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Basses owned ( is one you want amongst these? )


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[quote name='MacDaddy' post='23701' date='Jun 26 2007, 07:08 PM']my turn!

Westone Thunder 1A - actually belonged to the College, but it spent a year living in my house
Ibanez Blazer Bass
Hohner P copy - borrowed off a mate for a year
USA Precision, modified with a J added, and a bass boost.
Guild B-301
Bass Collection 4 string
USA Jazz
MM Sub, passive
Shuker 6 - custom
Carvin LB75P

is what I can remember. Still have the last 3.[/quote]

quick update

Westone Thunder 1A - actually belonged to the College, but it spent a year living in my house
Ibanez Blazer Bass
Hohner P copy - borrowed off a mate for a year
USA Precision, modified with a J added, and a bass boost.
Guild B-301
Bass Collection 4 string
Kubicki ex-factor
Kubicki ex-factor Fender Custom shop
USA Jazz
MM Sub, passive
Shuker 6 - custom
Carvin LB75P
Custom Iceni 4 string

Still have the last 3. :)

bu993r! edited because I forgot my Kubicki's! How could I forget them? :wacko:
old age must be creeping up...

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Good god. Some of you lot have issues :)

Do you have one night stands with these basses or what?


I've been playing over half my life, I'm 33 and I've owned :

1) Marlin Jazz bass - not for long - crap - gave it away. Sounded "ok" but was really hard to play. The neck was thicker and the fretboard wider than any P I've ever played.
2)"Epiphone by Gibson" US made Rock Bass - fantastic deep & full sound - but a really thin neck which I eventually have gone off. Also I prefer flats - but the neck is so thin it bows the neck too much to put them on. Good looker though! Still got it - it's the bass I learned to play on.
3) MIM Precision Bass Special.

I do GAS for :

A Thunderbird, A Grabber or Ripper (or both), A nice natural wood Jazz, and a fretless Jazz, a Stingray (maybe a Bongo), oh and a Starfire. One day :huh: I'm buying amps at the moment :brow:

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Good grief! You guys have a serious habit, this is well beyond any reasonable need. What is it about bass that inspires such gassing?
Before I took up bass it wouldn't occur to me to want a second, 'spare' instrument.
Btw, I had no idea Wal made so many basses. Do you think you own all of them between you?

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Gear Update (even though it will change in the next couple of weeks or a month)

Basses I currently own
1- Dingwall Prima (Artist) 5 Walnut w/ Wenge front and back facing and pau ferro fingerboard (my "Uber Alles")
2- Dingwall Prima 5 Walnut/Alder w/ Pauduk front and back facing and pau ferro fingerboard (custom) (Transparent)
3- Dingwall Prima 5 Walnut/Alder Core, quilt maple top, contrasting Bubinga Accent Laminates, 24 Fret Maple Neck w/Wenge Fingerboard, Matching Headstock, D-Tuner Extender Key On Low B-String (Blondie)
4- Dingwall Z1 (OMT) 5 Sassafrass with dual wenge/maple facing and maple neck and fingerboard
5- Dingwall Voodoo 5 (parallel pickups!!!!) Walnut/Alder, pau ferro fingerboard (“Classic”) Villex-loaded, vol/vol. mid-control, Villex Passive Rotary Tone Booster (PRTB)
6- Dingwall Voodoo 5 (parallel pickups!!!!) Walnut/Alder pau ferro fingerboard Bartolinis (curly blond)
7- Lee Sklar’s Z1 5str Alder body, pau ferro f/b, 22fr, EMG pickups, vol/balance/bass/highs
8 - Z2 OMT 5str Ash body/spalted maple top, maple f/b, 24 fr, B-string de-tuner
9 - Z2 Ruby Red, Ash/quilt maple top (deep!!!), pau ferro f/b 21 fr, Bartolini p/ups and preamp
10 - Z1 “Blackburst” Transparent Black Ash/ Premium Flame Maple Top, 24 Fret Maple Fretboard with Ebony bar markers, Aguilar OBP-3, BluEQube EQ Circuit, Active/Passive selector
11 – Zebra, Transparent Green, Ash body, Pau Ferro f/b 24 fr, Sperzel locking tuners, FD3s, vol/ 4 pos rotary switch/ Villex Passive Rotary Tone Booster
12 - 6 str Artist Prima (First Prima Artist Ever)
13 - 6str Champagne Prima
14 - Super PJ
15 - Prima Artist 5 str, 22fr, w/ detuners on both B and E strings
16 - Prima Artist 5 str
17 - Prima Artist 5 str
18 – “Brazil” Mahogany body/maple top, ramp, Z1 5 str
19 – “AA” I: Special Edition #1 of 1, 4A flame maple top on 2pc quilt maple body, 1pc neck, FD-1 pickups
20 - AB I 5str with FD1’s
• Novax fanned fret system.
• Wenge fingerboard (Radius- Compound, 7-1/2” to 25” )
• 24 fret
• Soft Maple body w/Flame maple top
• Dingwall FD-3 Pickups
• 37 inch B string
21 - AB II 5 str: Chambered arbutus burl top, walnut body, 5-piece bubinga neck, wenge board. FD-3 pickups, OBP-1 preamp, active/passive hybrid treble control, bass boost, BluEQube, pickup selector switch. Also has a Hipshot extender on the B-string... this baby goes down to a low "A"!!! (and it sounds like the voice of God, BTW!)

