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What was your first bass guitar?

Mine was an Ibanez SR400, Jewel Blue.

At a gig early on, a fellow bass player in another band borrowed it because the electronics shorted out on his bass. He broke the D string on mine and replaced it with a steel wound but didn't tell me about it. Like I wouldn't notice that it didn't match my nickel wound set... :rollno: lol
 
Vox semi-hollowbody teardrop bass, very much like [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. Except a previous owner had yanked the neck pickup and shoehorned a Gibson EB-0 humbucker in there, ruining whatever classic value it had. Still, it was cool to learn on. :bassist:
 
This bastard.

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Still got it!
It's almost unplayable to me. But, whatever. Sounds good!