Mine was a Squier P bass. Still have it and play it all the time. There isnt much on it that is original anymore, I've since modded just about everything on it.
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What was your first bass guitar?
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Kramer Aerostar zx-70. Truly the cheapest of the cheap.
The pickups croaked, but I still have it in my closet.
The pickups croaked, but I still have it in my closet.
This was my exact same first bass also !Memphis P copy like this one:
That lasted a year and then I got a Gibson G3 similar to this but with a rosewood board:
My first was an Eko 700 in 1979.Unfortunately it had an accident so in 1980 I bought a 1966 Fender JB that I still have.
I wish I still had the Eko since I just discovered, according to Fetishguitar.com, that there were made only 20 of them!
I wish I still had the Eko since I just discovered, according to Fetishguitar.com, that there were made only 20 of them!
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MIA fender jazz. I bought it used from guitar center while I was working there -- the employee discount was the only way I was able to afford it. This was my first paying gig with it, winter of 2000.
One of these - bought in 1977 for $150, which was a lot of lettuce for a highschool kid:
That was my 2nd bass, bought brand new in 1980.
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A diy I made. Git some instructions from magazine or something. It was a weird bass.
Ah, the longhorn boner jazz! 1989? I had friends at GC way back, the trade in rape can lead to great deals for employees and their friends (in the old days). I worked at a telescope store, and my telescope collection is stuff I never would have been able to afford otherwise. Trade in rape is good for the employees who have first dibs.
And then, of course, Les Claypool, after probably being made aware of his intonation issues, went back to frets.
Oh, man. I want that. That there is a good looking country bass.My first own bass, bought when I was 16, was an Aria Les Paul bass from around mid/end 70s, black and shiny and with golden hardware, medium scale, exactly like this one:
Picture (c) best-vintage-guitars.de
Played, looked and sounded quite nicely. Hadn't I needed money to buy my 74 Fender Jazz a year later, I would not have parted with it.
Ah, yes. The famous "hang loose" slap technique.In 1991, my mom brought me Sam Ash to buy this Ibanez EZ series bass
Can't find any pictures of it but it was an Ayar and looked a lot like this only 4 strings instead of 6 and no PG or control plate, just knobs through the top.
Speaking of tops, at some point the top started coming unglued from the side along the lower rear bout and continued to seperate until it was about half way to the lower horn. We glued it together a couple of times, but it refused to cooperate for any length of time. It still hangs in my dad's music room. If i remember, i'll get a picture of it next time i'm down at his place.
ayar bass guitar - Google Search
Speaking of tops, at some point the top started coming unglued from the side along the lower rear bout and continued to seperate until it was about half way to the lower horn. We glued it together a couple of times, but it refused to cooperate for any length of time. It still hangs in my dad's music room. If i remember, i'll get a picture of it next time i'm down at his place.
ayar bass guitar - Google Search
