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Just for the exercise:

Framus Star (big semi-acoustic, candy-striped veneer, neck like half-dowel, action like the Forth Bridge)
Baldwin Bison
Rickenbacker 4001 fretless (had sentimental attachment, but poor design & no ring to it)
Gibson EB3L (sold it years ago to my bro-in-law, but whenever I pick it up now I'm pleasantly surprised by it)
Fender Precision (1957, pre-split p/up; still got: delightful)
Graham Wheeler fretless (made by Sussex luthier; smooth & powerful, but the "omega" type shape gave me tendinitis in my left wrist)
Fender P/J fretless (well, that's what it started life as; now got a large element of Heath Robinson; still got: suits me fine)
Fender Jazz 5
Warwick FNA 5 (recently chopped that in on the Sadowsky; not sure now that I shouldn't have kept it; great design & build quality)
Sadowsky MS5 (recent acquisition, still exploring it)

Not a lot actually for 40+ years, is it?

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Erm...

Fender White Jazz USA - x 2
Fender White Jazz CIJ - x 1
Fender Black Jazz USA x 3
Fender Blue Jazz USA x 1
Fender CAR Jazz USA x 1
Fender Burgundy Jazz Deluxe USA x 1

Fender 3T Precision USA x 1
Fender White Precision USA x 1
Fender Black USA Precision x 2
Fender 3T Precision deluxe USA x 1
Fender 'Sting' Precision Natural x 1

Fender Musicmaster White x 1
Fender Musicmaster black x 1

Yamaha BB2000 'Burst x 2
Yamaha BB1200 Red x 1
Yamaha BB1200s Red x 1
Yamaha BB1000 'Burst x 1
Yamaha BB2000 white x 1
Yamaha BB5000 Black x 1
Yamaha BB5000 Silver x 1
Yamaha Attitude special black x 1
Yamaha Attitude Custom blue x 1

MusicMan Stingray White x 1
MusicMan Stingray Black x 2
MusicMan Stingray CAR x 1
MusicMan Sterling White x 1
MusicMan Sterling Blue x 1

Rickenbacker 4001 Jetglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4001 Azureglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4001 Fireglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4000s Jetglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4003 Jetglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4003 Mapleglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4003 White x 1

Shuker 'something' natural x 1
Shuker J bass x natural 1

Status S2 Natural x 1
Status S2 Quilted x 1
Status Stealth x 1
Status Stealth 5 x 1
Status Steath 'custom' x 1

Gibson Thunderbird White x 1

Ibanez Musician Natural fretless x 1
Ibanez Musician White x 1
Ibanez 'Precision' Red x 1
Ibanez SR500 Natural x 1
Ibanez ATK300 natural x 1
Ibanez DW3 x 1

Peavey Cirrus 5 natural x 1

Guild 302 fretless natural x 1

Warwick Streamer natural x 1
Warwick Streamer black x 1
Warwick Streamer Jazzman Amber x 1
Warwick Corvette natural x 1
Warwick FNA Jazzman natural x 1
Warwick Thumb natural x 1

Squire J bass natural x 1
Squire P bass black x 1

I forget the rest. It's been a blast!

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Wow and my missus thought I had a lot!!

My lot:

Custom made GB Spitfire 5 string
Dingwall Afterburner 1 (fan fretted bass)
Lace Helix 5 string Serial on. 1
Lace Helix 5 string fretless
1976 Fender p-bass all original
Fender US standard jazz with some upgrades
Carparelli 335 style bass
1963 Vox Clubman Bassmaster
Warwick Fortress Masterman 5 string
1986 Aria pro II Interceptor headless/fretless
Fret-King Esprit 4
Custom made p-bass
Vintage AV4+1 with Seymore Duncan pickups
Vintage JV96 (jaco pastorius tribute fretless bass)
Stagg EDB34 electric double bass
1920 Dresden double bass
ProseBass custom short scale fan fretted 5 string bass tuned e-c
Kala U-Bass (Bass Ukulele)

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[quote name='Lysdexia' post='885934' date='Jul 4 2010, 11:14 PM']Erm...

