Bought an electric bass Friday

[Sequimite]

I filled in for our bass player one night twenty-five years ago and after thinking it over for a few decades have decided to give it a go. It is amazing how many nice basses can be had for under $200 now a days. Our fellow forumite Jason (clovisc) recommended the Hondo offering highly and I've seen many others, including the $120 '92 MIM Fender P bass at the local pawn shop. I ended up spending $300 for a bass with 5 piece maple and wenge through-body neck, solid flame maple wings (body), beautifully finished rosewood fretboard with offset abalone dots, matching Hipshot tuners, brass nut, brass bridge, knobs and strap buttons and Bartolini Mark 1 pickups and 3 way preamp. The identical bass was just offerred on ebay and closed without getting the $300 starting bid.

That same pawn shop provided me with a Peavey TKO 115 bass amp for $38, which is about fifty cents a pound.

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Oh wait, THAT kind!

That looks like some great woodwork, hope it sounds even better!

[sharpguitarist]

hey sequimite,
that is a super nice looking bass!
be prepared for sore fingers
enjoy your new toy!
later,
don

[MachSchnell]

Oh wait, THAT kind!

That looks like some great woodwork, hope it sounds even better!

Thread title is deceiving... I thought it was about one of those mounted talking fishes too .

[jackknifeh]

Thread title is deceiving... I thought it was about one of those mounted talking fishes too .

Me three.

Looks like a nice guitar. Missing a coupel of strings isn't it? Have fun and let us know when the DVD is available.


Jack

[defenestrate]

That is a handsome bass. I'd like to get an acoustic (and finally finish working on my electric, a '77 musicmaster).

[Sequimite]

That is a handsome bass. I'd like to get an acoustic (and finally finish working on my electric, a '77 musicmaster).

I'd forgotten about the MusicMaster. Several decades ago I had a Mustang Bass which is very similar, the only bass I've played before this one. I was trying out some acoustic bass guitars the other day and was struck by how little volume they have without amplification.

[Evil D]

Very nice, i like that wood grain. I had a 5 string Ibanez years ago, paid a grand for it. I miss it a lot.

[a2d2]

That looks like it plays as smooth as silk. My only bass at the moment is my Peavey T40; I'm more of a six string guy.

[SkullBouncer]

Congrats DEF. in order, and total score on a Neck-Through at that price!

While unfamiliar with the make, if it was decently spec'd during construction and set-up, looks like you've landed quite a nice deal for yourself indeed.

...Sometimes the odd-occasion arises that I do contribute to topics relating my personal regards to matters of creative musicality--and ongoing evolutionary pursuits of 'instrumentalistic excellence'-- so FWIW:

My gear philosophy has always been central to a long-held policy concerning investments from the top on down, and it's really made a huge difference in the caliber of musician I am today, forward oriented as a matter of course as well along strongly innovative, and freshly dynamic evolutionary plateaus that, by design, abundantly lay ahead -- when inevitably; 'preparation meets opportunity'.

All of my axes are and have always been of high-end vintage USA handmade neck-through architecture and meticulous construction...#1 bass is an original '82 RIC 4003 running into an Avalon Designs Pure Class 'A' High Voltage Ultra-Five Direct rackmount plat; TRS feed + through; balanced variant 150 ohm / 600 ohm XLR outputs then fed to a Crown Macro-Tech 2400 pushing into 8 ohm loads >> dual 600 wpc JBL SR-4725 bins. I'm very fortunate in that this particular rig has been completely unparalleled anywhere along my personal experience spanning decades.

The right instrument will build you in ways that are hard to express to the relative layman who might have settled for far less - and my philosophical underpinnings along the decades have borne this to be true personally since before the eighties, in seriously progressive perpetuity across multiple genres and instruments since; through to the present.

As one of my primary percussionist influences, the greatly esteemed Mr. Peart has penned: "Put Aside The Alienation; Get On With The Fascination--The REAL Relation; The Underlying Theme."

This all can rapidly acclimate upward with its potential culmination in attaining a distinct, vibrant life musically all its own, all the while fostered by your talents and efforts.


Again, Niiice find.

My next bass will be a particular custom hand crafted NT 5 string 24 fret I've been steadily refining toward inception of actual build, for a couple of years now.

May your musical endeavors and achievements bring you fulfillment exceeding your hopes and dreams at least toward some approaching degree of semblance which I have found in my musical life.

And repeated congrats!!
-SB / Bruce