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What did you do with your first bass?

#81
mine was a 75 blonde and ash Fender Jazz. I tricked it out, but alas, I wore through the frets and most of the clear coat was gone. I played it to death and sold it for $500 to buy books in grad school. I was playing a 6 string I built at the time. should have kept it. :( but no regrets. I cut my teeth on that bass and it was a fine player.
 
#82
My first bass was an EB3 short scale. It never really sounded good to me, but I resisted any urge to "improve" it. I sold it to my youngest sisters wonderful boyfriend. He actually took lessons and learned to play.

:crying::bawl::crying::bawl::crying: He was robbed and killed. The bass was among his belongings taken. So far as I know, killers were never found, bass never recovered. :bawl::crying::bawl::crying::bawl::crying::bawl:
 
#84
I wish I still had mine. I traded mine for a friends first guitar. I then let it sit for years and ended up selling it at a yard sale for like 30 bucks or some **** like that.
15 years later, I met my friend and we never mention ed each others instruments. We don't talk anymore.
 
#85
I gave it away to a girl in high school who wanted to learn to play bass.
It was a Univox violin Beatle copy and always had electronic issues anyway.
Later on she told me she was a chanter (nam myoho renge kyo) and had chanted for a bass for months. Hmmmmmm..........

Not too sad it was gone -- by that time I had a Gibson EB-3
 
#86
My first bass was a 1980 Rickenbacker 4001 in black

Used it as my main instrument until I got my hands on a Spector NS2 in '88

Sold that Rick to my son's friend for $200 cuz it was pretty beat up and my playing style had outgrown it...
 
#88
ryco said:
I gave it away to a girl in high school who wanted to learn to play bass.
It was a Univox violin Beatle copy and always had electronic issues anyway.
Later on she told me she was a chanter (nam myoho renge kyo) and had chanted for a bass for months. Hmmmmmm..........

Not too sad it was gone -- by that time I had a Gibson EB-3
Click to expand...

She should have chanted for a nicer bass ;)

A bunch of different sects practice that chant. Some IMO twist things in order to recruit followers but others do not.

Peace,
S
 
#89
Hohner B2A that refused to be a Steinberger no matter how much I wished it would. It wasn't a bad bass to learn on, but once I got my Music Man I never touched it again.

I gave it away, no regrets.
 
#92
Mine's a Peavey Milestone II, sunburst. I still have it, and it actually beats out my Spector CRFM 5 for most used bass. In fact, I just bought another one in red really cheap. I turned the new one into a fretless, and I'm loving it. It sounds especially nice with flatwounds. The first one currently has DR's Marcus Miller signature strings on it, and they're great, but I'm seriously considering flats next time.

Anyway, I still love my first bass despite owning a newer, much more expensive (purportedly "nicer") bass.
 
#93
My first bass was a Squier VM jazz that someone put a decal on and was trying to pass it off as a Fender on Craigslist. I called him on it and wound up picking it up for $100. I modded the hell out of it and it is still hanging on the wall.
 
#96
My first bass was a no-name piece of garbage "P" style bass. I covered it with stickers, then sanded it down and rattle canned it. Eventually I traded it in towards a new head. Which also sucked. That head didn't last long until I traded it in towards my brand spank'in new SWR SM-500. So, in spirit I still have my first bass... just not the actual bass.

I don't miss it. It sucked and I was happy to upgrade.
 
#97
After sitting around and not being played for almost ten years I got my Yamaha BBN4 de-fretted and added an Aguilar pre and some Duncan pickups. Its not a very pretty bass but it sounds good and is a lot of fun to play. Its my only fretless and I am honestly not very good at playing it yet but its a lot of fun to stomp the octave pedal and play like Pino.
 
#99
As stated in an earlier post I sold my first bass, but I still have my first 6 string electric, an Antoria 993 made in about 1961 which I swapped for a reel to reel tape deck in about 1969.

I have it strung for slide and play it regularly. It has a mahogany body and a neck like a baseball bat with a flat and frets but I would not sell it.
 

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