22 - Emerald Green Prima with the NVT Villex pickups and the Pasive EQ (3-band cut/boost passive pre-amp)!!!

-Kenneth Lawrence Brase 5 Heavy northern Ash with maple neck and fingerboard (the first very Brase that started it all) w/ SD Dual Coils
-Kenneth Lawrence Brase 5 Swamp Ash body, Crotch Walnut Top with maple neck, and ebony fingerboard with Aero Single Coils in Wooden Maple Covers Electronics: Seymour Duncan, Vol (Push-Pull passive mode), Bal, 3 Band EQ, Slap Contour-Switch (Mid Cut and Bass Boost adjustable via mini pot in control cavity)
-Warrior fully armed soldier 5 (w/ Villex pickups retrofitted) Mahogany/ purpleheart w/ maple facing, mahogany/ purpleheart with ebony fretboard
-Stingray 5 ash with maple neck and fretboard
-Hamer Chaparal 5 (US) mahogany body with rosewood fingerboard
-Carvin XB75 custom (Bunny Brunnel prototype pickup spacing) Ash with maple neck and rosewood fingerboard
-Ritter Roya 5 custom Ash w/ maple facing and maple neck w/ ebony fingerboard
-Shuker 5 Elite Ash with 7 piece maple/wenge neck w/ wenge fingerboard
-Status Empathy 5 w/ maple (custom) Graphite through
-Status Eclipse Ltd 5 ash/maple top w/ LED's(custom) Graphite through
-Spector NS2 4str ash-maple neck-through w/ rosewood f/b PJ EMG's
-Yamaha Attitude custom (w/ piezo) 4str
-Carvin custom shop 4str (all Mahogany w/ ebony f/:)
-Conklin GT7
-Fernades 4str (upgarded w/ PJ quarter pounders Basslines and SD active Preamp)
-Ibanez Musician 4str (w/EMG preamp)
-Godin A4 fretted
-US Masters EP55 (w/ studio active electronics) Lacewood body w/ flame maple top, maple neck and purpleheart f/b
-Fodera 4str custom
-Fodera Emperor Deluxe Maccassar Ebony top on Walnut body w/ebony pickup covers and KingWood finger board (35") on 3 pc flame maple neck
-Manne Trea 5 Custom, mahogany body, ash neck, f-resin f/board w/ 3 Manne J pickups
-May Custom Bass 5
-Kinal SK-B 24 MM (splitable)/J Barts, Bart pre amp, active/passive, Ash/maple top, Brasilian rosewood f/b (35")
-Fender Marcus Miller 4str
-Wal MKII 5str (’91)
-Matt Pulcinela Level 5, light ash body, maple neck and f/b, EMGs DC35

Previously owned basses

-Fodera Emperor Elite ash, maple top, maple neck, Brazilian Rosewood F/b, 35" scale, Nordstrand Signature DualCoils, HazLab preamp
-G&L 2500 Ash w/ maple neck and rosewood fingerboard
-Status Empathy 5 w/ walnut wings Graphite through
-Status Eclipse Ltd 5 heavy ash body (prototype) Graphite through
-Phoenix 7str
-F Bass BN5 Ash and maple neck and fingerboard
-MTD 535 Ash w/ Lacewood facing and maple neck and fingerboard
-Sei bass 5, Ash w/ maple facing with maple neck and fingerboard, LED's and piezo
-Sei Flamboyant 6, headless
-Odyssey 5 (fretted) single piece body (olive tree) 3pc maple neck bolt-on rosewood f/b Bartolinis
-Odyssey 5 (fretless) Neck-through 5pc maple/wenge neck, maple-lined pau-ferro 29 fret f/b, flame maple body (laminated) Bartolini's (active/passive) 2 double action truss rods
-Lightwave Saber 5str
-Aries 7string Custom, Neckthrough, chambered walnut body, 10pc wenge/purpleheart/etc neck, ebony f/b , Rough Crystal p'ups (F# to C 36" scale with piezo)
-Shuker Elite 5 Wenge w/ EMG's DC40
-R-Bass Singlecut 5, Flame Redwood Top, Mahogany body, bolt-on, Maple neck w/ ebony f/b. Nordstrand Dual Coil p'ups and U-Retro preamp
-Stambaugh Singlecut mahogany body w/ walnut top, maple neck and f/b Aero dual coil p'ups, ABM piezo brigde, bartolini preamp

(maybe I've forgotten a few but I'll be back)

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Ok.... in (roughly) chronological order

Yamaha BB605 - good value, but noisy pickups. Gone....
Yamaha TRB4ii - still got, mega
Yamaha RBX800AF - first fretless, surprisingly good. Gone....
Yamaha RBX775 - ghastly, neck too skinny and stupid, stupid electronics. Gone....
Fender (USA) Precision Fretless '77 - still got, lovely sound, wish I could play it
Yamaha TRB4p - searched for years for one of these, imported from the USA, hated the sound. Whoops!
MusicMan StingRay 3EQ - still got, well it's a StingRay :-) My main bass I suppose.
ESP Custom Shop J-Five - still got, great passive sound but never quite got on with the Jazz thing. Gone....
Yamaha TRB-1006 - nice, if a bit "soft" sounding. Not sure I have much use for a 6 really

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Hell, I'm new to this site and have just racked my brains on the basses I have had/still have over my 33 years of playing. Here goes:

Had:
Fender Musicmaster
Peavey T40
early 70's Fender Precision with a replacement Jazz neck
late 70's Fender Precision
'77 Fender Jazz
'63 Fender Precision
'02 Fender Jazz Fretless
'78 Musicman Sabre
'79 Musicman Sabre (a brick at 13lbs!)
'77 Musicman Stingray
'79 Musicman Stingray Fretless
EB Musicman Stingray
EB Musicman Stingray Fretless
Aria Pro SB700
Aria Pro SB1000
Warwick Dolphin
Wal Pro 1 fretless

Have:
'62 Fender Precision
'79 Musicman Stingray
Sadowsky NYC Ultra Vintage P Bass
Alembic MK Signature
Warwick Thumb Bass thru neck
Iceni Zoot Custom Bass

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Ok. Let's have a go a this....

Westone Thunder 1
Overwater (something - the older model with a "Thunderbird" type body)
Jaydee Mark King (medium scale in red - got nicked)
Westone The Rail
Jaydee GA24
Status Series 2 (Mexican Rosewood)
Status Series 2 (Flamed Maple)
Jaydee Mark King (Pearl Pink!)
Status Series 2 (Cocobola)
Warwick Corvette 5
*Musicman Stingray 3eq
Fender Mex Jazz
*Status S2 Classic 5
Epiphone Thunderbird
Indie Acoustic
Status Series 2000
*Warwick Thumb 5
*Kubicki Ex-Factor
*Ibanez SR506
*Ibanez AGB200

* - currently own.

I think that may be the lot.

Amps - Randall, Peavey, Trace Elliot, Laney, Hartke (a few), Delta by Carlsbro (remember them), Ampeg, GK, Ashdown.

Phew!

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[quote name='fullrangebass' post='167186' date='Mar 31 2008, 08:40 PM']Gear Update (even though it will change in the next couple of weeks or a month)

Basses I currently own
1- Dingwall Prima (Artist) 5 Walnut w/ Wenge front and back facing and pau ferro fingerboard (my "Uber Alles")
2- Dingwall Prima 5 Walnut/Alder w/ Pauduk front and back facing and pau ferro fingerboard (custom) (Transparent)
3- Dingwall Prima 5 Walnut/Alder Core, quilt maple top, contrasting Bubinga Accent Laminates, 24 Fret Maple Neck w/Wenge Fingerboard, Matching Headstock, D-Tuner Extender Key On Low B-String (Blondie)
4- Dingwall Z1 (OMT) 5 Sassafrass with dual wenge/maple facing and maple neck and fingerboard
5- Dingwall Voodoo 5 (parallel pickups!!!!) Walnut/Alder, pau ferro fingerboard (“Classic”) Villex-loaded, vol/vol. mid-control, Villex Passive Rotary Tone Booster (PRTB)
6- Dingwall Voodoo 5 (parallel pickups!!!!) Walnut/Alder pau ferro fingerboard Bartolinis (curly blond)
7- Lee Sklar’s Z1 5str Alder body, pau ferro f/b, 22fr, EMG pickups, vol/balance/bass/highs
8 - Z2 OMT 5str Ash body/spalted maple top, maple f/b, 24 fr, B-string de-tuner
9 - Z2 Ruby Red, Ash/quilt maple top (deep!!!), pau ferro f/b 21 fr, Bartolini p/ups and preamp
10 - Z1 “Blackburst” Transparent Black Ash/ Premium Flame Maple Top, 24 Fret Maple Fretboard with Ebony bar markers, Aguilar OBP-3, BluEQube EQ Circuit, Active/Passive selector
11 – Zebra, Transparent Green, Ash body, Pau Ferro f/b 24 fr, Sperzel locking tuners, FD3s, vol/ 4 pos rotary switch/ Villex Passive Rotary Tone Booster
12 - 6 str Artist Prima (First Prima Artist Ever)
13 - 6str Champagne Prima
14 - Super PJ
15 - Prima Artist 5 str, 22fr, w/ detuners on both B and E strings
16 - Prima Artist 5 str
17 - Prima Artist 5 str
18 – “Brazil” Mahogany body/maple top, ramp, Z1 5 str
19 – “AA” I: Special Edition #1 of 1, 4A flame maple top on 2pc quilt maple body, 1pc neck, FD-1 pickups
20 - AB I 5str with FD1’s
• Novax fanned fret system.
• Wenge fingerboard (Radius- Compound, 7-1/2” to 25” )
• 24 fret
• Soft Maple body w/Flame maple top
• Dingwall FD-3 Pickups
• 37 inch B string
21 - AB II 5 str: Chambered arbutus burl top, walnut body, 5-piece bubinga neck, wenge board. FD-3 pickups, OBP-1 preamp, active/passive hybrid treble control, bass boost, BluEQube, pickup selector switch. Also has a Hipshot extender on the B-string... this baby goes down to a low "A"!!! (and it sounds like the voice of God, BTW!)

22 - Emerald Green Prima with the NVT Villex pickups and the Pasive EQ (3-band cut/boost passive pre-amp)!!!

