MY BASSES, PAST AND PRESENT

L-R, STATUS GRAPHITE Energy 5-String, TUNE Bass Maniac Custom DeLuxe 5-string, KYDD 5-String EUB,
YAMAHA Attitude converted 5-string Fretless, and TAKAMINE Jasmine 4-string ABG."

STATUS GRAPHITE Energy Series 5-String with 3-pc all-Walnut body and 1-pc Graphite-strips reinforced Maple neck
with Pau-Ferro fingerboard. Status Hyperactive J-Pickups, pre-shaped bass and active 10K boost/cut Treble control.
In my opinion, Status basses are the best in the planet. This bass is my main axe and it's B-string is like the voice of God.
I have had many basses with different kinds of woods and I think Rob Green hit the jackpot with a solid Walnut body bass.

Yamaha Motion-B MB III 4-string. I won this baby from an ebay auction and never paid attention to the signatures until recently.
They belong to Gowan, presently touring with Styxx, Rik Emmett, David Wilcox and another that I can't make out.
I was about to sell it when the buyer inquired about the signatures and I got shocked when I saw the names.

My latest acquisition. I have been looking all over for a used Peavey DynaBass and finally nailed one in Ebay.

My STEINBERGER-SPIRIT 5-String Headless Bass from "MusicYo.com"
This is my "Road Bass". This cheap bass should sound like crap but it sounds GREAT!!
The low-B handles itself very well and the recorded sound is amazingly clear, what a deal!
I just concluded a 7-City USA-Canada concert tour for Regine Velasquez with this baby and
no one complained, especially the engineers who liked it's passive but "quiet" electronics.
I have also used this in my cruise ship gig with the Sun Princess off Alaska where it turned
many heads and am now using this exclusively for my international concert tours.
I recently installed an EMG 35P5 on the neck position and an EMG 40J in the bridge position
complemented by an EMG BTC-Control EQ system.

My newly acquired Washburn Status headless, neck-through 4-string loaded with EMG-J pickups.
These are rare basses and I got lucky I found it in Kijiji.
This bass sounds like the original Status.

TUNE Custom De Luxe 5-String with African Padauk laminate on Maple body and headstock, 3-piece Maple neck.
2-Band Bass-Treble active circuit, later on modified to 2 EMG DC45 soapbars and BTC-System active Bass and Treble controls.
TUNE Basses are some of the most unique-sounding basses in the world. Each one with it's own "personality".

Headless ARIA PRO II Interceptor Bass with soapbar pickups and stock active Bass-Treble circuit.

L-R: YAMAHA BX-5, BASS COLLECTION 4-FRETLESS, YAMAHA RBX-4, and CUSTOM FRETLESS 4 by the late Rudy Disipulo.

Custom 4 bought in Kobe and far right, YAMAHA Pulser Bass 4, and later modified by me.

YAMAHA Broadbass BB-800 converted fretless 4-string and TUNE Bass Maniac DeLuxe 5-string. The TUNE Bass now belongs to Jojie Magadia.

L-R: Cream BC RICH 4-string and yet another custom fretless 4-string by the late master luthier, Rudy Disipulo,
center, my first professional bass, the YAMAHA BROADBASS BB-800 converted fretless and
far right, early IBANEZ Roadstar series 4-string..