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What did you play back when... Nostalgia

stepswork4me

stepswork4me

Mar 29, 2010
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Across the creek from Cinci
#1
We all have those fond, and not so fond, memories of yesteryear. Share with us what bass you played and why you played it. Let's just have a little fun...

I'll go first...

I played this GTX for a few years...
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It was the coolest looking thing I could afford at 13. It played ok but the sound was as thin as could be.

I then upgraded to this Samick...
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I know :eyebrow: stupid monkey face. I loved this bass. It was a nice player, had a good sound, and the Saturn inlays were just cool to me at 17. What can I say, I was playing Death Metal... :bassist:Link Removed :bassist:
 
#2
I can't remember if it was a Regis or a St George - but it was strung with some oddball oval strings that were flattened in the cross section.

Flat on top and bottom and rounded on the sides.

::: like this only laying down ---> 0

It was powerful - but what did I know in 1961? That was a long time ago.

For some reason I believe it was a five-stringer too. Maybe.

Odd how some things get blurry in my photographic mind.

Must've used cheap film.
 
#9
In '73 I began w/a '73 Kingston. Dual PU (single-coils?) with slanted rectangular poles sticking through wood covers with chrome surrounds. It wore a black (or was it blue?) pg with red pin-stripes laid atop a tobacco burst. It was cool!

After several years, I moved onto ablack n maple Fender J wearing a tuxedo with black dots and strings. That was cool too!

(sigh) I miss them both..
 
#12
1st singleneck was bicentenial issue 1970's gibson thbundrbird bought new. Clumsy bass with limited good for me sounds. 1st doubleneck which was also first electric guitar was gibson EBO/SG doubleneck. Bass side was the weak side sound qaulikty wise. After that was BC Rich's, Washburns, Guild Pilot, as basses played thru the 80's.
 
#14
I started playing in high school in 1987 with a B.C. Rich Warlock and a Gorilla "toy" amp.
I remember playing "Sweet Child 'O Mine" in the talent show my senior year with that bass.
However, I spent 99% of my time playing Metallica songs.
I upgraded to an Aria Pro II SB 2 Elite when I went to college, and got a Randall 60-watt 15" combo amp. It just kept getting better from there...
 
#15
My first gigged-with bass was a white 5-sided egg-shaped VOX with the ultra-skinny neck and the built-in fuzz, bass boost and G-tuner effects. I found a pic, it was called the Vox Delta IV. Loved that bass!

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My first seriously-gigged bass was an 70's Ibanez Ric copy. Looked pretty good, sounded pretty good, but the sharp top edge of the bound body gave me a damn near permanent red slash mark on my right forearm...
OUCHHH!!
I wound up trying to wear a wrist band halfway up my forearm to pad it, but that never really worked. Suffered through most of 1975 to 1977 with it, and it certainly cured me of EVER wanting anything Ric-like again... or ANY bass without a forearm contour.
 
#16
My second bass was an Aria 1931. It's the blonde one.

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It was actually very nice, and rather collectible these days, but I had no idea about that at the time. I traded it for a POS Washburn strat copy when, during my teenage years, I realized that I could play lead guitar better than anybody else in my high school. This was like 1995-ish.

My very first bass was some horrible P-bass copy that was refinished in pink/black speckle paint.
 

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