Fender White Jazz USA - x 2
Fender White Jazz CIJ - x 1
Fender Black Jazz USA x 3
Fender Blue Jazz USA x 1
Fender CAR Jazz USA x 1
Fender Burgundy Jazz Deluxe USA x 1

Fender 3T Precision USA x 1
Fender White Precision USA x 1
Fender Black USA Precision x 2
Fender 3T Precision deluxe USA x 1
Fender 'Sting' Precision Natural x 1

Fender Musicmaster White x 1
Fender Musicmaster black x 1

Yamaha BB2000 'Burst x 2
Yamaha BB1200 Red x 1
Yamaha BB1200s Red x 1
Yamaha BB1000 'Burst x 1
Yamaha BB2000 white x 1
Yamaha BB5000 Black x 1
Yamaha BB5000 Silver x 1
Yamaha Attitude special black x 1
Yamaha Attitude Custom blue x 1

MusicMan Stingray White x 1
MusicMan Stingray Black x 2
MusicMan Stingray CAR x 1
MusicMan Sterling White x 1
MusicMan Sterling Blue x 1

Rickenbacker 4001 Jetglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4001 Azureglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4001 Fireglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4000s Jetglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4003 Jetglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4003 Mapleglo x 1
Rickenbacker 4003 White x 1

Shuker 'something' natural x 1
Shuker J bass x natural 1

Status S2 Natural x 1
Status S2 Quilted x 1
Status Stealth x 1
Status Stealth 5 x 1
Status Steath 'custom' x 1

Gibson Thunderbird White x 1

Ibanez Musician Natural fretless x 1
Ibanez Musician White x 1
Ibanez 'Precision' Red x 1
Ibanez SR500 Natural x 1
Ibanez ATK300 natural x 1
Ibanez DW3 x 1

Peavey Cirrus 5 natural x 1

Guild 302 fretless natural x 1

Warwick Streamer natural x 1
Warwick Streamer black x 1
Warwick Streamer Jazzman Amber x 1
Warwick Corvette natural x 1
Warwick FNA Jazzman natural x 1
Warwick Thumb natural x 1

Squire J bass natural x 1
Squire P bass black x 1

I forget the rest. It's been a blast![/quote]

How do you decide which to take out?

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here's my list!

Hoyer 5045 (EB3 copy, see my porn thread!)
OLP 5-string
Cheetah acoustic

and my previously owned.

Tanglewood 500/1 copy
'63 Hofner 500/7 'Verithin' (wish i'd kept that 'un!)
Unbranded P-Bass copy (passed on to step-daughter)

not a huge list due to money/space issues! lol!

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Started with a Hohner short scale 'P' bass thing
5 string headless hohner (Steinberger copy)
Hohner 5 string with a head and active EQ
(at this point the first P bass copy was defretted)
squier 5 string P bass (changed the pickups for some DiMarzio ultra jazz - made a world of difference)

Current basses:
Hohner BA2 acoustic bass (since defretted)
Levinson Blade B15 5 string - a brilliant bass.

A 'Frankenstein' bass - the neck from a Yamato P Bass copy, and the body from an unknown Hondo bass (ebay). I defrettd the neck, got new pups, bridge etc... more of a building project than a proper instrument, sounds beautiful but the action needs some attention.

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Here's my list!

Squier P (First bass. With a little combo and a lead) £249
Stagg Something or other (First bass I bought with my own money. Looked wick. Had a great burst on it) £139
Wishbass 6 Fretless (Can't believe I sold it. It sounded rubbish, but it looked spectacular) £150! Bargain
Washburn XB600 (Ebay job) £255
Yamaha RBXJM1 (eBAY again!) £400

Truckstop

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[quote name='bassatnight' post='806137' date='Apr 14 2010, 03:27 PM']My list of once upon a times...

