself whole again!
 
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deutschmarc said:
sorry no pic's survived but my first bass was A Memphis p copy, I hated that bass.
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+1. I remember having a picture of me in my room and you could see the bass off to the side, from the back, but there were no action shots that I remember.
Given how lousy that bass was, I'm shocked I'm still playing!

No shots of bass # 2 either ( black Kramer Duke) but I have a bunch from bass # 3 and up. My dad was pretty good about taking pics of me practicing with my various basses over the years so I have kind of a running slideshow of basses from the early 80s till the early 90s.

I just need my stepdaughter to help with getting them into digital format.

I'll be back later today with a few to contribute.
 
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bass_lord_mutha said:
HA! I wish!!. It is actually a Lotus P-bass copy body that I took out onto my porch and 'relic-ed', an Allparts fretless P-bass neck with Hipshot pre-CBS style reverse tuners, Seymour Duncan QP pickup w/ EMG BTC control, and an aftermarket bridge cover. I had routed a J rout to make it a P+J but ended up taking out the J pickup as I liked the way it sounded with the single pickup, hence the Radial sticker covering up the rout, hehe.
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Isn't that what stickers are for? :p
 
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Instagator said:
I've posted these pictures a while back in a different thread..I guess it fits in this one.
My daughters first Bass..60's Tele...P Bass these days.:smug:
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That is a priceless photo! Even better since she's still playing! (as in, not just put in her lap for a photo) Rock on!
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