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Who's owned everything?

Dr. Cheese

Dr. Cheese

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Mar 3, 2004
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#1
After a recent month of GAS. I have taken stack and realized that except for a few brands of boutique jazz basses, I have owned virtually every kind of bass guitar there is. Four, Five, Six stringers, fretted and fretless; Neckthrough and bolt-on; domestic and import, $200 and $2,000, active and passive, no name and high status, I have owned them all.

The bottom line is that a bass that plays good and sounds good is nice to own, one that plays poorly, and sounds poorly, is no fun.

I really don't know if there is a point to this story except that I have have enjoyed playing almost every bass I have ever owned and I have also felt every bass I have ever owned came up short on something at one time or another. The perfect bass may exist, but my GAS, IMO, is much more about me than any instrument. Maybe, I will buy, say a Sadowsky one day and be satisfied forever, but I suspect that my eye will always wander. I guess i just better keep my savings up!:bassist:
 
#9
Yep, GAS is a "flaw" of our personalities, somebody that can't be satisfied with anything, and when one has money or credit cards, or both, there are endless possibilites and a infinity pursuit for "the one."

I know many players that have owned the same bass or two for decades, and they don't even think about it - it is secondary or not even in their minds at all.

Some people call it OCD (obsesive compulsive dissorder). . .

All that said, I guess I have to say that, so far, my Sadowsky have me convinced that there is nothing better - and I still continue to buy and sell, but haven't found anything better, yet.
 
#10
Here's a list of all the bass brands I've owned over the years....

Ibanez (4-string)
G & L (4-string)
BC Rich (4-string)
Kramer (4-string)
Yamaha (4-string)
Dean (6-string)
Carvin (5-string and 6-string)
Rickenbacker (4-string)
Peavy (4-string)
Ovation (5-string)
Steinberger (5-string)
Fender (4-string)
Alembic (5-string)
Ken Smith (5-string)

Now I am just down to 3 Fender Jazzes. But got a new Carvin on the way!
 
#12
Dr. Cheese said:
I really don't know if there is a point to this story except that I have have enjoyed playing almost every bass I have ever owned and I have also felt every bass I have ever owned came up short on something at one time or another. The perfect bass may exist, but my GAS, IMO, is much more about me than any instrument.
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indeed, we must all find The Bass Within. :eyebrow:






and then trade it for a sadowsky. :p
 
#16
ClassicJazz said:
Here's a list of all the bass brands I've owned over the years....

Ibanez (4-string)
G & L (4-string)
BC Rich (4-string)
Kramer (4-string)
Yamaha (4-string)
Dean (6-string)
Carvin (5-string and 6-string)
Rickenbacker (4-string)
Peavy (4-string)
Ovation (5-string)
Steinberger (5-string)
Fender (4-string)
Alembic (5-string)
Ken Smith (5-string)

Now I am just down to 3 Fender Jazzes. But got a new Carvin on the way!
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Hey out of curiosity which type of 5 string was your Ovation? Was it solidbody? Did it have a natural mogany finish with a big a$$ pickup (Magnum), or was it a Korean one from the 80's or something? Again curious 'cus I didn't know Ovation ever made a 5 string bass.
 
#18
Here's my list off the top of my head:
Past Basses
Peavey Foundation
2 Ibanez late 80's(kinda like the style of what Satriani & Vai were using back then)
2 BC Rich Warlocks
BC Rich Virgin
BC Rich Bitch
Rick 4001
Rick 4003
Fender MIM Jazz Fretless
Fender MIM Precision
Fender Stu Hamm Urge 1
2 EBMM Stingray 4s
EBMM Stingray 4 Fretless
4 EBMM Sterlings
various no-name Fender style basses
Present Basses:
Gibson Grabber
Fender MIM Jazz
OLP MM-2(currently on Ebay)
3 SC/H EBMM Bongos
2 H/H EBMM Bongos
 

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