Anyone else buy a bass with their stimulus?

[Sid the Kid]

I killed a significant amount of my debt, so I did the responsible thing and celebrated with the debt of a new bass. She's on the right.

 

[micahwc]

I was going to and I still may eventually but for now I'm not getting anything.

i want to get a high end bass and I want to make sure I know what I want before I spend a lot of money.


The last two checks paid bills.

 

[mongo2]

I've decided I'm not buying any big ticket music related items until it's clear I'll be playing shows again. A couple of weeks before the lockdown I was in discussions with a luthier for a custom bass but that's been put on indefinite hold.

 

[Nephilymbass]

What stimulus? I never got one even though I qualified for the first. Neither did my daughter and she's a minimum wage worker who was on food stamps for a while. She hasn't received any of them.

Everyone that didn't get one is supposed to be able to get them when they file their taxes. The newest one did have a income limit though I believe. So if you make over $125k or whatever the limit was you don't get that one.

I got a really good deal on this beauty. This is my first Fender and my first real, quality, non-imported bass.

Who else treated themselves to something new lately?


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Planning to get a Mesa subway 115 cab to pair with my subway head. But a decent chunk of it will actually be paid for by selling some bigger cabs I don't need because my band dissolved waiting out the shutdown. Everyone I can potentially see myself playing with has downsized during the shutdown so the 15 will probably be just fine. If not I'll add another one or maybe the 112 later.

My family has been pretty fortunate. My wife and I didn't lose any time at work. And I work in healthcare and have actually been killing it with overtime because a lot of the high risk people didn't want to work. So I actually have several hundred hours of paid time off saved up and I'll have to sell some because they cap it and once you hit the cap you lose it if you don't sell it back.

 

[thepapercut]

I've been trying since the first stimulus! Sold a bunch of old amps and other gear to free up the funds. But my very specific 62/63 AVRI bass in white just hasn't come up. Yet...

 

[Gustopher]

Mine went to debt, so I could buy the house we've been working on. I did pay off some music equipment, so once the house goes through I plan on getting the Lakland I've had my eye on for a while.

 

[ElectricBass72]

Used some of the stimulus to pay off the Sweetwater card. The rest was used to pave driveway and pay off Lowes card used for new washer and dryer. Boring home improvement stuff.... not much used for bass-related items.

 

[Halabja]

Gibby Money Bass! Hasn't arrived yet.

 

[Ostie]

My GAS seems to be in remission. I haven't bought a new bass since last fall.

 

[Redd Hatt]

This has changed!!! The new relief bill makes the first 10k of unemployment (including the $600 increase) tax free for LAST YEAR too! If you've already filed you have to amend your return. The form to do that will be available 3/25. It's estimated to make a difference of about $1000 for anyone who earned 10k in unemployment benefits last year.

Not saying you should buy a bass...but the hit got blunted a bit.

The $1,400 stimulus will perhaps cover the income taxes that I owe on my Federal supplemental unemployment from last year (the "extra $600 per week" thing). There was no option to have them tax that money up front, so anyone who got it is on the hook for about $100 per week that they received the extra $600.

Uncle Sam is gonna get a fat-ass pay day from all of us this year and next. Half the nation has been placed into serious tax debt by "qualifying" for this money. People who are used to getting money back every year are going to end up anywhere from getting nothing to owing thousands.

As opposed to giving us another check, they should have forgiven unemployment taxes during the pandemic. But they'd rather dole out a [relatively] little bit of cold, hard cash now, and put half the nation in serious debt to them.

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

Still awaiting my stimulus. Have no idea when it is coming. But guess us retired folks that pay in taxes every year (and have for over 5.5 decades) have to wait a while.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

This has changed!!! The new relief bill makes the first 10k of unemployment (including the $600 increase) tax free for LAST YEAR too! If you've already filed you have to amend your return. The form to do that will be available 3/25. It's estimated to make a difference of about $1000 for anyone who earned 10k in unemployment benefits last year.

I saw that states are expected to follow suit, but haven't seen that any has officially done so. But anyways, something to look into. You may be able to get your state / local tax back also depending on your state.

 

[Gary Poe]

View attachment 4213169 I bought this Squire 70s CV P-bass with the first stimulus money . I changed the black pickguard with this tort one . Next will be changing the pots & cap and installing a Gotoh hi-mass bridge . I bought a DiMarzio DP127 pup for it but I'm gonna leave the stock one in for the time being as it sounds really nice . The fit & finish on this bass is flawless . IMO , this Squire offers a lot of bang for the buck .

Tort looks great with that color bass! I put tort on my Roadworn 50s P but switched it back cause the anodized gold just looked better with the maple fretboard. The color combo on yours just seems to pop!

 

[Corigan]

Im just paying off my sam ash card with it so I can finance another bass.

 

[lug]

Was very close to a getting a Pro II Jazz but opted for a new computer instead.

 

[sethlow3]

My first guitar also...
Hofner Greenline
American standard tele
*ducks carrots thrown in his direction*

 

[bolophonic]

I'll be spending it on enough lumber and building supplies to buy my way out of the renovation nightmare that I have gotten myself into.

 

[DISCOSTUVW]

Unfortunately, too many things around the house need replaced. Otherewise, I would.

 

[Dyna LowRider]

Tort looks great with that color bass! I put tort on my Roadworn 50s P but switched it back cause the anodized gold just looked better with the maple fretboard. The color combo on yours just seems to pop!

Thanks bro . The original black one did look good with the black block markers in the neck but I like the tort better . The body on this is supposed to be basswood and the tort seems to work really well with the subtle grain . As well , I've replaced the control knobs with anodized gold ones that look great .

 

[ChoGall]

I wanted to, but I bought new garage doors and some new carpeting in the living room. Yay?