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Do dings and scratches bother you?

#121
Hey, a bass is a TOOL.

It doesn't bother when my hammer or drill gets a bump, as long as it's still working great.
We often forget that its almost only with musicians that the tool is not a tool anymore.

Painter with stained brushes?
Cook with bumped pots?

Just make some sound with the thing, the best bass sound ever and ENJOY!
 
#122
I know every little spot of them - holes, scratches & dings (etc) - of my bass, because I am the one who accidentally/naturally made them all :D
But I don't want somebody else to make the new of them on my bass LOL.

But if I happen to buy/have a used - much more if it's a vintage - good bass, I don't mind or even in some way love - not only it's dings & scratches - but even the distressed finish of it I love..

So to answer the OP question:
No I don't bother digs and scratches
 
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#126
They don't bother me until I go to sell them. But they don't normally affect the playability or output from the bass, so no, they don't really bother me. The last bass I sold, a Warwick Streamer Stage I 5, had a fair amount of small dings, but was my main bass for church. Road worn, I guess. It still sold for the same amount I bought it for 5-6 years earlier, even with additional "wear"

I don't have any "collectibles" that are sealed in glass cases. They are all "players"
 
#128
I hate it when my basses get knocked and scratched.

I try my best to keep the instruments as safe as possible when they are on stage but they are working for a living so some damage is inevitable.

A slight knock isn't going to put my blood pressure up but I do get cross with band members who don't take care when around the gear on small stages.
 
#129
I love beaten up instruments, as long as the back of the neck smooth in fine with a bass that was dragged behind a truck :)
I actually relic them if they looking too new. Pickup covers, bridge, screws. Like them rusty and worn. I once had a 69 jazz with no paint left on it, loved it. Also had an original 62 absolutely buggered, I made a mistake and had it re finished! Hated it and sold it to a dude in France.
 
#132
it depends.

i don´t mind if my basses get hurt, because they already are. :D
but i do mind if my guitars are even remotely in danger of getting a scratch. funny, huh?
thing is, i got a freakin expensive electric and a good acoustic guitar for dirt cheap, both in mint condition. and i want to keep them that way for as long as possible.
 
#134
I played in a band with a guy who was meticulous about every little piece of gear, so some of it has rubbed off. I get a ding and there's a very brief "uh oh" followed by "oh wait, this is mine not his, never mind"

The whole band was conditioned to expect a freak out every time something got dinged. It was not the greatest
 
#138
brettwolfelodge said:
I played in a band with a guy who was meticulous about every little piece of gear, so some of it has rubbed off. I get a ding and there's a very brief "uh oh" followed by "oh wait, this is mine not his, never mind"

The whole band was conditioned to expect a freak out every time something got dinged. It was not the greatest
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life's too short and such anal-retentiveness doesn't have anything to do with making music - luckily sounds like a "was" and a lesson as to what to avoid in the future
 

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