rhino Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 [quote name='Machines' post='95971' date='Nov 29 2007, 10:02 AM']This Squier Bronco for me, I got it because it was the cheapest bass I could find . [/quote] Rosetti Lucky 7 bass - 21 guineas in 1963 and then in 1965 I went straight to a second hand 1962 Fender Jazz bass, natural sunburst, complete with tweed case and Fender cable. Price ? £100.00. Those were the days Rhino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 [quote name='bottomfeed' post='237395' date='Jul 11 2008, 03:40 PM']OMG!!!!.... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JEDSON-TELECASTER-COPY-VINTAGE-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ310065513949QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item310065513949&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318"]Ebay Jedson bass!![/url] I can't believe he wants £129.99 for it!!!! "This bass guitar is about thirty years old and hard to find in good condition.Everything is in full working order and the adjustable action is very playable.It would be perfect as a starter bass guitar,or for more professional use in the studio for that 70's large single coil sound....." [b]'professional!?'.... 'Studio use!!???'... 'the adjustable action is very [i]playable[/i]'????!!!!? [/b] .... WTF!?! LOL! [/quote] Just offered him a fiver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 First played - Peavey international series 4 string First bought - Peavey international series 4 string Still have it, never getting rid of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Just got mine back last night, I haven't seen it for a year I forgot how pretty it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcdrewson Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 1st bass - Hohner Rockwood 1st guitar - Phantom Rhythm Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkypenguin Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 First bass was a Cort GB24. stingray type clone but minus the active electronics. lovely first bass. nice low action and superb for slap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaver Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 First was a Kay Rickenbacker copy bought from Sounds Great in Heald Green not long after it opened. Guitarist persuaded me to put a new bridge on which was slightly too wide so I kept pulling the E and G strings off the edge of the neck. Second was a Burns Flyte which to my shame I treated despicably. I'm hoping to dig out a picture of this for 'then' and 'now' photos on the show us what you look like thread. I made such a mess of the Burns that it got swapped for an active Westone (don't know which one, would have been the cheapest available in 1983/4) Never previously had more than one bass until I signed up here...now I have three and a despairing wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbatts2000 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 1st bass - Mexican Fender Jazz Bass 1st guitar - Yamaha Pacifica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simondee Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Encore P-bass. In cream. With a white scratchplate. fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exile252 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Westfield P Bass copy in sunburst. Though now I've painted it gold and took the frets out. Surprisingly, it is a nice bass, alot better made than my shoddy first guitar, an Encore Start copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 First Played - 1977 Fender Precision First Owned - Peavey Milestone 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escholl Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 2004 yamaha rbx170. never selling, brilliant bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashgeezer Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 The first bass i ever played was my mates kay sg type thing, it was ugly as sin but it got him started and he now owns a very nice 80s precision. The first bass i ever owned was a peavey milestone 1, i sold it a couple of years ago to pay the leccy bill, i really liked that guitar and regret selling it but thats life i suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah5string Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Another encore P bass copy here... Black with a white pickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teen t-shirt Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 i never saw the fascination with fenders or there crap copies... unfortunately i was the wielder or one for a while as my first purchased bass... first played was when i was about 9 i played on my aunties one and broke the E string on it... am now the beloved bearer of a Peavey Millenium BXP and soon to be the holder of a lovely cheap and lovely sounding and looking Stingray Copy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan_da_man Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Peavey Precision copy. Quite good bass actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Commodore semi-acoustic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pockethammer Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 My 1st bass was a Yamaha RBX something or other. It was blue (with woodgrain showing) gold tuners & bridge (with fine tuners on the bridge) pickups in a j formation & fitted case. It was a cracker...... wish I still had it...... Anyone any idea what the model number might be? I just can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 (edited) A short scale Framus. Black offset body, white scratchplate, single pick-up. No idea what model. Found it in a pawn shop. Cheap piece of cr*p. Played ok but the bridge kept lifting as the screw holes were all chewed up. Would be an easy fix now but I can't say as I miss it. Same shape as this bass Edited August 24, 2008 by bassman2790 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Played: The schools crap encore p-bass... possibly the heaviest bass on earth, missing a string and rust on every metal part. Owned: Yamaha RBX170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceuggy Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 (edited) First bass owned and played. Squier Affinity P Bass. Still owned and played. Edited August 26, 2008 by aceuggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthewalrus Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 My first bass - a Sunburst "Craftsman" Precision copy with a Maple neck & board which I bought for £99 at Macari's in London in 1985. Was an ok starter bass but soon went onto a twin pickup Ibanez RB750 which was my first proper gigging bass about 5 months later. As far as I know, a mate of mine who was in my first band still has the P Bass. Cheers, iamthewalrus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlonBass Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Hofner Artist. It felt "right" when I tried it out in the shop, (I was only 13!) and it served me as my gigging Bass until I bought my first Precision 5 years later. Beware! Black and white '60's photography alert! [attachment=12655:My_Pictu...date_070.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFW Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 My first bass was a borrowed shortscale Kay EB/SG copy. It came strung with flats and had a single mudbucker - not exactly the best setup for copying the sound of my then hero, Mark King. It sounded absolutely terrible but I thought I was sooooo cool 'playing' Hot Water at 40BPM with the strap set as short as possible and a piece of insulation tape wrapped round my thumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 First bought bass, a Satellite thru-neck precision copy turned upside down and played lefty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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