| Hmmm....yes, the old gear collection lark.
I've pared down a lot of my stuff, but I still have in order of favourites:
1973 Rickenbacker 4001 - my first 'real' bass and for a long time my only bass, bought in 1976 and of immense sentimental 'never sell it' value to me.
1990's Patrick Eggle Milan 5 string - fitted with EMG P and EMG J soapbars, defretted and fettled into gorgeousness by Martin Petersen at The Gallery. This has my main gigging bass for the last 5 years
1990's Palm Bay 4 string - very pretty small bodied 24 fret bass with a honey coloured birds eye maple cap on a mahogany body, maple bolt on neck, PJ active PU's. Use it as my main fretted bass when I'm too wary of taking the Ricky
2001 Fender Jazz 5 string - Bought it as a fretted 5 string but don't like it that much, it's a ******* to play so I use it as my practise bass on the basis that other basses feel much easier to play after this beast.
2002 Crafter 4 string Acoustic - a cheapo acoustic bass that's good to have lying around for when I can't be arsed to get the amps out.
Play all these through a Line 6 Bass Pod pro modelling pre-amp, a soundtech 2 x 400 W stereo power amp and a couple of David Eden cabinets.
That's it now I've owned and got rid of a couple of Precisions, a 1970's Jazz (never been much of a Fender bass lover), a Gibson Thunderbird and a Guild 301.
Still need a clear out though, there are still a couple of keyboards kicking about, PA equipment and a nearly new Yamaha 24 channel mixer that sits under my bed and was only used a few times before a couple of people in the band I was playing with moved to Wales.
It's a lot of stuff to have now that I'm bandless and haven't gigged for nearly a year  |