Been there, done that. At the end of the day it's cheaper to negotiate with wife, trust me on that. "The devil that you know is better than the devil you don't know".
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Compulsive hoarder seeking opinion
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Been there, done that. At the end of the day it's cheaper to negotiate with wife, trust me on that. "The devil that you know is better than the devil you don't know".
You've come here looking for an excuse to continue your sickness. If you haven't already, get a psychologist immediately.
Don't go overboard with an artificial "must sell x" (unless there is an emergency).
I find that it is very important to not sell instruments "before their time". With that I mean I need to be satisfied that there is nothing more to discover or nothing more interesting in a particular instrument before I can safely sell it. If I don't get that done the gear flipping rotation just kicks into even higher gear.
Now, the trick is - how to do that? How to come to a state of mind where you say that a certain instrument has no more intellectual depth for you? Testing.
I find that it is very important to not sell instruments "before their time". With that I mean I need to be satisfied that there is nothing more to discover or nothing more interesting in a particular instrument before I can safely sell it. If I don't get that done the gear flipping rotation just kicks into even higher gear.
Now, the trick is - how to do that? How to come to a state of mind where you say that a certain instrument has no more intellectual depth for you? Testing.
Get out the wire cutters and chop off the strings on fifty of your instruments. Replace the bottom four (or five) with the heaviest set of strings they can handle. Tune them down an octave. Voila! Now you have a whole herd of short scale basses to choose from.
I thought I was over the top with 5 Peaveys. A Dyna Bass 4, Dyna Bass 5, Custom 5 Cirrus w/Bubinga top, a USA Millennium Plus 5 Tiger Strip, and a USA Cirrus Bolt On Walnut top. As for the 4 or 5 string, to me it depends a lot on what type music you play. Most of my playing is at church for the Praise Band, so I absolutely cannot make it without the low B. I started out with the Dyna Bass 4, wanted to try a 5 and bought the Dyna Bass 5 and loved it. So I haven't had a 4 in my hands for about 6 years. In my research, there are 2 genres of music that lean toward a 5 sting, Contemporary Christian and ........... (get this)...... Heavy Metal. What a hoot!!
Yup. Subtract 10 or 20 of those and the difference between two and three basses is moot.
Hmmmmmmmmm you might be on to something there..... 
