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Basses you will never sell..........show em

this is mine for as long as im around then it goes to my daughter.


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I can't pretend I'd "never" sell it, as I am fickle and don't have a sentimental attachment to any of my gear, but I can say that of all the gear I own now or have owned in the past, this Hamer would be toughest to let go of:

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This one...

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I wanted a Ric since I was 14 and saved up money from summer jobs. While I was in college I used to walk a mile each way to the only shop for miles around that had a tobacco burst 4001. Finally managed to get one when my parents topped up my savings with enough money to get a secondhand 1973 Jetglo for my 21st birthday - so 14 to 21, waited a third of my life for it.

When I had a young family I was working too much overtime to play in a band and we were still broke. At one point we were so desperate for money that I 'sold' the Ric...that's to say, a buyer was literally handing over the money when my wife stepped in and said "Please don't sell it, I know how much it means to you, we'll get by somehow" so the bass was saved. Shortly afterwards I got a steady gig and the Ric helped put food on the table for the next 20 somethong years as my only bass.

It'll never get sold, but when I don't play anymore I will find a promising bass player who I can be sure will cherish it and give it to them
 

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