Not quite 30-years yet. But my regular everyday bass is a 1983 Ibanez RB924CS with two soapbar pickups and cherry sunburst.
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Whose Main Bass Is A Vintage (Over 30)
- Thread starter theevilplankton
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My 1983 Ibanez Musician 924DS P/J, active/passive pups, 4 string, 3 band eq. with dead ground rounds on it is the one I use most for practice and it goes to the few jams I do with my buddies. It's a bit heavy but has a slim, fast 24 fret neck that's easy to play.
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My '63 P is coming up 50 years old...but it's just one of the rotation. I have other basses that sound as good, just slightly different. Vintage basses don't necessarily sound better, we just appreciate them for their history.
I have a '76 P Bass that I gig and rehearse with regularly, but I wouldn't call it my "main bass"... here it is, anyways:
Here it is on a gig:
Here it is on a gig:
Well, not my main main bass... but my main backup bass is a 1982 Steinberger L-2. I bring it to almost every gig and definitely to every studio session just in case. But if I'm lucky it never gets played (not that there's anything wrong with it; in fact, it's a fantastic bass) but it's always available should anything go wrong with my main bass. And it was my main bass from '82 until '92.
My '67 Coronado II has always been, and will always be my favorite bass. I also have a '72 Jazz that I love.
my main fretless is a '78 fender p
its currently being refinished
here it is right after i got it-
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its currently being refinished
here it is right after i got it-
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77 Greco Mercury and an 86 Fender Precision (both FujiGen) . How 'bout a 35 year old and a 26 year old?
I have an early 60s Epiphone Rivoli that was my gigging bass until I bought an new Precision in 1974. I still have the Epiphone, but it's retired now.
I bought one of the last Fullerton reissue Jazz basses in the early 80s. It and my Precision were my gigging basses until I bought a new Fender Aeorodyne in 2003. I bring the old ones from time to time, but I love the Aerodyne. I used to feel that if something happened to it, it wouldn't be the end of the world. But, I'm really attached to it now.
I bought one of the last Fullerton reissue Jazz basses in the early 80s. It and my Precision were my gigging basses until I bought a new Fender Aeorodyne in 2003. I bring the old ones from time to time, but I love the Aerodyne. I used to feel that if something happened to it, it wouldn't be the end of the world. But, I'm really attached to it now.
After getting much more response than I anticipated, I feel much better using that '78 now.
Makes it seem very un-vintage compared to many here!
Makes it seem very un-vintage compared to many here!
can i ask whats wrong with using a vintage instrument?
im not trying to be rude or anything at all, it just seems odd that there would be an issue with playing vintage instruments, and i was wondering what your take on it was.
No problem!
I didn't infer that there is a problem using a vintage - now having one myself - it was more a case of the older it is, often they become more valuable, either monetarily or emotionally - and so using it publicly for gigging, etc, is maybe more risky than a newer instrument, as replacing it would be a far more daunting task than a recent off-the-shelf model. That's all!
