Buying Bass(es) New And/Or Used?

[BoomBapDame]

Who's buying basses new and/or used?

 

[Zooberwerx]

Mostly used but I know what I'm looking for and watch the classifieds.

Riis

 

[bigdaddybass12]

We all like new basses, but buying one a few years old the neck has had time to settle down or flip out. If the truss rod looks well used you know the neck is not very stable.

 

[klokker]

Only new at this point. It's not because buying used is bad, it's because everything I've bought used turns out to have stuff wrong with it.

I'm terrible at selling things as well.

 

[KohanMike]

I buy new since I only play 21" scale acoustic bass ukes because of neck nerve damage. I have them modified by Eric's Guitar and painted by Pat Wilkins, both in Van Nuys, CA to make them more playable, plus they're all configured exactly the same with a new bridge, tuners and flatwound strings so that it doesn't matter which one I use.