The shameless how much I had spend on BASS thread!

[Prataz]

K you guys may kill me but YES! it's the thread for all of us gear sluts to audit how much we had saved and spend on BASS, Amps and effects rather then on our wife, girlfriends or family!

Come and lets post all the gear u acquired and tabulate how much you had spend on music =)

This will be a shocker for all of us!

(Credit goes to Talkbass.com for providing such an inspiration!)

 

[Prataz]

To get the ball rolling, this is what I have till now

Aphex Punch Factory $165
Aphex Bass Xciter $165
Boss CE2B $80 (2nd Hand)
Digitech DigiDelay $150
Korg DT10 $110
George L patch cables $50
i-spot Power Supply with Add-Ons - $45

Selling off:
Boss AW3 $90

Buying soon
EBS Valuedrive $399
EH Nano Bassballs $150

Bass
Yamaha RBX270L with EMG PJ +BTC+BadAss II+TremNut
-> $900
Status Energy 4 (2nd Hand)
-> $600

Amp

Trace Elliot Boxer 30 - 399

Total Damage: $3313 Singapore Dollars 8O

 

[Ken]

ooohhh.... nasty..... i will only talk about what i have at the moment:

1) Gibson T bird Sunburst 2nd Hand $1800
2) Gibson Black bird (Ebay) $2400
3) Gibson T bird White 2nd hand $1850
4) Gibson T bird Black Ishibashi beat up stuff $1600
5) Rickenbacker 2nd hand $ 1900
6) Linc Luthier 4 string fretless 2nd hand $2500
7) Kubicki Fender Custom Shop $1800
8) Wishbass $900
9) BC Rich Ironbird( 1989 Class Axe make) 2nd Hand $300
10) Ibanez Bison Copy circa 1978 $100
11) Hohner The Jack 2nd hand $450
12) Musicman Bongo 5 2nd Hand $1950
13) Gibson EB copy ( Cash Converters) $280
14) Yamaha BB 3000 MA 2nd hand $1800

Amps:

1) Trace Elliot Boxer 15 2nd Hand $220
2) Ampeg BA 115 2nd Hand $500
3) Vox T 25 Offer price $250

Efx:

1) Jim Dunlop Bass Wah (Luther Music) $180
2) DOD Bass compressor 2nd hand $90
3) AT wireless (Luthermusic) $185
4) Numerous thin leather straps ..abt $105
5) Numerous Straplocks abt $90
6) Numerous guitar stands ...abt $180

TOTAL:

$19 780


At this rate... i gotta find a wife and sell her for more basses and this excluides all the basses I have already sold off.

Btw Prataz.. i really fancy having a Status Energy bass again..pls let me know if you ever need cash and need to sell... i miss Status..

 

[DShadow]

I am a @#$%ing noob.

So here goes.

Samick Lt-11b Bass $240
Fender MIA P Bass $1300

SX 15 watts amp $75


Ahahahahaha i wish to have a Hartke Cabinet soon.

and also a line6 podxtlive

 

[DShadow]

I am a @#$%ing noob.

So here goes.

Samick Lt-11b Bass $240
Fender MIA P Bass $1300

SX 15 watts amp $75


Ahahahahaha i wish to have a Hartke Cabinet soon.

and also a line6 podxtlive

 

[Prataz]

Hi Ken!

I always see u at 77 one, I'm Anthony's Bassist haha

The Status ah.. neh... I'm a lefty lah bro =)

So u can't play my Status =x

Alright... So how's the thread? Scary right on how much $$ we all spend on bass hor

I wonder what will happen if the guitarist side also start something similar

 

[Colarndo]

Here's mine(excluding cables)

2nd hand GnL ASAT Bass: $800 + $120 for setup and cleaning
Yamanha B-20 Amp: $120
Behringer MIC 200 Tube Pre-Amp(Retired): $100
Behringer Bass V-Amp(Retired): $300
Aphex Punch Factory: $180.00(imported)
Aphex Bass Xciter:$180 (imported)
Alesis NanoCompressor: $150
EBS ValveDrive: $399
Sanamp BDDI: $260
ISP Decimator: $250 (imported)
BBE Acoustic 386 Pre-Amp: $150
Mesa Boggie M-Pulse 360: $2,700

Total: $5,710
Sound I Want= Priceless

 

[iverson763]

Ok... here goes..

MIA Fender Jazz V: $2500
MIA Fender PBass 62' RI: $1100 (2nd hand)

Fender Bassman 100 Combo: ~$600

Pedals (2nd hand. to reduce damage..):
Boss FV-50L: $60
MXR Supercomp: $85
Sansamp BDDI: $220
Aguilar ODB 924: $190
Boss ODB-3: $60
Boss GEB-7: $60
EHX Big Muff Pi: $90

Pedals (new ones):
Boss ME-50B: ~$520
Boss BD-2: ~$120
Boss Tuner (? Model): ~$100

And the grand total, minus the numerous strings, cables, adaptors etc. etc.:
roughly $5700

i feel sick

 

[ahkiatt]

I AM PROUD when i tell bout mine...

