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What is your least played bass?
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Ibanez 6-string.
I mostly play my Guild Starfires, followed by the Reverend Dub King, with the Fender Mustang coming in a distant third.
I mostly play my Guild Starfires, followed by the Reverend Dub King, with the Fender Mustang coming in a distant third.
My LTD semihollow. I bought it for a gig that the pandemic killed and haven't exactly needed it otherwise. Nice enough bass though. It sits up in our other place so I have a bass up there.
My Warmoth fretless because.....I never get calls to bring a fretless.My Yamaha fretless, because .....fretless.
Ampeg Little Stud, defretted by previous owner, doesn't really work as a fretless. I keep telling myself that I'll teach myself to re-fret it. When I have time. 
My modded Dean Stylist. Although I use it on live gigs a couple times a year it's typically positioned on a stand between the music & TV rooms.
For the past year I've barely touched my my G&L JB, for two reasons. First, after a long time with no band or gigs, I felt like playing my older basses to recall my previous return to playing back in 2002. Second, I've preferred a five for my latest string of gigs, which has again sidelined the JB—along with my Fender J and G&L SB-2.
It's weird, because the JB has generally been my favorite four stringer for the stage. It's a phenomenal bass.
It's weird, because the JB has generally been my favorite four stringer for the stage. It's a phenomenal bass.
I only play a few (DB, a 70s-style J, and a fretless 6), and the rest sit, like a museum. I have several of little practical use for me: 76 Fender P, 87 MIJ Fender P/J fretless, Tribby L2500, SBMM Ray 4.
Warwick Thumb NT. Many years ago, my daughters wanted to attend an Al Jankovic concert so we went and the bass player look amazingly cool with his Warwick. I bought mine on an impulse the next week and after a short time I realized the neck dive, the baseball bat neck shape, the body countor that does not allow you to play it while seated, etc. were too much for me and I rarely use it.
My modded Yamaha RBX-250 I added
a 24 fret neck, repositioned the bridge, the intonation is spot on, sound good it really doesn't get any play these days…. I may yank the frets on the next round.
a 24 fret neck, repositioned the bridge, the intonation is spot on, sound good it really doesn't get any play these days…. I may yank the frets on the next round.
Univox "Lucy" bass:
Can't remember the last time I played it. Looks awfully purdy on the wall, tho ...
Can't remember the last time I played it. Looks awfully purdy on the wall, tho ...
1991 Gibson Thunderbird.
Because it's heavy and doesn't sound great. It's also has a hum / buzz noise I haven't found yet.
Because it's heavy and doesn't sound great. It's also has a hum / buzz noise I haven't found yet.
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Same here. I picked up my mapleglo Rickenbacker 4003 back in 2011 or thereabouts, it was the first proper bass that I purchased after decades of gearlust. It got a lot of play as my main bass for a few years, but I gravitated to other instruments and now it's been cased since maybe 2018. Normally I'm quick to part with gear that I'm not using, but I just can't pull the trigger on selling the this one.
It's not the Ric's fault. I play fretless, exclusively, now.
What is your least played bass?
least played:
- not because it's red.
- not because it's a P-bass.
- not because it's passive.
.....because it's my "warm up" ax --- meant to punish my hands and fingers (the neck is fatter than all the rest!) so that any other ax i own/play feels wonderful by comparison!
it's so much fun, i play it on purpose! 
i love this ax --- but it's the "least played" --- a few hours every few weeks.....although looking at it = makes me want to play it more 
....
least played:
- not because it's red.
- not because it's a P-bass.
- not because it's passive.
.....because it's my "warm up" ax --- meant to punish my hands and fingers (the neck is fatter than all the rest!) so that any other ax i own/play feels wonderful by comparison!
it's so much fun, i play it on purpose! i love this ax --- but it's the "least played" --- a few hours every few weeks.....although looking at it = makes me want to play it more ....
Considering the number of years I've owned it, my pristine (early) '66 Jazz.
It has a lot of sentimental value to me.
Oddly, my '67 (as I call it, to distinguish them, but all parts dated '66) is my most ever played Bass.
I think that's how I justified it - "I'm going to play the hell out of this one, and "save" the other one".
No Pictures - Don't even look at it!
30 minutes or less.
Give it a shot - You've got nothing to lose....
It has a lot of sentimental value to me.
Oddly, my '67 (as I call it, to distinguish them, but all parts dated '66) is my most ever played Bass.
I think that's how I justified it - "I'm going to play the hell out of this one, and "save" the other one".
No Pictures - Don't even look at it!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006NDPLW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
30 minutes or less.
Give it a shot - You've got nothing to lose....
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My two 4 string basses - a 1973 Precision and a 1982 Ibanez Musician MC924. I only keep them for sentimental reasons. Both have done their part and are now resting quietly. Of the four 5 string basses that I play, the Ibanez SR655 gets the least time. It plays and sounds great but I find the Ibanez SR series unattractive to look at and that's enough for me to grab a different bass. I only bought it when a previous bass had a stripped truss rod and I needed something quickly.
The other three are two home made FSOs that I really enjoy plus a sort of FSO that was made for me. They're all solid basses and go to gigs.
The other three are two home made FSOs that I really enjoy plus a sort of FSO that was made for me. They're all solid basses and go to gigs.
