I'm settled: I only need 2 basses

[bigtone23]

Similar boat to the OP. However, I'm not culling the herd just yet (at 51).
As long as I have an active 5 string (Jazz types are my jam) and a passive 4 string PJ, I would be good.

 

[baileyboy]

What are your 2 fundamental basses?

'74 Precision
USA Geddy Jazz

 

[smogg]

Two basses good.

Three basses is one more than two.

 

[SoulReflection]

I am happy with three.

My Player P with J neck and PV '63s is my number 1.

The Squier Jag with the pups off the stock Player P is number 2.

The Rogue VB100 is number 3, with its soap bars and early Gibson look.

Of course, running any of them through my Ampeg PF20T is pure bliss.

I am good for now....

 

[Ostie]

I said I only needed two basses about five basses ago.

 

[Fretless55]

Now, what I’ve noticed is that a lot of this is geezers like me downsizing from the “glory days”.

My question is:

Are you getting the resale price you want for the basses you’re letting go.

 

[SoulReflection]

Now, what I’ve noticed is that a lot of this is geezers like me downsizing from the “glory days”.

My question is:

Are you getting the resale price you want for the basses you’re letting go.

TB Classifieds are a tough sell. Reverb seems to have more interested buyers...

 

[Stranger Danger]

 

[RVRSCO]

To cover all your bases (pun intended) you need…

1 Jazz Bass
1 P Bass
1 PJ Bass
1 Fretless
1 Music Man
1 Modern Soap Bar bass
And 1 5 string in each of the above flavors.

 

[mb94952]

"I only need two basses" is the argument I have with myself everyday and I always lose that argument.

 

[bikeplate]

Cool. I need 8

 

[SteveC]

TB Classifieds are a tough sell. Reverb seems to have more interested buyers...

…but now there’s the tax thing. They want to 1099 you on you “misc income” which sucks.

 

[JamesDeGrandis]

I think we're from different planets. There are way too many interesting basses out there to ever consider settling on just two.

I will throw the honest card in with @BlueTalon ...
There are some days that I require at least 3 different basses. Some don't realize that the old school tones were many times the amalgamation of two or three completely different instruments played in unison...
songs often had upright, a standard electric bass, and a tic tac/baritone/Fender VI/Danelectro... Either at the same time in unison, or in different passages.
I giggled with 2 basses... Sometimes 3... But in the studio... There is no limit.
Someone will say... I heard this awesome bass banjo... Or I like the upright... But can we do it with an electric upright with a bow... with magnetic pickups mixed with piezos... But only in this part.

 

[SoulReflection]

…but now there’s the tax thing. They want to 1099 you on you “misc income” which sucks.

Yes it does, but, what I bought it for and what I sold it for is not "income", it is a "loss"...

 

[Lorenzo V]

I have 2, a four and a five, just for sonic variation, altho I could easily get by with one. I've managed to limit GAS pretty well, I guess.

 

[retslock]

I'll be 49 this year. Soon 50! Time to reconsider some things...

I think I'm settled on my bass arsenal. It'll wield the 2 following weapons:
-My faithful G&L L2500, 5-string active bass. There is no finer, nor more a versatile instrument. (It emulates a Fender Jazz bass and a MusicMan pretty well too!)
-A quality Leo Fender Precision bass. Classic 4-string, split-pickup design. And such a soulful tone!

I now believe that if I own both such basses, I'll be set for life.

What are your 2 fundamental basses?

I’d be happy with those two as well. I have seven, two 4 string and the rest 5 string but really, two would be enough.

 

[Kijuer]

The two on the left.

 

[coyote1]

I'll be 49 this year. Soon 50! Time to reconsider some things...

I think I'm settled on my bass arsenal. It'll wield the 2 following weapons:
-My faithful G&L L2500, 5-string active bass. There is no finer, nor more a versatile instrument. (It emulates a Fender Jazz bass and a MusicMan pretty well too!)
-A quality Leo Fender Precision bass. Classic 4-string, split-pickup design. And such a soulful tone!

I now believe that if I own both such basses, I'll be set for life.

What are your 2 fundamental basses?

Mine are quickly narrowing down: an upright, and the Tobias KillerB 6 string.

A couple years ago I just had to have a Portamento 6 string fretless. And it’s awesome! But since I started diligently playing and practicing the upright, I’ve not picked that Ibanez up more than a handful of times. I have a feeling it’s now seeking a home where it will get the playing time it deserves….

 

[MegaSwing]

I only need one. But anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

 

[DwaynieAD]

I could get by with a jazz 5 and a precision 4, but why would I want to?