-Kenneth Lawrence Brase 5 Heavy northern Ash with maple neck and fingerboard (the first very Brase that started it all) w/ SD Dual Coils
-Kenneth Lawrence Brase 5 Swamp Ash body, Crotch Walnut Top with maple neck, and ebony fingerboard with Aero Single Coils in Wooden Maple Covers Electronics: Seymour Duncan, Vol (Push-Pull passive mode), Bal, 3 Band EQ, Slap Contour-Switch (Mid Cut and Bass Boost adjustable via mini pot in control cavity)
-Warrior fully armed soldier 5 (w/ Villex pickups retrofitted) Mahogany/ purpleheart w/ maple facing, mahogany/ purpleheart with ebony fretboard
-Stingray 5 ash with maple neck and fretboard
-Hamer Chaparal 5 (US) mahogany body with rosewood fingerboard
-Carvin XB75 custom (Bunny Brunnel prototype pickup spacing) Ash with maple neck and rosewood fingerboard
-Ritter Roya 5 custom Ash w/ maple facing and maple neck w/ ebony fingerboard
-Shuker 5 Elite Ash with 7 piece maple/wenge neck w/ wenge fingerboard
-Status Empathy 5 w/ maple (custom) Graphite through
-Status Eclipse Ltd 5 ash/maple top w/ LED's(custom) Graphite through
-Spector NS2 4str ash-maple neck-through w/ rosewood f/b PJ EMG's
-Yamaha Attitude custom (w/ piezo) 4str
-Carvin custom shop 4str (all Mahogany w/ ebony f/:)
-Conklin GT7
-Fernades 4str (upgarded w/ PJ quarter pounders Basslines and SD active Preamp)
-Ibanez Musician 4str (w/EMG preamp)
-Godin A4 fretted
-US Masters EP55 (w/ studio active electronics) Lacewood body w/ flame maple top, maple neck and purpleheart f/b
-Fodera 4str custom
-Fodera Emperor Deluxe Maccassar Ebony top on Walnut body w/ebony pickup covers and KingWood finger board (35") on 3 pc flame maple neck
-Manne Trea 5 Custom, mahogany body, ash neck, f-resin f/board w/ 3 Manne J pickups
-May Custom Bass 5
-Kinal SK-B 24 MM (splitable)/J Barts, Bart pre amp, active/passive, Ash/maple top, Brasilian rosewood f/b (35")
-Fender Marcus Miller 4str
-Wal MKII 5str (’91)
-Matt Pulcinela Level 5, light ash body, maple neck and f/b, EMGs DC35

Previously owned basses

-Fodera Emperor Elite ash, maple top, maple neck, Brazilian Rosewood F/b, 35" scale, Nordstrand Signature DualCoils, HazLab preamp
-G&L 2500 Ash w/ maple neck and rosewood fingerboard
-Status Empathy 5 w/ walnut wings Graphite through
-Status Eclipse Ltd 5 heavy ash body (prototype) Graphite through
-Phoenix 7str
-F Bass BN5 Ash and maple neck and fingerboard
-MTD 535 Ash w/ Lacewood facing and maple neck and fingerboard
-Sei bass 5, Ash w/ maple facing with maple neck and fingerboard, LED's and piezo
-Sei Flamboyant 6, headless
-Odyssey 5 (fretted) single piece body (olive tree) 3pc maple neck bolt-on rosewood f/b Bartolinis
-Odyssey 5 (fretless) Neck-through 5pc maple/wenge neck, maple-lined pau-ferro 29 fret f/b, flame maple body (laminated) Bartolini's (active/passive) 2 double action truss rods
-Lightwave Saber 5str
-Aries 7string Custom, Neckthrough, chambered walnut body, 10pc wenge/purpleheart/etc neck, ebony f/b , Rough Crystal p'ups (F# to C 36" scale with piezo)
-Shuker Elite 5 Wenge w/ EMG's DC40
-R-Bass Singlecut 5, Flame Redwood Top, Mahogany body, bolt-on, Maple neck w/ ebony f/b. Nordstrand Dual Coil p'ups and U-Retro preamp
-Stambaugh Singlecut mahogany body w/ walnut top, maple neck and f/b Aero dual coil p'ups, ABM piezo brigde, bartolini preamp

(maybe I've forgotten a few but I'll be back)[/quote]How on earth do you ever strike a close relationship with any of your basses, assuming you play them all equally, or are you a collector as well? I'd like to try a Dingwall but I read that he won't make left handed versions, true or false?

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A random list. I like to take in cheap basses and look after them....

Aria Legend P bass
Columbus EB-3 copy
Peavey International Series 5 string
Ibanez Ergodyne EDC715 5 string
Yamaha BB400 fretless
Spector Performer 4
No Name Jaguar copy
BC Rich ironbird
Nevada Jazz
Columbus Fretless Jazz
Samick Artick Series
Tanglewood Warrior III
Swift Acoustic
Vintage Stringray copy
Westfield Thunderbird copy
Lindo P-bass (Ibanez copy)
Mazetti 8 string

In the post. With any luck:
H&S 7 string
H&S Doubleneck

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[quote name='steve-soar' post='170420' date='Apr 5 2008, 10:20 PM']How on earth do you ever strike a close relationship with any of your basses, assuming you play them all equally, or are you a collector as well? I'd like to try a Dingwall but I read that he won't make left handed versions, true or false?[/quote]

Hi Steve

Unfortunately for all the left handed people, Dingwalls are not offered in the left hand variety. Everything is custom designed and made and it's not just an issue of simply flipping things over.

