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Ever thrown a bass away?
- Thread starter Michael Vee
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I came really close to chucking a bass whose headstock broke off and played horribly (by my standards) after the repair. Instead I gave it to the son of one of my co-workers who was interested in playing bass but didn't have the cash to get his hands on one. He is now a helluva player and I like to think that I had something to do with that *ego trip*. But in all seriousness I would rather find some use for a broken down bass such as a wall ornament then flat out chuck it. Just seems like a mortal sin to me.
I've thrown several SX's away, as in the trash, and given several others away. I kept hoping the basses would somehow get near the awesomeness that is the Agile Les Paul guitar copies. Alas, it was never to be.
I had an old Peavey Foundation that I took apart, sanded and planned to refinish. That never happened. I'd never attempt that again on any bass without a professional.
A true investment!I threw away a 2001 american standard jazz bass.
It was nice, but as the years passed, I swaped almost every single part for aftermaket parts.
Now it's a no name jazz bass, but it's way better than the stock fender was.
It was nice, but as the years passed, I swaped almost every single part for aftermaket parts.
Now it's a no name jazz bass, but it's way better than the stock fender was.
Never threw one away but I did give one away. It was an old and beat up but all original P bass. In the early 80s. I try not to think about it anymore.
I threw away a 2001 american standard jazz bass.
It was nice, but as the years passed, I swaped almost every single part for aftermaket parts.
Now it's a no name jazz bass, but it's way better than the stock fender was.
That's what happened to mine, the paint was peeling off, and the body eventually cracked. When I went to have it repainted I was told to forget it, just a bad piece of wood. So it eventually had all the parts replaced, bridge first, pick ups second to save an increasingly bad sound, neck 3rd a warmouth fretless, and last but not least the body. Sooo, one bass for the price of two?
Yes, it cost lot of money.
If I ever buy a new bass, I will definatly buy aftermarket parts and assemble it myself. Way cheaper and way better bass for sure, no regrets.
Matt11's story just made me very sad. And yeah, a perfectly nice Peavey Foundation that i threw off a roof for some equally impulsive and unknown reason.
No one should grow up that way.
gutted than chucked some cheap short scale bass I had dug out of my uncle's basement. believe the maker was "Checkmate". it had a cool sunburst finish though. And I still use the bar magnet pulled from the pick up, it's on my frig 
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One more time on this'un..
I'm contemplating ditching a number of old Peavey bodies, and a variety of old parts that are not worth anything. Hate to, they cost reasonably money back when they were new.
But, if you can't sell things, you can't.
I'm contemplating ditching a number of old Peavey bodies, and a variety of old parts that are not worth anything. Hate to, they cost reasonably money back when they were new.
But, if you can't sell things, you can't.
I can't say I have; regardless of how much a pile of **** it is, I'd still be inclined to give a working instrument in any state to Goodwill rather than throw it away. But my college roommate had a Rogue SX100b he was going to throw away, so I took it off his hands. He had a couple nice basses and said he didn't have room to take it when he moved out, but I couldn't believe anyone would put any instrument that so much as made sound in a dumpster.
Anyways, I'm sure it was mostly the amp, but that thing did not sound half bad. I was actually kind of pissed when my kid brother and a couple of his friends decided to live out some crazy rock star fantasy by throwing it at a moving freight train and then lighting it on fire with kerosene. That inch-thick poly is remarkably flame-retardant, by the way. The only thing that actually burned was the pickup cover.
Anyways, I'm sure it was mostly the amp, but that thing did not sound half bad. I was actually kind of pissed when my kid brother and a couple of his friends decided to live out some crazy rock star fantasy by throwing it at a moving freight train and then lighting it on fire with kerosene. That inch-thick poly is remarkably flame-retardant, by the way. The only thing that actually burned was the pickup cover.
