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Do new basses inspire you?
- Thread starter Sonic
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My 2010 Precision V is hard to rotate between my other 2002 P-Bass. Both are nice but the P-V has that something that makes me want to play every genre on it because it plays so nice.
It's more helpful to have goals to keep you playing no matter what you're making music on.
It's more helpful to have goals to keep you playing no matter what you're making music on.
A new toy is always fun, and it will certainly inspire me for at least the short term. My favorite old basses inspire me over the long term, though. I have a couple of basses that I always look forward to playing. Of course, I'd play a kazoo or wash tub bass if that was all that was available. 
Whenever I pick up a new bass, it inspires me to practice a little more. Different basses produce different tones, so sometimes I end up coming up with new original melodies. I give equal practice time to my basses. Each day, I select a different bass to practice with.
So new basses will stimulate men more than they will women?
Kind of but what inspires me more than anything else is when I get better at a certain technique because I then know it opens more doors as a bassists.
So new basses will stimulate men more than they will women?
Depends on if you're running through 10s, 12s, 15s or 18s.
I think every new bass Ive bought has inspired me to play and progress as a bassist in different ways.
I wouldn't go so far as to say "every" bass. For example, I've picked up a couple of spare SX basses that were just more tools in the class of a new hacksaw at home depot.
But generally speaking I try not to buy a new bass unless there is something quite different about it. And usually that means it represents an area of my musical knowledge/skill that is lacking. So If all my basses are 4 strings, a new 5, 6, or 7 string bass represents lacking knowledge and skills and hence is an inspiration to learn, practice and experiment. When all my basses are fretted then fretless basses represent new lands to conquer and hence are inspiration. If I've been playing only "modern" basses and then get a new "old school" Fender. Same thing.
Sometimes it's not even the music or the playing as in the couple of Wishbasses I bought to do modding on.
The thing about music is you never know it all. And new stuff of whatever kind can be new lessons for you. And to me that causes inspiration.
Absolutely. When i got my 7 string it inspired me to tap more. When i got my 6 it inspired me to use more complex bass lines and work on my technique for picking. When i got my upright it inspired me to really learn music and again work on my technique as well as hone my ear for fretless playing.
