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Do you suffer from B.A.S.™? (Bass Acquisition Syndrome)
To my recollection these are all of the basses I have owned over 31 years of playing...
- Azola Bug Bass (Electric Upright)
- Epiphone Viola Bass
- Ernie Ball Stringray 5
- F Bass BN6
- Fender Jazz Bass Fretless (Mexico)
- Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass (Japan)
- Fodera NYC
- Fodera Monarch 4 Standard
- Fodera Emperor 5 Deluxe
- Godin A5
- Godin Dorchester
- Godin Passion 4
- Ibanez Soundgear Fretless
- Ibanez Ergodyne
- Ibanez Ashula
- MTD Kingston
- Modulus Genesis Vintage Jazz
- Peavey Grind 6 String
- Roland GR-77B Synth Bass
- Spector Performer
- Spector NS-2J Euro
- Spector Coda
- Spector Coda Fretless
- Spector NS-5H2
- Vester PJ Bass - my first bass
- Warwick Thumb Bass
- Yamaha BB200
- Yamaha BB300
- Yamaha Attitude
Over the years, I certainly have been afflicted with this expensive disorder. Most of these basses were bought and sold between 1999 to 2003, when B.A.S.™ had it's strongest hold on me. Looking back, my playing didn't improve much over those years. I was too wrapped in the gear, thinking that what was I needed to improve!
Interestingly, most of my recorded output was recorded on three instruments: the Spector Euro, the Modulus Vintage Jazz, and the Fodera Monarch 4 Standard. Truthfully, I love the idea of having one main bass. Like Billy Sheehan with "The Wife" or Jaco's "Bass of Doom" or Jamerson's "Funk Machine." My Fodera Monarch is the closest I've come...yet!
A few of my friends are real collectors and have upwards of thirty instruments. I am not much of a collector. I think the most basses I have owned at one time is six. I currently own three basses.
What is your main bass (or basses)?
