Downsizing

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

My essential three basses:

Peavey Forum 5 AX:



RSD Fretless JJ:



Tagima TJB535:

Perfect trio for you!!! I know you didn’t plan it that way but it seems classic black is your finish .
It’s also interesting that they all have different wood builds.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

You should post your StingRay too. You did say at least 4 would stay. Happy early retirement bass!!!

That is a nice jazz.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

You should post your StingRay too. You did say at least 4 would stay. Happy early retirement bass!!!

That is a nice jazz.

The Ray and MTD will stick around, but the Black Beauties the ones closest to my heart.

 

[GtenderG]

I’m 61 with 7 basses and 1 six stringer. I’ll whittle down to just a J and P at some point. In the meantime I have compiled a detailed inventory of what I have so that someone (probably my son in law) could list the items accurately if something were to happen. Although, I’m still gassing for my dream bass. An Alembic Stanley Clarke short scale. (Maybe a retirement present to myself?).

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I’m 61 with 7 basses and 1 six stringer. I’ll whittle down to just a J and P at some point. In the meantime I have compiled a detailed inventory of what I have so that someone (probably my son in law) could list the items accurately if something were to happen. Although, I’m still gassing for my dream bass. An Alembic Stanley Clarke short scale. (Maybe a retirement present to myself?).

I hope you can get get that Alembic if you really want it.

 

[GtenderG]

I hope you can get get that Alembic if you really want it.

Doctors orders!

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

The Ray and MTD will stick around, but the Black Beauties the ones closest to my heart.

5 that all bring something different to the table…. Very good. I wouldn’t call that excessive at all. If you have the room , you are actually within the average range of what players have.

 

[Jazzdogg]

I am downsizing my gear this year. I will be 64 is about seven weeks, and just don’t want to pile up stuff anymore. Tomorrow is not promised to anybody, but the actuarial tables are really against me keeping a bass long enough for it to look relic’ed. I am not ruling out a retirement bass in 2.5 years when I retire, I do not want more than three basses anymore under any circumstances.
For what it’s worth, I plan to stop collecting pocket knives too and I have been doing that longer than any other hobby I have.

Hi Doc,

When I retired, I went through the gear I had and decided to gift some gear to a school music program and ended up teaching a few dozen middle-school bassists for a few years. In the process, I mentored a few promising students to whom I presented five-string basses and amps from my collection.

When my grandsons are a little older, there's more stuff that's earmarked for them if they show an interest.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Hi Doc,

When I retired, I went through the gear I had and decided to gift some gear to a school music program and ended up teaching a few dozen middle-school bassists for a few years. In the process, I mentored a few promising students to whom I presented five-string basses and amps from my collection.

When my grandsons are a little older, there's more stuff that's earmarked for them if they show an interest.

I may do some donations myself.