View Full Version : Put your collector's hat on ..... what would be your ultimate 5 bass collection?
bassaussie
10-05-2006, 05:29 PM
Let's say you could own any 5 basses in the world - they can be specific instruments (eg. Paul McCartney's Hofner, Jaco's "Bass of Doom), or just a particular model (1960 Jazz Bass), or whatever. What would they be?
I'll start (of course!! :D ).
1958 Precision - the original, the best!! Definitely 2-tone sunburst
1960 Jazz Bass - stack knob, preferably in Olympic White or Sonic Blue, and if it had a matching headstock, I'd go nuts!!
1963/4 Jazz Bass - same colours
1963/4 Precision Bass - Olympic white or sunburst
1968-72 Jazz - black, rosewood board with those sexy block markers
Let's say you could own any 5 basses in the world - they can be specific instruments (eg. Paul McCartney's Hofner, Jaco's "Bass of Doom), or just a particular model (1960 Jazz Bass), or whatever. What would they be?
I'll start (of course!! :D ).
1958 Precision - the original, the best!! Definitely 2-tone sunburst
1960 Jazz Bass - stack knob, preferably in Olympic White or Sonic Blue, and if it had a matching headstock, I'd go nuts!!
1963/4 Jazz Bass - same colours
1963/4 Precision Bass - Olympic white or sunburst
1968-72 Jazz - black, rosewood board with those sexy block markers
shit, this is hard...
the franken p that entwistle played on live at leeds- mojo and tone
hammers alembic
bobs clevinger
my 'Ray 5 - makes me smile everytime I play it
my spector euro rebop fretless 5er - makes me smile everytime I play it
MBIYF
10-05-2006, 05:44 PM
* 1958 Precision - The gold anodized aluminum pickguard is so hot. Sunburst please
* Ibanez USATK - The big daddy of my ATK's. They are getting rare birds...
From the famous people I'd steal:
* Marcus Miller's Jazz bass - I wonder if it would sound better in my hands than the Japanese copy did.
* Sting's fretless Ibanez Musician - Too cool!
* Derek Smalls doubleneck BC Rich he uses for Big Bottom
Grant Sharkey
10-05-2006, 05:47 PM
5 wish basses.
Edit. Or one 20 string wish bass.
basshunter
10-05-2006, 05:51 PM
The first 3 are easy...my 2 JAFs and Ely's '64P. After that, probably Rowka's Alembic.
Give me some time to decide on #5
mlwarriner
10-05-2006, 05:52 PM
Ric 4003, old
JAF Eidas 4 or 5
Ritter 5
[edit after reading nio's post below] Carl Thompson anything [/edit after reading nio's post below]
Fender Jazz, old
niomosy
10-05-2006, 05:53 PM
Fodera Emperor II 5-string. With the now-gone Chestnut tops they were famous for.
Carl Thompson Scroll 4-string
Divinity Guitar Works (Benavente label) Oracle 7-string.
BC Rich Mockingbird Supreme. Silver Metal Flake & J pickups.
Ken Lawrence Brase 5-string.
All 5's strung EADGC. I'll use the 7 when I want the low B.
Les Izzmor
10-05-2006, 05:54 PM
G&L L2000 - own it
Spector USA bolt-on - own the czech version
Fender P-bass (early 60's) - own lakland skyline Bob Glaub
Lakland Decade - wish I had this one
Nice hollow body: Jack Casady or something similair - wish I had one
bassaussie
10-05-2006, 05:55 PM
The first 3 are easy...my 2 JAFs and Ely's '64P. After that, probably Rowka's Alembic.
Give me some time to decide on #5
Ely's P bass was the inspiration for the '64 I mentioned. I WILL own that bass one day!! :evil2:
thrash_jazz
10-05-2006, 06:00 PM
Hmmm... from a collector's standpoint...
- the first electric bass ever made
- Fender #000001
- Jaco's beat-up Jazz Bass
- Victor Wooten's Fodera Yin Yang
- Les Claypool's Carl Thompson Rainbow Bass
From a player's standpoint, I have the five I need...
basshunter
10-05-2006, 06:00 PM
Ely's P bass was the inspiration for the '64 I mentioned. I WILL own that bass one day!! :evil2:
NO!!! I will own it!!!! :mad:
:D
mlwarriner
10-05-2006, 06:04 PM
Ely's P bass was the inspiration for the '64 I mentioned. I WILL own that bass one day!! :evil2:
NO!!! I will own it!!!! :mad:
:D
i'll steal it for airfare and whichever of you offers me the most $$.
