Am I crazy? flipping three vintage basses.

As long as you're getting a fair price for them, and you will play and enjoy the new bass more, I don't see a problem.

 

If you can't financially justify a $600 bass than you shouldn't get it regardless of what you might get for your three basses. (I can't justify it either right now so I'm not trying to talk down to you.) The player basses aren't going anywhere. Sell two, keep one to play and use the money for necessities.
My two cents.

 

I would keep the Guyatone and the other two would already be gone.

The Blazer is a P bass, right? And the Squier is another P bass. I would hock the pair, take the modern P bass and have this as a nice contrast to the Guyatone.

 

I would hold on to the JV Squier.

 

It's not that crazy.
Being a bassist in the first place, now that's crazy!
It hasn't stopped you though, so...

I have to agree with Axstar.

 

Showing this to my girlfriend.

 

If you don't play them, and if they hold no particular personal value... sell one, a couple, all three, and get one that you're excited about.

 

imho this all gets back to how the word "vintage" has lost all meaning.

Sorry, you don't have three vintage basses. You just have three old basses. Old, cheap, pedestrian models that were nothing to write home about when they were in their prime, and (most importantly) that you can't remember the last time you brought them out to a gig or a session!

I'd sell 'em all in a heartbeat and buy the new Mexican bass that makes your heartstrings flutter.

 

I assume from your post that you've got another bass apart from the three mentioned and that that's your main player right now?
If so, sell those three.
If not, and the three are all you've got, then sell them anyway as you're not playing them.

 

None of those instruments have any collectible value whatsoever. 80s Squiers are also as pedestrian as you can get. Of course, so is a MIM Fender. If you can get value for them, sell them.

 

In the last year or so I sold a 68 P bass and a 73 Lake Placid Blue Jazz ... go for it.
Their replacement is an 83 Peavey T45, no regrets!

 

These are $900-ish in Oz?
I’d use it for a bit before selling the others, just to be sure.

 

None of those Basses speak to me. If they're dead weight, turn em into $$$ and get your P bass.

 

Seconded. You're never going to find one that well made again. Not by anyone.

The other two would be gone.

 

Vintage is 25 years in the music industry. So yeah, he does have three vintage basses. They're just not basses you like, which is fine.

 

You are crazy for not getting the bass you really want. Flip them bad boys and get some!

 

Vintage and desirable are not always the same.
If you disagree, I may have a slice of vintage pizza from last month in the fridge I could sell you.

The JV might be worth holding onto.
Does the MIM P bring something serious to the table that is dosen't?

 

You had your fun with them, pass them on to another admirer. Then buy what scratches your bass itch today. Don't hoard them if you never play them. Set them free. And get paid!

 

Become a supporting member and toss them up in the classifieds and see what sticks.