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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
- Thread starter smperry
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Been through almost 50, may have had 11 at certain points but my current cap is 10. They're all different and they all earn their keep.
There are things I would like to try, particularly a good 2-band Stingray. But it's hard enough to keep these 10 busy in the current live music climate. Maybe in a few years when the scene recovers fully and I have less family obligations, I could expand to 11 or 12 BGs for a while.
- '78 P neck w/ Warmoth body & Lollar pickup. Sometimes it bores me, sometimes it's exactly what is needed.
- Allparts J neck w/ Warmoth body & Lollar pickups: the Tone King.
- '78 Musicmaster w/ red Lace Sensor pickup. These things really roar and bite. (I sold another vintage Musicmaster and pledged not to make that mistake again.)
- Ovation ABG. I thought it would be one of those toys the bandmates ask you leave at home, but it thrives in a surprising number of situations. Some clients even ask for it specifically!
- Yamaha BB5000AF. Unlined fretless, W I D E neck, just the way I like it. I don't care for the monotonous blue finish, but I love the way it plays & sounds. (The best implemented active electronics I've ever encountered; sounds perfect with everything on the center detents.)
- Dingwall Afterburner I 6-string. You don't see a lot of passive 6-strings. This has the best low and high register I've ever tried. I currently have flats on it.
- 2013 Gibson EB-5. It's like my fantasy pawn shop score; if someone had made a wide 5-string in the 1960s, it would look & feel like this.
- Kay 162 reissue. Has a distinctly wooden, thump-y sound. Good for old-school salsa and jazz.
- Warwick Streamer Stage I 5-string. The neck is ridiculously wide and chunky and I love it for that. Has an irrepressible growl. Doesn't do "vintage" very well but it does the heck out of "modern"!
- Roscoe Century Standard Plus P/J 5-string. It's the 5-string workhorse. Covers every sound I need it to, plays like butter and responds as desired in every register.
There are things I would like to try, particularly a good 2-band Stingray. But it's hard enough to keep these 10 busy in the current live music climate. Maybe in a few years when the scene recovers fully and I have less family obligations, I could expand to 11 or 12 BGs for a while.
I thought I would throw in the amps & speakers too.
- Jun 30, 2010
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Small world! My high-school 'combo' (quartette) played the Offutt AFB officers club a few times. (top 40) We actually had a booking agent back then.
Yah, the Bowden Spaceliner is a very sought after collectable. A basic bicycle with a colour-dyed fiberglass shell - the type where you could see the fibers. My family (5 kids) was middle-class and whatever it cost then was too expensive to even consider. My dad built our bikes from parts he got for free or cheap.
Just looked it up; $89.50 in 1960 - the most expensive bicycle ... in the world then.
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Wow! You have quite a collection my friend. My favorite in this group is the black reverse headstock...red comes in a close second.
Cheers!
Currently, I have my first bass which is a Rogue LX400, an LTD B155, a Squier Precision with a jazz neck, an SX short scale jazz bass that has been modified with a guitar pickup in the neck position, an Ammoon jazz knockoff, and an LTD AP-5. I'll be moving soon and will most likely be looking to let go most of them because of space. The AP-5 and the Squier are the only instruments that see any real play time, and I'm strangely attached to the Ammoon so I might take it to work and leave it with the band teacher for the few times I need to fill in with the school band. The other three might find new homes relatively soon, same with a bunch of guitars I have.
Currently have some fun with these good Americans!
Three of the four shown here I personally made, with the rose gold P bass being the most recent and most played. Not shown are my geddy lee jazz, 64' warmoth jazz build, and a mystery P bass I bout for $75, sold, and bought back 4 years later for $300
Since typing lacks a voice it was a comment based on the US made Patriot models pictured so just say 'Murca in whatever voice in your head you prefer. Made sense with the voice in my head which had a hoo-rah tone. Many will work. The Team America theme voice is also ok but the verbage isn't allowed.
info on these 3 in my sig..
latest addition is the Epi T-bird...not sure if I love it yet
latest addition is the Epi T-bird...not sure if I love it yet
90’s N series Am Fender PBj 4 string
2006 MIG Warwick Corvette STD 5 string
That’s all folks.
