Any purchases you made that you were afraid to post here?

no.

 

The only opinion on what's cool or not that matters is my own, and I'm certainly not bothered by what some to me unknown or anonymous person on TB thinks.

I'm not an outrageous kind of personality though, my taste doesn't annoy others much.

 

p-bass?

 

Sunglasses?

 

Eclipse videos, tampons and 50 Shades of Grey books for my wife, beyond that... Nope.

I have owned SX to Fodera and Squier to Sadowsky..... Why care what anyone thinks of your purchases?

 

I am guessing you are really young and a bit immature if "Website Peer Pressure" is a concern in your life.....LMFAO

If you bought, own it, put on your big person pants and worry not about others thoughts, you'll live a much happier life by developing YOUR own mind, and not be another Sheeple

 

If I ever get a Wishbass I'll put it up here so I can enjoy TB's ridicule.

 

I've been so tempted to get one of those - the worse the better. Great conversation starter.

 

I'll step up, since everyone in this thread is taking things so deadly serious. I overpaid on an SX neck for a parts bass a few years ago, then re-shaped the headstock, only to realize that it was slightly twisted and so I never bragged about it on here.

 

FORCED ON A REGULAR BASIS to go "antiquing" by my beautiful bride on a frequent basis, I've found the activity just ain't my cup of Joe...However, on very, very, very rare occasions (20 to 1 ratio) I've found statues/figurines representing the bass...sooooo I collect them.

 

I'll add something then. Not that I've been afraid to post, there has just never been a reason to.
Until now, that is.



This used to be some kind of P-bass clone, don't remember the name, that I bastardized in my
early bass playing days. Cut up the body, changed the headstock, de-fretted the neck.

The modification project is not the cringe-worthy part though, it's the fact I apparently thought
that spending the money on an EMG pickup with active tone controls would somehow make this
a wonderful bass.

Surprisingly, it didn't.

EDIT: The bass was probably an OK instrument, I just didn't know enough to realize that.
Seeing the body wood I today wish I didn't ruin this bass, it could have made a nice one.

 

Well, there is that "I heart Justin Beiber" tee shirt incident. I won't talk about it much....


But, no. Never done any bass-related purchase that I wouldn't post. There are many that I didn't post, but not from fear of ridicule.

 

I am not afraid to post or mention my purchases, but frankly, if one is not careful, it is easy to post every time you do anything. I don't think everyone cares if I have another cheapo bass or I like my headphone amp.

 

Post here? No. Tell the wife? That's a different story.

 

Nope. Nobody reads my threads anyways.

 

I agree. You can't control what other people say, do or think so why worry about it? I play what I like. What other people think about it is of no concern to me.

 

My first bass was a Westone, with all the subtlety of tone and the playability of a railway sleeper. But I had more fun with that bass than with most of the other, fancier, basses I've owned.
The internet is largely responsible for the growth in peer pressure. Coupled with e-commerce (where you don't try before you buy and where everything is reduced to price and frequently meaningless specs), the likes of TalkBass have a lot to answer for.
Well, not TB, but all the Jazz/Precision/flats/rounds dogmatic...
(Stands back and awaits flame war...)