Feeling bad about getting a bass as a gift?

Waspinators · #1 10-08-2007, 07:30 PM

So my parents might get me an Epiphone Thunderbird for Christmas this year, but it feels kind of weird to receive a bass as a gift for some reason, so I'm gonna pay for half of it throughout 2008 (I'm not allowed to get a job yet, so money isn't easy for me to get). Anyone else ever felt this way?

Nappa · #2 10-08-2007, 07:44 PM

Nope though I have only had one bass and i payed for half. I still cannot get a job (they won't let me untill next year). My grandmother spoils me and gives me money for holiday's though i cannot use it in any way or form untill I'm 21.

fenderhutz · #3 10-08-2007, 07:48 PM

I never ask for a bass as a gift due to GAS attacks and then getting asked where it went.

The Golden Boy · #4 10-08-2007, 08:35 PM

I got my son a bass for his birthday a few years ago. He was always playing one of my old ones, it was fragile, and he really wasn't sure he wanted be playing bass. I picked up one of the Dano Longhorn RIs for way cheap. He putzed with it for a while, then started using my wife's bass.

I feel bad that I got him a bass that's kinda cool, but that he doesn't like it.

HEIST · #5 10-09-2007, 04:45 AM

Usually expensive things or things important to me I'd rather get myself. It would feel strange if it was just handed to me. I like working for my babies.