1984 Westone Thunder 1
1985 Aria SB700 and a Fender P Fretless (I paid £200 for her!)
1986 Aria SB1000/ Travis Bean TB2000 Fretless (thought I was Mick Karn!)
1987 Yamaha BB5000/Westone Thunder 3 Fretless/Jaydee Supernatural (won from guitarist magazine)
1989 Fender Jazz US/Musicman Stingray

Stopped playing whilst travelling and generally living it up abroad for a few years

1992 Aria Cat Fretless
1994 Fender P US
1998 Aria SB1000 Fretless in Paduk
2001 Warwick Corvette (stolen)
2003 Fender Jazz 1981 US
2005 Fender P US/Stingray 5 string
2008 Fender Jazz 2002/Aria SB900
2009 Sandberg Calif J/M Overwater Perception/ Lakeland 44/01 / Fender Marcus Miller/ Fender Jazz US/ Fender P US/ Status Graphite Fretless
2010 Sadowsky Jazz / Aria SB1000/ Aria SB700/ Wal Mk2 Fretless[/quote]

What happened in 2009.......did you win the lottery?

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Loving this thread... here's my list

Early days

I had a couple of EB copies and a Precision copy
Ibanez Blazer

Then I got a Washburn Status Series 1000 that I wish I had kept

All of the following I still have

1981 Wal Pro 1 fretless (slightly unusual as the pup is in the neck position due to the figuring in the wood)
1988 Wal Mach I in black with chrome hardware
1980 Aria SB1000
Yamaha BB1100s (date to follow)
Ibanez MC824 Musician (date to follow)
Aria medium scale semi (not sure of model, if I post pics maybe someone can tell me)
Jazz Bass built from WD parts with Schecter pups

Then I bought a Roland GK2 kit on ebay so I needed a bass to install it in. Found a Peavey 6 string Grind on ebay and got it fitted by my brother who is a luthier. This connects to an Axon AX 50 to control my synths.

Amp wise I have used all sorts over the years but I am now hooked on Phil Jones gear. I have a Suitcase and a 4B but am looking to get more.

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I feel positively frugal :) Here goes:

Squier P Bass - black - first bass not given to friend's son
[b]Spector Legend 4 - No 1 gigging bass[/b]
Washburn Force 4 - now sold
[b]Yamaha RBX270F - black - for that fretless itch - currently being upgraded :)
Rickenbacker 4003 - Jetglo - my dream bass, saved for ages to buy it
Peavey Cirrus BPX 5 - Trying a 5er[/b]

That's it really. No GAS plans at present.

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Hadn't picked up on this thread before but here goes:

[b]Zenta[/b] sunburst bass from around 1974 - terrible bass with weedy pups and weighed a tone - sold it 4 years later to enable me to buy food

[b]Vox[/b] bass - white. Short scale and a bit of a dud. It was stolen

[b]Fender jazz bass[/b] USA fretless - sunburst - loaned long term early 80s due to above having been pinched.. magnificent specimen

[b]Fender Frankenstein [/b]natural - Precision body, Jazz neck guitar project using Fender parts. Superb bass and actively gigged for 5 years from around '82'. Sold to work colleague in '88, having given up bass and music in general

Returned to bands and gigging in 2006 playing rhythm then lead and accumulated 2 Gibson Les Pauls and 2 PRS SEs all of which I have retained. Sold on Squier Strat, Epiphone BB, PRS SE Allender and Gibson DC

[b]Fender Jazz mex[/b] sunburst - acquired around 2007 for 'fun' and to back up our bassist when he failed to show for rehearsals. Sold on year later

Joined new band, having returned to the haven of bass playing.

[b]Ibanex SRX 590[/b]. Dark grey and mother of pearl, superb guitar
[b]Fender Frankenstein[/b] - bought back from ex colleague to whom I sold it 10 years previously. Sill hadn't been taken out of the case... still plays beautifully
[b]Fender Aerodyne Jazz[/b] - MIJ. Now my working bass seeing action throughout London and the South East of England playing pub gigs and also hobbying with a prog band!

