Ouizel Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Naa. Not the first, second or third. I still have my fourth and fifth, and plan on keeping them for a while. FWIW, 1. Hondo Alien headless (sold to buy #2) 2. Ibanez Roadstar II (sold to pay bills) 3. Westone Quantum headless (sold to pay bills) 4. Olympic P-Bass copy (currently on loan to son-in-law) 5. Alverez EB6PB six string (My current honey, I love this thing!) **Standard Disclaimer** Ya gotta watch da Ouizel, as he often posts complete and utter BS. In this case however, He just might be right. Eagles may soar, but Ouizels don't get sucked into jet engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower8 Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 My first bass was a 1988 blue Washburn Force ABT 4-string. I loved it. I was going through a "Geddy Lee playing a Wal" phase and this thing got me just the sound I wanted. Unfortunately it was stolen out of a friend's car. I still have my 2nd and 3rd basses, my 1990 Fender Jazz American, and my 1974 Ovation Magnum II... love em both, though the Magnum is quite awkward to play... "Tea & Cake, or Death!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro_Man Posted September 2, 2003 Author Share Posted September 2, 2003 Originally posted by Phoney McRing Ring: It was a Westfield P copy. Big, heavy but i lovd it damit Someone else had a westfield, dirt cheap, sound good and they do better colours than fender. My first was a westfield p-bass copy, i love it still play it but i prefer my jazz bass, the great thing about it is that if i needed the money i wouldn't sell it cos its not worth that much, genius. Come on more stories. "i must've wrote 30 songs the first weekend i met my true love ... then she died and i got stuck with this b****" - Father of the Pride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 No. And I have NO REGRETS. NONE. It was a POS that I traded for my first "nice" bass, a Yamaha fretless (RBX200, those were nice...). Actually, most of the trade value was in the hardshell Fender case it was in, not at all in what was inside the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Tim, good on ya--that Univox is WAY too funky to part with!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 My first bass was some kinda weird Fender J-P bass... a Jazz body with both a Precision p-up and a Jazz. I replaced the bridge with a Badass, put a graphite nut on it and replaced the p-ups with Bartolinis. Guess what? It still sounded like crap. I traded it for my present bass... a black American Standard P-bass. It sounds great... and it's totally stock except for the knobs (I put abalone-inlaid knobs on it to replace the stock steel ones.) Great bass... I think it's actually my first "real" bass. \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlock1016 Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Nope..it's long gone...a red Squier P-bass...and having moved up to my Ibanez SR500, I don't really want another one, though I wouldn't complain if I got one for Christmas or something. From a P-bass, to a P-bass Special, to my current list...Two LP Standards, a Yamaha RBX260, The Ibanez, a Hohner Acoustic, and an Essex BG-80 Fretless...I think I've got my basses (sorry for the bad pun...) covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Still have mine - white 1975 Rick 4001, bought new - I don't play it much (it's a little too trebly for the bands I'm in now), all yellowed with age, but I've never been able to part with a single instrument - my wife has threatened to bury me under tons-o-stuff for years, but I imagine she'll thank me when she can save the cost of a pine box and lay my corpse out in my Sunn twin 15-reflex cabinet. Thank Ghu I added wheels - it's as big as a Subaru... Vroom vroom, Tim from Jersey Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gollihur Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Nope, I tore it up for some reason back in the 70's (got the bass around 1964) and can only find the half-sanded body. But I found one on eBay exactly the same and snagged it. Very neck heavy, no side dots, but it sounds good. Gigging in the sixties: http://www.doublebass.biz/illusions.jpg In color and the present: http://www.doublebass.biz/crownreal.jpg 1000 Upright Bass Links, Luthier Directory, Teacher Directory - http://www.gollihurmusic.com/links.cfm [highlight] - Life is too short for bad tone - [/highlight] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebrownbass Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 My first bass was a $15 Montgomery Wards 4 string with blue metallic paint, 4 pickups and a horrible tone. I actually made a church album with that bass. Maybe I'll pull that thing out and listen to it. I sold that bass to another guy for $20 ('cause I had made bass playing so cool! way back in 1974) and I bought me a real nice Fender Musicmaster for $125. Played on that one for 5 years or so, then it got stolen. I found it hanging in the pawn shop (same one I bought it in!) but I couldn't prove it was mine. Replaced it with a Peavey T-40, first and ONLY bass I ever bought retail at a store...still got that one...(after many other bass purchases) I loaned it to a student for 3 years and it came back with broken switches, and a crack in the headstock. Oh well. I still got the Warwick, the one I got from Chuck Rainey...even though it got stolen and I had to recover it off ebay. I now watch it VERY carefully...in fact one day I'll retire it ('cept it sounds so GOOD!) "Let's raise the level of this conversation" -- Jeremy Cohen, in the Picasso Thread. Still spendin' that political capital far faster than I can earn it...stretched way out on a limb here and looking for a better interest rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Nope, and I wish I did. It was an Ibanez SR500. I doubt very highly that I'd actually play the thing anymore, but it sure would look neat sitting in the corner next to my Modulus that never gets played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invincible Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Yeah I still have mine, (it was only like a year ago that it was my main one) but it's in a pretty unplayable state, only way I could get rid of it would be to either give it away or take it to the dump, no way I could get anyone to pay for it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncer Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 My first Bass was a 1982 Metallic blue Charvel I bought right off the showroom floor. Played it a few months and then for some reason, I decided i wanted to be a drummer so i traded it for a set of Ludwig drums. Took drum lessons for 2 weeks and did'nt enjoy it so i sold the drums and bought a Peavey Foundation which i dont play any more, but i do still own. Set the pace.......add more Bass!