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Ever thrown a bass away?

Michael Vee

Michael Vee

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Feb 3, 2004
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#1
I've always wanted to ask this on Talkbass.. Have you ever just thrown a bass away?

Obvious reasons include complete mangling and breakage, whether from stage, or shipping, abuse. Another possible reason might be complete and utter disgust with a cheap instrument.

America has become such a disposable society.. I'm wondering how many bass tossers we actually do have out there.
 
#5
Well...kinda...i got a bass from the trash where i work that had the wiring cut out and missing the back coverplate.I had it rewired and a plate added for $20.00...sold it at a guitar shop for $125.00 :D It was a.. Sadowsky ...if i remember.... Just kidding :p It was a Bently pro series 10 had great slap tone.
 
#10
Yes. About 15 years ago an aunt and uncle gave me a bass that one of their tenants left behind in one of their rental properties. It was a Peavey something or other (I don't think it was a T-40). The strings had been so severely over tightened that the neck was practically curly up on itself. I took the strings off and let it sit for about a week, but the neck was gone. In the dumpster it went.
 
#12
NewWaveBasser said:
I was told by a guitarist/bassist friend of this one church guy giving a young teen girl a bass for a gift...

A FRIKKIN RICKENBACKER 4001!!!!!!!!!

Talk about throwing away a bass!

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

May the Lord bless the guy... :p
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I worked for this youth event, and after deciding that I needed some cash, I did offer my Lakland 55-94 to a girl for way under fair value, just cause she had nothing to play (I was selling it for financial reasons and couldn't just give it away.) But she declined saying it was too nice a bass for her to learn on and I ended up selling it to daoktr
 
#18
I burned the wooden parts of my first bass, an Epiphone Power bass. I had tried to defret it, but damaged the cheap rosewood fretboard while doing so. It was a terrible bass, so I decided it wasn't worth trying to save it, so it had to go. I still have all its hardware and pickups stored in a box, but I don't think I'll ever be needing them as some parts started falling apart after a year or so.
 

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