As far as playing all my basses, I bought them one at a time, so I had time to check them out in rehearsals, gigs and recordings (by bringing 2-5 basses along). So I know more or less what fits were. The absolute fit for me and perfection in sound, ergonomics and playability comes with my Dingwall basses. Then again all the basses that I have owned are on the higher part of the scale, so I got my lesson in terms of tone, playability and ergonomics (3 very different things)

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Basses I have owned since I started playing

FRAMUS SEMI ACOUSTIC LES PAUL SHAPE (natural)
FENDER MUSICMASTER (cream)**
VIOLIN BASS (jap copy)(sunburst)
IBANEZ 4001 RICK COPY (black)
KRAMER ALLOY NECK 'V' HEADED BASS THINGY (natural)
RICKENBACKER 4001 (blonde)**
STATUS 2000 1 PIECE GRAPHITE**
HOHNER B2V HEADLESS (black)
FENDER USA JAZZ (black with Sims red led's)*
WASHBURN BANTAM V (wine red)
PEAVEY V STRING (grey tortoiseshell)
PEAVEY MILESTONE II (red) swapped for Fenix 87 strat (wow wot a strat)*
STATUS S2 CLASSIC HEADLESS THROUGH NECK ( aquamarine )*

* (still have)
**(wish I still had)

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This list starts somewhere around 1978/1979

apart from the first 5 or 6 it is in no particular order

No Name Fender Precision copy
1972 Fender telecaster bass
Jaydee Supernatural
Another No name P.bass, short scale
Warwick fortress
Alembic Epice
Status Empathy
Warwick thumb – chrome
Warwick Thumb – LED’s
Warwick Streamer Stage 1 (the first one)
Warwick Streamer Stage 2
MM stingray – maple boby and neck
Warwick Streamer Jazzman – Ocean Blue
Warwick Streamer Jazzman 5 – HV
Status series 2
Conklin GTBD 7 string
MM Stingray 20th anniv’
MM Stingray NAMM bass
MM Sterling – sunburst
Fender Jazz FMT
GB spitfire
GB Spitfire Neck thru
GB Rumour
Modulus Jazz
Overwater Fretless 6
Status Fretless 6
Fender Victor Bailey Jazz
Custom made MM fretless (status neck)
Alembic Mark King model
MM stringray 5 – Honey burst
MM stingray 5 HH white
Warwick Streamer Stage 1 5 – all maple
Warwick FNA – ebony board
Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones
Warwick Streamer Stage 1 (second one)
Warwick Dolphin 5
Sei Jazz 5

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Update time..... 4 new ones added..... the Peavey 'Sarzo', the 80's Fender Jazz Bass Special, the 75RI Allparts Jazz and most recently the Spector ReBop DLXFM.... :)


[u][b]My current Basses:[/u][/b]

1) (PRE-KRAMER) SPECTOR SB-1 USA 1977 Active Bass (Walnut/Maple)
2) (PRE-KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA 1986 Active Bass (Cherry Sunburst)
3) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA 1987 Active Bass (White)
4) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA 1987 Active Bass (Black)
5) SPECTOR NS-2 USA 2001 Active Bass (Holoflash Black & Abalone)
6) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM 2001 Active Bass (Dark Blue Stain)
7) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM 2003 Active Bass (Plum Stain)
8) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM 2007 Active Bass (Custom Order White)
9) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX 2004 Active Bass (Tiger Wood/Alder)
10) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX 2004 Active Bass (Natural Oil)
11) SPECTOR NS-2JA CR 2008 Active Bass (Gloss White)
12) SPECTOR REX2000/4 2000 Active Bass (Holoflash Black)
13) SPECTOR NS-2A 1988 Active Bass (White)
14) SPECTOR NS-2A 1988 Active Bass (Black)
15) SPECTOR ReBop DLXFM Active Bass (Black Cherryburst)

16) WAL Mk1 Fretless Active Bass 1982 (Mahogany with Stained Maple facings)
17) WAL Mk1 Active Bass 1983 (Mahogany with Wenge facings)

18) FENDER Jazz "Geddy Lee" Signature Bass (Black)
19) FENDER/Allparts Jazz 75RI (Vintage White)
20) FENDER Precision '62 Jap Reissue Bass (Off-White / Alder / USA specs)
21) FENDER Precision "Phil Lynott" '70's Jap Reissue Bass (Black / USA specs)
22) FENDER Jazz Bass Special 80's Jap (Pearl White / Black neck)

23) JACKSON "Kip Winger" HB Signature Active Bass (Cherry Lacewood)
24) JACKSON "Kip Winger" PJ Signature Active Bass (Black)
25) JACKSON "Kip Winger" PJ Signature Active Bass (White)

26) HAMER Impact USA Active Bass 1991 (Red)

27) FERNANDES FTB120NS "Spector Nikki Sixx Reverse Thunderbird" Bolt-On Passive Bass (Black)

28) PEAVEY RJ-IV "Randy Jackson" Signature Active Bass (Red Sunburst) [color="#FF0000"]FOR SALE!![/color]
29) PEAVEY RJ-IV "Randy Jackson" Signature Active Bass (Black/Silverburst)
30) PEAVEY "Rudy Sarzo" (Dark Wood)

31) STACCATO MG Active Bass (Black/Magnesium Alloy/Numbered 22 of 34)

32) M.V. PEDULLA Fretless 'Buzz Deluxe' Active Bass 1989 (Black)

