Your best (and worst!) bass gear purchases of 2025?

[dmccombe7]

10 hours ago, deepbass5 said:

Best Buy   It has to be this, the bass was bought on the rebound, I missed a Lakland i wanted.  I wasn't looking for one of these but the spec's pulled me in.  Light with the deepest bottom end passive. I don't need the active EQ on this. A great endorsement when you get something you didn't want or lust after, but find it to be just what you always needed. 

 

I was looking at those when i came across one fitted with WAL pick ups and a similar style pre-amp. That would be a fantastic buy.

Gorgeous colour match body and neck.

Well done sir.

Dave

[rwillett]

I have a number of good and bad buys. 

1. I have to say (at the risk of being expelled, excommunicated and otherwise labelled as a heretic) that the purchase of an 87 MIJ Strat from here, was one of my best buys of the year for me. Its a dammed fine guitar that just begs to be played. It's no showroom queen and it's all the better for it. It's great for songwriting so I actually play the bass more as well.
2. A songwriting course in Kendal. I learnt so much from Ann Marie I want to do it again. 

Worst purchases

1. Some crappy Fender guitar cables. Buy a decent cable from @Chienmortbb and just have done with it.
2. The MS1-Vave Bluetooth adapter. Junk. 
3. Any purchase that I thought would short circuit me having to learn how to play bass guitar properly. I'm still learning and I expect to keep learning until the day I stop and there's nothing wrong with that. 

Am looking for a decent acoustic for next year and a decent precision to see what all the fuss is about. I also wouldn't mind a es355 if one fell in my lap. 

 

Rob

[kodiakblair]

Purchases were scant this year 🙂

 

Bought 4 lipstick pickups for a build and I replaced the Herrick quad-coil in my Bonnywood 51 with a great single coil from China.

 

Sold by 7th Song, I imagine that's the dynasty not anything music related 😀 It's a cracking wee thing, cloth push wires, white string wrap, alnico 5 slugs; best of all it's just 6.7k DCR so closer to Fender single coils from 70 years ago than the 9k/9.5k which others market as 'vintage voiced'.

 

Just £17 inc delivery, I call that a result 😎