How many instruments do you have?

[hankster]

Here are mine:
 
Basses:
1970 Gibson Les Paul
1979 MM Stingray
Squier P-bass knockoff
2004 Alembic SJ standard
Ernst Heinrich Roth upright
NS Designs CR-4
 
Guitars:
1980 Martin M-36
1988 Marc Beneteau  
Fender Tele with 1973 neck and electronics, Shark ash body (don't ask)
1970s Gibson LG-0 12 string
Spanish classical - unknown maker
 
Keyboards:
Roland FP-4, Roland FP-5
 
Eagle 5-string banjo
Washburn mandolin
King 2-B trombone
 
R.

[dadabass2001]

Just four for me:
1973 Guild Starfire II with frets removed in '97 (factory custom stereo)
1997 Epic fretted (walnut purchased new)
1998 Epic fretless (purchased off Ebay in 2001)
1981 Distillate (Koa over mahogany, purchased used at GC)
 
Since I'm just playing local bars, i only take two to each show.
 
Mike

[malthumb]

Well, I have 6 basses, 7 if you count my kid's Fernandes Elephant Bass.
 
They are:
* Alembic Series I (1987 purchased used.  Least played.  Partly 'cause it's a 4 string and partly 'cause it rarely leaves the house.)
* Alembic Mark King Dlx / Series II 5 string (custom ordered in 2000.  My main bass)
* Marchlewski custom 5 string (2003, custom order. Tied with Roscoe for 3rd/4th in playing time)
* Roscoe LG-3005 fretless (2007 custom order. Tied with Marchlewski for 3rd/4th playing time)
* Fender Jazz (Total mutt.  Assembled from parts of 3 different basses plus Audere preamp.  Gets played when I just feel like clowning around or just to get back to my 4-string roots.)
* Devon Diamond J5 (bought used in 2008.  Currently gets 2nd most playing time)
 
Pics of the whole herd can be found in this thread:
 
http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/52113.html?1212185982
 
Peace,
 
James

[briant]

I'll play.
 
Basses:
 
Alembic JPJ custom
Alembic Rogue 5 (basically a custom instrument, only thing that makes it a Rogue still is the body shape)
Modulus Q4 - heavily modified over the years, with second generation 2Tek bridge, EMG HZ pickups, Aguilar OBP3 preamp, brass nut.
Musicman Stingray 5
Mike Lull M4V fretless
Rogue 8-string (surprisingly good tone from such a POS)
brandless P bass clone that I built
 
Guitars:
 
Aria 12-string acoustic
Jackson Dinky
Washburn 7-string

[cozmik_cowboy]

Fender Tele with 1973 neck and electronics, Shark ash body (don't ask)  
 
Oh, I must - I must!
Just what is a shark ash body?  A subspecies of ash?  A carving?  Do tell  (and, of course a picture)!
 
Peter
 
PS - I'm sitting here coveting your M-36 - nicest thing Martin ever made, IMHO.

[bkbass]

Rami, all I have to say is NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Just lay low, the fever will pass. Just don't purchase anymore.....for awhile. Your bass purchases reflect a part of you. Whomever your going to spend the rest of your life with should be able to accept you for who you are. As far as What was I thinking It's what we are all thinking. We are simply reaching out, sonically, emotionally and musically. Your purchases are part of the process. Your one of the few that inspires the club.

[rami]

Gee, thanks for the kind words Barry.  A couple of times I tried to sell what I thought would be an easy Bass to part with:
 
 
 
I took it to my dealer for consignment.  Each time I got a terrible case of separation anxiety.  I RAN back, grabbed it and took it home again.  I'd spend a week or so apologizing to it. I'd make amends with a fresh set of strings and a good polishing and cleaning.  There's something about an Alembic that makes it so hard to part with.
 
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(Message edited by rami on December 21, 2008)

[muller1007]

Currently:
 
1978 4-string custom Alembic Series 1
2001 Ken Smith BSR-5  
1997 Peavey B-Quad 4  
2007 fretless Fender Jazz  
 
Ovation acoustic guitar

[hankster]

Cozmik Cowboy,
 
the Tele (don't have a picture, but I will work on it) was owned by someone who decided that the original body should be carved out at the back like a strat body.  Made a royal mess of it.  A friend of mine bought it and put an Ash body on it, made by a company called Shark, one of the early replacement-part/do-it-yourself guitar part purveyors.  He then put it on sale on a consignment basis at a store in Ottawa.  Another friend of mine saw it, bought it, and showed up at my apartment offering a straight trade for the Tele against my hard-tail 1980 sunburst strat.  I took the trade. A good trade, and a good story too.
 
the Martin is indeed lovely - I just had the neck reset and some other work done on it, and it is truly a lovely guitar - best sound ever.  I note that Martin is making them again, and no wonder.
 
I will try to get a picture of the tele happening.
 
cheers.
 
