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I have ‘just’ 5 basses and 4 guitars these days, although I’m always open to more

Hang on, a reply may take some time. I still have about 35 guitars half dozen basses. Still got my Tokai. Off now to pick up a Trace Elliot GP7 300 4x10. May prove a tad difficult sneaking it past Wifey... Have to compare amps too. Catch up later.

Thanks fella. I think they’re very rare (possibly because many of them were stripped and turned into blondes!!) I’ve attached the catalogue from 1983 just for interest.

Basses I can list easily: Yamaha BB300 Westone Thunder 3 Yamaha RBX Fender USA Jazz Fender MIM Jazz fretless MM USA SUB (later defretted) Fender USA Precision MM USA Stingray MM USA Stingray 5 Fender Roscoe Beck Signature 4 string Fender 1963 Precision Fender Roadworn (with added P pickup) Sandberg Basic VM MM Sterling Ray34 Fender Victor Bailey Acoustic Lakland 5502 Ibanez GWB35 Ibanez SR505 Ibanez SR1605 Rob Allen MB2 Rickenbacker 4003s Maruszczyk Elwood L custom, fretless (1xMM) Maruszczyk Elwood L custom (JJ) Maruszczyk Jake L Fender JMJ Mustang MM Sterling Stingray SS Guitars I don't have a list already done, but from memory and not necessarily in order: Greenburst, awful steel strung acoustic, make unknown Nylon strung Spanish guitar, make unknown Audition, twin pickup double cutaway Grantson SG Junior Generic Japanese double cutaway, similar to Audition Guyatone Strat type with drum machine built in Aria Les Paul Hofner Fut... something or other, maybe a Galaxy Yamaha SA2000 Ibanez Roadstar Eko Ranger 12 Antoria L5 copy Tokai Love Rock Tokai Breezysound Gordon Smith Gypsy Fender Strat x 2 Fender Tele x2 PRS McCarty PRS Swamp Ash Special Gretsch Streamliner PRS Singlecut SE Yamaha Pacifica Cort double cut Washburn Woodstock Tanglewood Electro Acoustic (Takemine rip off) Starfield Altair (an Ibanez alt brand) Washburn solid body acoustic Ovation Celebrity Bowlback Gibson ES335 Yamaha Super Strat Epiphone Casino Simon & Patrick Rosewood Pro Epiphone J200 Epiphone Casino Coupé Squier Classic Vibe Tele I'm sure there are others, but I can't recall them at the moment.

Hey Ezbass... Talk about parallel lives!!? My first electric was a twin pup Kay, right on par with an Audition or Teisco. My second ever guitar was a sunburst Aria Les Paul, which was the axe that I started to make real headway on. Man, I wore that poor thing out. I also own an Eko Ranger 12 string. Be interesting to see what bass guitars and other instruments have been through our similar hands.

Yeah I should be banned from the forum !

I also was a strummer/picker for many years, strictly folk-style playing with one or two licks thrown in. Since beginning lessons two years ago (with a Covid-induced break) I have learned to read music; to play while reading, in position; to play riffs and licks in different keys; and scores of chords. In short, I've learned more in two years than in the previous forty. Really learning the guitar makes a big difference.