33) FELINE/SPECTOR "Gene Simmons SB-1 1977" Hybrid Active Bass 1993 Copy (Black)
34) FELINE/KRAMER "Gene Simmons Axe 1980" Active Bass 2000 Copy (Black/Silver)
35) PUNISHER "Gene Simmons" Ltd. Edition Signature Active Bass 1997 (Black)
36) AXE "Gene Simmons" Ltd Edition Signature Active Bass 2000 (Black/Silver)

37) KRAMER FERRINGTON Electro/Acoustic Bass (Black)




[b][u]Basses that I have sold on.... :[/u][/b]

38) DEARMOND Pilot (White)

39) HOHNER Steinberger copy (Black)

40) MUSICMAN Stingray Sub (Black)

41) STUART SPECTOR DESIGN (SSD) NS4 USA (White)

42) HARTKE XK-4 (Black) - great tones - wish I still had it!

43) IBANEZ Destroyer (Black)

44) ARIA Cardinal Series CSB-360 (Deep Red Stain)

45) GIBSON Grabber Copy (Natural)

46) SPECTOR NS2000/Q4 (Dark Blue Stain)
47) SPECTOR Euro 5LX (Black Cherry)
48) SPECTOR NS-2 JCR (Red)

49) NIGHTINGALE Harlequin4

50) KAY ? (My first bass) (sunburst)
51) KAY? Precision (natural)

52) BASS COLLECTION SB301 (Black)

53) KRAMER Forum IV (White)

54) JACKSON "Kip Winger" PJ Signature Active Bass (Cherry Lacewood)

55) FELINE/SPECTOR/BASS COLLECTION Hybrid "Gene Simmons" copy (Black)

56) FERNANDES "Spector Nikki Sixx Reverse Thunderbird" neck-thru active (Black)

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Well some awsome and varied bass collections/collectors out there...truly amazing
Here's my list starting from 1963 and roughly in order.

Hofner Senator
Hofner bass Artist
Gibson EBO
Burns 6 string short scale
76 Precision*
Kramer DMZ 5000 aluminium neck
Aria SB 1000
Jaydee Mark king model
Washburn B10 fretless
Wal Custom*
Warwick Thumb thru-neck 5 string with leds
Wal Midi Bass 5 string
78 Precision
Kramer DMZ 5000 (number 2)
Gibson EB3
GB Spitfire custom 5 string
Sei Flamboyant headed 5 string
EB Stingray 5 string
Status Eclipse Ltd Ed 5 string
Lakland 55-94 USA Deluxe 5 string
Status S2 classic 5 string with leds
Line 6 Variax 4 string
Warwick Streamer Jazzman 5 string
Tanglewood Curbow 5 string
Modulus Quantum 5 string
Yamaha TRB 5 P2 maple top
Yamaha TRB 5 P2 bubinga top
Yamaha TRB 6 P2 bubinga top
Fender Jazz QMT 5 String
G & L L2500 5 String
Pedulla Rapture J2 5 string
Yamaha 1005f fretless 5 string
Fender Precision deluxe 4 string
Ibanez BTB Prestige 5 string
Bolin NS Design 5 string
Peavey Cirrus Tiger eye USA 5 String
Sei Flamboyant offset Headed 5 string
Schecter Stilletto Elite 5 string
Fender Roscoe Beck sig 5 string Jazz
Vigier Arpege Custom 5 string
Overwater Progress III Deluxe 5 string 36" scale
Yamaha BB NE11 5 string white.
Musicman Stingray HH 5 string natural finish.
Fender Precision deluxe 5 string Red
Cort A5 Artisan 5 string Flame Maple
Shuker Elite Custom 5 string
Alembic Rogue 5 string
Trace Elliot T BASS 5string
Fender Precision Deluxe 5 string 3TSB
Fender Jazz deluxe 5 string 3TSB
Yamaha TRB 5P11 maple top(no2)
Yamaha TRB 5P orange
Yamaha TRB 5P bergundy
Yamaha TRB 5P trans blue
Sandberg JM jazz 5 string
Musicman 25th Anniversary HSS 5 string
Musicman 20th anniversary HH 5 string
Sei Flamboyant 5 string (no3)
Shecter Elite 5 string (no2)
Fender Reggie Hamilton C.S. 5 string jazz
Ibanez Prestige SR1005 EFM 5string
Yamaha BB605 5 string
Yamaha BBNE2 LTD PWT 5 string (no2)
Fender Roscoe Beck V sunburst (no2)
Yamaha BB2005 5 string
Lakland Classic 55-94 5 string in Sonic blue
Shecter Diamond series Elite 5 string cherry (no 3)
Steinberger Synapse Custom 5 string
Squier Standard Precision 5 string in black metallic
Squier standard Precision 5 string,shoreline gold
Squier Standard Precision 5 string,sunburst,
Aria STB JB DX5 5 string in sunburst
Bass Collection SB315 5 string in sunburst
Yamaha BB2004 string in natural finish
Yamaha BBN5 5 string
Squier jazz deluxe 5 string sunburst
Squier Standard Precision 5 string in sunburst
Schecter Elite Diamond series 4 string with Delano SBC pickups
Fender Jazz Deluxe 5 string in Amber with East J Retro deluxe
Fender Precision deluxe 5 string in red
Fender Jazz Deluxe 5 string in cherry burst finish with East J Retro

J&D JD S5B 5 string brown Basslines pickups

J&D JD S5B 5 string red

J&D JD S5B brown Seymour Duncan preamp

Yamaha BB605 black (no 2)

 

 

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Not to feel left out, in chronological order:

Westone Thunder 1
Aria MAB 4
Aria MAB 20/5
Home-made Franken-P
Carvin LB75
Chinese Plywood Upright
No-name Acoustic
Fender MIJ Sting '51 P-Bass
Wish Bass Peanut 6
Carvin XB75P
Ashbory Mini-Bass
Warwick Thumb Fretless 5
Fender MIJ Jazz
EBMM Bongo 5
Atelierz Mini-CUB
GW Signature SC-1 5
Stingray 4
Zeller carved Upright

18 That I remember....

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I hope, I have them all....

