I've been reading about all of these people on here buying their second bass a couple months after they started playing bass. No offense to anyone, but it's kind of weird to me. It seems like at that level, the bass would be better than the player. It also just seems like people have the money to waste, so they go for it. I JUST got my second bass after 5 years of playing. Is that unusual?
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Am I The Only One??!
- Thread starter Dubadays
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Oh boy.
Judging someone because they get a new bass is very rude, and unneeded IMO. I got a new one, which I saved entirely by myself for, after a year of playing. So what?
Its my money, why should it matter to you how I live.
These threads get old, and fast.
Judging someone because they get a new bass is very rude, and unneeded IMO. I got a new one, which I saved entirely by myself for, after a year of playing. So what?
Its my money, why should it matter to you how I live.
These threads get old, and fast.
The bass is only as good as the person playing it. No bass is already "better" than the player. A good player can make an 80$ Yamaha sound fantastic, while a new player may make a 3000$ Warwick sound horrid. People tend to get their second bass when the can/feel like it/ want to. I got mine when I knew what I wanted in a bass, which was about 2 years in.
Decaf, dude. As long as no one feels the need to take my stuff away from me, they can have all the basses they want, whenever they want. I don't know if your attitude is unusual, but I hope it is. 
I'm not trying to offend anyone, I'm just wondering if I'm the odd man out for waiting so long.
Nope. Victor Wooten played his first bass, a Vox violin bass, for many years.
Many people here on TB still play only their first bass.
Got my second after 2 years of playing. Third one a year after my second. If I'm to keep up with my trend I should get one in 2 months, but I won't. I'm satisfied. For now.
My second bass was an upgrade from a pawnshop special with horrible action and shoddy electronics to a Squier P-Bass, that had the sound, feel and look I wanted at the time. From there it was a CIJ 75' RI Jazz. I was ready for that and made some breakthroughs.
Now (with a few datings in between) I have a Warwick Thumb BO 5 that I've had for going on ten years. I think I made a pretty natural progression, from entry to mid level to upper mid level. I've made most of my major breakthroughs on my 'Wick. Sometimes getting a bass that is "better" than you as a player is inspiration to get better as a player.
Now (with a few datings in between) I have a Warwick Thumb BO 5 that I've had for going on ten years. I think I made a pretty natural progression, from entry to mid level to upper mid level. I've made most of my major breakthroughs on my 'Wick. Sometimes getting a bass that is "better" than you as a player is inspiration to get better as a player.
I think my second bass came after playing for 5 years or so, and it was a replacement, not an addition. But what others do in the way of equipment doesn't affect me much, except when it's inspiring(Wooten, Pattitucci, Manring, etc. 
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I have to say that coming from a piano background I took to the bass pretty easily. I was picking out basslines to CD's from day one (the main riff to Inna Gadda da Vida that was vinyl actually) and that was on a $100 Oscar Schmidt OEB-3. Wanting to learn more and get a better bass was only natural for me. Took me a year to get a better bass though and it was only a Squier.
I had only one bass for a good number of years.
That said...
If someone can afford more than one bass, and the money spent isn't taking food off the table, or causing you to miiss rent/mortgage, then I say go for it.
I don't care if you've been playing 40 years or 40 minutes. It's good for the economy, and I'm sure your local music store/dealer will be greatful for the sale.
That said...
If someone can afford more than one bass, and the money spent isn't taking food off the table, or causing you to miiss rent/mortgage, then I say go for it.
I don't care if you've been playing 40 years or 40 minutes. It's good for the economy, and I'm sure your local music store/dealer will be greatful for the sale.
It helps if you've got a good bass from the start, then there's no need to upgrade. But if you don't, there's no reason not to buy a better one once you know you're going to be sticking with it. A lot of cheap basses can turn potential players off because they're badly set up or just not very well built.
Yes. Now wait another five years before you post another thread on TB.
I joke, of course. Have a great Fourth!
Who cares? So what? I see you edited your post...what about this 'kind of pisses you off?' Why post about it? Why do I reply to threads like these? Why is the sky blue? Why oh why?????
Thank you for editting your post. I'd do the same but the thread's flow would be interrupted, plus it shows more clearly that you did edit. A fine example, I say. 
I'd do the same but the thread's flow would be interrupted, plus it shows more clearly that you did edit. A fine example, I say. ive built all my basses to date. started out on a homemade, im gonna finish on a homemade. i have no desire to buy one. only the desire to see one unfold in my hands and under my knife. i built a second one within 2 months of starting because the first one was awful. the second one was awful too, but much much better than the first. im still building, i have 4 handmade basses now, and i love them all to death.
Once I started playing, I got hooked REAL fast. I knew I was going to stick with it for my entire life.
I bought several different basses pretty rapidly, and don't regret it one bit. The Precision made me play one way, the Jazz another, the fretless even more so.
I absolutely think that I progressed faster than I would have if I'd kept to a single bass for five years. Different instruments opened up my mind to different styles of playing.
I think that if someone were to buy a bunch of basses before knowing for sure that they were going to stick with it, then that might be a little unwise. If you know you're a bassist for life, I say go for it!
I bought several different basses pretty rapidly, and don't regret it one bit. The Precision made me play one way, the Jazz another, the fretless even more so.
I absolutely think that I progressed faster than I would have if I'd kept to a single bass for five years. Different instruments opened up my mind to different styles of playing.
I think that if someone were to buy a bunch of basses before knowing for sure that they were going to stick with it, then that might be a little unwise. If you know you're a bassist for life, I say go for it!
I played my first bass for 2 or 3 years before i got a passive deluxe MIM p special. I ended up hating that bass becuase i saved all my money for it and babied it way to much, at the time being 16 going out and dropping 500$ on a bass was a BIG thing for me.
Now at 19 and 6 years of playing i just play a modded MIM fender p that i have like 300$ into ,but it works for me.
Buying a new bass can make you want to play more. Some people start out on a first act bass, you play one of those 2-3 months and tell me how you feel about buying a new bass haha,
Now at 19 and 6 years of playing i just play a modded MIM fender p that i have like 300$ into ,but it works for me.
Buying a new bass can make you want to play more. Some people start out on a first act bass, you play one of those 2-3 months and tell me how you feel about buying a new bass haha,
