I guess my Sadowsky P5 is a perfect bass, but it'll never be the only one I play because I like variety too much. By the same token, I don't have a perfect amp... I like switching between different preamps and speaker cabs.
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When you finally find the perfect bass...
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I guess my Sadowsky P5 is a perfect bass, but it'll never be the only one I play because I like variety too much. By the same token, I don't have a perfect amp... I like switching between different preamps and speaker cabs.
My Lakland is my baby...I found her about 2 years ago for sale in my favorite music store. There were 2 Lakland 55-01's for sale, a black and a natural finish. I bought the black one for $600 (or $700) just as another buyer came into the shop and started asking about it.
In 1999 I got my first American P-Bass which was the first bass I really bonded with. I thought it was cosmetically lacking though, so I sold it and had been through a string of others over the years before finding another P last year that (more than) stacked up. This one's not going anywhere.
In 2005, in the interim between P-basses I got a smoking deal on a new Rick 4003. I was in the market for a '62 reissue P, but the Rick was a now or never deal so I begrudgingly went for it instead. I couldn't believe how quickly and how madly in love with it I was (and still am). It took me a while to get over the guilt, being such a diehard precision guy.
Anyway, these two are "the one" for me. The only GAS I have anymore is for two more just like them.
In 2005, in the interim between P-basses I got a smoking deal on a new Rick 4003. I was in the market for a '62 reissue P, but the Rick was a now or never deal so I begrudgingly went for it instead. I couldn't believe how quickly and how madly in love with it I was (and still am). It took me a while to get over the guilt, being such a diehard precision guy.
Anyway, these two are "the one" for me. The only GAS I have anymore is for two more just like them.
I found a creamy blonde colored Robin Freedom II, it's beautiful and has the smoothest maple neck i've ever played. Hopefully i'll have a picture of it up sometime.
Oh and i guess this is hello to the whole forum.
Oh and i guess this is hello to the whole forum.
I've found the 'ONE' at least several dozen times.I'm still on the lookout though.
Both too true!
