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On 4/27/2018 at 3:05 AM, Michael_B said:

@django49 is still typing. 

To quote from a Kingston Trio hit something like 60 years ago, "Kinda hurts my fingers!".

I guess I am being shamed into admitting my past spending decisions......

This is probably about as close as I can come to recreating the past 20 years. Based upon the asterisks, I think I still have 14. (Only two of which are on the sales block). But you never know, there COULD be something in the corner of the vault that I have forgotten about. (Man, some REALLY NICE ones have some and gone!)

Archtop/Sunburst                3

Artist:

             Regular                     3

              Custom                     4

              Ultimate                   2          *

              P90                            1

              CO/Sustainblock      1

              25th Anniversary     2

              25th Anniv LTD         2        *

Chapparal:

         Sustainiac                     1

         12ver                             1

         B12L                              1

Daytona                                 1

Duotone:

        3 hole (One P90)         3

        Custom                         3             *

        12ver                             1            *

        Ultimate                         1

Eclipse:

        Regular                          1

        12ver                              1

Improv                                    1

Junior (korina)                       1

Mirage:

         I                                       2

         2                                      1

Monaco:

Regular                                        1

III (inc one CO)                           3       *

Elite   (I with P90s)                     3       *                                              

SuperPro (inc 2 COs)                 4     *

Bass                                              1

Newport:

    Regular (1 korina)                2     *

    Pro                                          3

    Filtertron                               1

    “Hell Freezes Over” CO)      1

     12ver                                     2      *

Prototype                                   1

Special:

        P90                                     3    *

        FM                                      1

Standard

       Korina                                 1

       Chambered/flame top     1

Studio

      Regular                               1

      Custom                               3                      

      Redwood LTD                    1

      30th Anniversary LTD        2     *

     Earthen Maple LTD

      Triple Threat LTD              3     *

      TV Jones                             1

Talladega

       Regular (inc one CO)       2   *

       Earthen Maple LTD          1

       Pro (inc 2 Cos)                   3

Vanguard                                   1    *

Vector:

     Mahogany                             1

      Korina                                    1

Non-USA----Jazz 5                      1

From Caddie...... "Anybody with up to 10 gets his picture in the HFC Clubhouse HOF.  Down the hall on the left before the Men's Room.  Over 20 you get a Lifetime Achievement Award and your picture enshrined behind the bar with the list printed on parchment and preserved on a scroll,  announced and read by Angela Lansbury, if she's still alive. If Angela has passed on Ist runner up is Mayim Bialik aka Amy Farrah Fowler - Big Bang Theory"  

I think that pushes me a bit over 80. Does that qualify me for something more upfront and personal from some OTHER member of the "Big Bang" cast? I mean, if you are gonna go out, it might as well be with a big bang......

 

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I've had a few over the years:

Late 70s Sunburst in Natural (when I was 16, thanks to Cheap Trick!)

4 digit bound and crowned Standard (it was near mint too, damn!)

Early 80s Special in Amber Orange (I covered it in checkerboard tape when I was in high school)

Scarab in Blue Zulu finish

Steve Stevens 1 in Gunmetal Gray

Diablo in Trans Green

Daytona in Sea Foam Green

Early 90s Sunburst Archtop (wish I hadn't moved that one!) in blue burst with quilt top, trem, and crème EMGs from the factory

90s Special FM - Amber

And I've still got a 1996 Duotone in Natural and a beautiful 1981 bound burst Vector that is as clean as they come!  I've got some other brands too... 😉

 

1981 Hamer Vector 2.jpg

Hamer USA '96 Duotone.JPG

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1990 Centaura

1992 custom 12+6 doubleneck (Californian-esque)

1988 Californian dot-neck

19?? Californian doubleneck w/LED fret markers

1986(?) 5 string Cruise "Mary James" w/Kahler floating bridge

1992 Virtuoso

2000 B12S

1994 B12L

1986 TLE

1987 TLE long scale

1987 5 string Cruise bass

In all honesty I could be fulfilled and never want for another instrument so long as I had my doubleneck, my JLV TLE, my 5 string Cruise, and a B12L.

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Daytona

T-51

Centaura

Californian Elite

Newport Pro

Cruisebass 1st gen

Cruisebass 2nd gen

Studio wraptail

Artist 25th Anniversary

Artist P90

Special sustainblock

Graphic Special sustainblock

Special FM

Special P90

Special Junior Korina

Eclipse

Monaco Elite

 

Just need to fall off the wagon three more times (ouch!) before hearing the dulcet tones of Mayim immortalize my foolishness.  If you count Hamer models the way I do, anyway.

