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At what point will you stop buying another bass?

Have you reached the point where you can't see yourself buying another bass?

  • Absolutely Yes

    Votes: 111 18.3%

  • Are you kidding me... NO!

    Votes: 126 20.8%

  • Almost

    Votes: 218 36.0%

  • Doubt it

    Votes: 151 24.9%
  • Total voters
    606
jazzyvee

jazzyvee

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#1
I have now reached a point where I can't see me buying another bass. I have got my dream four string and 5 string basses and whilst I do still window shop at other basses and occasionally get tempted, I doubt if I would really be filling any holes in "my" needs by adding another bass. I play in a few local bands (regularly, pre covid) and don't do a lot of session work and when I do I just use what I have and everything works out fine, occasionally on a studio session I'm asked for a specific tone and I can get that.

Anyone else in the same boat?
 
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#2
As just posted in Cheese's thread.

I just bought a third after saying I never would. But it's my dream bass with dream specs and it came up on the used market. I couldn't say no.

Now the conundrum is I love all 3, and I can't see how I could sell any. And basically I don't want to go through that again, so 3 is my limit. (well the 3rd hasn't arrived yet, but I expect to love it..if not, then the 2 I have are the lifers).

I spent the last few days unfollowing all bass builders and fan pages on instagram and facebook. Cause all they do is incur GAS.
 
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#3
At no point, I'm afraid.


I like to play bass, I like to talk about bass, I like to look at basses, I like to buy basses.


My difficulty now is that I usually sell one or two to buy another.

I'm at the point where I don't want to sell any of my 4 current electric basses. And I have a fifth on the way.

I think I will stop for now, maybe a year or so, but I don't see myself not buying a bass anymore.

Don't see the point on not buying either, if that's what I want. It doesn't mess with the family finances.
 
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lug said:
When they pry my cold, dead fingers off my credit card................
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Amen, brother, Amen. What’s the use in having one if you’re not gonna quench that G.A.S.!:smug:
For example this has been giving me G.A. S. ever since I saw it a year ago. I saved it on Reverb and the store that was selling it sent me a message saying they’d take a $100 off since I was a previous customer.
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I somehow resisted, but I still have G.A.S. for it.
 
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#17
“At what point do you stop buying another bass?”

Okay. When I’m buying another bass I keep buying until it’s bought. :)

Now. In reality I’m not buying more and haven’t in quite a while. It was a slow deliberate time over decades getting the tools for the job. After that no GAS.
There was some, “I’ll be complete if I have this or that.” That was fantasy and whim back in the ‘80s when the gnawing was from needing other real comfort. No basses were purchased or harmed in the making of that movie.:) That was like having low blood sugar.
 
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#18
Very well timed for me...I just bought my "last" bass yesterday in the form of a Stingray short scale. I voted almost. My collection isn't huge at 5, but now covers all the musical situations I regularly find myself with a little redundancy for insurance. Theyre also high quality, but modest instruments that I'm really proud to own. I can't see myself purchasing another bass unless my musical needs and desires drastically change which would be shocking to me at this point. No pictures of them together, but I now own a Roscoe Century, Dingwall NG3, EBMM Sterling fretless, EBMM Stingray Shortscale and a parts P.
 
#19
Player me: all I need is my Kay and a 5- or 6-string BG or two

Collector me: I really need a Mustang bass to complete my basses by Leo collection, also a better quality 6-string fretless would be nice, and a real Stingray instead of the Sterling SUB, and... and... and...
 
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