2012 - The Year in GAS

[Holdsg]

You know you all want to, so lets have a review of what came and went during 2012.


I'll start, a pretty active year:

Came:
Big Al 4SSS Cabernet Pearl

Stingray 4HH SLO Special White on Black (Spy v Spy bass)

Bongo 4HH Buttercream

Classic Sterling 4H Natural (STILL HERE!)

PDN Big Al 4SSS Honey Burst Roasted Neck (STILL HERE!)

PDN Sterling 5HH Honey Burst Roasted Neck (STILL HERE!)

Stingray 4HH SLO Special Dark Cherry Burst/Ebony (STILL HERE!)

Went:
Bongo 4HS Fretless Egyptian Smoke

Bongo 4HH BFR Black Sugar Sparkle Roasted Neck

Big Al 4SSS Cabernet Pearl
Stingray 4HH SLO Special White on Black (Spy v Spy bass)
Bongo 4HH Buttercream

7 in, 5 out, at least the trend is up?

 

[five7]

go cat go

 

[KevinM]

I bought the 2 Bongos on my axe list this year.

 

[tunaman4u2]

WANT:

Holdsgs Sterling 5 HH PDN... ha ha !

 

[tbonesullivan]

Purchased this year:

2007 Stingray 5 HS in Cherry Sunburst with Maple FB and Black pickguard.
2012 Stingray 5 H in Blue Pearl with Rosewood FB and White pickguard.

Also got some other non EBMM basses. Yes, I have GAS problems. I won't even go into my guitar problem. I finally got DOWN to 13 guitars.

 

[Bass Control]

Went:
Reflex 5 HH BFR Black Sugar/Roasted Maple(to tunaman4u2)

Came:
Bongo 6 HS PDN Honeyburst/Roasted Maple

On order or on the way:
Sabre Classic PDN Sledge (expected late February 2013)
Used Sub 1 HH w/ Trem (arriving January 4, 2013)

 

[mmbassplayer]

Went:
Black Sugar BFR Roasted Bongo 4H

Came:
Honeyburst PDN Roasted Bongo 4H

Want:
Jeremy (BassControl) to bring his Bongo and Sabre over to my place.
To finish my conversion and refinish project on my JP50.

 

[JayDawg]

Went: Nothing.

Came or Ordered: Candy Apple Red Bongo 4 Hp with Abalone pickguard, PDN Honey Roasted Bongo 4 HHp (Still being built and due to arrive in January or February.). Sterling by Music Man Sub Silo 3 in White for my youngest son Zach for Christmas.

Want or will be ordered in 2013: JP6 Mystic Dream and other things once some gear is sold.

 

[Yango]

I feel like a total amateur compared to Holdsq... but I have a sneaky feeling that he's got his own music store going on! Anyhow, here goes—

Came: 2010 Classic Stingray 4H in classic white

Went: 2005 Sterling 4H in blue pearl

 

[jlepre]

Came: SR5 Trans Teal 1998
Went: SR5 Trans Teal 1998

Easy COME easy GO

 

[OldManMusic]

For 2012...
Came: Reflex 4 Game Changer and the '88 SR5
Went: Zippo

 

[tunaman4u2]

Came:
Big Al SSS 4
Reflex HH5
Bongo HH5
Sterling 5HS

Went:
Big Al SSS 4 the next day
Reflex HH5 (going going... not yet gone)
All non EBMM basses ! ha ha

 

[novenpeter]

Came:
Bongo 6 HH

 

[stu42]

Came:
Big Al 5SSS Pearl White
Bongo 5H Unlined Fretless, PDN Honey Burst Roasted Neck

Went:
Big Al 5SSS Pearl White


BTW...I'm loving the fretless. I was kind of nervous about whether I'd take to it or if I'd struggle with it endlessly but I've found that it hasn't taken too long to get used to it. Now I find it's soooo fun and really rewarding to play when I get it right. Been having fun jamming to some old Blood Sweat and Tears tunes!! Great stuff!!

What's funny now is, after playing the fretless for several days...when I switch back to the fretted I initially find that the frets confuse me. Lol.

Cheers.

 

[njhammer]

In: SR H "Orange Firemist"

 

[lefenton]

Came: BFR Black Sugar Roasted Stingray 4H
PDN Honeyburst Roasted Bongo 4HH

Went: Black Classic Stingray 4H

 

[laneline]

The ebb and flow of the tides of GAS,

left the building: BFR Roasted Bongo 5HH
BFR Rosewood Sterling 5HS

very much in the fold: Big AL 5H
PDN Bongo 5HH

 

[PAPA SQUID]

I just got back my Stingray HH that I sold over 6 yrs ago and am stoked!!!