This has to be the most stupid question I've seen here yet.
Your house is on fire and you have your baby under one arm.
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A GD BASS.
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Hypothetical Q- housefire: save which bass??
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This has to be the most stupid question I've seen here yet.
Your house is on fire and you have your baby under one arm.
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A GD BASS.
Read posts #16 & 18- again, I think most of agree w/this thought, but if everyone & everything other than basses was safe, which one bass would you take? If you can't decide, they all go up.
Please- read all the posts. Just all mine should clarify my position.
Edit: And there's no need for name-calling.
Wife safe - check
Daughter safe - check
both cats safe - check
If I had time to grab the Birdsong fretless, I'd be completely and utterly happy and not miss another thing in the house. Chances are good that one of the cats would be so hard to get from under the bed (she's a wee bit skittish) that I'd be lucky to get to "inanimate objects", so I console myself on the fact that I'd only miss one thing.
Daughter safe - check
both cats safe - check
If I had time to grab the Birdsong fretless, I'd be completely and utterly happy and not miss another thing in the house. Chances are good that one of the cats would be so hard to get from under the bed (she's a wee bit skittish) that I'd be lucky to get to "inanimate objects", so I console myself on the fact that I'd only miss one thing.
Everything else, & all living things(including plants)are in complete safety, & you take no basses? Remind me to never have you house-sit for me.
It's a good idea to have a plan in place long before anything like this happens. I keep 2 of my basses in cases, in my bedroom, just in case. I have a fireproof safe, with all my valuables, documents, and photos, so yeah, out go my 2 favs with me.
Well seeing as I only have one bass I have a pretty easy decision. Though I'd probably leave it and grab my drums. I'd hate to see a $1500 custom stave kit go up in flames.
Instrument would be easy: 75 Strat that belonged to a friend who is no longer alive.
Bass: Warwick Streamer LX5. Not the most expensive bass I've owned but easily my favorite in regards to looks, feel and sound. If I accidentally grabbed my fretless LX5 I wouldn't be too heartbroken (for the same reasons).
Bass: Warwick Streamer LX5. Not the most expensive bass I've owned but easily my favorite in regards to looks, feel and sound. If I accidentally grabbed my fretless LX5 I wouldn't be too heartbroken (for the same reasons).
Everything else, & all living things(including plants)are in complete safety, & you take no basses? Remind me to never have you house-sit for me.
Stuff doesn't matter to me. It just stupid to pause for a nanosecond in a life threatening situation just to save a piece of stuff. I've seen first hand what fire combined with stupidity can do.
Maybe I should have picked a better scenario, particularly if this dredges up bad memories. The end premise is: save one of your basses, forfeit the rest. Forget the fire.
Ok then, I'll play...If I had to, say...sell all my instruments for whatever reason save one, I'd probably keep the upright. It'd be a good excuse to get better at it.
