How much $$$ has your Recently Acquired Knowledge from TB cost you?

[Baird6869]

Personally, I just found this site about a year ago. Since then I have bought the following things I would have never bought without hearing/learning about them at TB.

- Lakland 55-02. I had never heard of Lakland until coming to TB. $700 used.

- 1974 Fender P bass. A TB-er knew I was looking for an older P and hooked me up with a beauty. Almost $2k

- BBE Sonic Maximizer, SansAmp RBI, Korg Rack Tuner. What the hell were these things a few months ago? $500+

- Fender Geddy Lee and two MIA Jazz V's (I posted that I had small hands). $2k+

Different cables, strings, etc.

$5000-6000 THIS YEAR!!!!

I am playing and sounding better than ever but you ba$tard$ are killing me financially.

Just kidding! Thanks for all of the great advice!

[unclejam]

um 169.99 and everyone was saying don't buy it!

[steve21]

About 2 grand.

[Depth_Charge]

In Aussie Dollars:

$2700 for my Tony Franklin Fretless.
$25 for a bass lesson.

[tonequixote]

I've been enjoying Talkbass since 2000 at an average annual expense of 2-3 grand a year. The best part is I've enjoyed every dime of it.

[K_Shizzle]

~500 (A new amp)

[Stanley Design]

Since I've been seriously reading up on the forums over the past couple of years. ~15,000 or so.

[Foamy]

I'm going in the other direction. I am actually reading carefully, and spending less on gear. I am working on my technique, selling superfluous gear, and saving money.
I did hemorrhage cash for a spell on pedals. I'm keeping my EHX pedals, but most everything else has gone or is going bye-bye.

[Megalomania]

Let's see.... I've been browzing tb for about a year now.

$400- Warmoth Neck with all the fixin's
$200- Used Fender Precision
$400- GK 700RB-II
$350- Ampeg 2x10
$250- Ampeg 1x15
$170- EMG pj set

$1,7200, just counting the extra things that I was motivated to buy becuase of TB. (The Fender counts since I only bought it to mod it.) My wallet hurts.

[Dragonlord]

Well... this is in the last couple of years (since I started working at a job that pays a bit more than I need to survive):

Akai Deep Impact 240 euro (now sold)
Eden WT550 1250 euro (now sold)
Schroeder 1210R 1100 euro (now sold)
Schroeder Mini12R 300 euro (now sold)
NS Bass Cello $2300
Glockenklang Heart Rock 1400 euro
Glockenklang Double 900 euro
Aria Sinsonido 300 euro
Dingwall Prima 5 2000 euro
Sadowsky Portabag 200 euro
Fulltone Bassdrive 180 euro
Tech21 XXLb 100 euro
Sansamp PBDDI 200 euro (now sold)
X-2 wireless 300 euro
EhX BMS 200 euro
Petersond Strobostomp 2 200 euro
...ok, actually I'll stop now because I'm bored (don't worry, I have quite a few more to list), you get the picture anyway

[Dragonlord]

(just counted, that's more than 7500 euro for the stuff I kept, and with lots of other pedals, george l cables, rockcase pedalboard etc we're very well over 8500 euro, which is more than $10,000. It was/is fun though!)

[Phalex]

It's saved me money!

I find stuff I'm GASing for on Ebay for about half off retail.

[dave64o]

I'm also going to go a different direction. I don't think it cost me money and it may have also saved me money. How?

- I got to do a lot of research to help focus my searches on equipment that would work well for me.

- I learned about brands I might not have seen in stores (the 55-02 I had but unfortunately sold, the SX/Essex fretless, and my Dr. Bass cabinets).

- I've bought 2 basses and my head here and got equipment that was in very good to almost brand new condition for a lot less than I would have spent buying new.


TB has helped me spend wisely because I've learned what good deals were for the equipment I bought and it also helped me not waste money on equipment that might not suit me personally. I'm now very happy with what I have, which translates into no serious GAS pains, which translates into SAVING money.

[iplaybassguitar]

Originally Posted by unclejam

um 169.99 and everyone was saying don't buy it!

haha...ive sailed the seas in that same boat.

[Deacon_Blues]

59 €.

I recently placed an order for a fretless neck for my fretted Warwick. I was planning to defret it, but a TB'er suggested to replace the neck instead, which is a far wiser thing to do. I really hope I get this neck because a guy from Warwick that I sent the original inquiry to sent me a mail today stating they won't be able to sell such a neck unless it's a warranty replacement and that he was very sorry to inform about that. But I already ordered it through the Finnish Warwick dealer and placed a 59 € pre-payment for it, too. It'd p1$$ me off if I don't get it. Guess I'll know more tomorrow if there's some problems.

[BuffaloMO]

Best $20 I spent was a TB supporting membership.

Also bought lots of misc gear.

[Uncle Ernie]

$525 since March...

[SoComSurfing]

So far in '07, I've only made a trade through TB, spent $20 to renew the supporting membership, and I MAY have purchased one pedal. That would only have been $150, but saved me $20 versus buying the alternative from another site.

[ras1983]

GK 1001RB-II $1500 Australian new.
Bongo 5HH Stealth $2800 Australian new.
Berg HT322 bought and sold for a net cost of $100.
Markbass 410HF $1500 Australian used at the time.

Private lessons - around 4K worth.

Sure i'm not Stanley Clarke, but i atleast i have a solid understanding of theory and technique.

Wouldn't have it any other way.

[mjolnir]

Something in the neighborhood of $1800:

-GK Backline Stack (Backline 600 head, 115 and 210 cab)
-Carvin head (from marcinski of TB)
-$500-$600 in parts for a project bass I never could have completed without the wisdom and advice from fellow TB'ers

And:

Soon to lose another few hundred bucks investing in an inexpensive fretless.

I love losing money 'cause of you guys.