What bass do u regret not having any more?

[Crater]

I'm mainly a guitar player, but there's a couple of basses I let go over the years that I regret:

1) Early 80's Hondo II P-bass copy, ash body(?) with natural finish, maple fingerboard. My younger brother gave it to me after he quit playing, I loaned to our lead singer and he became our bass player, and then surprise, surprise the instrument disappeared. :scowl: heroin sucks

2) Yamaha BB-GS4II or something. This was more recent. I hastily bought a used bass off Craigslist, it was about $200 something with a cheap Behringer wedge amp. I sold the amp but kept the bass for about a year. A 4 stringer with 2 active yammy-brand soapbar pickups and 2-band preamp. It was my first active bass, and I was shocked at how different it sounded. Loud, bright and deep at the same time, it sounded kind of harsh to me, especially since I was still playing with a pick at that time. I finally learned to dial back both the treble and bass on the preamp to get the warm, more p-bass like tone.

But I never made complete peace with the active electronics and the Yammy's rather wide and thick neck, so I sold it for about what I paid for it. But there's time I wish I still had it because none of my other basses have quite the same tone.

 

[datsaxguy]

Nordy VJ4, that's the one that got away for sure and don't even play 4 bangers.

 

[armybass]

Honestly.....I have owned some great vintage gear and some nice high end as well as just some fantastic EBMM and modern Fenders..... but the bass I reall miss the most right now was a sweet 80's Ibanez RB800 I had a year or so ago and a Ibanez Verdine White that I had several years ago..... seriously.

 

[MegaSwing]

My first Precision. 3TSB, maple neck, tort pg, early 70s. She was bad. Then there was a beat-up 70s Precision I bought in the 90s that looked like it had been abused in all 50 states—finished stripped off, neck bleached from playing—what a sound it had. They were the only things I ever wish I had back...

except for all the money.

 

[troy mcclure]

All of them...lol
67 Fender Coronado ( My 1st Fender)
Kramer Duke
Rick 4001
Fender Parts bass 76 Jazz neck on a 61 P body w/ a Badass, (This was my main bass for my teenage years)
Alembic Stanley Clarke ( Sold 2 years ago for a down payment on a car when my job took away our company cars. I didn't play it out cause it was too heavy and valuable to me but it played like butter.

 

[RSNG]

I've only sold two of the basses I've owned.

I had a beautiful birds eye maple 1979 BC Rich Mockingbird that I bought new. It was a work of art, and very beautiful. But it was heavy, had awful neck dive, and I didn't really like the way it sounded. I only had it around 6 months. I've never really missed it, but it would be fun to have now, and collectable.

I had a late 70s Fender Jazz that I bought from a guy for $250. It was from a real low period for Fenders. It was a Walnut color, with the bound maple fretboard and pearl block inlays, and black pickguard. I only bought it because it was almost new, and it was a good deal. But, I never liked it. I sold it after I bought a new Fullerton reissue Jazz in the early 80s. Considering what I sold it for, I should have just kept it. I had no idea that that particular era for Jazz bases would ever be sought after, or reproduced. I guess Geddy Lee had something to do with the popularity of that model.

 

[tmdazed]

Believe it or not , my old Epiphone accubass. it was beat to hell but i knew my way around it like i do my wife ( so I guess I was happy , but the bass was frustrated and unsatisfied LOL) i traded it for an older model Yammaha fretless 5, love playing it too , but should have bought it outright instead of trading the black bass of doom for it.

Older picture, back of the body was damn near bare of paint and the first four frets were almost level with the fretboard when i traded it off, should have had it re fretted and kept it , it fit like an old shoe, classic fender styling without the crappy neck and with better pickups (Seymor Duncans)

 

[Thumper]

Any of my 3 Roscoe 5ers, sadly enough I can't afford to replace them since the price has gone up $600-$700 (used) since I had had them. Also the Elrick singlecut fretless.

 

[MD]

I've sold one instrument over the past 40 years, an Ibanez SR1206. Couldn't get rid of it fast enough. See ya!