I've had this '69 for 40 years. I don't forsee ever getting rid of it. But the Ocean turquoise is the four-banger that I play the most. The neck profiles are identical.
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What's your one true "Forever Bass"?
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I think a "Forever Bass" gives you that feeling in your bones and you just know one when you comes across one.
There will be other basses in my possession, and one of those may even become a forever bass too, but this one gives me that absolute knowing feeling - a lifetime keeper.
There will be other basses in my possession, and one of those may even become a forever bass too, but this one gives me that absolute knowing feeling - a lifetime keeper.
This is me--- to a T- WHile I am mostly a one-bass at a time guy, I guess bass fatigue sets in after awhile on most basses I have owned. (And I have had just about everything you can buy)-After forty years of buying, selling and trading, I've concluded that I'm incapable of owning a "forever" instrument. I wish I were capable of committing to one as it would save me a lot of money.
I've been through a Jazz phase, a Carvin custom (lost my shirt too many damn times to count on these), a headless phase, a short scale phase, a P-bass phase, a short Rick phase (which was the biggest Piece of **** bass I have EVER owned (but maybe it was a fake), a Spector phase, back to Jazz bass, and I have currently landed on the higher end Ibanez active phase. WOuld love to try a Wal but the weight and used car prices make it unlikely.
In my case, like some others here, I consider my "forever" bass as the one that I will keep forever. It's not necessarily my number one, as I play more 5 string when I'm out playing with others. My forever bass is my first Spector, an early Brooklyn walnut NS-2 with factory Dimarzio pickups and a HAZ Labs preamp. I have owned it for 29 years. It's the best bass I have ever owned
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Traded it for a 4003, I don't see myself getting rid of this.
That may change.
Hahaha, exactly! And the thing that pains me the most? When the cycle comes back around and I buy an instrument that I already owned. Ffs.
Yep - but the journey is a fun oneAfter forty years of buying, selling and trading, I've concluded that I'm incapable of owning a "forever" instrument. I wish I were capable of committing to one as it would save me a lot of money.
I think my Alien Audio Lunar 5 / 30" scale could be my forever bass. Sounds great, easy to play, versatility. It looks black in this pic, but it's really something like a trans whiskey.
My Nordy vJ5 is mine forever. Ive had it for 11+ years now and it is everything I could ever want or need. But I've actually got two forever basses. My MIJ 75 reissue Jazz that I've had for 25 years isn't going anywhere either.
The G&L tribute LB100 in the picture below is an excellent bass, but is very new for me and my first pbass I've ever owned. Definitely not a forever bass, but I have no good reason to get rid of it.
The G&L tribute LB100 in the picture below is an excellent bass, but is very new for me and my first pbass I've ever owned. Definitely not a forever bass, but I have no good reason to get rid of it.
... before turning to the Bergers i had a crush on a red MM Classic 5, but by trying out one i've been shocked on their weight, really, this is brute hardcore then! (3.6kg on the L2-5 eases much)
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yep … and I have trouble posting pics here ,,, and then the pics end up posted multiple times or not at all
These two below. GAS begone, like really, forever.
The Status I replaced all the electronics with series/single/parallel switch for each pickup, master series, and John East U-Retro and copper shielding. The master series setting puts the balance knob mixing between 1. the monster series combination of whatever the two pickups are set at with 2. just bridge. I put the knobs in the right order and put the output jack in the right place. No more room in the control cavity. Almost all the switch settings are useful, though the East tone controls can go too far.
The Emerald is just K&K pure bass wired straight out. That one got stolen and came back. Highest purpose is amplified and live when jazz fusion must be committed.
The Status I replaced all the electronics with series/single/parallel switch for each pickup, master series, and John East U-Retro and copper shielding. The master series setting puts the balance knob mixing between 1. the monster series combination of whatever the two pickups are set at with 2. just bridge. I put the knobs in the right order and put the output jack in the right place. No more room in the control cavity. Almost all the switch settings are useful, though the East tone controls can go too far.
The Emerald is just K&K pure bass wired straight out. That one got stolen and came back. Highest purpose is amplified and live when jazz fusion must be committed.
Without a moments hesitation: Fender P.
So amazing it got figured out in 1957 and is still a major contender if not The King.
So amazing it got figured out in 1957 and is still a major contender if not The King.
