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Your first bass

#61
Mine was some sort of P-bass copy in a Sears catalog many years ago. Wish I had it, but it broke in under a week, so it was returned and I got some other sort of p-bass copy from a local music shop. I think it may have been a Hohner. Wish I still had it!

~Mark
 
#62
azzyrazzy said:
Thanks!
Yes it does, look at the knob to the left, which can be loosened and tightened. It really is ridicilous how big the variations in sound are from one pickup. I play over the pickup with my right hand, and so moving the pickup a little forward will also yield the added moved-righthand bass bonus. :)
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I had a friend that had one, too bad he was right handed, I want to "flip it", and make a mad dash out the door with it.:bassist:
 
#65
I still have my $200 Hondo 4001 copy.... I recently got it up and running again (filth + rough handling put it out of action for a while) and now I keep it as my spare bass. I really enjoy the feel of it, and the sound crappy microphonic pickups have a certain pleasant character....
 
#66
My very first bass was a Yamaha RBX-260 P-bass. Very nice little player, great to learn on, didn't quite have the sound I was looking for. I would still have it except that my college apartment was burglarized and they took that bass, a Mexi Jazz and a 70's Lab Series combo amp. :crying: :bawl:

The first bass I bought to replace the stolen rig was another Yammie, a BB404 J-bass. I still have that one, though it gets only limited play time. It's a pretty good player, well-built, and lightweight (maybe 2/3 the weight of my other 2 electrics), but the single-coil pickups are very noisy when soloed, so you can really only set it full-on. My other two basses have more tonal possibilities.
 
#71
My first bass was a Stagg BC300. I still play it sometimes, though I tend to use my Fender Highway 1 Jazz Bass more. :D

Best thing to do is to start with a cheaper bass, then if you don't enjoy playing bass anymore, least you haven't wasted that much money.
 
#73
My first bass was a Peavey Foundation and I am NEVER selling it.

It's funny, my Dad bought me my bass, I was probably 13-15ish at the time. I remember wanting some low end Ibanez (I thought the weird rubber cone shaped knobs and body shape were cool) but the folks at the store said the Peavey was better. 10+ years later I am so glad I stuck with the Peavey, for a bass that sells on Ebay for under $200 it sounds so awesome and honestly rivals all of the other basses I own or have owned in terms of sound in comfort.

Lookswise I love my Marcus Miller though.
 
#74
I no longer have my first bass... I had a Peavey P copy but that was when I was still playing guitar and I got it just so I could learn how to slap... I scratched off the logo on the headstock for that no name look. I guess that was technically my first bass eventhough I only had it for maybe 2 months and sold it.

My first REAL bass was a Carvin 6... when I officially switched to bass. Bought it in 2000 and I just parted with it a couple months ago. = (
 
#77
I still have my first bass. I bought it used in 1982 or so. A mid-seventies Fender Precision. I wouldn't even think about selling it :bawl: !!


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#78
My first bass was a Fender JP-90. I played it for about two years and then sold it. I never saw another bassist with one then, and haven't seen one since. It was sort of a jazz / precision hybrid. Was a nice bass to learn on. I don't regret selling it though.

I've played my second bass for the last 12 years (Warwick Corvette Standard 5). I am going to sell it now though, and will miss it. Going to get a Lakland 55-02 or MTD Z5.
 

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