NBD: thinning the herd by buying more

[-Asdfgh-]

The logic is that I can replace two Squier Standard Precisions with the following (maybe it's gas as the Squiers are perfectly good).

Then a Jazz made of bits I had left over from projects will replace the PJ at the shared practice space (it's shared as part of a co-op so not public).

At the end of the process I can get rid of three basses, and with two at the practice space that leaves me two fretless Jazz, one fretted Jazz, the Precision Plus, Precision Lyte and an Harley Benton Enhanced P at home/jam sessions.

This new one will need new strings and I'll level the frets, but otherwise seems solid enough.

 

[JRA]

NBD: thinning the herd by buying more​

that's a fine looking ax! i'm still assessing your plan....but congratulations on your new instrument!

 

[Bassdirty]

NBD: thinning the herd by buying more​

The logic is....

I don't need an explanation, Sounds good enough to me.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

NBD: thinning the herd by buying more​

that's a fine looking ax! i'm still assessing your plan....but congratulations on your new instrument!

Well, you have to get the new one first and bond before you can be comfortable letting anything go.

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Yeah, it can be an addiction! I have to force myself not to buy another one. Looking at yet another one right now at GC.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

Nice bass! Love the white/rosewood/tort

I’m more into THICKENING the herd Lol The logic is to have the perfect bass available for whatever call I get. It’s also easier to keep at least two basses tuned down a half step (Lakland J-sonic & US Lakland 4464) because a couple acts I work with use that tuning. Next on my radar is a second five string.

 

[DrBnz]

Naw....... thats not gonna work. Regardless of what logic you apply to it, the rationalization of GAS has many faces. Over the years you'll buy and sell countless articles in the search of "the perfect arsenal". The game being a constant leap-frog of new toys meant to keep the GASOHOLICs withdrawl symptoms at bay. In the end you'll have a pile of very nice toys which you believe will quench your thirst for another bass. Only to wake up the tomorrow to see your next bass just listed on Reverb.

 

[mambo4]

NBD: thinning the herd by buying more​

We always say less = more for bass
logically more = less, as well.

 

[MechaSparky]

Great looking bass. If you buy more basses, it will be easier to identify the ones you're willing to part with. That's just being prudent. You can definitely quit anytime you want.

 

[PennyroyalWe]

I wouldn’t call it a cure for GAS, but there’s a luthier in town who posts things like this all the time, and it does help me keep the GAS at bay.

 

[Wasnex]

Sounds good in theory. Will it work it practice? .

 

[felis]

Usually you thin someone else's herd by buying more.

 

[Gino t]

a math friend told me about non-Euclidean geometry, which assumes perfectly parallel lines get closer when they get away from you (or further apart) and which I guess has some uses. So your logic is sound also!

 

[JimmyM]

You should consult an expert in these matters…

 

[Clark Westfield]

In the past, I replaced 2 Squires for an American Fender and never looked back.

Less is more to me.

 

[CallMeAl]

just hang on to the old basses for a while before you get rid of them, make 100 percent sure you like the new one better. Ask me how I know

 

[Malak the Mad]

The logic is that I can replace two Squier Standard Precisions with the following (maybe it's gas as the Squiers are perfectly good).

Sounds good in theory. Will it work it practice? .

In the past, I replaced 2 Squires for an American Fender and never looked back.

Less is more to me.

I've done it. When I finally figured out what specs work best for my hands, I started hunting for a Fender Classic '70s Jazz. To my great fortune, a pristine and remarkably low-priced example arrived as a used model at a Guitar Center far from my home. Also fortunately, though, the store was an easy drive from my work and my friends' place.

Having a couple of straight-up Jazzes already, a Squier Standard and a Squier Classic Vibe '60s, I took them with me to check it out after work, but not until I put a down payment on it to keep it from disappearing. After a thorough shakedown trial, I traded in both Squiers and paid cash for the remainder...easy-peasy!

So, yeah...the math can be made to work; fold two, nearly identical basses into one highly desired bass!

 

[-Asdfgh-]

So far, the Player Plus is fine. I'm just finishing crowning after a fret level (standard for me, but I hate trying to get a good polish). Ultimately, I might be tempted to rewire the mid control (depending on what it looks like inside and what is possible - i.e., is the blend before the preamp) to turn the mid control into a master tone. Or maybe replace the master tone knob with a dual concentric to provide the mid control and a master tone. That way, if in passive it's a totally standard PJ. And I find an old-style master tone useful/reassuring. In some ways, those old Westone Thunder 1A preamps with the single active control (bass boost one way, treble boost the other on a concentric knob) and a passive tone were quite easy to use and intuitive - no dual concentrics and you could change the tone quite quickly. I might end up replacing the bass/treble with a dual concentric as this rate and turn into a Westone clone . We'll see.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Frets leveled. I tried a spare set of D'Addario 105s but I'm back to my usual SM66Ns in 100.

I'm very tempted to modify it to master tone and a dual capacitor like the old Westone Thunder IA, though. The mid control changes the overall volume a bit much.