Compulsive buying
A new bass followed me home. It is a Sadowsky Metro Vintage 5, and it looks just like the first bass pictured on Roger Sadowsky’s Metro Vintage 5 page. It is replete with alder body and rosewood fingerboard for maximum vintage L-series tone and vibe. My other primary bass is a neck-through with ash body wings and an ebony board, and while it is absoultely beautiful sounding, it is definitely modern. This bass cops the vintage vibe and tone far better than the ultra-modern monster, and sits in a mix nicely. Clips to follow soon.
So far, I am extremely happy with the bass. I have never seen fretwork this good, and I have never played a bass with this much life. It literally tingles my chest when I pluck a note. (Don’t be dirty.)
The new arrival has caused another bass, an acoustic guitar, and some recording equipment I don’t use anymore to run away from home. Apparently there wasn’t enough room in the house, or my wallet, for all of them.
This new bass is so wonderful, I have even proclaimed aloud that it is the best bess I have ever had. Of course, that inspired me to create a list (including pics if I have ‘em) of all the basses I have owned. It’s gonna really be something. Something that indicates my craziness, for sure.
Here’s the basses: Pics and sounds to come later.
- Red Cort Precision Bass Copy
- 1979 RootBeer MusicMan Stingray
- 1996 Natural Ibanez SR506
- 1998 BlueBurst G&L L2000
- 1998 Teal Green Metallic Fender Roscoe Beck 5
- 1998 Olympic White MIM Fender Jazz 5
- 1996 Sunburst Fender Custom Shop Jazz Relic
- 199? Blue Ibanez SR-”Cheap” P/J (defretted) [still own]
- 1969 Sunburst Fender Precision Bass
- 1997 Mahogany/Maple Alembic Epic 5
- 1998 Pearl Blue Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray 5
- 119? Alder/Buckeye Rbass 5
- 2002 Maple/Walnut Ken Smith BSRJMW-5
- 1963 Lake Placid Blue Refin Fender Jazz
- 196? Lake Placid Blue Kalamazoo EB-style
- 199? Mahogany/Purpleheart/Ebony/Wenge Warrior Neck-though 5
- 2002 Mahogany/Maple MTD 635
- 2003 Ash/Maple Fodera Emperor Elite 5 [still own]
- 198? Lake Placid Blue “Custom” Chandler P/J with early 70’s Fender Jazz neck [still own]
- 2000? Ash/Maple Kinal 6
- 200? Buckeye/Ash Benevente 5
- 2005 ‘59 Burst Alder Sadowsky Metro Vintage 5 [just bought]