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I don't really use my pedals much should I sell them
- Thread starter drewphishesp
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I'm a painter. I never get rid of anything unless it's unusable. Even if I haven't touched it for 15 years. Pretty much the same with music gear. My room is hard to navigate and my closet is a hazard...
Those are all nice pedals that are also not rare. The Darkglass pedal will net some cash but the others won’t get you much.
I would keep them and keep messing around with them. Eventually you will find a use, or join a project that could use some extra sonic textures.
I would keep them and keep messing around with them. Eventually you will find a use, or join a project that could use some extra sonic textures.
The more stuff you have, the more stuff has you.
If those pedals are just stuff to you, then your life should improve when you let go of them.
If those pedals are just stuff to you, then your life should improve when you let go of them.
You're right don't use them. Send them to bassbrad, your getting sleepy, send them to bassbrad, your eyes are getting heavy, send them to bassbrad 
You should keep them !
Unless your in a tight spot and really need cash... if not then keep them one day your gonna want to play with them and you will regret selling them ! And plus there pedals store them in a closet if you dont want to see them anymore
Unless your in a tight spot and really need cash... if not then keep them one day your gonna want to play with them and you will regret selling them ! And plus there pedals store them in a closet if you dont want to see them anymore
I did. Pedals are nice, but they just aren’t for me. If I were in a rock band, though, I’d have a few on standby. Americana/indie/blues/bluegrass/etc. just don’t seem to benefit from pedals enough to warrant a purchase. The only two I see as useful are compression and a tuner, other than that I just don’t see the need in my situation.
Unless you have loads of cash to buy new ones again somewhen in the future, just hang on to them. Or if you absolutely need cash right now, I suppose you should sell.
Out of a large number of pedals sold, there's only one pedal I've been glad I got rid of. All the others I should have just set aside and come back to later.
Out of a large number of pedals sold, there's only one pedal I've been glad I got rid of. All the others I should have just set aside and come back to later.
^^^Yeah, unless you need the money, I’d hang on to them. I do miss *whipping out the Russian fuzz every now and then.
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Pedals on the bass shouldn’t be used all the time anyhow... They’re like an accent wall in a boring living room. That whacky portrait hanging up next to all the classic portraits at the local art museum. Or those neon pink socks you never wear even though you really like them...
I’d keep them and try to incorporate them here and there in tunes going forward. If nothing pans out yet again, sell them and buy a new bass.
I’d keep them and try to incorporate them here and there in tunes going forward. If nothing pans out yet again, sell them and buy a new bass.
This is great advice. I was able to put together a flexible, great-sounding board for my current band for the price of some wood and Velcro. If I hadn't been a pack rat for the past 20 years, I would have had to spend close to a grand just to get started.
You KNOW a month or two after you sell them, you're going to have an insatiable desire to use them again, right?
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
I have a bunch of pedals that I don't use but as I was ignoring them they changed from being unused old pedals to being valuable old pedals (at least a couple anyway):
I think that too...but being I need a tuner anyway might as well have a compressor and might as well have a HPF for front of house...and an SV-pre doesnt hurt at that point.
When you put it like that, I should have gone with the Q Strip, and I probably need another distortion.
I wonder if she has a cool space-saving method for coiling instrument cables...
