Just Wait?

[logdrum]

My goal on retirement is to rid myself of too many basses. Today, I started to harvest the parts out of basses I can't sell and not using - my oldest bass whose neck has cracked the 3rd time, my early failures at part basses.

Got the brand name and decent looking axes spruced up and ready to sell. Means the SR5, the Japan and American fenders that had not been altered

This will get me to 4 electric basses, 1 5stringer, 2 4's (fretted and fretless) and a 6 string and one upright. By the time I retire, I may not be able to play the 6 string anymore.

Maybe at some point. I'll just have 3 basses - fretted, fretless - upright

 

[Micha84]

Sometimes the wait can be a good thing.

Let me share my story quickly. I recently turned 40. Shortly after turning 39 I seriously started to think about age for the first time, reflecting on what I have accomplished so far and what might still be in store for me. Part of that was the realization that the instruments I bought from my first jobs as a teenager are still the instruments I play today, over twenty years later! In those twenty years, I bought one guitar (when I moved across the atlantic and couldn't take the one I had) and two basses (one when I moved back and had to wait three months for my stuff to arrive and one when I received a huge bonus payment). I decided that I wanted to celebrate my 40th by buying an instrument. Money was no object, even if it meant taking out a loan, because this instrument is going to stay with me for life.

So I basically spent the last year on a search for "The One" and that was the most amazing time. I took various trips to music stores, I read ALL the internet, I configured dream guitars, I went back and forth on various possibilities until I finally settled on the guitar that I had always been coming back to - and which, by far, wasn't the most expensive option on the table.

Now I not only have this amazing guitar but I also already have that emotional connection to it because of what it stands for and what it reminds me of.

 

[Rabidhamster]

I don’t like spending money to still want something but I also don’t like never getting anything instead of getting something I can afford.
You’ve been looking forward to a retirement bass a while which suggests saving for it is cool, but buying a retirement bass puts a lot of pressure on it to stick around since you’ve potentially assigned a sentimentality to it outside its inherent usefulness.

 

[bass12]

I’d wait. And I’d avoid custom ordering a bass unless you’re prepared to take a hit on resale should you end up disappointed. Custom ordering a bass can be a lot of fun, but I’ve found that more often than not I end up with something that fails to live up to my expectations (even with a bass model I know I like - wood is simply too unpredicatable). A far better way to end up with a bass you’ll love is to try before buying.

 

[pb9717]

This is not a sudden urge. I have been looking to get a better fretted five for about year. I have great fretted four and fretless five. My fretted five has great tone, but is heavy and has string spacing around 16.5 or 17mm.

All the logic is there. So what do you envision? What is this holy Grail five string you’re interested in?

 

[Dr. Cheese]

All the logic is there. So what do you envision? What is this holy Grail five string you’re interested in?

I’ve decided to stay with the Peavey for now and just concentrate on learning more music.