DevilRaysFan
10-05-2006, 06:07 PM
G&L ASAT (own it)
G&L L-2000
Stingray (may be getting one very very soon :thumbsup: )
'69 - '74 Fender Jazz sunburst with rosewood board and block inlays
MIJ Power Jazz Bass Special w active electronics (own it)
Bogster
10-05-2006, 06:27 PM
I am easy to please. Let's see:
-A stingray five. Black on black with maple fretboard.
-An Ibanez SR900-black of course. ;)
-A blueburst G&L L2000 with maple fretboard
-A Custom made Ibanez BTB405. Neck-thru with string-thru bridge and bart p/u's
-Rickenbacker 4001
bassesofalessergod
10-05-2006, 06:32 PM
1. Gibby T-Bird
2. A Fender Jazz
3. i'm really liking brian d's new MM fretless
4. US BC Rich Bich 4
5. Ibanez Artist 2615
my '64 P is awesome, but it's more of an investment to me. i'm not a big P guy.
oldivor
10-05-2006, 06:35 PM
1958 Precision
Slab P-bass
an old white Rick
Gibson RD artist or Fenderbird
Alembic Exploiter
Jugghaid
10-05-2006, 06:45 PM
1960 Jazz Bass stack knob.
1958 Precision
They are the standards
Then probably an MTD 535 24 fret mahogany body, flamed redwood top
USA made old school B. C. Rich Mockingbird or Rich Bich.
Custom made Alembic Exploiter
oldivor
10-05-2006, 06:47 PM
Custom made Alembic Exploiter
great minds think alike :D
A Good J
A Good P
A Good Hollowbody
A Good J/MM
A Good URB
sunburstbasser
10-05-2006, 06:56 PM
Zon Sonus Special 4 fretted
Zon Sonus Special 4 fretless
Chris Squire's Rickenbacker
Music Man Stingray
Reverend Rumblefish XL
allan
10-05-2006, 06:59 PM
Too many Fenders in this thread :angry:
My list? Too many Laklands :D
55-94
US Jerry Scheff model
US hollowbody
Then...
Fodera Emperor 6
MTD 535
That oughtta do it :)
niomosy
10-05-2006, 07:22 PM
USA made old school B. C. Rich Mockingbird or Rich Bich.
They're making contoured top Mockingbirds and Bich's now on guitars. It'd be sweet to get them to do one for a bass :thumbsup:
SpaceGhost
10-05-2006, 07:31 PM
Chris Squire's Rickenbacker
:thumbsup:
Bass of Doom (with a name like that how can you not resist?)
Paul Jackson's P-bass
James Jamerson's P
Jonas Hellborg all black Wal
Fretless Wal
sheepdog
10-05-2006, 08:01 PM
A Good J
A Good P
A Good Hollowbody
A Good J/MM
A Good URB
nice list
My list:
PJ (Lakland or Sadowsky)
Jazz (block inlay 5)
J/MM(Stingray 5 HS)
Hollowbody (if Lakland ever makes a 5er hollowbody I'm selling a kidney. If not, the Washburn AB95)
URB (a real one with piezo pickups and low C extension, not just a stick on a stand)
Low Tone
10-05-2006, 08:10 PM
1) JAF #5 (Done.)
2) JAF #14 (Done.)
3) Nikki Sixx Blackbird (Maybe someday)
4) Any Pre-CBS Fender (Not likely)
5) Dean Stylist Cabbie Bass (A possibility.....)
Thunderbroom
10-05-2006, 08:41 PM
http://hootpage.com/56pbass.jpg
Mike Watt's 1956 P Bass
http://www.excellenceunderpressure.com/share/jeff_pvceub_01a.jpg
2006 PVC EUB
http://www.excellenceunderpressure.com/share/yfc_040106z.jpg
MIM P Bass
http://www.excellenceunderpressure.com/share/mij_fretless01a.jpg
MIJ P/J Fretless
http://www.excellenceunderpressure.com/share/lc/Jeff1.jpg
G&L L-2000
brake
10-05-2006, 08:45 PM
stingray 5 - fits like a glove.
alembic series I - need i say more?
riverhead unicorn - belonged to a good friend and teacher that passed away. it is never leaving my possession. ever.
50's P-bass - what year was jamersons? one o' those :D
rickenbacker 4003 - i'm still too much of a prog geek to not want one.
Squire P and a j
wish bass
first act
and wash tub with a wire on a stick
mnemosyne's lobotomy
10-05-2006, 09:44 PM
Kinal MK5
Kinal DK5
Pensa-Suhr 4string jazz
Lakland Hollowbody
Bossa OB5
bpocall
10-05-2006, 10:42 PM
My JAF
Lakland Scheff in LPB w/tort pickguard
Conor's Ric
JE's Fenderbird
And something from Cliff Bordwell. He's got some nice looking stuff.
