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06-08-2009, 05:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida | | | Thinkgs you've sacrificed and done without so you could
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My friend and I were talking last night about things we've put off buying so that we could acquire new gear. So I thought it might be interesting to post here the same question.
What are some things that you want(ed) in life but have sacrificed and gone without so that you could purchase a new bass, amp, or both?
For me its been a digital camera, PS3, new TV, computer, I've even put off purchasing a car in the distant past so that I could get new gear.
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06-08-2009, 05:51 AM
|  | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | Lunches out, mostly. Sure, I get tired of eating the same sandwich nearly every day but when I do I just remind myself that it tastes like new bass.
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06-08-2009, 07:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | Fridays and Saturdays out at bars. $5-6 drinks add up real fast.
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06-08-2009, 08:17 AM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | I gave up any chance I ever had at living a normal life. And cell phones.
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06-08-2009, 08:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Haddon Heights, NJ | | | I went without driving until I was 20 (17 for license in NJ) because I bought a month-long trip to Europe & a double bass before I started college.
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06-08-2009, 09:25 AM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PSPookie Lunches out, mostly. Sure, I get tired of eating the same sandwich nearly every day but when I do I just remind myself that it tastes like new bass. | This Quote:
Originally Posted by CrispyDelicious Fridays and Saturdays out at bars. $5-6 drinks add up real fast. | and this. If I wanted to drink out, I'd drink during a gig (when they're free). |
06-08-2009, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by PSPookie Lunches out, mostly. Sure, I get tired of eating the same sandwich nearly every day but when I do I just remind myself that it tastes like new bass. | This.
And I do the work on my own cars and basses so I can stretch my dollar a little farther.
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06-08-2009, 09:34 AM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | Sex. Buy a new bass/amp/whatever, torque off the Queen, sleep on the couch. She usually comes around. Usually... 
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06-08-2009, 09:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Coatesville, PA | | | Our band needed a new PA for an outdoor show. Everyone else in the band is laid off and broke except one guy who just bought a house and is struggling. I shelled out the dough. I get paid once every two weeks. I made rent, couldn't manage the electric bill. No electric now for two weeks. |
06-08-2009, 09:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Coatesville, PA | | | Oh yeah, the show got cancelled. We have a next show on Saturday, so I'll get most my money back then, and all later. I'm grateful for my headphone amp. I've been taking cold showers, and my girlfriend is angry because she doesn't want to come over to my newly Amish apartment. |
06-08-2009, 10:03 AM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | Newly-Amish apartment. Funny. 
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06-08-2009, 10:10 AM
| | | | Food mostly \, I'm amazed how much money adds up when you're eating out for lunch most days.
IMO not eating lunch can save alot of dough it's really a meal you don't need.
If I go out the the bar I get the cheapest beer.
really just keeping in mind "Do I really need that?"
I've also gone without heat and electricity for november and december in Michigan!! to pay a student loan bill, not my proudest moment.
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06-08-2009, 10:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | | A social life.
And a girlfriend.
And new clothes.
but! I'm almost ready to drop on my new amp! *excited squeal*
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06-08-2009, 11:11 AM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | Mostly hookers.
But half the time I just paid them so I'd have a captive audience while I droned on and on about the virtues of various envelope filters, why I like a 2x12 cab better than a 4x10 and my ideas for my next custom bass. |
06-08-2009, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO Mostly hookers.
But half the time I just paid them so I'd have a captive audience while I droned on and on about the virtues of various envelope filters, why I like a 2x12 cab better than a 4x10 and my ideas for my next custom bass. | True dat. When I make my wife listen to that stuff it usually ends up costing me some jewelry. Hookers are cheaper in the long run. It's just sound economics.
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06-08-2009, 11:23 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | I gave up my bass equipment so I could have other things.
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06-08-2009, 11:26 AM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PSPookie True dat. When I make my wife listen to that stuff it usually ends up costing me some jewelry. Hookers are cheaper in the long run. It's just sound economics. | You make a good point. |
06-08-2009, 11:37 AM
| | | | Cigarettes. I suppose bass is healthy. |
06-08-2009, 12:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MJ5150 I gave up my bass equipment so I could have other things.
-Mike | This. I stopped buying bass equipment and started buying other stuff, mainly audio gear. Too bad that is just as expensive as bass equipment.
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06-08-2009, 12:38 PM
| | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by iamlowsound This. I stopped buying bass equipment and started buying other stuff, mainly audio gear. Too bad that is just as expensive as bass equipment.
lowsound | Yeah, but Mike gave up playing bass entirely. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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