A mid 90's Samick Artist Series 5-string with a P/J configuration. I sold it years ago. Kind of wish I wouldn't have, if even just for sentimental reasons. I've thought about picking up a new one, provided I can find one for sale...miss that thing.
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What was your first bass guitar?
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I played this finger killer for 3 years back in the 60's
Another Silvertone
I played this finger killer for 3 years back in the 60's
Another Silvertone
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Everything before the Ric 4001CS is a haze....I think it was an Epiphone 4.
EDIT: Now I remember, it was a Granada they also made TV sets (and rented them). The Ontario Conservatory of music sold them when you took lessons there. It was a Gibson type hollow body, I believe (42 years ago).
EDIT: Now I remember, it was a Granada they also made TV sets (and rented them). The Ontario Conservatory of music sold them when you took lessons there. It was a Gibson type hollow body, I believe (42 years ago).
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Squire P bass. Lent and subsequently given to me from my brothers friend. When I got it the neck was severely bowed and beyond repair. But I got the action low enough to make it a "player" to start off with.
Me too! I rock an Ibby now and can't help but miss my 13 pound boat anchor! I went to go replace it earlier this year and those things are like $500 still!!!
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As Johnny Winter (or Rick Derringer) said in '73;
"Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell, but I'm Still Alive and Well"
(Randy Jo Hobbs - Bass)
I had a cheap epiphone j-bass copy that i think was called the "rock" bass. It was a birthday present from my mom. It was a metallic sparkle CAR with a black pick guard. As a teenager the color was embarrassing, but i played the snot out of that thing. My buddy told me he would refinish it years later, and still all i have is a bag of parts. 
I wish i still had it...
I wish i still had it...
Please tell us about the person in the tu-tu behind you.Don't know what it was, but here it is.
My first bass was a black/white pg/rosewood Japanese Jazz copy my old man bought me out of the Sears catalog in 1974. I was 14. It became kindling one night a few years later...
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I had a Rogue PJ bass- fretboard like an aircraft carrier, knobs whose function was never easily discernible, and an odd ringing in the jazz bass pickup that never seemed to go away. After about a year of playing the stock strings daily, I found that the reason I could never get much sound out of the E string was that the windings had unwrapped at the bridge, so I put on some EB not-so-slinky 50-110s, and played it like that for another year. I still have it laying around, with those strings still on it, as I recall.
Saw Johnny Winter here in Dallas last spring right before he died. Helped on stage and had to sit and play. Man he was frail. Dallas Guitar show.
If you lived in the 60's and 70's and remember it you weren't there!!
A red four string bass with a precision pickup that my dad said was a Kramer but I have little evidence of that being true since there is no name on the headstock. The shape of the headstock matches a Kramer and the story was that someone he knew at Kramer let him have it has they were shutting down. For all I know it could be some Asian knock off.
And I still have it, though its shoddy construction makes it unplayable.
And I still have it, though its shoddy construction makes it unplayable.
Mid 80s Westone thunder 3 P/J bought for $100 in 2011. Its more than likely that it still had the original set of strings on it. Not knowing any better I played it that way for over a year. Boy will I never forget my first string change!
A black 1988 Yamaha BB300. Still have it, and if I should ever have to get rid of my instruments, it will be the one I will keep. Dad bought it for me. Still the best neck I've ever played.
Hello... I've just joined today and I ordered my first Bass today too! It is a Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar HB in black... I have more guitars than I care to count, but I thought I'd give the low end a go and see how I get on! Lovely collection on show here!
In 1970 I traded a "new" Les Paul Gold top for a used American P-bass with a sunburst finish(it was pre-cbs). I traded that for a Hofner Fretless wonder ( sold it for $75.00) because it had a scroll headstock. I wish I had them all back now as I could pay off my mortgage and have some cash left over. LOL...
