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Is it wrong to sell your first bass?

nickn

nickn

Oct 6, 2007
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Phoenix, AZ
#1
I'm thinking of selling my first bass, an Ibanez GSR200. I've got a friend who is already interested in buying it. But I'm a bit hesitant. I don't have any particular attachment to it, but I see a lot of people on these forums saying "Such-and-such was my first bass... oh, I wish I hadn't sold it..."

I've had the bass for about 4 months now and I've moved on to other, less crappy basses. :p I don't think I have any real attachment to it... If I sell it, will I end up regretting it? :o
 
#3
I sold my first bass after 7 years. I have virtually no regrets about it. I hadn't played it for months, so I traded it in on a new bass, and I just hope that somewhere, a 12 year old kid is getting as much joy out of it as I did.

In a way I wish I had kept it purely for sentimental reasons, but I never played it, so figured that this was the best way.
 
#5
I just tracked down and re-acquired my first bass, an old Kay EB-3 copy. It's a pretty unique sounding 3/4 size electric, with very microphonic pups, so I will probably use it for some effects heavy groove stuff, maybe even jack up the strings for some slide. Its at my parents house on the east coast right now, but I hope to have it in my hands soon.
 
#6
I couldn't bring myself to do it. I still have it, sitting in a gig bag, and I'll likely never have any use for it. Maybe one day if I have a kid that shows some interest in playing, then it will be used again. Otherwise, it isn't worth very much money wise, so getting rid of it doesn't make a whole lot of difference to me. It is a metallic red Vester P+J 4 string.
 
#7
Well, some say you will. I didn't sell my first bass (which was a Bently Fender P bass knock off) because my good friend said not to because it was my first instrument. Now I look back on it and am glad I didn't. Mainly because I paid 300 bucks for it and would have probably only received 50 for it. To me 50 bucks isn't worth one less bass around the house for me to play when I break a string or when I'm not in the mood for a different sounding bass. But I tell you if I could get close to what I paid for it... yeah probably. Haha.
 
#9
nickn said:
I've had the bass for about 4 months now and I've moved on to other, less crappy basses. :p I don't think I have any real attachment to it... If I sell it, will I end up regretting it? :o
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My first bass was a Daion Savage. Nice bass but after getting a Steinberger and a custom build P-style, it just sat in the corner. I sold it and never looked back.
 
#11
I set fire to mine and threw it out of my bedroom window. Then I went out into the garden and jumped up and down on it until the neck broke, which took longer than I expected. A guitarist friend still keeps a length of its blackened fingerboard as a memento. It was a Satellite jazz copy with a plywood body. Awful thing it was.
 
#14
Your first instrument is like your first real girlfriend (or boyfriend for those of you so inclined). You remember her fondly... but fondle something else now :)

I had a Hohner four string that seems to be in every picture that I despise from the 1980s'. I have a Ken Rose 5 string that was my second bass. I had it made while I was stationed in Germany. I will hold on to it for life and pass it to my kid.

By the way... I married my second girlfriend. :bassist:
 
#16
No! I'm keeping my peavey milestone IV, I love the thing and it will get some mods sooner or later. A beater bass she is, black spray painted pick guard and custom made DICE KNOBS!!!! (heheh all you need is a drill and some dice)

I say mod the crap out of that bass until it interests you again.
 
#17
I sold my first and even though it was a good idea at the time I wish I had it back now! My instruments are the last things that will get sold in times of hardship. Gotta keep 'em, they all have their own personalities and are special. I guess they are like girlfriends but I more liken them to having different kids.
Todd :)
 

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