What was your first bass guitar?

[grooveguru]

"Bump"

Please explain why your posting this in a lot of threads.

 

[Gabu]

bump again

 

[Luis Fabara]

The Bump is obvius.. to send the Hi-end thread to the back!

 

[rocking 4 life]

i'm just about to get my first bass woohoo! (either MIM fender j-bass or p-bass)..

i was wonder.. what was your first bass? and what did you think of it?

 

[Blackbird]

I think we can find room for this in "Basses", Buckaroo.

Moved

 

[ChaosGwar]

My first bass was / is a Squier P. Black finish, white guard, rosewood fretboard.

Has since been upgraded with a black guard and bridge cover. I also dropped in some heavy duty pots, like the ones they use in MIA Fenders. S-D 1/4 pound pups are on my Wanted list.

It may be a Squier, but it is a workhorse. The construction quality is as good as (if not better) than a MIM Fender.

Bought it new in 1997 for $150.

 

[Johnny BoomBoom]

The first one I owned was a Guild B-301!!! Cost about £80 ($110?) back in 1989!!! Still have it. I thought it was greatstill do. Don't play it very often now that I have the Spectors - I'm just letting it appreciate quietly in it's hardcase!!!!

OK, I actually do bring it out and play it from time to time - it's still great really!!!

 

[AllodoX]

A Pearly-white Aria Pro II XRB was my first bass

 

[Oysterman]

MIM J. Still have it.

 

[barroso]

Kingston Jazz bass clone. Not the MTD, Kingston was the brand name. it was a bass with a plywood body, finished in white similar to a jazz bass but without pickguard. a bass for beginners that i had really cheap together with an arrow 10w amp.

 

[lowb]

Mine was an Encore p-bass copy, which was cool, however i started trying to play marcus miller, and p-bass is not great for slap

It will always have a special place in my heart.....the first bass i ever played (tears in my eyes), when i was young and free, and........those were the days!!

actually after i saw another bass with a knob that you could pull out, and get a slap eq, i tried it on mine and pulled the knob off


Year BABY year

Peace

 

[Niels Keijzer]

My first bass was a cheap black Samick P-J bass. The construction was on the sloppy side, but it was light, adequately balanced and had a fast, slim neck. A good bass for a sixteen year old kid trying to play faster, faster, etc.

 

[wilks]

My first bass was a second-hand onyx. I bought it from a local drug addict for $50 Australian.

 

[tyburn]

USA j bass

it was so loved, ultra j's, baddass, all the neck done, new pickguard.

Then i sold it so i could get the Overwater!

Oh well, she serves me well, i'll never ever see her again

stu

 

[5s_tring freak]

Samick 4 string with P+J pickups. bought for NZ$150. Sounded terrible. Sold it last week for $100 and 2 cds. I think I got a totally sweet deal on that sale!

 

[Paul A]

Vox "Bassmaster" .... Jus' like this..

 

[allan grossman]

This isn't it but is just like it - I traded it and a small pile of cash for my first Fender almost 30 years ago

 

[Rockin John]

Gibson EB-0 (the genuine article )

That was more than 30 years ago

John

 

[machine]

my first bass was a rbx 260 with a woodgrain finish which i handcarved myself then stained and varnished a burgendy red, it dropped the weight of it by 5 kilos and brang a deeper tone into existence,pure magic

 

[JayAmel]

My first bass, in Spring 1976, was a cheapy sunburst Westone bass, looking a bit like an old Burns or Hofner (not violin shape).

One year later, I purchased my first Rickenbacker.

All the best,