BassTractor Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1352533130' post='1864240'] is there a specific reason why you decided to buy or change your basses [/quote] Noobly speaking, for me it's all about knowing nothing and feeling an eagerness and a [s]need[/s] desire to have experienced it all before settling with the ones that have the sounds and necks that do it for me. Not doing well though, as I can't imagine selling any of them right now. It's also about psychology. I always delve intensely and deeply into stuff that interests me. best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) I think I might try and see if I can compile a list... As to why I've bought and sold so many basses: part of it must be insecurity in my abilities as a player. Another is that I am a damned perfectionist and have been looking for that one bass that would fit me perfectly. Also, I pretty much got the sound I wanted out of my URB with a visit to the luthiers and a set of Obligatos. I've never been able to get all the sounds I want out of my electrics. (Funnily enough, as different as my MTD 635 and Spector NS6-XL are/were tonally, I got the response 'THAT is the best bass tone I've ever heard, it's exactly what I've always thought a bass should sound like!' from a couple of musos completely unrelated to each other. I blame the Read preamp and ACME cabs.) I got very, very, near with the Fodera, but I realized I wasn't comfortable taking it to all my gigs. Just too much of an asset, not replaceable enough. I'm currently trying to do the Marcus thing with my MTD, which is far from a universal bass, but we'll see how it goes. Doubtless I'll end up buying a Fodera AJ bass again. Edited November 10, 2012 by nobody's prefect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 ** = still got '64 Hofner Artist ** Columbus Jazz copy - stolen from me by a supposed friend '80 Wal Pro II-E ** - going to my grave with me Jaydee Roadie 1 fretless Squier HM5 Maison 5-string - bought in Jakarta for peanuts Tobias Pro 6-string - wish i hadn't sold it Squier Jazz ** - now in bits Yamaha RBX765A ** - defretted by Jon Shuker Sei Flamboyant 5-string - beautiful Status S1 Deluxe 5-string ** Shuker custom J 5-string ** - my baby Overwater 'school bass' ** - long term project Ibanez BTB406 6-string ** bitsa P ** - using neck from aforementioned Squier Jazz bitsa J ** - project OLP Stingray 4 ** Tanglewood 'Rosewood Reserve' ABG ** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 What I can remember from the past few years Warwick Thumb 5 String BO wideneck Warwick Thumb 4 string BO Status Matrix Status Series II Status Stealth 6 string Zon Sonus x2 1989 Kubicki Ex Factors (pre-fender crossover) Status Rebop DLX 4 string (Zebrano) Ibanez BTB405QM Zoot fretless bass Fender Jaco Pastorius fretless jazz bass ACG Harlot Singlecut Warwick Streamer Ltd Edition 1990 Alembic Epic There will be others I have forgotten about too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='bobpalt' timestamp='1352450700' post='1863108'] Here we go. Pedulla Rapture (x2)..... ....... .....G&L 2000 And loads of others I cant remember at this moment in time. Not got many left, but I'll never sell my gigging Pedulla Thunderbolt and Yamaha 2024x. [/quote] [quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1352455061' post='1863191'] [size=2][color=#000000][font=Verdana]Starting from my first bass, in 1987, roughly in order of purchase, present haul in [b]bold[/b]. [/font][/color][/size] [size=2][color=#000000][font=Verdana]1980 Washburn ....[/font][/color][/size] [size=2][color=#000000][font=Verdana].....[/font][/color][/size] [b][size=2][color=#000000][font=Verdana].....2012 Fender Precision, ’66 Slab project, self build, nearly there now![/font][/color][/size][/b] [size=2][color=#000000][font=Verdana]Actually, just noticed I have 13 basses, clearly unlucky. Must buy another![/font][/color][/size] [/quote] Gentlemen - I will be printing these lists out next time I need to justify a bass to the powers that be and explain that she's getting away lightly. Also Rick- A status shark in 1989? surely they only started making them in 93-94? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick's Fine '52 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1352552719' post='1864519'] Also Rick- A status shark in 1989? surely they only started making them in 93-94? [/quote] Really?, I must be older than I thought?, I remember where i lived when i had it, (Bought it from Musical Exchanges in Birmingham), and i only lived there for a year, perhaps my memory deceives me, I've had too many basses, clearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) Aight, here goes: 1996: Rocky P-bass clone 1997: Epiphone El Capitan 1998: Warwick Corvette natural brown wood. Wenge/wenge neck. Aggressive as sh*t. 1999: Ken Smith BT5-G or summat, tiger maple then, I forget the years Riverhead 4 - last passive bass I'd play. Guild pilot 4 Spector NS2 Music Man Stingray 4, teal 3-eq - had the weakest g-string ever. Loved the sh*t out of that bass. Stingray 5 two custom builds, a J-clone and a Lakland-clone Yamaha JP2 Wal MkII 5-string NS5-XL Moon Larry Graham 5 F-Bass