What was your first bass guitar?

[Craig_S]

My first bass was a '73 Fender Jazz. I bought it from a pawn shop, for $450, in '81. It was stolen in '82.

 

[SamTheButcher]

1981 Aria Pro II TSB 350 "Thor Sound".
I still noodle with it once in a while.

 

[dean owens]

my first bass was a cheap harmony bass. and when i say cheap i mean cheap. if it had a truss rod, it didn't work. and i swear, the neck must have been made of rubber. because of the bendiness of the neck and the lack of a truss rod, the action was at least a half inch high. but what was cool was i could hit a note and pull back on my neck for a little whammy bar effect.

i don't have it anymore. shortly after i got it my parents split. my dad filed bankruptcy, which caused my mom to have to file (they were still married). we still had a load or two to get out of the house but didn't make it back over. in that last load was my first bass. oh well.

my first "real" bass was a fender mustang... which after 16 or 17 years of owning it, i'm finally selling it. it'll be a sad day when the deal goes down. but it's not getting any playing time.

 

[mkrtu9]

figured this has been done before, but the TB search engine doesn't accept "first" and "bass" so here it is.

What was your very first bass?

I'll start.

It was a bottom of the line Yamaha RBX that I bought off of the bay for 50 bucks. It was bright yellow and when I got it it had a twisted and bowed neck and at about the 3rd fret there was a glob of wood putty. Needless to say the seller did not advise me of these flaws. Oh well, I kept it. I still have it however it is in many pieces at the moment. Once I bought my second bass I took it apart and spray painted the body red and blue (the colors of spiderman) for my son then put it back together. I have pics somewhere of it slung over his shoulder while he is playing it. Now that he has his second bass it has been sitting in many pieces and I've thought about putting an sx neck on it.

Your turn.

 

[tylerwylie]

Dean Edge 4... After that went to my current Fender Aerodyne. That Dean was a great starter bass, electronics got messed up and when I got my new one I gave it to a family member since they wanted to fix er up.

 

[MoEllis]

squire p bass, black w/ white pick guard

 

[Essthreetee]

Unknown brand of a Beatle bass...

 

[lindseyp]

Peavey Fury, around 1998 or '99.

 

[bassist4dalord]

A red Squier Affinity Precision bass with GHS Boomers. That was 4 years ago. Then I bought an Ibanez GSR200, then Squier Affinity Jazz V and Affinity Precision. Now I only own the second Precision and Jazz V. Throw in my Fender BG-31 ABG... That's all folks!

 

[b4nny]

The first bass I ever played was a Hohner Rockwood P-Bass copy. I rented it for a few months until I was sure that I wanted to pursue bass playing and now I've got my VM Jazz.

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[Rendog92]

Slamer By Hamer. I still have it, its actually a good bass, I just had the action worked on, it has some Rotosounds on it, im gonna put some pups on it too

 

[GeneralElectric]

1982 Fender 57 RI. It was $400 at a pawnshop and me and my dad went halves on it when I was 12. Then came a long long line of other basses that came and went yet I haven't found a bass better than this one.

 

[artdrtr]

First bass was an Ibanez SR500.

 

[MRuss]

I've only owned one bass. my Squier Jazz, upgraded it though. I've had it for 5 years now. (seems like forever)

I'm currently saving up for a highway 1 precision.

 

[LeftHandedFrog]

A black Samick Pbass copy... Got it stolen after a year in our rehearsal place!

 

[Solarmist]

Vox Beatle Bass with a distortion switch

 

[misfit-x]

Ibanez GSR200 got it for around $150 then modded it with EMG's a year later haha. Still have it btw along with my 6 other basses

 

[Toronto Bassist]

A Fender Bullet Bass that I eventually turned into a fretless. Still got it, too.

 

[madbassplaya]

Peavey Millenium BXP

 

[SG-Jazz]

70s Rickenbacker 4001