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Your first bass or first bass line learned?

A POS Sears bass. I sure wish I still had it, but I sold it to a non-musician friend who tore out the guts, bridge, and tuner pegs and made his own version of a bass. This was in high school, so that should cue anyone in to realizing the action was about an inch off his fret(less)board, etc.

First song learned...I believe that was "Six Pack," by Black Flag.
 
My first piece was a tired old Series 10 four string...never heard of it right, not suprised.

Warped neck, spotty wiring, couldnt hold a tune to save my life but she was the axe I learned my first song on, "Four Horsemen" by Metallica. I ended up giving her to a friend who wanted to start playing but was short on scratch, Im just happy she got a good home =)
 
First songs I learned on BG were "Go to the Mirror Boy" and "I'm Free" from Tommy -The Who, "Hello Goodbye" - The Beatles and "Fire" - Jimi

First song on DB was "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" out of the Belwin StringBuilder book.

First bass was a Univox Beatle Bass copy