Top 10 Basses you currently own!

[mimaz]

I wont post the pictures since they are large, here are links, but

My sterling and my hh sr5 are my buddies. I have had several others that I have sold, and I still have my fender jazz (in its case, being ignored). The music mans get played.

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I REALLY like the blue-burst 5! Nice basses!

 

[mimaz]

Another day, another pic from my current top 10.....Here's my Yamaha BB3000A

 

[john turner]

thanks guys

 

[Figjam]

I REALLY like the blue-burst 5! Nice basses!

Thank you much.

 

[Ed Goode]

Well, I'm actually at 11 right now, but I wouldn't consider some of them to ever be on any Top 10 list of mine. So, here's the ones that are my keepers, in order of how totally important they are to me.

1) '86 MIJ Power Jazz Special

2) FBB #020-00 fretless 6

3) FBB #1112-06 fretted 7

4) '68 Goya fretless J

5) '04 Dean Stylist hollowbody .... a new addition but quickly becoming a favorite toy for me. I haven't even taken my own pics of it yet

The Fender MIJ is my main sweetheart. She doesn't get played all that much lately, but that bass will never be for sale. The FBB fretless 6 is the absolute best bass I've ever owned, period. It is a work of art and craftsmanship.

The other basses not shown are a '60 Kay M-1 DB, a Conklin GT-7, an Ibanez AEB10E acoustic/electric 4 string, a G&L 2500, an MIA Jazz 5, and an SX SJB-57C. Most of these, except for the DB, are scheduled for the chopping block in the immediate future ......

 

[mimaz]

Does the headstock on the MIJ Fender say "Power Jazz Special" or Power Z Jazz Special"?

We were just discussing that bass in another thread!
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292832

 

[Ed Goode]

Does the headstock on the MIJ Fender say "Power Jazz Special" or Power Z Jazz Special"?

We were just discussing that bass in another thread!
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292832

Well, it's not really a "Z" on mine, just a portion of the design that sort of looks like an extended "Z" on both sides of the word "Power" .... the G string is sort of blocking the lettering, but you can see what I mean. The design is exactly what you see on the left side of the "power" in the pic

 

[mimaz]

That looks just like mine. The reason I ask, is I seem to remember a similar bass without the "Z" part on the headstock.............or am I just nuts?

(They said there would be flashbacks, but at this point I'm thinking I got ripped off!)

 

[pickles]

I can't rank these in order, I love them all equally, which is a cool position to be in! I don't own a bass that I don't love right now.

Lakland 55-94. Interestingly, I wanted something that combined the best qualities of mimaz's #1 and #2 (I've had a couple of each), and this is it. At once modern and old school, its the perfect 5 for my eclectic tastes. Very sensitive dynamics allow me to hear all of my playing nuance on the gig, which makes me play better.

1971 Precision, natural with rosewood. Recent acquisition. So sweet in the highs and solid where it counts. An almost hollowbody-like resonance, really light weight.

1996 '62 RI Precision with Duncan Hot pickup. More of a strait ahead rock bass, really strong sounding with spank and cut in the highs. Sits perfect with grainy guitars and loud drums.

Hamer cruise USA 2-tek. I can't find a J-bass I like better than this. I tried some other pickups and ended up back with the stock set. Very punchy, grindy, and cutting ... less boomy than most J-basses.

2005 LE Sterling. Simply the best Sterling I've ever layed hands on. Every note on the neck has an even, solid growl. I bought this from a Tber, in a moment of stupidity I sold this to a local TBer, he sold it to another local TBer, I found out and conned the 4th owner into selling it back to me. Still has my strings on it

Fat beams on the P-basses, hi-beams on everything else.

 

[Fuzzbass]

My current stable:

#1 Sadowsky NYC P5
#1 Benavente 51 model 5 (single wide pickup)
#1 Benavente 51 model 5 (dual slim pickups)
#1 Fender RB5
#1 Fender RB5
#2 EB Music Man Sabre (#2 only because it has just 4 strings)

 

[lbpark]

1. Fender P
2. Wal Mk1 fretted
3. Acacia Custom
4. Wal Mk1 fretless
5. Warwick SSII
6. Guild Starfire I
7. Spector NS1
8. Neuser Courage
9. Fender J
10. Yamaha BB1200

 

[Loel]

at the moment only lakland duck dunn-p
the workhorse
the other 9 have been divorced

 

[ThumbyAche]

Well I don't own 10 basses (are you guy's all single)?....

Here are my 4:

F-Bass BN5 in Black
GFC L5 (F-Bass) in cherry sunburst
Modulus VJ in 3 tone sunburst
Vintage G&L L-series (moded) in original trans teal

 

[mimaz]

A nearly identical twin to #7, my current #8 is my fretless Yamaha, a BB300AF

 

[LookIt'sSteve17]

My Current #1 (with pickguard thrown carelessly aside):

#2:

And my poor neglected Jazz:

Saving for numbers 4-10 every day.

 

[tplyons]

1. Fender Marcus Miller Jazz w/ Precision Neck
2. Fender USA FSR 70's Precision
3. Fender USA Precision Fretless
4. Fender MIM Jazz w/ Flats
5. Hamer CH-12

 

[Alistair R]

Don't own 10, some day will do.

1. Musicman Stingray 5
2. Fender MIA Deluxe P

 

[JacksonsMen]

Spector ReBop 5 active
Fender P passive
Fender J with P neck passive
Fender P with MM pup active (18v audere)
OLP MM 4 passive

oh, wait, thats all i own...

if i could fill out the list right now:
Spector USA Bolt on 6 (clone of my ReBop with a 6th string)
Peavey Grind 6
Roscoe SKB3006
Warwick Thumb 6
EBMM Ltd Ed stingray 4

can ya tell im gassing for a 6 string?

 

[mimaz]

Here's #9, my '80's Fender Power Z Jazz Bass Special

 

[TNF]

My top 10 would be:

'78 Gibson RD Artist
'83 MM Cutlass I
'93 G&L LB-100
'86 Rickenbacker 4003
'78 Gibson RD Artist
'00 G&L ASAT
'02 G&L L-2000
'04 Ibanez Artcore Singlecutaway


There's still room for a Wal, and a Jaguar.