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i feel bad

BassIsFun17

BassIsFun17

Jan 16, 2006
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#1
i feel bad
because
i got a brice hxb-406 for xmas
and while i like the sound, i just dont really like having six strings
my ibanez btb555 plays better and feels better.
but i feel bad if i abandon the brice. what do people with like 10 basses do? how do they abandon a certain bass for another? i feel bad when i do that.
 
#5
I can kind of understand. Since the bass was a gift, there's a certain hangup that most people would have if they found that they didn't like it and wanted to sell it.

It's a little bit bigger than a lame sweater. This is a bass that someone other than the OP spent several hundred dollars on. I can understand why he is hesitant to sell it.
 
#7
Is the neck too big for you? I've seen lots of people play five stringers with one less string on and even a guy with a four stringer playing it with 3, not sure how it might mess with the neck though.

Know what you mean about not wanting to get rid of it, had to sell my first bass a while ago cos I was really skint and thought the guy would actually play it, wish I could get it back and have it hanging in my room or something.
 
#8
BassIsFun17 said:
i feel bad
because
i got a brice hxb-406 for xmas
and while i like the sound, i just dont really like having six strings
my ibanez btb555 plays better and feels better.
but i feel bad if i abandon the brice. what do people with like 10 basses do? how do they abandon a certain bass for another? i feel bad when i do that.
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Give it a chance. You haven't had it very long, and there's some getting acclimated that you have to go through to be able to play an extended range bass. I'd say play it exclusively (no going back to the Ibanez for the sake of comfort) for a couple more months of playing daily or nearly so and see how you feel then. It seems to me that right now you are focused on what you don't like about it as compared to the Ibanez but haven't spent very much time looking for the advantages that can be had in playing the 6er.
 
#11
I'd say give it some time, and perhaps a better setup. Since it was a present, and the spirit of its gift to you was for your playing enjoyment, if you decide to sell it, consider purchasing another instrument you like better in "exchange". Explain to the person who gave it to you that an instrument is a very personal thing, and that you respect and appreciate their gift highly, and in the spirit of such, have chosen to "turn it into" that very instrument that they surely hoped you would truly love, appreciate, and make use of.
 

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