Degassing

[DuluthDank]

The more basses, the more work to keep them properly set up, at least in my climate. There's some real diminishing returns. I currently have three, and even that feels like too much.

 

[jimmydean]

I scale down and something just happens , again and again. I got down to a Sadowsky as my one bass and I ended up trading some stuff for a Tokai JB and for some silly reason bought a Mustang bass and while on my way walking out of a shop last week , I see this bass in the junk rack that I buy for $50.00 and a week later turned it into a pretty hot fretless .

 

[Green Knight]

I tried that, but it wasn’t long before I a) craved variety, and b) began doubting my high-end bass was really any better than the mid-range ones I traded it for. I went through a few monogamous relationships before realizing I’m just a rolling stone.

 

[GypsyBilly]

Try clearing out a home that a relative has lived in for a few decades.

That'll dissuade you from buying more stuff.

Maybe.

Exactly. There's a lot of wisdom in that post. Watching my sister's lifetime of stuff reduced to landfill sickened me. Knowing how charitable she was, she'd have had a fit seeing her household belongings fill a dumpster, but that's what her son did. Makes you rethink "collecting" stuff, especially when you're entering your back nine.

 

[embellisher]

I'm actually considering getting rid of three basses and getting one slightly nicer bass for basically the sale value of the others. Helps with storage space too....

I must be getting old.

My guitarist and I were talking about this a couple of weeks ago. Mostly about the burden on the ones left behind of "disposing of" our gear.

Really made me think. I've already made a list of what each item should sell for if I pass. I've thought of selling several of my less played basses for one bass for which I've had GAS many years. But so many of my less expensive ones have sentimental value. And most of the rest are worth more to me than I could sell them for.

 

[Stranger Danger]

Degaussing is a process used to neutralize or reduce the magnetic field of a device, typically to erase data from magnetic storage media

 

[B-Mac]

sacrilegious thread! Be gone ye devils!


Sarcastic post...

Mostly.

Well...

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I did this in 2016/27. One bass to rule them all, main amp and mini-back up. This was after living in a 50sqft apartment for 6 months abroad. Helped greatly with the perspective of needs vs wants vs nice to haves.

Well, I am thinking of going from 10 to 7. One is a shared practice space/jam bass. So not exactly one bass to rule them all...

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I strongly recommend hanging on to two basses -- the second as emergency backup. If you're not gigging this is less important, but even so, I'd prefer to have a second as insurance in case the first needs to spend time with a tech for whatever reason.

But you do you! Best of luck.

I'll be hanging on to 8 (I can't count). I'm good I am thinking of a mid-level active Fender. And my P-Lyte can be the backup. Then I have two passive jazzes, two passive jazz fretless, plus a fretted and fretless for the shared practice space. Then the ABG. Plenty of backup options!

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I scale down and something just happens , again and again. I got down to a Sadowsky as my one bass and I ended up trading some stuff for a Tokai JB and for some silly reason bought a Mustang bass and while on my way walking out of a shop last week , I see this bass in the junk rack that I buy for $50.00 and a week later turned it into a pretty hot fretless .

I have two Tokai JBs. Maybe I don't need an active Fender but instead another Tokai JB?

 

[sleddogn]

Isn't this just re-gassing?

 

[jmattbassplaya]

I’m very fortunate that I have several very nice basses, and I enjoy the variety. I could thin the heard, but gas would eventually take hold and I’d be back to where I am.

 

[DanAdams]

I thought this was going to be a post about farting... oh well.
I want to sell a dozen basses too.
buying is just sooo much easier than selling.

 

[RavenousPoe]

I strongly recommend hanging on to two basses -- the second as emergency backup. If you're not gigging this is less important, but even so, I'd prefer to have a second as insurance in case the first needs to spend time with a tech for whatever reason.

But you do you! Best of luck.

Did something like this recently - sold all of my expensive high-end basses which left a Player Precision as my main, and my two Sterling Ray4's as backups. I'd like to trim down one more, but all three are sentimental. Logically the Precision should go since it is the outlier - but it just sounds so good...

 

[DrBnz]

I'm in a constant state of trading up. At some point, your collection is so nice that you need help deciding which one goes next. Luckily in the end you do get to a point where you've compared so many that you've found the perfect one (for you). Well no.... that's not true.... you find a FEW that are perfect for you. Then you can start downsizing ...... maybe.