Ibanez roadgear 500 : $425(swee lee sale)
Laney R1 65w Amp: 185( also swee lee sale)

eh no more. the rest came free.
oh yeah
batteries:$2.80
repair for my wacked neck:$35
tuner:$25
Strings:$25

total cost: *CACHING* $697.80

eh what pedals should i get ah... i really dont know where to start from.

 

[3notesAbar]

wah...

 

[boone]

Aria Pro II CB-380 Cardinal, playing it inverted - $150 Thanks Ken!

guess that's the only bass I'll get. Seems like the bass community here is constantly trading equipment. :lol:

 

[Freeko]

mine

Ibanez RD505 $500 (Swee Lee Sale)

BOSS ME-50B $380 (2nd hand)

Ibanez Bag $16

Tuner $38

Bass Stand $20

Cables $55

Grand total!!!!!!! $1009

 

[jbarks]

wah...

Eh you don't anyhome come and wah ok... I know you've spent quite an amount on your GAS

 

[rottenramone]

..

i'll post a "wah" too! 8O

 

[Prataz]

Hi Colarndo,

how's the EBS Value Drive?

Shiok or not?

 

[bin4christ]

I wonder what will happen if the guitarist side also start something similar

i hav posted something like this about a yr ago..but none of us guitarers spend as much as ken..ken's rich eh lol?

 

[prophecy6972]

For me, here's my list.

Ibanez SR506 - 1000
DOD FX80-B - 50 (sale)
Boss GEB-7 - 70 (2nd hand)
Boss CE-2B - 60 (2nd hand)
Ibanez SW-35 bass amp - 215
Warwick heavy padded bag - 70

grand total - $1465

Will be growing over the years...

 

[jbarks]

$176.00      Ibanez SW20S
$160.00      Yamaha F-20B
$950.00      Fender Japan PB57-70 BLK (#1)
$950.00      Fender Japan PB57-70 BLK (#2)
$1,200.00    Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass
$1,324.04    Lakland 44-02 CAR (+$2000 for flying to USA and back!)
$250.00      Samick P/J Copy
$553.35      Yamaha BB414
$282.72      Aguilar DB924 Outboard Preamp
$190.00      Boss BD2 + Randolf Mod
$205.00      Electro-Harmonix White Finger
$208.81      Fulltone Bass-Drive
$183.69      Harke Bass Attack DI
$157.25      Line 6 Echo Park
$325.00      Sansamp Bass Driver DI
$280.00      Sansamp Tri-A.C.
$102.21      DOD 280 Compressor
$80.00       Boss OD-3
$112.00      Korg DT-10
$25.00       Dunlop Strap Locks
$118.00      Hipshot Drop Tuner
$170.00      Cables (Luther, Planet Waves)
$174.00      Nordstrand NP4
$1.55        Orange Drop Cap
$34.26       Pickguard: 3-ply Black/White/Black, Fender P-Bass Type
$111.15      Pickguard: 3-ply Mint/Black/Mint, Lakland 44-02 Type
$60.00       SKB Pedalcase
$43.00       Thomastik-Infeld Superalloys
$35.47       Godlyke 18v Power Pump
$38.53       Misc Radio Shack stuff

TOTAL
$8,501.03

And I've only been playing for 3 years... 8O
I want to start going into amps soon

 

[tim_1002]

Axes
Ibanez SR700 - $800
Ibanez ATK100 - $200 (repair work +$100) = $300
All Parts fretless - $500
various pickup and wiring changes - $300-400

Effects
mr misse pedal case - $100
Toadworks Mr Squishy - $150
EHX Bassballs USA - $120
Ibanez PD-7 - $80
EHX Little Big Muff - $150
One Spot Adaptor - $40

Amps and misc
Ashdown After Eight - $175
Cables - $50
Bags - $20

Total = $2785

Stuff I would like to add but probably won't in the near future:
EBS Octabass
EHX Micro Q-tron
Hao Rust Ride
Fulltone Bass Drive
Proco Turbo Rat
Crowther Prunes&Custard
EHX The Clone Theory

as you can tell i'm a big distortion fan :twisted:

 

[Ken]

i hav posted something like this about a yr ago..but none of us guitarers spend as much as ken..ken's rich eh lol?

eh, not rich, i just have a regular day job which is not exactly a banking job that earns me tons of cash...its called saving up for the stuff like i did when i was a school boy years ago...lol... of ocs almost all of those stuff not in the equation cos i dun own them anymore except for a Washburn N2 guitar that my mum chipped in to help me buy more than 10 years ago..me mum the best.

Boone, i am glad you still love that bass,

Prataz... which dude are you??? you never said hi!