Bills and Basses

[FishDub]

I have two basses I wont mention and are not for sale, but often I debate strongly to sell one of them to pay off bills and be debt free, even though I love it and sounds fabulous. Have you ever done this and horribly regretted it? Or maybe the bills were more important than the bass..

 

[SirMjac28]

If the bills are keeping you up at night sell the bass

 

[Mark_70]

Agree with MJAC28 - sell one if it gets you peace of mind.
Sell the one that you can most easily replace in the future at a similar cost. If one is a unique piece and the other is a relatively standard model, sell the standard one. That way, when things get better financially speaking you can replace it with a similar one.
Regards
Mark

 

[tangentmusic]

If you have 2 basses and can sell one to become debt free, sounds like a no-brainer to me. Yes... you may miss it or regret it at some point, but to be debt free and still have one bass is better than in debt with 2..

 

[QweziRider]

Have you ever done this and horribly regretted it?

Yep, done it and regretted it. But did what had to be done, so that was that, no sense in regretting it too much. I just miss some of those basses sometimes.

 

[elgecko]

I'm all for being debt free but if your bills can be paid off from selling one bass, that's not really a whole lot of bills (unless we're talking some vintage Fender or crazy Alembic, Ritter, etc.)

 

[bigshiny]

I did the same thing. Now I have only one electric bass myself. If my two uprights were not so completely different , one aluminum and one old Kay, I would sell one of them also.

 

[lfmn16]

I'm all for being debt free but if your bills can be paid off from selling one bass, that's not really a whole lot of bills (unless we're talking some vintage Fender or crazy Alembic, Ritter, etc.)

+1

Put together a plan to pay off the bills and stick to it. Then you will have the bills paid off AND two basses.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

+1



Put together a plan to pay off the bills and stick to it. Then you will have the bills paid off AND two basses.

If you can swing it, this the best way because if you don't have a plan, what will you do the next time things are tight?

If you have to sell it, fine. I have sold basses for bills, and basses, no matter how good they are, are replaceable.

 

[Rickenmonster]

If the bills are keeping you up at night sell the bass

Agreed. You can only play one bass at a time.

 

[FishDub]

If you can swing it, this the best way because if you don't have a plan, what will you do the next time things are tight?

If you have to sell it, fine. I have sold basses for bills, and basses, no matter how good they are, are replaceable.

Ok..both 4 strings..one is a boat oar with emgs and the other is the German with a single MM pickup in the sweet spot..Love both

 

[bachlover]

1st principle to financial success in pretty much anything I've looked at is to become debt free then go from there.

 

[nukes_da_bass]

I only sell instruments to buy other instruments or occasionally to avoid eviction

 

[elBandito]

I would go debt free, even if I had to sell BOTH basses.

 

[Phalex]

Can you get a paying gig and make the basses pay off your debt for you?

 

[Ender_rpm]

I had to sell my '65 B-15 to cover (several months) worth of diapers and other baby related expenses when we had twins. I miss it, but time heals all wounds.


Ok, not really, I constantly scour CL looking for another one, preferably a 70s model. I must have it back in my life, that sound, I needs it!!!!

 

[FishDub]

Nah I don't play out anymore. I should just buckle down and soul search a while longer. And again, both are replaceable..

 

[CJAZ]

If selling a bass will get you out of debt then why not get a part-time job to take care of the debt? I am assuming that neither the worth of the bass or the amount of debt are overly high. I am also assuming you don't owe money to a loan shark, bookie or payday loan outfit.

 

[FishDub]

No loan sharks or bookies lol. Just thorn in the side stuff

 

[bluesdogblues]

I have (Gibson EB, Fender Precision...)
But I never regret of anything I did.