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Buyer's Remorse - For Fun
- Thread starter MochaFiend
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I also had to sell my late 70s Rickenbacker about 30 years ago. And yes: not a great day. But it was a better day by having some money (I won't say how little) and getting past a financially woeful circumstance. And that's just how things are sometimes.
That's how I felt about the semi-hollow Eastwood Classic 4: it was fine, but ...
-- so I returned it, taking the return-shipment hit.
One year later, kickin' it with my Harley Benton RB-414. Not returning that baby at all.
In my entire career dating back to 1965 there have been only two basses that after playing them for a bit I completely rejected. The first was a Gibson EB0 and the second as a Gibson EB3. Both were more or less what I expected just not what I really wanted to keep.
Sometimes you have to date a woman a second time just to be absolutely certain you do not want to ask her out a third time. Hell, some guys even re-marry their ex-wives then remember why they got a divorce in the first place. That was my experience with Gibson basses.
Sometimes you have to date a woman a second time just to be absolutely certain you do not want to ask her out a third time. Hell, some guys even re-marry their ex-wives then remember why they got a divorce in the first place. That was my experience with Gibson basses.
Lakland HB-30. It's a great bass, but I'm just not playing anything where I ever reach for it. I probably shouldn't have bought it, but I talked myself into it because I liked it so much.
I traded a sweet Roadworn Tele for a USA 5 string j bass with EMGs. It was a nice bass but 5 strings are not my trip. To be fair I probably didn't give it a chance. lol I miss my tele sooooo much.
This is why I like to ask women out on second dates even if they don't seem to be remotely interested in me.
Going through this process too many times to count also explains why I'm single! 
This is my experience with Fender basses! I've owned four of them (including my original Squier Jazz Bass) only to realize that I'm not going to acquire one ever again. I'm keeping my 2021 American Pro II P Bass because it's sentimental to me. It also sounds great when it works properly, so I have it as my backup and alternative to my Rickenbacker 4003s.
Speaking of which, Rickenbacker is the brand that I "married" - having owned and loved them since 2012. Now I'd like to date an actual woman of that caliber...
sorry to veer off topic, but this thread inspires me to start a "SELLER'S REMORSE" thread since that's been more of my experience than the inverse.
Someone should make all these threads into a single club or sticky.
With that being said. I sold one of those (now rare and expensive) Squier VM P’s all maple. That bass deserved a second chance..
For shame...
I feel that pain. Where I live there is zero market, shipping is expensive and the online market really sucks at the moment. They will all go, but maybe not for a while until the market picks up.Honestly my biggest remorse is the shockingly large collection of basses I don't plan on using frequently anymore and all the effort it's going to take to sell everything
A while back before I bought a house I was going to order a custom Alembic. I had the money and knew what the wait would be, and though I'd had a couple of others, the expense, the wait and the 'what if I don't like it' put me off. And for Alembic, this would have been a fairly modest spec, relatively easy to move on but the financial hit would have been high.
I've had so many other great off the shelf basses in the interim, that I'm not sure I would now, even if I won the lottery.
OK.....and if I get what you're saying you're looking for women with a funny angular kind of body with a bridge that needs replacing?
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I dunno. I got rid of a couple Rics. Got rid of a really oddball Danelectro or Coral. Got rid of a Vantage. Got rid of a couple bolt-on Thunderbirds. I don't dream about any of them or even think about them unless prompted. There are several others I could probably let go without feeling much remorse. At this point, it's mostly inertia and absolute lack of interest in buying another bass guitar that keeps me from selling anything.
That's all heretical, and I'm probably due for a bannation from TalkBass for expressing such vile characteristics.
Yup, buyers remorse can be reversed..at a cost.
Sellers remorse is rarely correctable.
I’m very picky too. It’s funny About 90% of my disappointments were when I bought new basses. I returned or sold them all. I get upset with myself because even when I do my research thinking “this is the one”, they do not lead up yo my expectations.
I do prefer the used market. It gives me several more options. If not fully satisfied, I usually can return it. If not, modify it, mix and match with another bass, flip of part it out. Something I would never do with a new bass.
Case in point. Bought used fretless MIJ Jazz.
Loved the rosewood neck. Am switching that one to my No.#2 fretless Jazz bass which has the electronics I like. I’ll either sell the switched bass complete or as parts.
I do prefer the used market. It gives me several more options. If not fully satisfied, I usually can return it. If not, modify it, mix and match with another bass, flip of part it out. Something I would never do with a new bass.
Case in point. Bought used fretless MIJ Jazz.
Loved the rosewood neck. Am switching that one to my No.#2 fretless Jazz bass which has the electronics I like. I’ll either sell the switched bass complete or as parts.
Bridge replacement depends on the age of the woman.OK.....and if I get what you're saying you're looking for women with a funny angular kind of body with a bridge that needs replacing?
The classic angular "Cresting Wave" body is one of the most beautiful in the world of bass!Seller's remorse is a different story for a different thread. I've experienced it too and it's much worse than buyer's remorse.
More a matter of taste for some. The body looks more like that of someone who needs a major hip replacement in order to get her spine in alignment.Bridge replacement depends on the age of the woman.
Seller's remorse is a different story for a different thread. I've experienced it too and it's much worse than buyer's remorse.
Here's my ideal body type. Note the full curvaceous hips and narrow waist and proportionate upper torso. Makes you want to just cradle it in your arms and make love to it.
I’m more bothered by ones that I ended up not liking than the ones that got away.
Those can always pop back up!
But it does drag a little when you can’t really move the one you’re iffy on without taking a bath.
Those can always pop back up!
But it does drag a little when you can’t really move the one you’re iffy on without taking a bath.
Different perspective on seller’s remorse:
Maturing enough to know you moved equipment that was good because you were using the wrong strings, amp, technique, or was just no skilled enough to get 100% out of it
Maturing enough to know you moved equipment that was good because you were using the wrong strings, amp, technique, or was just no skilled enough to get 100% out of it