Rick

[richbass939]

Richbass collection

[richbass939]

Our collection of instruments includes:
 
Electric basses
95 Epic 4
98 Epic 5
2000 Tacoma Thunderchief AEB Guitar
Peavey P/J copy
 
Bass violin ? c. 1910 German
 
1 cello
1 viola (Tony Balleck)
 
20 violins:
8 Tony Balleck violins (1960 ? 1997)
John Juzek (19-teens)
Laurentius Storioni (1770)
August Glass (1836)
Francois Lupot (1750) Unfortunately this violin was broken apart in a car wreck.  The top was shattered beyond repair.  My father-in-law bought it for $2000, made a new top, patched together the rest, and ended up with a really nice fiddle, although the value is nowhere near that of an all original Lupot.
Hopf (date unknown)
7 other violins
 
2 banjos
Vega Senator 5 string ? late 1940s
Vega Pete Seeger 5 string ? early 1960s
 
3 trumpets including my 1970 Bach Strad from H.S.
 
2 Selmer clarinets (could only find 1 for the pic)
1 Selmer Bari Sax
 
2 upright acoustic pianos
1 electronic keyboard
 
Total = 38
 
Rich

[dubalbal]

Hello Friends ,  
 
Well , i'm impressed by how many instruments members have  in stock  , that's great !  
 
So here's my own inventory : 2 basses , 1 custom series 2 Alembic and a brand new Status Graphite , the new Mark king model that sounds really fantastic !  
 
Alembic  
 
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_NN.html
 
 
 
 
Status ( last one of the page : quilt maple with blue led's )  
http://www.status-graphite.com/status/carts3/frames/frame3.htm
 
Alain

[rowka]

Ooohh, I wanna play!
 
In no particular order:
 
 
Gear I have:
Bass Cabinets:
1.   Carvin 2x15
2.   Avatar 2x10
3.   Home Made 1x12
 
Bass Combo Amps:
1.   30 watt 1x10 Crate B-1
2.   350 watt 2x10 SWR Super Redhead  
3.   MarkBass CMD12
 
Bass Heads:
1.   Genz-Benz GBE600 (600 watt)
2.   Carvin Pro-Bass 300 (300 watt)
3.   Traynor YBA-3
 
Bass Preamps:
1.   Tech 21 RBI
2.   Roland V-Bass (also effect processor)
 
Effects:
Many and varied, including overdrives, chorus, EQ, Wah, octave, etc?
Direct box
 
Instruments:
Basses,  
1.   Alembic Distillate (4 string)  
2.   Knucke Guitar Works Quake (5 string)
3.   Rickenbacker 4003 (4 string)
4.   Yamaha Attitude (4 string)  
5.   Yamaha BB3000S (4 string)
6.   MTD Kingston (5 string)  
7.   Epiphone LP Standard 5 (5 string)  
8.   Conklin GT7 (7 string)  
9.   Warwick Corvette (4 string)  
10.   Pedulla MVP (4 string)  
11.   Pedulla Buzz (4 string)  
12.   B.C. Rich Warlock (4 string, trem)  
13.   Warmoth jazz (4 string)  
14.   SX/Warmoth Rowkastein (4 string)  
15.   Kramer DMZ-6000B (4 string)  
16.   G&L SB-2 (4 string)  
17.   Takamine EG512CG
18.   Ibanez ATK-300
 
Acoustic upright  
1.   Romanian Carved top, flat back.
 
Electric upright  
1.   NS Designs CR-4M
 
6 guitars  
1.   Tackamine EG45C acoustic 6 string  
2.   Yamaha acoustic 12 string  
3.   Ovation Thunderhead (ES 335 clone)  
4.   Starfire Altair  
5.   Heritage H-150CM LP  
6.   Martin Backpacker
 
Mandolins  
1.   Rover, F style  
2.   Mid Mo teardrop
3.   Epiphone Mandobird VIII
 
Dulcimer  
1.   First act from Wal-Mart
 
Synth  
1.   Roland XP-80
 
Percussion (electronic)
1.   Roland electric drum set (brain, 8 dual-zone pads, kick drum pad, high-hat controller, cage rack)
2.   Boss DR. 5 rhythm machine.
3.   Casio RZ1 drum machine
 
Saxes  
1.   Beuscher Aristocrat (alto)
2.   King (alto)
3.   King bari
4.   Buffet-Crampon Bari
5.   AquilaSax Tenor
6.   Beuscher C-Melody
 
Electric wind instrument  
1.   Yamaha WX5 wind controller and VL70m tone generator
 
1 accordion
 
1 baroque recorder
 
1 violin

[smokinbear]

Hey all i'm sittin next to my sweethearts and they are as follows:
1965 starfire1 ser. # ba116
1966 starfire1  
1970 starfire2
1971 starfire1 (freekinstein bass)
1998 starfire2 re-issue (westerly R.I.)
1988 walnut persuader p/j
possibly another starfire 1968 sf1 en-route
1989 distillate 5 walnut(thanks danno!)
1962 fender p-bass deluxe re-issue
200? fender jazz
epiphone allen woody rumblekat
1963-64? gibson es-335

[David Houck]

Hi Bear, welcome to the board!