What was your main bass when you first joined TB; and what is it now?

[bass_lord_mutha]

I started here in '06, my main bass at the time was a mid 90's Ibanez SR506, all black. Now my main bass is an early model USA Peavey Cirrus 5 in peacock blue, and I've also been playing an Ibanez BTB7E a lot since April also.

 

[Themoleinahole]

I've only recently joined so my main one when I joined and now are one and the same.

 

[mark beem]

Main bass in 2001 - 90's Hohner B-Bass VI similar to this:

Now, it depends on the project I'm involved in at the moment.

 

[sequel91]

When I joined, I was searching for string options for the modded Brice 5-string fretless I had been playing for almost 10 years. Due in no small part to Talkbass-induced GAS, I just bought a slightly-used 2015 MIA Precision, in three-tone burst with a tort pickguard.

 

[Holdsg]

when I joined: Squier Vintage Modified Jazz with the worst bowed neck with maxxed truss rod I've ever seen and a forgettable Ibanez fiver

now: where to start...current mix:
4 Lulls: TC4, 54P, PT4, PJ4
3 Spectors: US NS-2J, US Forte 2P, Euro 5
Guild Starfire
Kala Bakithi Kumalo fretless
NS Design CR4
Upton Bohemian (shipping next week)

yeah, GAS alive and well here.

 

[RED J]

I had an Ovation Ultra P. I should have kept it.

Me too. I had one that was natural finish. I have flipped tons of basses, but that's really the only one I have periodic regrets over.

 

[devnulljp]

Wooooo that Fender is SEXY!

Thanks. it's a 62 PBass, finish stripped so I could afford it I like it like that though, and it sounds awesome.

 

[bassandkeys42]

Started with a Fender Blacktop jazz and ended up recently with a 2014 MIM P and have become suddenly aware of their unstoppable power!

 

[BassAt33]

Thanks. it's a 62 PBass, finish stripped so I could afford it I like it like that though, and it sounds awesome.

That's awesome man, very well done. I'm about to get my first Bass, a Squier, the Troy Sanders Jag. Once I'm any good I'll shoot for a Fender haha.

 

[winterburn69]

Very interesting thread topic. One might say it can be used to gauge how spending time here gauges what/how much gear we buy.

*looks at join date*

When I joined in 2008 it was during a two month period when I owned an Epiphone EB-0. I traded it for my Epiphone Tbird about two weeks after I joined and that was my #1 until 7 months ago when I bought my Fender Mark Hoppus, which is my current #1. Everything else has a layer of dust on it now.

 

[malthumb]

This picture was taken in June 2000, just days after these two beauties landed on my doorstep. I joined TB in 2001. Many other basses have come and gone and a few have stayed, but the Alembic 5-string is still my main go-to.

Stroller Goat at Ford Field - Detroit

• malthumb
• Aug 17, 2014

Sound Check before playing the Monster Truck Jam pre-party

 

[fhm555]

MIM J when i "found" TB while looking for current amp and cab info.

MIM J these days mostly.

 

[ColonelZulu]

Should have asked what amps we were using then and now...

 

[Sav'nBass]

When I joined in 09 my main bass was an Ibanez SR505 and my amp was a SWR La-15 combo.... and I only had three basses.. The 505... my 78 Jazzz and a TacomanThunderchief....

 

[Nev375]

Then: Rare graphite necked Ibanez/Modulus prototype bass that never made it into full production.

Now: Fanned fret graphite necked parts bass made out of a Squier Jaguar.

(full pics in my media files if you want a closer look)

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

2002: a cheap Samick 5-string with Saturn inlays

2015: fretted and fretless Zon Sonus TJ5 5-strings

 

[bholder]

Hmmm. When I joined, split between a Peavey T-40 and a Carvin LB-40 fretless. Now, no "main bass", lots more to choose from, the Sires are getting lots of play time lately.

 

[Basdyret]

Don't remember when I joined, but I'm pretty sure my main back then was an all original '69 Jazz. Great bass, never really missed it.

Main bass now is probably my fretted 5-string Ritter Roya, but after getting the CT I'd probably grab that one half the time.

 

[Wallace320]

WAS - IS - ALWAYS WILL BE (unless my son needs extra money for whatever reason - God bless I hope not)

Cheers,
Wallace

 

[bucephylus]

Ah, let's see... 2002...hmm. I don't have too many pics of gigs from back then, because the digital cameras were just getting going. But, here is one:

That was a gig at a local biker club. I was playing a Fender MIM ca 2000 fretless WITH LINES at the time of the pic; and also had my Tobias Classic 6 at that gig. I also was using a '96 Fender AVRI 62 Jazz for many gigs at the time. I had just sold off two Pedulla T5's (fretted and fretless) that I had gigged for the previous 8 or so years, and had gone to playing either 4 or 6 string.

I still have the Tobias and the fretless neck from that Fender. But, these days, I am doing most gigs with either a Sadowsky RV4 (which the Fender AVRI went in trade for) or a Fender Jazz Deluxe 4 (which was acquired and modded 3 years ago). Probably the main thing that happened in my bass world in the intervening time was that I gained proficiency with the D tuner. I know, real big deal; and I am a little slow out of the blocks on some things. I replaced the MIM fretless with a very nice Zon Sonus V fretless that I got from TB'er Gard; though there are unfortunately fewer gigs these days where the fretless is appropriate. I also had then and still have my '62 Jazz (bucephylus), and my '76 Alembic SSB Series I, both of which get out on the odd gig from time to time.