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What was your first bass guitar?

#883
Very first was some kind of cheap generic brand righty that I reversed to play lefty , have no idea who or what.

Shortly after , around 1970, got a Hofner McCartney type which was also a righty that I reversed. It never played well as a lefty and the slider buttons were a hazard so I sold it.

First "real" lefty was a Fender J around 71. In 72 I traded it away and got the lefty 67 P which was instant love from the minute i picked it up. Still have that P.
 
#884
First is a Global (marketed by Montgomery Ward, among others) Jazz Bass copy, with a vee-neck, Select by EMG humbuckers (it was still a POS, but a nice playing POS):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19652150@N02/1949662027/

Then (19 years later -- hey, I was the local g**tar hero, who needed a bass?) a Carvin LB20, solid mahogany and DiMarzio Model J pickups:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19652150@N02/1949653905/

Turns out, me and 24-fret necks don't get along. I gigged with the Carvin, and did a lot of recording when a bass part became necessary, but then I was gigging with some folkies and it looked out of place with the banjos and mandolins, so I got an Ibanez ABG 5-string (added La Bella Deep Talkin' Bass nylon tape wounds:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19652150@N02/1949644421/in/set-72157603061319197/

Well, it was marginal too, and then I got a full time gig as a bass player, so I got a Tribute by G&L L2000 (fine bass, too):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19652150@N02/1950493862/

But the guys in the band weren't satisfied (neither was I) and there was a need for something with more personality:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19652150@N02/1949662523/

Somebody said split-coil Precisions were the way to go, so I bought a slab-body Squier II for a song (note the Global with the original pickups in the back):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19652150@N02/1949659361/

That was a lot closer, so I traded it and the Global and the Carvin for a Classic 50s P:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19652150@N02/1950498494/

Then a trade opportunity came along and I acquired a MIM Standard Jazz fretless in exchange for the L2000:
(guess I haven't uploaded this one yet)

And finally, when the band objected to my playing a Jazz (when what they wanted was a Precision) on songs where a fretless was called for, I built this Standard FSR P with a fretless Warmoth neck:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19652150@N02/2068468907/in/set-72157603061319197/

Oh yeah: what was the question?
 
#885
First Bass: Peavey T-40 4-string.
First amp was a Polytone Mini-Brute IV.

Newest Bass: Modulus Quantum 5 with a Burl Myrtle top, Bartolinis, NTMB with mods by Mike Lull.
It goes through a head in a 4-space SKB rack case that contains: Trace-Elliot V-Type preamp -> DBX266XL 2-ch compressor -> Stewart PA1000 power amp w/dual mono -> Carvin RL210T & Carvin RL118 cabs.
Best sound I have ever had.
 
#886
'77 Fender P-bass (Walnut/Rosewood) bought new around 1978. Played it for around 17 years before I bought another bass. Still have it.

Have since added: 1995 Washburn AB30; 1998 Warwick Thumb N/T 4; all original 1969 Fender Jazz; 2006 Warwick SSII P-Nutt 5; 2007 Lakland BG with P/J configuration and J-taper neck with maple FB.

Have never sold a bass.
 
#887
My first was a used late 70's black and white Rick 4001, just like Geddy's. I bought it from Jack's Music in Red Bank, NJ for around $620.00 or so, back in 1981 or 82...and yeah, I wish I still had it.

I also bought a 1978 P-Bass from a friend of mine about a year after that. I customized that one with a BADASS bridge, EMG pickups and Phil Kubicki rosewood on maple neck... and yeah, I wish I still had that one too.

My current and only bass at this time is a white 1988 Steinberger XL-2A. I love this guitar, but I am giving serious consideration to selling it and getting the updated Geddy Jazz when it becomes available sometime later this year; though I am sure that 10 years from now I'll probably be saying... I wish I still had it.
 
#890
Ibanez GSR200. Now Roscoe SKB3006.

I've gone through quite a few basses (around 20), and I've always kept the Ibanez, and it doesn't play any worse than when I first got it. It's cheaper than my Stingray, or Spectors, but playing better basses didn't make it worse. It's just as good as I thought it was when I first got it.
 
#893
First: 1960s-something Hagstrom labeled as a "Cromwell" on the headstock, red with white scratch plate, that I bought for $25 in 1971. Lost it during a move about 10 years ago

Now: 1967 Gibson EB-3 bought NOS in 1973. I also have a Holbein DB, which I bought just recently.

Between then and now I had a 1980s Steinberger-copy Cort, which I gave to my son, and he still has it.
 
#894
First bass was a 1965 Kay Les-Paul style purchased from Sears with a Silvertone 1x15 amp. It was 2-pickup short-scale model. I've seen a lot of single-pickup models on EBay, but never a two-pickup. Next was a 32-inch scale Gagliano that was an Italian-made version of the Hofner P-bass style solid body. It used Hofner electronics (staple-top PUPS and three-swicth EQ like the Beatle bass) and hardware. I now have a Lakland 55-94.
 

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