Finally - a new adventure - a top end bass:

[b]Gibson Les Paul 5 string[/b] bass sunburst finish 1996 model... A rare work of art, but can I play a 5 string? Time will tell

Pip pip

Paul

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Thought I'd do this again, seemingly been around 3 and a half years since I contibuted to this thread...so quite interesting to see how it's evolved since page 2. Only one bass remains since then lol:

[b]Currently Owned:[/b]

1973 Fender Jazz 4
1983 USA Fender Jazz 4
2003-2004 USA Fender Jazz Standard 4
2009 USA Fender Jazz Standard 5

Orange Terror Bass 500
Ashdown ABM EVO II 500
Ashdown ABM Mini 4x8
Barefaced Compact 1x15 (on order)
Laney Kickback R1 practice amp 1x12
Sansamp BDDI
Akai Headrush E2
Diago Pedal board incorporating:
-T-Rex Fuel Tank Juicy Lucy
-Boss ME-50B
-Boss OC-2
-Electro Harmmonix Big Muff
-Guyatone BB2
-Effects Loop pedal
-Boss AB-2

[b]Previously Owned:[/b]

1985 Japanese Fender Squier A-Series Precision 4 (SQ Spec.)
OLP ThingRay 4
Shuker/Parts Jazz 4
Fender Squier Classic Vibe Jazz 4
Fender Squier Deluxe Jazz 5
Fender Squier Bronco 4
Encore/Parts Precision 4
Shuker Electric Upright 4
Lakland Skyline 44-02 Deluxe 4
1998-1999 USA Fender Jazz Deluxe 4
Warwick Corvette $$ 4
Bass Collection 355 5
Bass Collection 355 Fretless 5
Crafter Acoustic BA400 4
Yamaha RBX260 4

Ashdown ABM Mini 1x15
Ampeg B2R
Ampeg 210HE
Ampeg 115H
Eden CXM-112
Hartke B90 Combo
Boss Chorus
ProCo Rat


Si

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New to the site but here goes my wee list

Egmond 4 string complete rubish
Grant unknown not much better
Fender precision 73 loved it ( not surprising after first 2)
Westone Thunder 3 Walnut biggest mistake i ever made was to sell this baby
Status series 1 4 string headless liked it for 17 years
Ibanez Roadster fretless, didn't like it
Takemine 512C acoustic bass 4 string (still Have)
Yamaha BB 414F (fretless with EMGs), lovely to play (still Have)
Yamaha TRB 1005 Natural, good bass, lovely neck (still have)
G&L L2500 Blueburst Tribute, great pre amp & very loud, nice to play (still have)
Dingwall Combustion 3 tone burst, the new love of my life, fan frets rule (Will always have)
Ibanez ATK 700 4 String Blue, Nice bass, i bought this so when you call up other bass players for a tune, they can take this if they don't like 5 strings.

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Here you go. As you can see i made do with one bass for most of my playing "career". Then i found BassChat... The ones in bold are keepers

From 1981 - 2009

Satellite Jazz Bass Copy 1981-84
Yamaha BB1100s 1984 -2008
[b]Hamer Cruise Bass[/b]

[b][i]Joined BassChat 2010[/i][/b]

Fender Jazz 5 string 2009 - 2011
Lakland 55-01 2010 - 2011
[b]EB MusicMan Stingray[/b] - 2010
[b]Fender Jazz 4 String[/b] - 2011

Some of the collections you guys have are amazing. And i show my wife and she doesn't think i am so bad. Thanks.

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[b]Owned [/b]- 2002 Rockbass Corvette - [i]ok player, very light and comfy. Weak pups though.[/i]
late 70s Avon Grabber copy - [i]pretty awful in every way. Cost me £20 at a car boot. Sold it for £20 a decade later.[/i]
2005 MIM Fender Precision - [i]ok workhorse, nothing special tonally or fit and finish wise.[/i]
2005 Warwick Streamer Jazzman Fretless - [i]lovely player, full sound, some build quality issues (tuners not correct fitted, screws kept popping out)[/i]

[b]Joined Bassworld around 2006[/b]

2007 Status S2 Classic 5 string bolt on - [i]sublime instrument, maybe not quite the perfect tone for me though and too much £££ to keep tied up in a bass.[/i]
late 80s/early 90s Status Series 1 NT 5 string - [i]very nice player. A bit artificial sounding, but wish I'd kept it, it had character.[/i]
1986 NJ BC Rich Mockingbird - [i]good rock tone, too many switches for me though.[/i]
1999 US Fender Jazz standard - [i]excellent player, very resonant, lovely bass all round. Another one I wish I'd kept.[/i]
1989 NJ BC Rich Mockingbird - [i]not really sure why I bought this, the neck was like a banana. It was used once live then sold.[/i]
Hohner B2A - [i]nice cheap little stick bass, not for me though. Dated looks made it a no go for live use which sealed its fate.[/i]
Ibanez ATK reissue - [i]excellent build quality, nice chunky neck with excellent playability, but not 100% sold on the tone.[/i]