BN6 Dingwall Prima Artist 6 Then, I found internet fora, and I've got pics of most of these basses Skjold CS6, and after that Kenneth Lawrence Brase 5 Brubaker KXB-6 Celinder Custom 6 Conklin GTBD-7 Dingwall AB-5 Rick Turner Electroline 5 Esh Theo something custom 6 a CIJ Fender F-Bass BN6 F-Bass Studio 5 [i]an 80's us Fender[/i] [i]another mij fender[/i] [i]a usa fender[/i] [i]another us fender[/i] [i]a cij fender[/i] [i]a sting signature fender[/i] NOTE: I never played these basses, I just knew them to be easy to flip Jerzy Drozd Excellence 6 Kenneth Lawrence ChamberBrase (2?) Lakland 55-94 Leduc Masterpiece 6 Laurent Kah Remige 6 MTD 635 bloodwood top MTD 535 slapper's delight [i]another StingRay 5[/i] [i]H-H Stingray 4[/i] [i]EBMM Bongo 5[/i] [i]another StingRay 4[/i] NOTE: haven't gigged or rehearsed a StingRay in 10 years or so Dingwall Z1 Noguera Yves Carbonne deluxe 6 Nordstrand NX6 - the only one in the world with a set neck Overwater progress III 6-string Pedulla MVP 5 - shockwave re-finished this one Pedulle MVP 5 - rare figured maple top and fingerboard RBass SC 6 Roscoes: SKB3005, SKB3006, Century Signature VI (now owned by member njoha), Century Signature VI (sold to shep), Century Signature VI (sold to antonio or fiat 123545), Century Signature VI Sadowsky Metro mv5vtc Sadowsky Metro UV70 Skjolds: CS offset 92 ECS6 fretless (sold to overwater #1) ECS6fretted CS 4 PS 5 Smiths: Black Tiger Elite 6 BSR6-GN BSR5J-G BT6EG BT6TNV - another black tiger, the tone was killer, the weight more so Spectors: apart from the abovementioned JH5 Redwood LTD NS5-XL NS6-XL - a killer bass Stambaugh custom afzelia fretless tobias basic 5 W&T Chronos 6 Wal mach II in shedua this time Wal mk I 4-banger valenti 5-string warwick neck-through thumb 4, pre-switch to ovangkol warwick $$ I reckon I must be missing a few. A-ha! Fodera Anthony Jackson Signature 6 MTD 635 blackened redwood top Edited November 10, 2012 by nobody's prefect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) I don't think I can call something 'the best I've ever played' convincingly - my 'best' obviously changes with the moon! And besides, over certain price you pay for a vision a lot of the time. If the vision matches yours - great! If it doesn't - well, it's still a brilliant instrument! Edited November 10, 2012 by nobody's prefect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Blinking heck people!!!!!!! HOW MANY BASSES!!!!!!! Here is my modest addition: Madisson cheaply beginner bass (going to sell with the practice amp it came with) Ibanez 304 with a Maple neck Fender style fretless P bass Ibanez 305 - my first dance with a 5 string However, I have only been a bassist for 6 months.... So not bad for a start I reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Squire precision deluxe Squier jazz bass 20th anniversary Shine violin bass Spear 5 string singlecut Precision bass copy Status energy 4 Squier jazz bass vm (maple) Squier jazz bass vm (black) Olp stingray Status matrix All gone now and only have: Jaydee roadie 2 active Status series 3000 Amps: Ashdown mag300 Ashdown 4x10 Ashdown little giant Ashdown 2x10 Trace elliot blx combo Ashdown electric blue combo 12 Tc electronic rs212 All gone, just have Ashdown 8x10 Trace elliot ah600-12 Craving: Gb spitfire Musicman stingray Some sort of 5 string Fretless jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Bass Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 (edited) All left Handed: Ibanez GR200 Alembic Epic Schecter 6 string fretless P bass copy Jazz bass copy x 2 stingray copy [b]MM 5 string stingray fretless[/b] [b]Rick Turner Electroline fretless[/b] [b]MM 4 string stingray[/b] [b]Warwick Corvette 6 string[/b] Warwick Fortress 5 string Aria 4 string thing. ACG Recurve 6 H+k 7 string ACG recurve 7 Letts 6 string fretless The ones in Bold i no longer own. Edited November 11, 2012 by Dread Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttitudeCastle Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1352400911' post='1862652'] Er.. [b]Westone Raider 1[/b] Columbus Series 2 Jazz [b]'96 Vigier Passion 5 Series 3[/b] [b]'97 Warwick Streamer LX6[/b] '90 Musicman Stingray 5 fretless [b]Ovation Celebrity[/b] [b]Hohner B2A 5[/b] Ibanez SRX 700 Iceni Zoot Chaser prototype [b]Yamaha Attitude 30th Anniversary BS Sig[/b] Ibanez EDB600 [b]'04 MIA Fender Jazz (s1)[/b] [b]'02 Warwick Infinity SN4[/b] [b]OLP MM3[/b] [b]'09 Status Streamline 4[/b] [b]'97 Warwick Fortress Masterman5[/b] I [i]think[/i] that's it.... (Edited for forgetting that I still have the Raider 1, and that those I still own are in [b]BOLD[/b]) [/quote] 30th Anniversary? You sure? Haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 [quote name='AttitudeCastle' timestamp='1352641248' post='1865428'] 30th Anniversary? You sure? Haha! [/quote] It's from the future. It's so cool. You should see what it does when it goes over 88dB..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Evans Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I've only got the one a Precision and it's all I've ever need! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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