Impulse bass purchase

[purfektstranger]

How many of us have walked into a music store or went online and dished out dough on a bass, solely on impulse?? You might have had no intention of buying anything in the store or online but then 'bammm'.....impulse hits and the wallet comes out.

I walked into a local music shop for some strings and ended up walking out with a MIM Fender Precision. No regrets but really weird when you stop and think about how strong a force impulse can be sometimes......Kind of like GAS with no warning.

Next??

 

[Dave Siff]

How many of us have walked into a music store or went online and dished out dough on a bass, solely on impulse??

More times than I care to count. And I no longer own any of them.

 

[PunkerTrav]

That's how I came to own my Jazz. It was jsut there for a great price. Can't say no to a good deal.

 

[Selta]

Well, my ESP was a definite impulse. That's ok though, still a rockin' bass, no regrets in buying it. Though it may go for sale soon, as my Spector is a much better bass for me.

Ray

 

[useless]

For my 17th birthday my grandma said she would buy me a bass. We went to guitar center and i really had my mind set on an Ibanez BTB 405, but they didnt have it. The wonderful GC salesman ( ) highly reccomends a Musicman 5 string and I tried one. At the time I had a dislike of musicmans.... but next thing I know my grandma is buying the bass for me.
In hindsight, Musicmen basses are nice, but the bass my grandma bought wasnt for me. I sold it about 1 1/2 years later and bought a bass amp with the money.
My experience taught me not to impulse buy. I decided to build my own bass instead.

 

[Nadav]

Never, but that doesn't mean I'm not impulsive - it just means I don't have any money.

 

[LowEndLobster]

Oh yes. My OLP was complete impluse, my warwick was impulse, and my alembic is also an impulse.

 

[Andre_gt7]

Never, but that doesn't mean I'm not impulsive - it just means I don't have any money.

Yep...i am very impulsive too

 

[thisSNsucks]

I bought my American Deluxe P-bass just on impulse, it was used and was a good price, my only other bass at the time was a squier, so I jumped on it. about 4 months later I traded it in for a Stingray. I would like to try out the newer models with the 18v preamp though, I hear those are much nicer than the old 9v that I had.

 

[tplyons]

My Brownsville ABG was an impulse buy, in NYC looking through Sam Ash for no apparent reason, find two sitting there on clearance. Dropped a Benjamin on the counter and walked.

Other than that, my new Yamaha BB404F is definately an impulse buy.

 

[Panda Licker]

Bought a Stagg fretless as my first fretless

I just HAD to have it

took it back the next day. I was so impulsitve I didnt even notice that the pickup would move visibly back and forth when you would move the bass slightly.

 

[uglycicles]

My Geddy was a total impulse buy. I went to check out the new GC in my area and buy a mike stand.

Came out with the bass (after, of course, the check-in call with the boss...)

Helped that I talked the guy down to $525.00. I think he was new.

 

[embellisher]

It has happened to me a couple of times.

The first time, I guess you could call it an impulse buy. I had looked around the D/FW area for a Jazz bass for a couple of months. Tried a lot of MIMs, and quite a few MIAs, and none of them spoke to me.

A few weeks after I stopped looking, I walked into a local shop(2 miles from my house!) and saw a tuxedo finish Jazz with maple board and black blocks. I have always loved that look.

Took it down off the wall, loved the neck, so I plugged it in. BAM! It sounded great. This bass had what all of the other Jazzes that I had tried were lacking.

I asked about the price, and the guy says 'Oh, that Geddy Lee signature model?' I was like 'What?!?!?' He showed me the back of the headstock. I didn't even know there was such an animal. They had only been out a few months when I got mine.

The other time, I went to GC for one of those massive NOS clearance sales they have. Saw a Hamer CH12 for $299, and had to have it. Took me an hour to get them to find me a battery(place was a madhouse!) so that I could make sure the preamp worked.

 

[mark beem]

Guilty...

 

[The Mule]

Very guilty here, I've been very impulsive buying and selling instruments over the years. I don't have any of those impulse buys anymore. But luckily the dust has settled. The gear I own nowadays was very well considered, and will stay with me forever, or at least a very long time...

 

[lamarjones]

Very much guilty as well.

I don't know if this counts, but when Mars music when out of buisness they had some insane deals, so I just took what I could. Ended up walking out with a Modulus Genesis 5, a Spector czeck 5, a Heritage Les Paul (whatever they are called), Mesa 400+, Mesa Bass Buster, and a gk 700rb.

The only thing I have left is the 700rb. But I do remember that day as the day of excess.

 

[bassicinstinct]

Never, but that doesn't mean I'm not impulsive - it just means I don't have any money.

Amen to that brother.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

I bought my last Sadowsky by going into the For Sale forum here at talk bass . I had Just Sold my Sadowsky Tokyo and my Warwick Infinity to help finance my Sadowsky NYC 5 being bilt for me and i really missed not having a Sadowsky so o got this at a great price to help with the wait.http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=16226

 

[iriegnome]

How many of us have walked into a music store or went online and dished out dough on a bass, solely on impulse?? You might have had no intention of buying anything in the store or online but then 'bammm'.....impulse hits and the wallet comes out.

I walked into a local music shop for some strings and ended up walking out with a MIM Fender Precision. No regrets but really weird when you stop and think about how strong a force impulse can be sometimes......Kind of like GAS with no warning.

Next??

JUST LAST WEEK!!! I bought a bass that when I first looked at it, I thought there is no way. I ended up buying it for $50 more than another of the same basses and I still feel stupid. I love the bass though

 

[rickreyn]

High end stuff is all planned out and wife-endorsed. Pawn-shop deals, close outs and seconds I am susceptible to. If its less than $200 or $300 I get the urge.