My first was an old fender squire. It's been 10 years now. I've still got it. I can't bring myself to off it. Hopefully I can hand it over to either the baby brother(5) or sister(4) when then hit close to10 but I'll be 30 by then so who knows what will become of it.
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What did you do with your first bass?
- Thread starter Matthew_84
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I still have mine propped up against a wall behind me. It comes in handy when i feel like jamming whilst on the computer. My main bass sits in the case most the time at the moment, because I use it out a lot for practises and gigs. Hassle to take it out the case every other day.
Legacy PB400 (P bass copy)
After I got my Spector Legend 4 Classic, I strung the Legacy to BEAD to learn Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, etc til I got a 5 string. Not long after I got my Rebop 5 DLX, I borrowed it to a mate who was wanting to learn bass.
At a house party he was having, another friend, very drunk at the time, proceeded to smash it off of something, destroying the controls and leaving it with a massive hole where the input should've been. Nothing I could do about it, so me and my mates decided to just finish the job by smashing it up. One of them still has half of the pickup. :lol:
As a bass, I didn't like it much in the first place. Was nice to learn on, but the neck was far too wide and thick for me, and there was always something wrong with it, whether that be the bridge rusting up, pickups falling out of their casings, input jack coming loose, etc. And the sound was terribly muddy. Was good to learn on though, gave me an idea of what I don't want in a bass.
After I got my Spector Legend 4 Classic, I strung the Legacy to BEAD to learn Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, etc til I got a 5 string. Not long after I got my Rebop 5 DLX, I borrowed it to a mate who was wanting to learn bass.
At a house party he was having, another friend, very drunk at the time, proceeded to smash it off of something, destroying the controls and leaving it with a massive hole where the input should've been. Nothing I could do about it, so me and my mates decided to just finish the job by smashing it up. One of them still has half of the pickup. :lol:
As a bass, I didn't like it much in the first place. Was nice to learn on, but the neck was far too wide and thick for me, and there was always something wrong with it, whether that be the bridge rusting up, pickups falling out of their casings, input jack coming loose, etc. And the sound was terribly muddy. Was good to learn on though, gave me an idea of what I don't want in a bass.
Thanks for your input guys, some really interesting stuff.
I still haven't made up my mind yet, I do like the idea of giving it to someone else though. I'd feel a little guilty selling it to someone because I know what a pile it is. But giving it to a newbie is a great idea. This bass is horrible, I thought I sucked because of hard it was to play, so I practiced my ass off on it until I got decent enough to own a decent bass. When I played a proper and well-built Fender I realized I was a lot better than I thought I was. Definitely a good bass for a beginner, but I don't have the heart to take some kid's money for it.
I'll look around my area, I think I may even know someone who may be interested. Thanks again everyone.
I still haven't made up my mind yet, I do like the idea of giving it to someone else though. I'd feel a little guilty selling it to someone because I know what a pile it is. But giving it to a newbie is a great idea. This bass is horrible, I thought I sucked because of hard it was to play, so I practiced my ass off on it until I got decent enough to own a decent bass. When I played a proper and well-built Fender I realized I was a lot better than I thought I was. Definitely a good bass for a beginner, but I don't have the heart to take some kid's money for it.
I'll look around my area, I think I may even know someone who may be interested. Thanks again everyone.
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