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Beginner came in and spent over $6K tonight

#22
Violen said:
This same guy won't spend 25 bucks a half hour on lessons, after the first or second one. These end up being basically my worst students, i see them all the time.
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May be, may be not

After I spent a lot on my first gear I spent over 2k more on lessons with teacher's that didn't have a attitude like you do.
They were happy to help me and I am sure they put the money to good use.
 
#23
Kmonk said:
So by your reasoning, anybody who has enough money should just buy up every instrument so they can hang them on a wall or store them in a room, while people who actually enjoy playing suffer as a result. I have enough money to buy what I want but people are always asking why instruments cost so much. A large part of the reason is that people who have never and will never play are buying them. There is a collector in Japan who has bought so many vintage Les Paul guitars that the prices have skyrocketed. Doesn't impact me very much but buying instruments for the sole purpose of collecting has impacted the ability of a lot of younger players to afford them.
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Give me a break. No one "needs" a vintage Les Paul...just like no one needs a 1957 Chevy. There are hundreds of good quality guitars suitable for people that gig and record that won't break the bank.

Edit: Let me add...if you don't think people should be able to buy whatever they want with their money, then I guess you have no problem with other people telling you what you can and can't buy?
 
#24
guy n. cognito said:
Yep, that's right. If my enjoyment of a certain instrument comes from solely looking at it, and I can afford it, then is is my right to be able to buy it. What, in your mind, is the criteria for who should be allowed to own an instrument? How much do you have to play it in order to be able to own it? Who gets to decide who's a player versus a collector?

Silly, isn't it........
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+1. Thank you!! I was worried I was going to be exposed as a middle-ager committed to cornering the nice bass market, while at the same time taking $25 lessons from numerous teachers and promptly quitting them.
 
#26
If you can afford it, buy it....... Nobody's concern but your own. What you do with it is your business as well.

I see no "shortage" of nice, or even vintage basses. And there seems to be a glut of medium to lower end instruments.

The high end vintage basses have always been a little bit out of my economic reach, even though they seem to be a little more affordable these days than a few years ago.

It is not someone else's problem that they can afford something I can't. Good for them.
 
#27
Kmonk said:
So by your reasoning, anybody who has enough money should just buy up every instrument so they can hang them on a wall or store them in a room, while people who actually enjoy playing suffer as a result. I have enough money to buy what I want but people are always asking why instruments cost so much. A large part of the reason is that people who have never and will never play are buying them. There is a collector in Japan who has bought so many vintage Les Paul guitars that the prices have skyrocketed. Doesn't impact me very much but buying instruments for the sole purpose of collecting has impacted the ability of a lot of younger players to afford them.
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I can see a collector looking at your post and saying.... "Wow how can sombody buy such a special gutiar and actually play it? That is so selfish! Does he know all the wear and tear he is putting on that bueaty. That AXE deserves to be hung on a wall so that it can be appreciated by all."
 
#29
Agree with the 50's and hobby concept.

I did similar in 1972(73?) when I got the remains of lawsuit money(suit minus medical bills & lawyer's 1/3) for getting my left leg & hip ruined at at 16(2 years prior). I was knocked off of a motorcycle by a pickup truck. I had been playing bass for 8 years on a junk Japanese Topline and running thru a Gregory Bass 60A tube amp. I bought a Gibson EBOL(slot head) and an Acoustic 370 with a 301 cabinet at Sound City in New Orleans. I'm sure John Jung(?) at Sound City was quite happy. The Acoustic served me for more than 15 years along with an SVT bought a year or 2 later. Big hair, spandex, roadies era in my life....
 
#33
You earn money = you spend money on what the heck you want to = No one else's business.

I'm retired and have bought some nice toys over the past couple of years. Maybe 3 - 4K. I just bought a 2K camera. I worked over 45 years and I'm a disabled vet. If I want to spend my money, who is anyone else to question it. I'm not the best bass player, but I do gig as much as possible. It's my hobby....... leave me alone.
 
#34
Freddels said:
On another forum, there was a guitarist that I noticed was local. He has quite a few fairly expensive guitars listed in his profile. I asked if he wanted to get together and play sometime. He said that he really couldn't play well enough to play with someone else. He was still looking to buy more guitars though. :hmm:
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A local guy has made a decent fortune buying and selling old guitars. He's a classic nylon string player and a damn good one, but his bread and butter has been old Fender and Gibson electrics.
 
#37
Kmonk said:
So by your reasoning, anybody who has enough money should just buy up every instrument so they can hang them on a wall or store them in a room, while people who actually enjoy playing suffer as a result. I have enough money to buy what I want but people are always asking why instruments cost so much. A large part of the reason is that people who have never and will never play are buying them. There is a collector in Japan who has bought so many vintage Les Paul guitars that the prices have skyrocketed. Doesn't impact me very much but buying instruments for the sole purpose of collecting has impacted the ability of a lot of younger players to afford them.
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Sounds like sour grapes. You too can work hard all your life and buy high end and collect all you want. How does that cause others to suffer? I think you are making a something out of nothing. Some people (me included) like the best they can afford in whatever they do. I've worked hard over many years, made sacrifices when I was younger, completed my education, served my country, paid off three houses over the years and now you are going to harp on me about buying expensive gear or collecting basses or guitars? You really need to worry about your own finances and no one else's.
 
#39
Nashrakh said:
Poor fool, little did he know the audience will neither care nor hear the difference to a $100 walmart bass. :)
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He is a fool for doing what makes him happy in life??? :confused: Uh......okay, if you say so. :rolleyes:

I guess I should go ahead and sell the four basses I have that cost over $2000 each and just by a $100 Walmart bass because the audience won't know the difference, and because I should only do things for the audience and not for myself. :hmm:
 

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