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What was your first bass guitar?
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Seiwa Precision copy- maple board, candy apple red body- not sure it could take a setup but was too ignorant to know it needed one- had about half an inch of action!
I'd only want it back to see if it could be set up to play decently- it sounded great!
I'd only want it back to see if it could be set up to play decently- it sounded great!
pete way from UFO played that bass! Myfriends and I thought those were the coolest. Never got to play one. Like a poor mans gibson RD Artist.
1984 Fender Precision, bought used in 1989. Brown sunburst, white pickguard and pickup, maple fretboard. Its serial number started with an E, so it was either a MIA or MIJ, but I don't remember the digits, so its place of origin probably will always be a mystery. I sold it a few years ago to pay bills, and have missed it ever since. 
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Demons run when a good man goes to war
T-40, one of the "Patent Applied For" models with the original RECTANGULAR case. Bought it new when they first came out.
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Rogue whatever it was. 4 string, deadest P-style pickup ever. Stupid neck. I wouldn't wish this bass on anyone, except maybe Hitler.
I had an all black Fender Jazz Bass Special... my Dad bought it for me new in about 87'. I wish I still had that. If anyone has one they want to sell hit me up with a PM - I have been lookin'
I think it was a St. George or a Ventura, but it only cost $50 (which was a lot in 1969). Here is a picture of me playing it along with my Guitar player (probably playing 'Sunshine of Your Love' 'One Way Out' or 'I Don't Need No Doctor'. I did put Schaller machine heads on it but the screw holes didn't line up making an even more funky bass. LOL.
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I bought a 'take on vacation and don't care if it sits in a hot car' Rogue Bass from Music123 on sale for $79 (regularly $99). It is actually a very nice playing Bass for the money.
My first bass was a Kent something-or-other short scale bass..........................It was already destroyed by the time I got to learn on it. I didn't have a bass amp, I used a sears Silvertone Guitar amp..........