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Wow.  Not so many here.  BUT I HAVE NEVER SOLD ONE!!!

sunburst black bought new 1980.  Been through a lot  

graphic special 

bcr jr

namm monaco iii - unbelievably lovely

newport pro (or whatever, not a Bigsby)

 

 

looking for another....

 

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25th Anniversary Edition Artist (1998)

Archtop P-90 Goldtop (1990)

Blitz (1983)

Californian Custom (1990)

Duotone (1996)

Eclipse-12 (1993)

Korina Artist P-90 (2005)

Newport Pro (2005)

Special (1980, 1981)

Special FM (1993)

Special Korina Junior (2005)

Special P-90 (1992, 1993)

Standard (1996)

Studio Wraptail (1995)

Sunburst (1978)

Vector (1981)

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I've had three, all made in 2008: Studio Custom, Newport BE, and Artist Custom. I still have the Artist; I'm still kicking myself for selling the Studio and Newport.

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All the models are as follows:

My one,

my mate's got a couple 

that bloke from Judas Priest has one, and so does Rick Savage, oh and Paul Stanley from that funny band also used to play one.

Don't be shy to come to me folks, with your specific questions re this topic, my knowledge is encyclopedic.

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'80s Specials (2)

Custom-Ordered 1990 Standard

Standard 8 String Bass

B-12s

Blitz 6-in-line

Setneck Chapparal Bass (1 Quilt body, 1 w/boomers)

4-Digit Standards (4 - 2 former Aerosmith guitars)

'70s/'80s Sunbursts (3)

80s Vector 

KK Vector

Snakeskin Chapparal

Blue Marble Californian Elite

Blue Marble Chap V w/boomers

SS-1 (2, including the yellow Tommy Williams catalog guitar)

80s 3x3 Phantom

Blitz Bass (2)

1995 Standard Custom

Daytonas (4.5)

Cruisebasses (2)

2003 Custom B-12M

2004 Custom B-4M

2005 Studio Custom/Floyd (Prince "Superbowl Reject" Guitar)

2005 Custom M3 Caddy Green

I'll think of the others...

 

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1 hour ago, cmatthes said:

'80s Specials (2)

Custom-Ordered 1990 Standard

Standard 8 String Bass

B-12s

Blitz 6-in-line

Setneck Chapparal Bass (1 Quilt body, 1 w/boomers)

4-Digit Standards (4 - 2 former Aerosmith guitars)

'70s/'80s Sunbursts (3)

80s Vector 

KK Vector

Snakeskin Chapparal

Blue Marble Californian Elite

Blue Marble Chap V w/boomers

SS-1 (2, including the yellow Tommy Williams catalog guitar)

80s 3x3 Phantom

Blitz Bass (2)

1995 Standard Custom

Daytonas (4.5)

Cruisebasses (2)

2003 Custom B-12M

2004 Custom B-4M

2005 Studio Custom/Floyd (Prince "Superbowl Reject" Guitar)

2005 Custom M3 Caddy Green

I'll think of the others...

 

Gotta ask you. 4.5 Daytonas? Does that mean you had 4 males and 5 females? That's a good ratio. 

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5 hours ago, Ting Ho Dung said:

Gotta ask you. 4.5 Daytonas? Does that mean you had 4 males and 5 females? That's a good ratio. 

1. Vintage Orange/Maple '94

2. Orange Metalflake/Rosewood '96

3. Black/Rosewood '95

4.5. This one...

DDaytona12012.jpg

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I'm a rookie. 

Mahogany Standard

80's Vector

Artist Korina P-90

90's Special

Newport

Studio Custom (My first and only remaining. Will never leave) 

 

I miss all the gone ones, except the vector. Really didn't like the neck on that. Way too small and I'm not giant. Hope to try some others (as many as possible!). Unfortunately, access is really minimal in my area. 

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Caught and Released

1) 4-digit Standard (0335)

2) Eclipse (Koa)

3) '79 Sunburst

4) '81 Vector

5) BCR Junior

6) Daytona

7) Monaco III

😎Monaco Elite

9) Steve Stevens (hot pink!)

10) '93 Special FM

Currently Own

11) Newport Pro Custom

12) Talladega

13) '05 Studio Custom

14) '96 Studio Custom

15) Studio Custom Goldtop (P-90s)

16) Vanguard

17) Artist Custom

Edited Because I Forgot About

18) T-51

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