Silvia Bluejay Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) As inspired by Seashell's anniversary thread. I'll start with my Crafter. I still have it, immaculately preserved, and will never get rid of it. This is a photo taken several years ago with a rather crap camera, and I'm posting it on purpose - taking a new one with my all-singing, all-dancing DSLR would ruin the feel of this thread. Edit: and yes, the photo contains a selfie as well, if you look carefully Edited January 28, 2015 by bluejay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Apart from a couple of photos of my second bass, taken in 1989, most of the photos I've taken of my gear has been in the last 5 years or so. I have no photos of stuff in the intervening 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'm pretty sure that this Kay was like mine:- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Here is mine a Vintage pre wilkinson i named Laura. This was the explanation of the name from my very first basschat introduction post. "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Bought a cheap 15 quid pre wilkinson Vintage from a mate. That had done the rounds between friends, wasn't in the best of condition and was filthy, so i named it after a girlfriend it reminded me of haha."[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Added the cool speed strips myself.[/font][/color] [url="http://s330.photobucket.com/user/Twincam2008/media/1st%20bass_zpsdxhbuixs.jpg.html"][/url] Edited January 28, 2015 by Twincam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Not actually mine but very very close - my Dad 'helped' me make my first, a copy of the Vox tear drop as used by Bill Wyman circa '63/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anDy LAKIN Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 heres mine a dean j bass still in good condition and only a few years old and only a few months use as then i got an ibanez sr300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Short scale (30" scale) Hohner Baron Bass in black. Horrible 2 + 2 BBOT bridge and really skinny tuners. I started sanding it back to the wood one summer and hit chipboard…. Says it all really. [URL=http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/360_8bde68b911a5d2d3dc0fe5a07c3f6e03_zps5c50f6e1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/360_8bde68b911a5d2d3dc0fe5a07c3f6e03_zps5c50f6e1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Gigged it quite a lot though way back when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronj279 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The bass on the left. It's the only photo I can find and it's with a cheap as chips "Crafter" bass that had faulty electronics and a neck that was easily the chunkiest thing I've ever used. Both sounded absolutely awful. Black one felt quite nice to play if I remember right (it was only 4 and a half years ago) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 1973/74 my first bass and rig. Epiphone semi acoustic. [url="https://flic.kr/p/qY9Kx8"][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sadly I don't have any pictures of the first 2 basses I had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK Jale Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) ... Edited March 31, 2017 by KK Jale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Here's mine: [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC01541-2.jpg[/IMG] A heavily butchered Burns Sonic bought second hand in 1981. I still own it and it gets used in the studio from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) [quote name='tinyd' timestamp='1422466609' post='2673086'] I'm pretty sure that this Kay was like mine:- [/quote] That was my first one as well, got it S/H for 5 quid. I'm sure I was ripped off : Edit I found a picture of me playing it. .[attachment=182331:286826_10150270852836016_1500921_o.jpg] Edited January 29, 2015 by Highfox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Squier JV 57 P Bass circa 1985. It was Fiesta Red with a white pickguard but I had it resprayed. Apologies for the 80,s hair. Edited January 28, 2015 by Hobbayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 [quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1422469337' post='2673120'] 1973/74 my first bass and rig. Epiphone semi acoustic. [url="https://flic.kr/p/qY9Kx8"][/url] [/quote] I was born in 74 I don't think I've got a picture if my first bass It was a cheap, non branded, blue Jazz type bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sticker covered Squier Affinity Precision, I'll have had it thirteen years in about two months. [Img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/Ghost_Upon_The_Stage/Mobile%20Uploads/20140323_205700_zps665dc003.jpg" class="ipsImage" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Arkadin Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Love those Burns and Kay basses. This is my bass: OK I only it got it in 2012, but I'm primarily a guitarist (of sorts). Edited January 28, 2015 by Mr Arkadin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) [url="http://s30.photobucket.com/user/KevB64/media/old1_zpshzkwmboc.jpg.html"][/url][url="http://s30.photobucket.com/user/KevB64/media/old2_zpsmnd8lerd.jpg.html"][/url] 1985 or thereabouts. Columbus jazz bought from bassist in school band I was in briefly (as a singer - ha, laughable!) for £30. Can you spot the really tasteful and hardly noticeable mod he'd done? Edited January 28, 2015 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 My Encore shortscale, bought secondhand in 1995 for £45, only had 3 strings, took another 4 weeks of saving up to get an E string, still have it, will never be sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Epiphone EB-3. Long gone, no regrets - turned out it was not really what I was looking for in a bass, I just didn't know it at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebass84 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 My Tanglewood Warrior IIIFH. Such a pretty bass [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/p67K8bV.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 My very first bass was actually the one I bought for my daughter, and absolutely not what I would have chosen. This what I replaced it with: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Hofner%20vintage%20instruments/Hofner%20500%201%20RI63%202006%20SOLD/2009BassPhotos093.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Hofner%20vintage%20instruments/Hofner%20500%201%20RI63%202006%20SOLD/2009BassPhotos093.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A new 1963 RI from Macari's. It took me a VERY long time to realise that I am fundamentally a Precision guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 This isn't my actual bass, but mine's identical. A '64 Höfner Artist II, bought from my metalwork teacher for £20 in 1982. My second bass was a Columbus Jazz, just like Kev's but without the P pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 My first bass was a Sunn Mustang: Actually, once it was set up it played surprisingly well. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 My first was a Framus Star Bass bought in 1963. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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