- No Name Jazz Bass Copy (First Bass)..... 1984
- Vantage Japan 4-String
- Aria Pro II
- Rickenbacker Copy (unknown Brand)
- Washburn 4-String (with One Split Coil)
- Fenix Shortscale Bass
- Yamaha BB G4 S-II
- Ken Rose 5-String
- Yamaha BB G5A
- Tobias Toby Pro4
- Esh Sovereign 5-String
- Esh Various 4
- Phantom Mephisto IV
- Ibanez BTB 400 QM
- Yamaha RBX 374
- G&L Tribute L2000
- Aria Precision Bass Copy
- G&L Tribute L2000
- Ibanez RD 500
- Peavey Cirrus
- Warwick Corvette
- Sandberg Basic 4
- Lakland Skyline 44-01
- Fender Geddy Lee Signature
- G&L Tribute L2000 Premium
- SX Jazz Bass
- Ibanez BTB 405 QM
- Yamaha RBX 370F Fretless
- Yamaha BB414
- SX Jazz Bass Fretless
- OLP MM-3
- Fender Precision Bass
- Maruszczyk Instruments Elwood X
- SX SPB 62 4+1 Five String
- Fender MiM Jazz Bass
- Aria FEB Acoustic Bass
- Olympia OB3CE Acoustic Bass
- Maruszczyk Instruments Elwood 4p Custom (current Bass)
- Maruszczyk Instruments Elwood 5p Custom (current Bass
- Squier 70ies Vintage Modified Jazz Bass (current Bass)

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Cruiser by Crafter 5 String


Yamaha TRB1006
The owned Peavey



What Cruiser model was it? I had the CSR-55A for a while.

Over a period in excess of 25 years I've owned...

Satellite Precision Copy
This was my first ever bass, bought for me as a christmas present when I was 14 or so from AdLib Music in Greenock (the owner of AdLib was a friend of a friend of my parents). It was a natural, lacquered finish. Within a few days of getting it I managed to bash it against something and broke the winder off one of the tuners. It got replaced with one of the same style but slightly different size so the covers have been off ever since. I also took the bridge cover off (as you do). This was ok as a bass to start with, fairly innocuous sound etc. When I got my next bass though I decided to de-fret this one, paint it and add a switch to swap the pickup wiring around. De-fretting was ok, although a bit messy, but worked. Putting the switch in did interesting things - it made it relatively easy to get a Peter Hook sort of sound, especially the one from Sunrise off Low Life. The paintjob was done with car paint. It looked ok for a few years then looked horrible - yellowy! At the moment the body has been stripped and is hanging in my garage with a few coats of clear nitrocellulose lacquer on it, waiting to be sanded then have a number of coats of transparent red nitrocellulose lacquer put on it. There's always a chance that one day I'll finish it!

Aria Pro II Laser Heritage Electric Bass
This was my second bass and I still have it. It was the first one I had that cost a half decent amount of money, about £185 in fact, in around 1985. I got this from CC Music when they had a shop in Canal Street in Paisley. It's a black finish with passive electrics. It was a huge toss-up between this and the Westone Thunder 1A; I tried both at the time and thought this was the better of the two and, apart from that, John Taylor played Aria. The neck is lovely and thin, and relatively playable! Nowadays it's used occasionally when I can't be bothered unpacking the 5 string after practices, but as about half of our tracks use the low E, I can't do a lot with it.

Cruiser by Crafter CSR-55A
This was my introduction to 5 strings. I bought it from a retailer on ebay in 2005 for about £160. At the time it was the cheapest 5 string I could find that I liked the look of. There was a Stagg one, but I played that and found the strings were far too close together - it was weird! This was finished in a very nice metallic red. I quite liked this despite it being a cheap instrument. I found the B to be a bit floppy though as it was a 34" scale. This is one I couldn't really justify keeping when I decided to get a more expensive 5 string, as the spec (2 soapbar pickups, 5 strings, active etc) were the same, so I sold it on ebay for very little. Unfortunately at the time some numpty was selling new ones for signifanctly less than £100!

Dean Edge Pro 5 String
I got this from Neals Music in California in September last year. It was practically impossible to get in the UK at the time so it was worth getting it shipped in. It's in a Tiger Eye finish and it is very beautiful. Compared to pretty much all the other basses I've played, it plays like a dream (although I'm sure if I paid 3 times the price I could find something nicer). My only criticisms are that the volume controls seem like a bit of an all-or-nothing job, they're not very progressive in their response, and the finger bridge pieces aren't brilliantl; they stick out a bit because they go past the body contours, and the intonation and height adjustment is a bit odd. Apart from that, it plays and sounds brilliant to me, the 35" scale certainly helps to make sure the B string is nice and taut.

