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3 basses that gave you the worst case of seller's remorse

#164
I FOOLISHLY sold a '72 Natural/Ash Maple/Pearl Blox Jazz Bass that I had owned for 38 years!!!

I also sold a beautiful '73 Natural/Ash Maple P Bass that I had owned for over 20 years.

I sold an 80's Fiesta Red Rosewood P Bass that I owned for 20 years.

WHAT AN IDIOT!
 
#167
* Mid 70s 4001 black/white Ric (Not a Ric fan, but still a very nice bass, and would be a whole lot more than what I sold it for)
* Mid 70s (S series) Fender P

When I went away to college, I abruptly stopped playing... for about 15 years! I sold off everything, including other basses as well. These are the two I regret the most.
 
#173
stringthrough said:
Several dozens of basses have passed through my hands. Everything from hand-build basses by noted luthiers (Ken Smith, Elrick, Lull, Sadowsky) to mass produced imports (MIM, MIJ, MIK, MIC).

Honorable mention goes to . . .

4) An early Ken Smith Bass (serial number under 100, that also was pictured on his earliest catalog... At least I have a copy of that catalog). Looked and played like a million bucks but the pickups were weak. I did not know about pickup replacement back in the day.
5) A 1966 metallic forest green all-original Fender P-bass (still can't stop kicking myself for that bonehead move)

Now it's you turn.
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Believe me: these last two make me feel like I can see'em before me right now to tell ya how deep the disappointment

About Ken Smith's, for I happened to live the same experience with a MIJ Geddy Lee, except the fact that, right or wrong, I never really wanted it back.
About '66 metallic forest green Fender P bass, for I think I could nearly kill (kiddin', but you get me) for such an item and kinda finish

Btw, my tribute goes like this
I too had many, many basses
Few of the ones that went I somehow miss, but not to the point of buyin'em back

Except these three:

Squier Vintage Modified '70s Jazz bass (I know it's cheap, but what a platform for moddin'): I had three in different times in my life, different mods;

Squier Classic Vibe '60s Jazz bass (again, I sure know it's not exactly the very best out there): again, had three in different times in my life, different mods;

Esp/Ltd Frank Bello: it's a very good bass, and I can state it, for I also had his Fender signature bass. It just suffer from beautiful ebony fingerboard, which unfortunately bears abalone bigblocks (get me: dark on black) and bone sidedots on abalone binding (cream on chameleon reflex)
These two odd combination make for it to be hard to distinguish where you're at with scarce stage illumination: I bought it back for studio recording

Cheers,
Wallace
 
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#174
I can really only think of two...
1. 1981 black and cream Ibanez Roadster - mostly because it was my first bass that I bought brand new back in 1981 and I would love to have it back.
2. Fender Aerodyne - extremely versatile and light weight. I sold it and 6 months later I had to buy another one.

I'm looking for a 1981 Ibanez Roadster, black and cream...
 
#176
Probably going to be this one some day.

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#178
Not basses but when my ex drove us broke I had to sell my Gibson Les Paul and my Taylor acoustic. Of course remorse isn't the best term because I didn't choose to sell them. I wasn't primarily a bassist at the time. True regret was selling my MIA strat because I didn't like the tone only to learn later all about replacement pickups.

After many intervening years with cheap or no instruments I am now a free man who will never sell his main or only bass again.
 

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