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I was just thinking about my first bass. Decided that it was time to bump this thread. Peace. --Dub $$ spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArwinH Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Yup, still got mine. It's actually getting played everyday in two jazz bands at school. It's very easy to play, although the sound lacks low midrange punch and definition. It still sounds good, but it's just not my sound. I'm leaving it there for the year and enjoying the time I spend with it. www.myspace.com/movementwithoutmotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 my first bass is an ibanez edb600 and i most definitely still have it, it's a nice "mordern sound" bass, lots of tone shaping abilty. hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro_Man Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 What are the odds, i come back on the forum for the first time in ages and up pops this bad boy. Nic "i must've wrote 30 songs the first weekend i met my true love ... then she died and i got stuck with this b****" - Father of the Pride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Nope - I started playing bass only about 18 months ago, and had a Sunn Mustang which cost me Not A Lot Of Money At All. It turned out to be surprisingly playable, although the pickups were pretty light. I sold it to help finance my Yamaha RBX. G. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Yes, and It's my main bass. Maybe because I don't have another.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky McDougall Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 My first bass was a poor copy of a Fender Jazz, made in Japan I think. Don't know the manufacturer. It has a mahogony body and neck, some wierd pickups I've never seen anywhere else. Has small madolin frets and a 30inch scale. Plays great, sounds wonderful. I play it everyday even though I have several Fenders. Oh, by the way, I got it in 1960. I traded a fishing rod & real for it. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb, voting on what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb, contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groover Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 I still have my first bass, it's a red Yamaha BB300 that my wife (girlfriend at the time) bought for me. A few years ago I wanted to get rid of it since I never played it anymore, but my wife has a sentamental attachment to it and didn't want me to part with it. So I had a luthier friend of mine defret it, filled the slots in with cocobolo (sp?) wood and routed a hole for a bridge pickup. I found an old jazz bass pickup for it and wired it up with the stock pickup with two volume controls and no tone. Sounds and plays great now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFLA Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Originally posted by JBFLA: A '67 sunburst P-bass that I bought for $125 in '73. Tried to buy it back several times, but no luck... If I get a chance, I'll scan an old photo, and post it. It was a beaut!! Better late, than... http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0SgDdAh4X3m6QelLXe*xR5rFtFmHGqRZ8C81eTjgWP*!KHB4ZJtQNfjH4iPErJLGe7Nb8WGr6v!UKZBc8gqRYHBhaFQwgl*XOYMmRJI!eem9P8JFL9c9Jpg/image7.jpg Jim Confirmed RoscoeHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 My first bass was a total piece of junk. That was 40 years ago. No one would want that bass now and I've never missed it once. But I learned how to play on it. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windjammer Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 My first bass is my only bass so yes, I still have it. A Washburn Taurus T24. One day when I get better and upgrade, I will change it into a fretless and change the pickups. Seems like some kind of trend reading through this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Windjammer, afaik that is a nice bass you have there. Thought of picking one up once, but I couldn't find any over here My first bass is long gone, and ironically I regret it because ... I would have liked to defret it "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gab Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Sure i have it. Not that sure actually, i almost sold it a year ago but changed my mind in the process. Its a great bass, that Fernandes, i think i'll stick with it. Warwick Streamer Jazzman 5, Fernandes LEB-2 Ashdown ABM-300, Ashdown ABM 4x10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windjammer Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Originally posted by EddiePlaysBass: Windjammer, afaik that is a nice bass you have there. Thought of picking one up once, but I couldn't find any over here that's a shame, it is very good value for money. But I bet you can pick up various basses in Europe that are hard to find elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzilla Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 My first was a Kramer Striker, which I bought in 1985. Red P-type body; P&J pickups, maple neck & maple fretboard. As a starter, it was pretty good (paid about $200). Eventually the wiring got bad, and the neck warped a bit. I was afraid to touch the truss rod at that time. I bought a Yamaha BB1100S, which played rings around it. Then got a nowhere-near-stock fretless '71 Fender Jazz. Eventually traded the Kramer & Yamaha towards a Washburn acoustic/electric guitar. Bad move- both financially (poor trade-in value on my basses, especially the Yamaha) and musically. I still have that Washburn, because it has little trade-in value; but don't really like it. Still have my Fender, plus an Epi Les Paul 5 string and a Lakland DJ5. I don't wish that I had teh Kramer back, but wouldn't mind having the Yamaha again. I do still have my first amp- a Fender Bassman Ten combo (50 watts, all tube; 4x10). Used when I want a certain old tone, and used alot when I play electric guitar. "Am I enough of a freak to be worth paying to see?"- Separated Out (Marillion) NEW band Old band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Woodward Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I wish I still had my first Bass. It was a 1968 Gibson EBO. If anyone knows of where I can get one of these (not the the re-issue), I would buy it just to have one again. When I went into the military, I sold it and my Ampeg B-15 Portaflex amp. Yea I know- STUPID!. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumpelstiltskin. Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 i still have my first bass. my parents bought it for me for christmas when i was 15. it's a lyon by washburn P clone. made out of plywood. gloss finish maple neck. this thing smokes. it's all stock except for the pickup, a reverend 8.7k P pickup. the pots are due for replacement, the frets are due for a dressing, and the bridge is not very good, but it resonates like crazy and sounds incredible. i have considered getting a more comfortable neck for it, but i can't decide if i'd be better to start over with a new one -- i've seen 'em used for $50. even though i have a nice cirrus BXP, this is still my main bass. it has a white finish with a white pickguard. i put a bunch of stickers on it. then i completely covered it with other stickers. then i took them all off with a lot of goo gone and hand painted it with silver craft paint. that finish has aged a bit, but it's what's on there now. it looks awesome. tons of personality. i think i'd rather try to find a used reverend rumblefish PJ than upgrade this guy any more. robb. because i like people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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