[b]Own - [/b] 1995 heavily modded Encore P bass copy - [i]my first bass, it's been like trigger's broom. It's good for recording vintage tones, terrible live.[/i]
SSD Spector NS2000/5 - [i]nice solid workhorse. Plays well. Very good chunky rock tone. Not 100% sure this is a keeper, but too skint to do anything about it.[/i]

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Owned:
Encore P (absolute dog - fell apart almost before it was out of the box)
Westfield P (upgraded the pups - should have kept it - damn fine bass)
Yamaha BB404 (quietest - and I don't mean that in a nice way - bass ever)
Fender P USA (three of them - will I never learn?)
Fender Jazz MIM (should have kept that one as well - upgraded everything)
Tanglewood 'Beatle's' bass (too light and tinny)
Musicman Stingray 4 (Finally realised I don't like maple fingerboards)
Musicman Sterling 4 (Nice, but not a 'Ray, and it took me two to find out)
Musicman Bongo HH 4 (Just couldn't find a sound that suited)
Ibanez Artcore (Another one I should have kept)
+ various other mistakes! (flipped Epi EBO, several bitzas, Crafter acoustic - I could go on!!)
Oh, and I almost forgot the Ric that was nicked!

Own:
Warmoth P/J - solid walnut, ebay MIJ neck of unknown origin, Wizard pickups (terrific workhorse)
Warmoth MM fretless - walnut body, bookmatched walnut top, birdseye maple and ebony neck, Wizard pickup (total indulgence)
Musicman Stingray 4 (the Daddy!!)
Musicman Bongo HH 4 (so different to my first Bongo - great tone and very playable - 'Sunday best' bass)

All lefties

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Here is what i have at the moment-


Hondo 2 precision copy right handed bought in'79
Squier Precision with Badass2 bridge Hipshot Bass extender,Bill Lawrence XL split pickups,Schaller straplocks,Mirrored scratchplate -from Aurora project.Nice,
Burns Bison-std
Squier Vintage modified Jazz-std-waiting to upgrade the bridge to a Babicz Full Contact
-Hofner Artist circa 1963 bought for a fiver in 78,slightly different body but played for years as is.

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The ones I own currently are in my sig, but here's a list of all of 'em:

(In order of owning)

Westone Concord (that I covered in pages from Melody Maker and varnished!)

Ibanez Studio - heavy as hell but I wish I still had

Pearl white Riverhead Unicorn - pre-owned by Dave Pegg!

[b]BASS BREAK[/b]

Crafter stingray abomination - lightest bass ever due to being (probably) from polystyrene.

Burns Bison - suited the band I was in

Hohner fretless headless.

Westone Thunder 1A - beauty!

Yamaha BB300

Shine SB35 - wanted to try a 5iver

Ibanez Roadster Fretless - best sounding bass I've ever owned

Westone Superheadless - superheadless, supercool!



That's it - until I see a Thunder III.

Or an Ibanez Studio

Or an affordable Aria Pro II

Or something else interesting! :)

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Can never remember the names of old flames
but remember all my guitars over the years:-

1962 Watkins Rapier, converted to Left Handed.
1963. Burns Sonic Left Handed. £45 guineas new!
1965. Burns Sonic Bass Left Handed. £60 guineas new!
1966. Fender Jazz Bass Left Handed. £95 guineas s/h!
1974. Eko Ranger 12 String Left Handed
2001. Tanglewood Violin Bass Left Handed.
2010 Tokai Rockinbetter Bass Left Handed

Wish I had kept both the Burns and the Fender.
The Fender particularly was a a pre CBS with the chrome pickup cover
and large chrome cover over the bridge.
All three worth a fortune now and a lot more valuable than
old flames!

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