I got my first bass 49 years ago and sold it 47 years ago. That started a trend of buying and selling that has lasted a lifetime.
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Still own your first bass?
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I do. Though I'm considering lately to get rid of both my basses, and putting towards something with better quality.
My first was an Ibanez GSR200, it wasn't a bad instrument but I didn't know how to do a proper set-up and it was a constant fight.
Upgraded to a nicer IbanezSRA550 (that came set-up) and traded the GSR200 to a kid to detail my wife's car.
Don't really miss it, upon getting the new bass I discovered I was much better than I thought.
Upgraded to a nicer IbanezSRA550 (that came set-up) and traded the GSR200 to a kid to detail my wife's car.
Don't really miss it, upon getting the new bass I discovered I was much better than I thought.
My daughter has my first bass. She still uses it once in a while. I see it around but have no interest in playing it.
The longest I've ever held on to a bass so far is about 5 years. So, not a chance I still have my first bass. I don't grieve for it either. Different story about my second one, a '74 3TSB/Maple Precision. Still can't believe how dumb I was to part with that one, even if I did get two near-collectible 6-strings and a stereo system for it.
No, I don't. I had an Epiphone P copy that was actually a pretty nice bass. It played better and in some ways sounded better than the Fender P that replaced it as my main player. But I essentially traded it in when I bought an Alembic. In some ways, it would be nice to still have it, but I doubt I'd play it much. If someone out there is still playing it somewhat regularly, I'd rather it stayed in those hands.
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
Here is my first bass a late 60's Greco Beatle bass (left) about ten years ago I found another in mint condition (right)
Yep. Still have mine. 72 P that I bought used in 84. I am the second owner. It has been my main bass ever since and now finds comfortable rotation with my 92 J, and my 86 Charvel 3C. Everything is stock except the PG and the Hipshot D-Tuner. (Still have the original tuning key though), and the original PG, which got damaged in a mosh pit when my cord got ripped out. Loved the 80's!!!
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Sold my first bass, an SX Jazz (no regrets), but my second bass (Peavey USA Millennium 4) is still my #1. Traded my third bass, a Fender Mustang reissue toward my amp/cab as I didn't like the short scale as much as I thought I would. I donated an '80's Westone to a church - I picked it up cheap at a pawn shop. I'm at 5 basses, but I think at some point I'll probably pare it down to 2 when I finally get around to having a bass made with wood from my backyard.
Yeah, I do have mine. It is a cheap circa 1970 no name Japanese violin bass. It was the only bass I had for a long time. The pots are scratchy and the pickup selector switch is dodgy but it does still work. I don't know that I have any reason to make any real use of it now although I could if I wanted to. It is in fair to good condition cosmetically after all these years. The craftsman is pretty decent for the most part even if the "scroll" on the headstock is a perfunctory afterthought. Inflation being what it is even though it certainly was cheap in its day and not without its charms the same inflation adjusted dollars would buy you a nice MIM or mid grade Ibanez today and you would certainly prefer the modern instruments.
okcrum
in your chest
Don't have mine. I gave it to a really good 14 yo guitar player. It fit him better than me - 32" scale Hag.
Old Epiphone 5120 bought for $50 in 1973. Replaced a bridge and am having a pickup rewound. The neck is collapsing slowly, as they were apparently wont to do, but it still plays. Has a nice hollowbody, short-scaled thump to it.
I still have "both" of my first basses.
The first bass I bought is a 2007 CIJ Fender Aerodyne. Love it to pieces, finish-chips and all.
But the first bass that screamed "BUY MEEEEE!!" was a Squier Standard Precision Bass Special…specifically, in the satin pewter finish with the matching headstock. (I'm SUCH a sucker for matching/painted headstocks!) However, I couldn't find any since they'd been discontinued a few years before.
During my initial search, I came across the 'Dyne for a fantastic price and snapped it up (I'd also fallen in love with them while doing my initial research). But I was still jonesing for that P-Bass Special. After six months of determined scouring of the web, I finally found one…and violá, she was mine.
Save for a Hipshot Drop-D tuner on the 'Dyne and some black pickguard screws for the P-Bass Special, both are bone-stock. It would take some truly awful turn of events for me to even consider selling them.
The first bass I bought is a 2007 CIJ Fender Aerodyne. Love it to pieces, finish-chips and all.
But the first bass that screamed "BUY MEEEEE!!" was a Squier Standard Precision Bass Special…specifically, in the satin pewter finish with the matching headstock. (I'm SUCH a sucker for matching/painted headstocks!) However, I couldn't find any since they'd been discontinued a few years before.
During my initial search, I came across the 'Dyne for a fantastic price and snapped it up (I'd also fallen in love with them while doing my initial research). But I was still jonesing for that P-Bass Special. After six months of determined scouring of the web, I finally found one…and violá, she was mine.
Save for a Hipshot Drop-D tuner on the 'Dyne and some black pickguard screws for the P-Bass Special, both are bone-stock. It would take some truly awful turn of events for me to even consider selling them.
Yeah, I still have my first. When purchased in 1978, it was an Aspen (Japanese) P knock-off. It eventually became a testbed for various upgrades and homebrew mods, including onboard preamp experiments. I guess it's not really a "bass" anymore.
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Yeah, I still have my first. When purchased in 1978, it was an Aspen (Japanese) P knock-off. It eventually became a testbed for various upgrades and homebrew mods, including onboard preamp experiments. I guess it's not really a "bass" anymore.
Oh, the horrors unleashed upon Mankind when Science, unshackled by the reins of Morality, runs amok!
Have you no shame, sir? No sense of decency?! 
Yeah, I still have my first. When purchased in 1978, it was an Aspen (Japanese) P knock-off. It eventually became a testbed for various upgrades and homebrew mods, including onboard preamp experiments. I guess it's not really a "bass" anymore.
Sorta reminds me of Pavlov's dog.
I bought my first bass in the late 1980's. Didn't know a thing, but I remember the store owner had two in my incredibly cheap price range - a hairband-looking model, and a black P-bass. He said I'd be happier with the P-bass, so I bought it, played it a few years, and put it away for about 20 years. In the last few years I've gotten back into bass (play almost daily, have started to gig, have 6 basses total now), but I still keep gravitating back to this cheap JB Player P-bass that I bought so many years ago. It sounds and feels great to me - even if it isn't a brand to show off. I must have gotten lucky (and thank you to that store owner).
godofthunder59
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Sure do! a 1960s Klira 356 violin bass, great little bass made right down the road from Hofner. I own three now my first is on the right I years ago "improved" it with Gibson SB pickups. I can clearly remember the day my dad took me to buy it, the bass means the world to me.
