Buying Philosophy

[Icarus26]

I'm just wondering why people buy what they buy. Do you tend to stick to a brand when you think it's good or do you experiment around and own at least one of everything? Feel free to share and if you do something different, feel free to post your philosophy on buying.

i can see two arguments, just wondering which the public majority stood by.
1. If it's not broken, why fix it? for the people who stick to a brand they trust.
2. To try to get a different sound. for the people who experiment around.

 

[IanStephenson]

This is just a specific form of a much bigger animal behavior problem, refered to as "explore or exploit". Lets say you're a bee and you find a nice patch of flowers - you can collect lots of nectar from it, but MAYBE there's an even better patch just over the hill. Do you spend your time collecting nectar (exploiting what you have), or looking for something better which might not actually be as good (explore).

 

[Phalex]

I like things to be different. I have a P and a Ric and I love them both for their respective tones.

Something I really don't understand is professional bassists that switch out basses a couple of times mid-concert for the exact same make and model of bass. Yeah, I get it: Music Man gave you a sweet endorsement deal and all the free basses you want, but what is the logic of trading out a 4 string sunburst Stingray, for a 4 string red Stingray, for a 4 string natural Stingray?? If you're gonna trade out basses mid gig, I think there should be some noticeable difference other than the paint job. Of course: IMHO

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

I don't buy philosophy!

 

[Deacon_Blues]

The brand matters, especially if you consider your purchases as investments, but first and foremost if I buy a new instrument I do it because I'm after something new that my current basses don't give me.

 

[Jake of Bass]

I like things to be different. I have a P and a Ric and I love them both for their respective tones.

Something I really don't understand is professional bassists that switch out basses a couple of times mid-concert for the exact same make and model of bass. Yeah, I get it: Music Man gave you a sweet endorsement deal and all the free basses you want, but what is the logic of trading out a 4 string sunburst Stingray, for a 4 string red Stingray, for a 4 string natural Stingray?? If you're gonna trade out basses mid gig, I think there should be some noticeable difference other than the paint job. Of course: IMHO

I've often wondered this too, and the only real reason I can think why this would have practical application would simply be tuning. Either the new bass is in a different tuning or it is in tune and the one being swapped to the bass tech needs to be tuned as it has gone out during play.

Or maybe the song is 200+ bpm. Red is the fastest colour after all