niceguyhomer Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 (edited) It's a while since anyone's taken the piss out of me and I think its time for some more. Nicking MikeH's anthology idea, I thought I'd post some pics of all the basses I've owned in the two years since taking up the hallowed instrument. I also thought that it might be helpful for other noobies who like me, don't know what they want or need if I give my reasons for selling 'em. I sold a Telecaster and bought this USA P and a Trace combo on the proceeds ... Being a girly guitarist, the thick neck gave me pains in my fretting arm, so I swapped the P for this USA Jazz Deluxe.. I was happy with the Jazz and thought I needed a second bass so I bought this lovely Spector NS2000 off my mate mikeh... I then bought this, because I liked the case... I hated the Status - sounded awful though my TE rig so I sold it to mikeh who had it refinished and then sold it. By now I was getting cocky and thought I'd switch to 5 strings so I swapped the Jazz for this stunningly beautiful Spector Euro5.. By now, I'd joined a classic rock band so I thought I'd get another 5, in came this Lakland 55-01 with NTMB preamp, lovely bass.. I was getting even cockier now and thought I could hack a fretless, so I bought this lovely Yammy... ...but I couldn't play it - plus the fretboard was too dark to see the lines on a dark stage. Shame really. I sold the Yammy and bought this lovely 88 Ray with the most figured neck I'd ever seen... Nice bass....but got cramp in my right forearm whenever I played it (crap technique). My arm completely locked during one gig and I couldn't play any more that night - good job it was during the last number eh? I swapped the Ray plus some money for this truly awesome USA 75 Reissue Jazz Special Edition... Still get goosebumps when I look at the pic of that bass - should never have sold it...big mistake. Anyway, I bought this Jap P to go with it - I had £1000 in my pocket and went out to buy the best P I could find. I tried about 10 USA/Mex/Jap Ps and this was the best of the lot so I paid £340ish and earned many brownie points.. see Part 2 Edited June 21, 2007 by niceguyhomer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeward2004 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Alan, I dont care what anyone says mate - you have a fine taste for instruments! All of them fantastic basses and worthy of playing time. Having borrowed Homer's old Stingray, the neck looked amazing, but I couldnt get on with it on the whole - pretty much like every other stingray ive ever played. The Jazz and P bass where real players though, an awesome combination! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyhomer Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 Thanks Luke - TBH mate, I don't give a toss what anyone says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 As has been said in the other two topics - beautiful basses mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarnbass Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 (edited) So, which one is your favourite? I like the look of the status, never played one though.. ahh, just noticed they're basses you've owned... Edited June 21, 2007 by guitarnbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 By any chance Alan did you sell the Deluxe jazz to a certain glaswegian fella called Ruhai?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 It's better than the Encore precision and 20 watt practice amp most people start with. Quite a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyhomer Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='Josh' post='21632' date='Jun 21 2007, 09:27 PM']By any chance Alan did you sell the Deluxe jazz to a certain glaswegian fella called Ruhai??[/quote] It was indeed Ruhai - nice bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='niceguyhomer' post='21728' date='Jun 22 2007, 09:06 AM']It was indeed Ruhai - nice bloke.[/quote] Ahhh that would explain why I have it in my possession now! Great bass in every way! And ruhai is an increidbly nice guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I love that jazz, the one with the pup cover. When im older and working. Im going to get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 i used to have one of those Trace combo's. 1x15 and 500w. Did the job,never let me down, lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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