Top 5 "Bucket List" basses

[jmon]

Ritter F8

Warwick Streamer Stage II

Alembic

Fender Custom Shop 55

Wal

 

[johnnieggg]

Dusty Hill Precision Bass. Is the only 'bucket list' bass.

I played one of those, I believe the custom shop signature one in translucent blonde, a few years ago at the Hollywood GC. Even though I am a huge ZZ Top fan, I was not super impressed. If I remember correctly, it was pretty light weight, but the tuners were hard to turn. I guess the relic job included getting the right gunk to jam up the tuners with to simulate 50 years of road house grime.

 

[Rob Leonard]

57 two color sunburst maple neck AVRI
59 three color sunburst anodized Guard
Slab neck Custom Shop
59 Aztec or Shorline gold slab neck
Custom Shop.
62 Oylimpic white AVRI Slab neck
62 Black AVRI Slab neck


Yep, all P-Basses. All American Vintage hardware and Fralin pickups.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

OK, here is my "One day before I die" bass list ....

1. A Wal MK2 or MK3

2. A Kubicki Ex Factor

3. A Rickenbacker 4005

4. 1960's Jazz bass (Pre CBS)

5. 1950's Precision bass


Your turn ....

Sorry, no bass bucket list here. I own tools and they work just fine.

 

[8liter]

Yamaha BB5000
Modulus Quantum 5
Status Buzzard B1
Jerzy Drozd

 

[packhowitzer]

Carl Thompson

 

[Maxime1980]

Hum...
In no particular order, to try and own if liked a lot : Rickenbaker, Yamaha BB734A, a real amazing fancy Fender Precision from the '70s, the Shergold bass Peter Hook wrote his Joy Division/New Order basslines, a Sterling by Music Man bass (since a lot of ppl talk about how great they are!), a Epiphone Thunderbird pro, a Squire/Fender Bass VI......and a custom bass of my desires!!!

 

[Wiremessiah]

OK, here is my "One day before I die" bass list ....

1. A Wal MK2 or MK3

2. A Kubicki Ex Factor

3. A Rickenbacker 4005

4. 1960's Jazz bass (Pre CBS)

5. 1950's Precision bass


Your turn ....

gibson cello bass
'56 hofner 500/1 with carved top
carl thompson scroll bass
custom mandocello body bass
one of these violin basses

 

[murmur70]

Stingray
Steinberger
Thunderbird
Guild B50
Dusty Hill Precision

 

[Bflat]

I finally have all of them
1935 Audiovox
1947 Budelectro
1951 Fender P
1952 Kay 162
1953 Gibson EB
I'm happy

 

[Wiremessiah]

Stingray
Steinberger
Thunderbird
Guild B50
Dusty Hill Precision

steinberger? why?

 

[BassGreaser]

1960-62 Jazz bass
JayDee Supernatural

 

[4001]

I already have a few "bucket list" basses so, if I could get just one more bass, I'd love to get my hands on an old B.C. Rich Eagle.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Yamaha BB3000 White , 2000 & 5000
MTD Saratoga 5
Reverend Mercalli 5
Moon Larry Graham Signature White
Moolon P.
Fodera Emporer

 

[BassinCT]

In no particular order:
Sadowsky NYC Super J 5-string
MTD 535
Fodera Emperor 5 bolt-on
P-Bass from early 1960's
Alembic custom, pimped-out with everything

 

[Daniel Piper]

Shooting from the hip:

Ibanez ATK w/bunker tension free neck

Reverend Rumblefish

EBMM PDN Honey roasted Ray

Warwick - Chancellor sig.

Reverend Mercalli 20th Anniversary (the only one I have in this list)

 

[wvbass]

A salmon Foundation.
I've found that with low standards I'm seldom disappointed.

I have this bass. It is fantastic! One advantage to an older, pink bass is that it definitely has seen less playing time that my sunburst Foundation. Believe it or not, any Foundation once was top of my bucket list, and now I have two.

I also have a Kubicki, and just parted with my Alembic, which are bucket listers for me and many. I also have a birth-year Precision. I have a Spector, which was definitely on that list, and is absolutely everything I hoped it would be.

I just got a Warwick Thumb 5, which was in the top slot on my remaining list.

Next is probably an old Airline/Supro Pocket Bass. I’d also still like to have a Koa Peavey Dyna Unity. Number one, though, is a solid body Guild M-85.

 

[Knavery]

1. Carl Thompson
2. Fodera
3. Pre CBS Fender
4. Sadowsky NYC
5. F Bass
6. MTD

I have had a Fodera before and received a CT direct last year. The chase is still on for the others.


I wanted to edit in a couple of others

7. Musicman
8. Modulus Sonic Hammer

Recently picked up a mm special and it is a great bass. The sonic hammer is the bass I had and gigged with through college, definitely a keeper.

Mine are almost identical:

1.) Fodera
2.) Sadowsky NYC
3.) MTD
4.) F Bass
5.) Musicman Stingray Special

 

[TheReceder]

I have this bass. It is fantastic! One advantage to an older, pink bass is that it definitely has seen less playing time that my sunburst Foundation. Believe it or not, any Foundation once was top of my bucket list, and now I have two.

I also have a Kubicki, and just parted with my Alembic, which are bucket listers for me and many. I also have a birth-year Precision. I have a Spector, which was definitely on that list, and is absolutely everything I hoped it would be.

I just got a Warwick Thumb 5, which was in the top slot on my remaining list.

Next is probably an old Airline/Supro Pocket Bass. I’d also still like to have a Koa Peavey Dyna Unity.

I've been through about a dozen Foundations. Seems I buy them, set them up and end out giving them to students or donating them to churches. Down to about 5 of them... I think? I'm absolutely destroying the market for them in my area. I'll find that pink one someday.

 

[nonohmic]

I played one of those, I believe the custom shop signature one in translucent blonde, a few years ago at the Hollywood GC. Even though I am a huge ZZ Top fan, I was not super impressed. If I remember correctly, it was pretty light weight, but the tuners were hard to turn. I guess the relic job included getting the right gunk to jam up the tuners with to simulate 50 years of road house grime.

That's the second not so good review I've heard. You may have just saved future me $6400