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Bring back an old friend or go with something new?

bassgod76

bassgod76

Garbage bassist, but I love this goofy instrument
Mar 13, 2003
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I'm in the market for a new bass. My budget affords me a new bass I like. I've never played this model in person, and it's minty, but no return policy.

However, an old buyer wants to know if I'd like to buy one of my basses back. Normally, I wouldn't bat an eye, but this bass was nice, and is the same budget as the new one above.

I only sold this bass, because I have another same model bass.

Have you ever bought an old friend back?

Is it overrated?

Should I ditch the old friend, and try for a new adventure?

Please share.
 
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bassgod76 said:
I'm in the market for a new bass. My budget affords me a new bass I like. I've never played this model in person, and it's minty, but no return policy.

However, an old buyer wants to know if I'd like to buy one of my basses back. Normally, I wouldn't bat an eye, but this bass was nice, and is the same budget as the new one above.

I only sold this bass, because I have another same model bass.

Have you ever bought an old friend back?

Is it overrated?

Should I ditch the old friend, and try for a new adventure?

Please share.
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The only ones I've let go either I wouldn't want back, or I was forced to part with due to extreme circumstances.
In the case of the latter, I would have them back in a heartbeat.

I sold off my 4003MG and my first Gibson to help pay for my divorce and new apartment when I split from wife #2, and there's days I dream if still having them.

if I had the option of 1) getting them back, or 2) finding out that my ex got aids and ebola, and was burned up in a firey car wreck, after being hit by a drunk driver who's last words were to tell he her kids were hooked on drugs it would be a really tough call, but I'd probably take option 1.
 
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SVTbird said:
The only ones I've let go either I wouldn't want back, or I was forced to part with due to extreme circumstances.
In the case of the latter, I would have them back in a heartbeat.

I sold off my 4003MG and my first Gibson to help pay for my divorce and new apartment when I split from wife #2, and there's days I dream if still having them.

if I had the option of 1) getting them back, or 2) finding out that my ex got aids and ebola, and was burned up in a firey car wreck, after being hit by a drunk driver who's last words were to tell he her kids were hooked on drugs it would be a really tough call, but I'd probably take option 1.
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So tell us how you REALLY feel about your ex, lol
 
#11
unless you sold it under duress or for unfortunate circumstances then there's a reason you parted with it. I've let things go because they didn't fit a project I was with and wouldn't need them in the future. Those things I might want back if I could ever use them. However, when it comes to old instruments I try very hard to avoid nostalgia shades. The only instrument I'll never sell is my American standard jazz bass. It's never let me down.
 
#15
I sold a bass I said I would never sell. I had the opportunity to get it back, and thought really seriously about getting it. But once it had went to somebody else, it just didn't seem as special to me for whatever reason. Hard to explain really. I buy used gear all the time now but that was (at the time) my first and only new bass I had ever bought. Maybe that was it. Who knows. Sorry for rambling!!!
 
#17
I bought a Dean Edge One Fretless roughly 14 years ago and I’m currently spending much more on it now to keep her alive than what I spent on her originally.

Mind you that’s ok with me because even though it’s a relatively cheaply made bass it came stock with EMG pickups and it sounds amazing for an under $200.00 bass.

Having said all of that: I’ve since bought newer, more modern, much more expensive basses (that I love) but oddly enough – not as much as my old Dean..........that I’ll never get rid of.

Just food for thought…….
 
#19
I agree with much of what has already been stated. I think people, in general, tend to view history through tinted glasses, and that's the best way. Keep the fond memories then get on with the process of making new ones. I've run across or know the person who bought some piece of musical equipment I've sold, only to ask myself why I bought it in the first place. I all cases the answer is "It was a good idea at the time, but not what I need/want now". Keep moving forward.
IME, IMHO and my $0.02, etc etc etc
 
#20
I wouldn't either.....however, I regret MANY times over for passing on several very fine instruments in the past for stupid cheap (mainly in the late 1970's) because stupid & ignorant family members, who did NOT have MY best interest in mind, beat me over the head and made me feel guilty for wanting to buy something that only "dopeheads want".

Seriously move on, as so many here have stated......unless its dirt cheap, then jump all over it!!
 

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