So there you are.

[Update 14th July 2020]

Warwick Rockbass Streamer Fretless 5-String
Decided I needed a 5-String fretless too, so bought one from Thomann in around 2011. That was an epic story though; I got one from ebay first, which was useless and unplayable, then 3 x Harley Bentons from Thomann, all were poorly finished and had flaws in their necks so got sent back. Finally decided I might as well pay a bit extra and got the Rockbass. It's nice, although is a bit of a neck-diver, and very quiet (vintage pick-ups apparently).

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I haven't quite owned as many as some of you. Then again ive only been playing 6 years.

I started of with a [b]Encore P bass[/b]. I got this brand new for like £150 (around $300) with a practice amp, lead, strap and gig back. Not bad price for so what i got. Used it for a couple of years and i still have it. It no longer gets played though because i ripped the frets out after discovering Jaco Pastorius. This kinda made the bass worse.

My second bass was an [b]Ibanez SRX500 custom[/b]. I bought this when i decided i really liked to play and that i wanted to upgrade. I really enjoyed playing this bass for a while, but after a while i decided it didn't feel right to play and it didn't have the tone i was after. At the same time i bought a Hartke 3500A amplifier with a Hartke 410TP transporter cab.

Next i got a really cheap acoustic bass of ebay..... Not worth talking about.

For my forth bass i got a [b]Fender Mexican Jazz[/b]. There's something about the Fender Jazz which i love but for some reason it doesn't tend to get played much.

Next i got a beautiful [b]Fender Jaguar bass[/b]. I got this after getting into music college. I saw it in the music shop and had to part with my hard earned money for it. It took a while to get used to all the switches but it serves its purpose really well.

Finally my most resent bass is a [b]1988 Warwick Thumb NT [/b]. I bought this from Mansons guitar shop. This is where Matt Bellamy and John Paul Jones get there guitars made. Playing it in the shop i had a massive grin. Worth spending the money on. I play it all the time and it always makes me happy when i play it. I recently had the circuit changed in it as the old one stopped working for a while. Love this bass and i will never be able to part with it.

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Thought I'd add 'List of Shame' to the proceedings (memory and past substance abuse permitting!)
'78 Precision (USA)
70s Rickenbacker 4000 (single p/u, not stereo)
Tokai Jazz bass
Squier precision (I still shudder at the thought of that one)
Avon SG copy
Yamaha RBX460 (still own, gigged and recorded)
Fender Precision (USA, still own)
I'm awaiting delivery of a Prose bass (twin humbucker)
I'm pretty sure there was a Shaftsbury somewhere in there too back in the dim and distant past but I'm bu**ered if I can remember model, possibly a really horrible Tele bass copy, you know the one cream paint job action like a steel guitar.

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hagstrom
hondo rick copy
tokai jazz
gibson grabber
hagstrom
tanglewood p copy
69 precision
64 eb3
79 precision
70's fender telecaster bass
fender music master
ibanez musician fretless
hohner steinberger copy
hondo precision copy
egmond semi
howards bass place walnut jazz
encore precision
tokai jazz with wammy bar
danelectro longhorn
westone concord
howards bass place,strat body shape,jazz neck
howards bass place jazz with graphte neck
dean 5 string
howards bass place precision "pokey little fu**er"
fleetwood acoustic
westone thunder 1a
50's 3/4 upright bass
jim deacon MM copy
vintage 5 string
howards bass place 5 string

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Here are the basses I previous owned and few I own now...

Ibanez SR200
Cort 3535
Aria ProII SB 1000 fretless
G&L tribute L2500
[b]Ibanez BTB 5 PQM custom shop (For sale or trade)
JP basses Zia 5 walnut (french luthier)[/b]
Yamaha TRB 1005 fretless
[b]Ibanez ATK 600 (Japan)
Ibanez ATK 405 (Corea)
Fender Precision ‘08[/b]

In bold, axes in my home...

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Current bass list:

1. Brice violin bass(LH)
2. Davison Hollowbody bass(LH)
3. Eastwood EEB-1 bass(LH)
4. Epiphone EB-O bass(LH)
5. Epiphone Flying V bass
6. Epiphone Rivoli bass
7. Fender Jazz Bass(LH)
8. Fender P-Bass Special(LH)
9. Gibson EB-2 bass(Stereo)
10. Gretsch Synchromatic BassVI(modded to LH) 6-string bass
11. Hamer B12S 12-string bass
12. Hofner 500/1 V63 reissue Beatle Bass(LH)
13. Ibanez ASB140 bass
14. Ibanez GSR200L bass(LH)
15. Ibanez Jazz Bass(LH)
16. Jerry Jones Longhorn Bass
17. Jerry Jones Longhorn BassVI 6-string bass
18. Kona acoustic bass guitar
19. Peavey Millennium BXP bass(LH)
20. Phantom "Nigel Special" bass(LH)
21. Phantom BW Teardrop Hollowbody Bass
22. Rickenbacker 4001CS bass(LH)
23. Rickenbacker 4001S bass(LH)
24. Rickenbacker 4003 bass(LH)
25. SX Jazz Bass(LH)
26. SX Jazz Bass-Fretless(LH)
27. SX P-Bass(LH)
28. SX P/J-Bass(LH)
29. SX Scorpion Bass(LH)
30. Steinberger L2 bass(Previously Owned by Dee Murray)

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