2005 Musicman Stingray natural, 4 string, 3 band eq. The body was a single piece of ash. I’ve owned numerous other 4 string Stingrays, but none of them sounded as good. Nothing beats a good piece of ash!
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I had a '73 Precision that I bought brand new that I wish I had held onto. I used it for the entire two years I was playing in a Country & Western band that was on the Holiday Inn circuit ... six nights a week with only a couple of weeks off during the entire stretch. The neck was as solid as a rock and sometimes it would stay in perfect tune for a month at a time (we played those Holiday Inn lounges for a month ... sometimes two before moving onto the next one). The singer in the band owned a pre-CBS '62 Jazz bass that he brought on the road with us and let me play it when I wanted to. This is where I originally caught the pre-CBS bug (back when you could still buy them simply as used instruments and not Holy Grails) and sold that '73 P to start my vintage Fender bass collection. I did end up getting some super cool pre-CBS Ps and Js but I still think about that killer '73 P that I let go.
a sweet Ball Family Reserve mm five string. Had a solid rosewood neck, the traditional mm pickup and a jazz pickup for a great variety of tones. The thing was just so solid, looked, felt, and sounded great. But after a few months of not finding a job and then my car dying, it made sense to sell it so I could get a car to get a job and earn money and not get kicked out of my apartment.
Early in my bass playing I had one bass and got the crazy idea I needed a 4-string - no a 5-string - no a 4-string - wait, a 5-string... I should have just saved up for one of each, but in the process I sold a Carvin LB70F, which is my biggest bass regret.
It was neck through with a maple/walnut/maple/walnut/maple with mahogany body wings. The top was bookmatched curly walnut and the headstock matched. It had a 2+2 headstock, so not the beakey Carvin headstock. MM/J pickups with a 3-band preamp and blendable piezo pickups in the bridge.
Should never have sold that bass!
I remember test driving those in my college yrs thought they sounded/played like magic! Never owned one though. Great post.
My heavily modified '81 ric 4003 I learned on. Was stolen in late 80's and I'm still searching ebay and reverb hoping I can buy it back someday.
About 4 yrs ago I bought an 02 MIM jazz from a guitarist who owned it. His wife made him sell it because of his GAS for guitars. She must have had a limit.
That bass had never been played. Minty fresh.
That light blue color and it played and sounded perfect!
Traded it for a Jack Casady that I never really bonded with. Thought all Jazzes would play and sound the same but can't find any of them that I have really cared for.
That bass had never been played. Minty fresh.
That light blue color and it played and sounded perfect!
Traded it for a Jack Casady that I never really bonded with. Thought all Jazzes would play and sound the same but can't find any of them that I have really cared for.
An '86 white Steinberger XL-2. I enjoyed playing it, especially live... but, when I see what the asking prices are today, compared to what I sold it for, I usually end up calling my support group.
This is silly, but for me it's my first bass, an 80s Aria Pro II RSB in plain old white -
Literally nothing special about it, other than it was my first bass. I still wish I had never gotten rid of it.
Literally nothing special about it, other than it was my first bass. I still wish I had never gotten rid of it.
My 1971 White Ric 4001. Sold it to my brother so I could eat during college, with an understanding that I could buy it back once I was back on my feet. He refused to do so. We don't talk much anymore 
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I traded a Black '05 Stingray, and worse, a Burgundy 30 th Anniversary, if I remember correctly, Stingray neck through.
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I think that's a good bass. Japan made right? Those are really cool.
I feel like none of these "got away". Rather, you people sold them like a bad parent sells their child. I don't know how you face yourselves in a mirror.
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New Rick prices are outrageous! MIJ Fenders in good shape are like $1200.00?
1987 G&L L2500 White which had aged ever so slightly to a beautiful ivory. Maple fretboard black dots. What a bass!
Early 2000-something G&L SB-2 in Lake Placid Blue. I have yet to play another 4-string bass that felt as solid and played as effortlessly. And that pickup combination was gorgeous soloed or blended!
Early 2000-something G&L SB-2 in Lake Placid Blue. I have yet to play another 4-string bass that felt as solid and played as effortlessly. And that pickup combination was gorgeous soloed or blended!
My first bass. It was either my uncles or my moms depending on who you talk to. Was an unknown make (headstock logo got removed years before I was born) violin style from the 60s or 70s. If I could track it down I would, but I wouldn't even know where to start at this point.
Yep, it's everything, Tom. I remember eyeballing an AVRI Jazz about 5 years ago, going for about $1K*. Those are easily being asked ~50% more, now.
* Regret... I'll be going to my counseling meeting, now.
