Suppose you wanted to get a replacement for your (long-lost) first bass...?

[Highlander]

How much is the most you would be willing to pay if she were just a copy, just to have one back in the herd...?

I'm watching one; first time I've ever seen one come up for sale; really obscure Japanese brand...

Seriously conflicted here...

[Hornisse]

Well, my first one was one of those old plywood Kingston basses.  I bought it originally for $50 and I paid $100 for one a few years ago. 

[Highlander]

All I have left is the name-plate off mine - I experimented on her - the experiments failed...

I guess it's a guilt complex...

[Freuds_Cat]

Mine was a Canora EB3 copy. I'll pass thanks Ken. In fact if you find one......... dont call me. 

[Pilgrim]

But mine isn't long-lost...it's my '63 P.


To answer your question, I would never pay the silly money that 63 P's are bringing today - they're not worth it if you're going to play them instead of hanging them in a display case.  I have a 2000 MIM Jazz that's every bit as good an instrument.  IMO they're making them as well today as they ever have.  If I had lost the P, I'd most likely buy a good-playing MIM and call it good.

[jumbodbassman]

kay les paul clone with one pup ,  short scale.  After i bought my first p bass in 1972 my loser brother in law borrowed it ,  never to be seen again....  both

few years ago got  one close to it off feebay,  but not the one....

[Dave W]

My Vox violin bass with tone like hitting wet cardboard? Not one red cent.

[nofi]

my 60 dollar univox is now selling at 400. no thanks.

[gweimer]

My Vox violin bass with tone like hitting wet cardboard? Not one red cent.

We think alike.  I started on a Vox Mark IV teardrop.  The worst bass ever.  I wouldn't even buy one for nostalgia's sake.

[the mojo hobo]

My first bass was a Norma violin bass, my second was a Hofner non-violin. I have no desire to replace either of those.

[gearHed289]

I still have what's left of my Kingston. My parents bought it for me for $35 in 1977. I eventually carved up the body - I made the horns pointy and tried to do an Alembic omega cut with a hole saw and a jig saw.   Then I heard Percy Jones and de-fretted it. I've watched a couple on ebay, but never felt compelled to pull the trigger. I DO check the serial number on all the white 70s Rics I run across. I was the original owner of SC 1420 back in '79.

[gweimer]

The funny thing about threads like this is that there were only 2 basses hanging in the music store when I first started to play.  I had to rent one for $5/mo. and then pay it off over time.  I went with the cheaper bass - the Vox for $100.

The one I passed up was $135.  It was a green Epiphone Embassy.

[patman]

Started on a vox panther...I would never want another one.

[Highlander]

In '76, on the wall at the same shop I bought my EB2 clone was this beautiful cherry red and gold Peter Cook Thunderbird, that was just too expensive for a first bite...

A year later she was back on the same wall when the White Gibson EB2 I nearly bought for £200 (bought by Bruce Foxton the day before I got back with enough cash) was gone...

As a third-hand bass in 1977 the price had dropped from £220 to £180 - £20 cheaper than the Gibson - SOLD...!!!

[Dave W]

Lots of love for Vox here.