Do you have a sentimental attachment to your basses?

[BadSanta1281]

My wife has a sentimental attachment to her late mother's old tupperware.

I understand her feelings about her late father's 1904 piano but tupperware? Really?

I have a sentimental attachment to her so I don't give her too much grief about it all.

Stuff is just stuff. It can be replaced. It's the people in your life that matter the most.

 

[MCS4]

Only my Carvin LB70, which has been my No. 1 bass for 16 or 17 years now. It was my first quality instrument (after learning to play on a cheap p-bass copy), has survived all challengers to the No. 1 spot from the likes of Zon and Fender over the years, and has made it through some unimaginable number of hours of both playing time and hard labor (among other things, I've refinished it by hand twice, changed the pickups to Aeros, changed the preamp, swapped out the tuners, etc.).

 

[Bassndrums73]

I have a sentimental attachment to my basses but not because of any third party. My basses and I only have an affection for each other.

 

[walking Bass]

I've had my EB-2 since 1964 and we're still in love. My other instruments could be replaced, but I'm attached to each of them.

 

[fishstix]

I have photographs that I'd be pretty sad about loosing. A few of my basses are the same way. So, yes I'm sentimental about my basses in the way they remind me of people, places, and special times. Not all basses nor photographs hold that kind of meaning though.

 

[jd56hawk]

I currently have two basses: an SX 5 string and a Fender Jazz 62 RI. Of the two, the Fender gets all the playtime and the SX just kinda... sits there. I think the only reason I'm holding onto it is because it's the first bass I bought with my own money and that it has a great grain in the ash and a good sound. However, I feel like I'm doing it a disservice and that some kid just starting out could have a great bass from the get-go. This sentimental attachment isn't helping me, but I feel like I'd get over it but I can't bring myself to sell it at the time. I've been eyeing a Fender Road Worn P for some time and selling it could help me with that purchase, but I digress.

How about you guys? Got any sentimental attachments?

On a side note, pics or it didn't happen, right?View attachment 922060

As much as possible considering it's an inanimate object.
Well, until I plugg it in, that is.

 

[Gluvhand]

Just one. My ‘72 P that my father bought for me in ‘79.

 

[somebrains]

My wife has a sentimental attachment to her late mother's old tupperware.

I understand her feelings about her late father's 1904 piano but tupperware? Really?

I have a sentimental attachment to her so I don't give her too much grief about it all.

Stuff is just stuff. It can be replaced. It's the people in your life that matter the most.

That's not uncommon, my gf is precious about her grandmother's generic steel pots you'd see at a garage sale or in a dumpster.

 

[godofthunder59]

Most of them yes.