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Does anyone else have a hard time getting rid of gear?

#41
Tnavis said:
They're all still totally great heads,...

I just can't bring myself to actually sell the ones I don't really need.

I keep telling myself "but what if I need to keep a bass head in a super sketchy rehearsal space?".
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Yep, hoarding excuses there. Compare them all and just start by selling one. Carry a micro, don't even bother considering sketchy places or other what-if's.

For me...
Amps: Sounds the best, lightweight & 100% reliable = keep it.
I've got ONE lead sled (won't sell it), ONE hybrid (sees 90% of gigs) and TWO micros (one a backup for rock gigs, one suited for jazz gigs).

Combos: hanging onto one for convenience. I mostly use micro head/112 cab for jazz band nowadays as this setup sounds so much better.
 
#43
Biggest problem I got is "ME" When I think about selling something I'll search eBay sold listings,current sale ads on here or FB gear pages. Then I weigh up against what I paid,how long I've had it etc. Typically I'll ask 30% below what's current. I make it clear there's no offers or trades.

Then some eejit makes me another offer a further 20% lower :rage:

I'd give stuff away before I'd give lowballers the satisfaction. Donated a bass to a young fella in Ghana,cost me nearly as much for shipping as I was asking :laugh:
 
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#47
My only problem is the hassle of the selling process. I have a bass up on CL currently that isn't going to sell at the price I listed it at. It's a parts bass that eventually I'll part out and keep the pickups, I'm just currently too lazy to swap the pickups and drop the price. A beat up piece of junk truck I put on CL recently however sold in three hours at more than asking price. So who knows.
 
#48
Tnavis said:
As I'm swapping my new "gig amp" into my rack, I noticed that I'm accumulating quite a pile of bass heads. They're all still totally great heads, and I should certainly keep at least one as a backup, but I just can't bring myself to actually sell the ones I don't really need. Case in point; I still have my first "big amp" head, a Peavey Mark IV from like... 1992? It's just quietly sleeping in a shelf in my garage. I keep telling myself "but what if I need to keep a bass head in a super sketchy rehearsal space?". For some reason, I haven't had this problem with cabs. I've bought and sold close to a dozen at this point.

Anybody else?
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Once I actually decide to sell something (I get oddly attached to inanimate objects; I come from a line of hoarders) I have trouble actually selling them. Pedals are the easiest because they are cheap to ship and pretty inexpensive. People test and flip those like nothing else. I don't mess with heads or cabs too much because they are a hassle to ship and take up a lot of space. Over my 25 years of playing I've only had 4 heads and 6 cabs; and only have one rig at a time.
Basses are easy to buy but a bear for me to sell. I'll buy them online, no problem, but I hate selling them online because shipping them cuts into your money so much. If I buy a bass for $300 and need to flip it later, I'm really only going to pocket $250-$200 from the sale if I sell it at $300 again. That's a terrible investment. Selling basses locally is tough because the market in LA stinks something awful. Our CL is full of trash and people only want to buy trash, or low ball you on standard used market prices.
 
#49
Tnavis said:
As I'm swapping my new "gig amp" into my rack, I noticed that I'm accumulating quite a pile of bass heads. They're all still totally great heads, and I should certainly keep at least one as a backup, but I just can't bring myself to actually sell the ones I don't really need. Case in point; I still have my first "big amp" head, a Peavey Mark IV from like... 1992? It's just quietly sleeping in a shelf in my garage. I keep telling myself "but what if I need to keep a bass head in a super sketchy rehearsal space?". For some reason, I haven't had this problem with cabs. I've bought and sold close to a dozen at this point.

Anybody else?
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Why would you get rid of gear?
 
#51
I like weird stuff for the most part. Which means I'll never find another one if I sell it, and I'll probably never be able to sell it anyway. I probably ought to catalog it so that whoever has to deal with this mess someday will have some inkling of what it all is. Oil can echos, for example.
 
#53
Depends on what it is. I've flipped a couple of amps and a bunch of axes. Old pedals and amps that I outgrow or replace with better gear get sold without a second thought. I only regret selling 2 basses: an Applause AE40 that was one of my main basses in college (the Ovation replaced I it with just wasn't as good) and an Ibanez Challenger Series Jazz Bass. I always tell people that the easiest way to build a vintage gear collection is buy the best, oldest stuff you can afford when you are young, and hang on to it for as long as you can.
 
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#54
I have a PeaVEY Pro Bass 500 I use and a Gallien Krueger MB200, plus an assortment of combo amps. I have trouble selling them as something always breaks and I need one of them for some reason. But I am careful not to add any more to my collection. Enough dust collectors is enough!
 
#55
It was very difficult for me to get rid of anything at one point, because, hey, I might need that.

I'm semi-recovered from this line of thought now.

How?

One reason is that having kids started me looking at unused equipment as money sitting on the shelf that I could put to better use.

My new line of thought is, if I really want it in the future, I could always buy it again or at least something like it.

I'm in the midst of a big selloff and I have to say, it's been good for me.

I'm getting cash back and someone else is putting my shelf weary stuff to good use.

My bass CDs, music books, pedals, and instruments that I don't play every day. are slowly going into other's players hands.

I always took great care of my stuff too so they're happy, I'm happy and I'm getting more of a sense of community as a bonus.
 
#58
Gaolee said:
I like weird stuff for the most part. Which means I'll never find another one if I sell it, and I'll probably never be able to sell it anyway. I probably ought to catalog it so that whoever has to deal with this mess someday will have some inkling of what it all is. Oil can echos, for example.
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Oil can type echoes!?! I have one, very strange magnetic fluid.
 
#60
I've never got rid of anything (bass related), yet. Lost some pretty cool stuff along the way, namely; a beautiful soft leather extra long 3 1/2" strap, an epic 100' cable (never failed to surprise the soundman) and a vintage Ampeg B25B. But if I sold half my gear I'd still have more than enough to cover my basses (pun intended) and wouldn't look back.
 

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