El Duderino
10-06-2006, 12:51 AM
fretted Peavey T-40 (own it)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/El_Duderino676/basses/IM000721.jpg
fretless Peavey T-40 (own it)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/El_Duderino676/basses/IM000713.jpg
Barry Oakley's "Tractor" Jazz
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Hammon/31441617-6993-017801F4-.jpg
Phil Lesh's "Big Brown" Alembicized Guild Starfire
http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/4179.jpg
Billy Sheehan's "The Wife" P bass
http://billysheehan.com/gear/images/instr_34.jpg
Croissant Seven
10-06-2006, 01:33 AM
So many basses...
Inazone's Zon 5
Lakland 55-94 w/maple fretboard
USA Spector 5
MTD 535 w/maple fretboard
USA Precision
:cool:
C7
Jefkay
10-06-2006, 05:22 AM
This is tough, my attempt:
- Fender '64 Jazz bass in Ocean Turquoise with matching headstock (got the custom shop-version in store for merely € 4499)
- Fender '68-'72 Jazz (in Mocha for example) with maple neck
- '79 Musicman Sabre
- Fodera single cut 5-ver (Tom Kennedy's bass would do)
- '58 P-bass
or
- Jaco's bass of doom
- Victor Wooten's Fodera tenor bass
- Michael Manring's Zon Hyperbass (man, I would love to try this one out)
- Les Claypool's Thompson
- Geddy Lee's original ...eerrm... 'Geddy Lee'
G-Bitch
10-06-2006, 06:44 AM
I'd go for just one bass for collection/value - Jameson's 'funk machine'
The rest would just be for my playing pleasure:
G&L L2000 in red sparkle (yeah, man - got that one)
Status of some sort - haven't played enough to decide which
MM stingray, natural, 2 band (had it but turned it over for a profit)
Shuker custom 6 with custom MM p/up and weighing in at around 10-11 lbs (dreaming! couldn't justify replacing my current shuker 6!)
Drippin' Robin
10-06-2006, 06:56 AM
Oh dear...
In no particular order...
-MTD 635
-Modulus Quantum 5
-JAF 6-string
-Peavey Cirrus 6
-Some kind of freaky Explorer or Destroyer model..
NotFSI
10-06-2006, 07:30 AM
5 Status Stealth 5-strings
Jefkay
10-06-2006, 08:12 AM
5 Status Stealth 5-strings
you need two more so you can play one each day :D
Inazone
10-06-2006, 09:39 AM
Keeping it at 5 is tough!
MTD 535
Modulus quantum 5
Tung Bass 6
Sadowsky 5
Zon fretless 5
and cos I cant keep it at five, Niomosy's fedora, ritter seal, zon fretted 5, NS EUB, King road king URB, lakland JO 5. :)
Jugghaid
10-06-2006, 10:30 AM
Keeping it at 5 is tough!
MTD 535
Modulus quantum 5
Tung Bass 6
Sadowsky 5
Zon fretless 5
and cos I cant keep it at five, Niomosy's fedora, ritter seal, zon fretted 5, NS EUB, King road king URB, lakland JO 5. :)
What up dude!!! I still have your quantum. :) You ever get the electronics for it?
Inazone
10-06-2006, 10:00 PM
What up dude!!! I still have your quantum. :) You ever get the electronics for it?
Nope, Im a boob. :(
I should come by this weekend and get it out of your hair and so you could get some space back.
sheepdog
10-07-2006, 01:18 PM
fretted Peavey T-40 (own it)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/El_Duderino676/basses/IM000721.jpg
fretless Peavey T-40 (own it)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/El_Duderino676/basses/IM000713.jpg
:mad:
I hate you
:(
not really, but I am insanely jealous that you own both a fretted and a fretless.
:eek:
sheepdog
10-07-2006, 01:20 PM
PVC EUB
any chance of you pm'ing me the instructions on how to make one of those. that is one upright "stick" bass that I would like to own. Neat idea...
There is alot of info over at HCBF on that SD
SpaceGhost
10-07-2006, 03:45 PM
I changed it:
Jamersons P
Bass of Doom
Wal
McCartney's wacky ass Ric
Percy Jones' Fretless Wal!
82Daion
01-14-2007, 02:09 AM
For me:
Alembic Series I
Veillette-Citron active 4-string
Status Buzzard
1970's Fender Jazz in Mocha
Custom Thunderbird in Sherwood Green/black PG
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