Help! I have run out of GAS!...I think..

How 'bout some fretless? Or an EUB, I started playing those in December and I'm having a blast.

 

I see room for an 8 banger in your stable . and a 32" and a 30"

 

I was content until I saw the latest Frank Bello signature bass. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but I love it.
Have absolutely zero need for it but still might pull the trigger.

 

I know you said 'more than I can list'. But you didn't list Roscoe aka the GAS killer.

 

Since last summer I quickly moved through Steinberger Spirit 5 fretted, then a Synapse fretless, now I have two NS Design NXT5s - the Omni and Upright Bass, it really does give you a different perspective. And they don't take up too much space, really.

 

Yep, of course I still look. But when I actually think about pulling the trigger on anything else it doesn't take long for me to remember how sweet this thing plays, and that I won't gain anything with another bass.

Put it this way; my GAS is now gone for long scale fretted basses.

 

Wanna buy a 5 string? lol

 

Yep. I have a bunch of basses and guitars for sale and I could probably whittle the rest down to a pair of 6s (short and long scale), the XL2 and the Hohner B2V. There are a couple I'd keep for nostalgia and display as well though.

I still look, but today it's more about design and finishes as I'd like to build some basses next year from scratch. That itch started as I'd love an XL2-6, but that's not going to happen unless I make it, or commission it. I've started winding pickups too and have always done my own onboard electronics. So, if I build a few, I see that as a different, adjacent hobby/interest so it's not the same as just accumulating.

PS: Does wanting a Stick still count as bass GAS?

 

Here, this will get the GAS flowing again.

 

yeah, i'd say so: fewer seems better. not sure where i'm gonna go with that , but i think it's a sound concept!

apparently, jaco only needed four.

we only need one! (TBH: i have more than enough!)

i voted "yes." i think you're splitting hairs...

 

Not at all.

 

I've bought and sold many basses through the years (and still have some that need to hit the block), but I'm now at the point where I know what I like. See that bass in my avatar? That's the bass that I always play (good ol' P-Bass with TI Flats). Even since buying that bass, I've bought others, thinking that I need something with rounds, or a 5-string, or a bridge pickup, etc. But now, I've accepted myself as the simpleton that I am...P w/flats.

 

I don’t know whether to be happy for you or pray for you.