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11-22-2012, 01:54 PM
| | | | Am I the only person.....
.....who feels depressed looking at all the bass classifieds on here? If only my funds matched my love for music and GAS..
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11-22-2012, 02:13 PM
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Me endorsed? | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | I used to cry when I couldn't afford a 70's $350 used RIC or Fender when they were at every pawn shop.
Thankfully I have a good job now and can afford nice basses.
Musicianary, you are only 24..... Lots of time to go broke thru GAS when you are older! 
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11-22-2012, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Baird6869 I used to cry when I couldn't afford a 70's $350 used RIC or Fender when they were at every pawn shop.
Thankfully I have a good job now and can afford nice basses.
Musicianary, you are only 24..... Lots of time to go broke thru GAS when you are older! | I reckon so. It's just tough, though. 24 with a wife and two kids. 'Nuff said lol
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11-22-2012, 02:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: S/E Michigan | | | nope, you're not the only one at all, probably not even close to being alone.
one thing i notice is most of the stuff for sale is what i consider "higher end". we need a thread for bargain basement or garage sale stuff. i would love to spend money with fellow tb'er but it's more realistic for me to sit here every day and search through the inventory of every guitar center within 125 miles from where i live looking for a used cab. in my price range dents, scrapes and torn tolex are character marks not flaws. |
11-22-2012, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by wcoffey81 nope, you're not the only one at all, probably not even close to being alone.
one thing i notice is most of the stuff for sale is what i consider "higher end". we need a thread for bargain basement or garage sale stuff. i would love to spend money with fellow tb'er but it's more realistic for me to sit here every day and search through the inventory of every guitar center within 125 miles from where i live looking for a used cab. in my price range dents, scrapes and torn tolex are character marks not flaws. | Been there. Still AM there lol..
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11-22-2012, 02:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Palm Coast, FL | | | No, I am in love with a black Fender Jazz that was for sale on here & I cannot even think of buying it now. But life would suck if we didn't wish for something.
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11-22-2012, 02:44 PM
| | | | gear we had gear we wish we had so goes the cycle of life... |
11-22-2012, 02:52 PM
|  | mi la ré sol | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | Abondance of possessions won't make you happy.
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11-22-2012, 03:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Nova Scotia | | | When you find that one 'right bass', GAS pretty much dissipates on it's own.
Sure, there are always other things to buy/drool over, but they just don't seem as all consuming as before.
I still wouldn't recommend selling off everything else, you'll want all your stuff again sooner or later.
You'll just feel better about it all, kind of a nice content feeling.
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11-22-2012, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by kcole4001 When you find that one 'right bass', GAS pretty much dissipates on it's own.
Sure, there are always other things to buy/drool over, but they just don't seem as all consuming as before.
I still wouldn't recommend selling off everything else, you'll want all your stuff again sooner or later.
You'll just feel better about it all, kind of a nice content feeling. | I think once I can save up to build my custom Warrior Isabella I'll be good. I'll let y'all know how that goes in about $7k haha
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11-22-2012, 03:24 PM
|  | Half Hip, Half Hick | | Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Tennessee | | | I have convinced myself I have all the bases (no pun) covered with both my bass and guitars stables. Gas is in remission, never cured. I have to talk to myself. |
11-22-2012, 03:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Trayster2  But life would suck if we didn't wish for something. | +1 |
11-22-2012, 05:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Palm Coast, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jazz Ad Abondance of possessions won't make you happy.
You need one good bass that you bond with. Everything else is accessory. | I agree. As of yesterday, I'm down to one bass (named Lola), and one practice amp.
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11-22-2012, 05:58 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Fender Basses, Ampeg, Curt Mangan Strings | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shore, Massachusetts | | | I never get depressed over looking at ads or depressed for any reason for that matter. I sometimes see a bass and think that it would be nice to have but I don't really need it. I am very happy with my current basses and would rather put the money to work for me by investing it instead of spending on a bass that I don't need.
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11-22-2012, 06:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: North Central TEXAS | | well, i must be really easy...9 guitars and 4 basses...5 amplifiers and some pedals, recording stuff...at 58 years old, it just seems i bond with all of them...oh the pain... 
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11-22-2012, 07:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Like old Hampshire, but New | | | They will be mine... oh yes... they WILL be mine.....!
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11-22-2012, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by kcole4001 When you find that one 'right bass', GAS pretty much dissipates on it's own. | Not even then....  |
11-22-2012, 07:46 PM
| | | | I've bonded, then sold it. Now I'm on the hunt, constantly looking for the same feel and sound in different styles. I'm somehow reluctant to go back to a Jazz for some strange reason. Maybe I'm in denial? Bonding sucks lol | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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