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Old bass - keep or sell?
- Thread starter DrigBoy
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I never sold a bass, but I gave one away...
...to a relative
...so I can probably steal it back because interfamily injun giving is okay
...but it is fretted and I don't like frets anyways.
...to a relative
...so I can probably steal it back because interfamily injun giving is okay
...but it is fretted and I don't like frets anyways.
I've toyed with the same idea, but I solved it by setting up my basses different. One wears flats, the other nickel wounds. They are two different types of basses, so I have a wider range of tone options.
I'd keep it. A $600 bass is probably a nice instrument.
I'd keep it. A $600 bass is probably a nice instrument.
At any point you "feel weird" or have any hesitation about selling in instrument, don't sell it. I've learned that lesson the hard way twice now.
I would sell it, and if you want a backup bass go with a cheaper option 
no need to keep around stuff you dont use if you can make cash off it.
no need to keep around stuff you dont use if you can make cash off it.
Over the past year, I've parted with two basses that others would have chosen not to sell for "sentimental reasons."
The more recent was my Peavey T-40. It was my first real bass, and I got it in 1978 when I was 13.
I weighed and weighed the decision...I could see the clear and immediate value of selling, but heard other people say I would regret it. What it came down to for me was that I simply didn't use it and I was unlikely to ever truly use it again. Given that, I couldn't make a decision to keep it come out on top. Searching my mind, I also can't see where I'm attached to things purely from sentiment. It's just not there in any significant way.
Will I regret it later? I really can't imagine the scenario where that would happen, but who knows...but I'm sure I'll survive if my outlook should somehow change. There was also some satisfaction in realizing how jazzed the new owner (who is actually going to play it) was about getting it.
The more recent was my Peavey T-40. It was my first real bass, and I got it in 1978 when I was 13.
I weighed and weighed the decision...I could see the clear and immediate value of selling, but heard other people say I would regret it. What it came down to for me was that I simply didn't use it and I was unlikely to ever truly use it again. Given that, I couldn't make a decision to keep it come out on top. Searching my mind, I also can't see where I'm attached to things purely from sentiment. It's just not there in any significant way.
Will I regret it later? I really can't imagine the scenario where that would happen, but who knows...but I'm sure I'll survive if my outlook should somehow change. There was also some satisfaction in realizing how jazzed the new owner (who is actually going to play it) was about getting it.
The "mixed feelings" is very likely a premonition of sellers' remorse. Keep the bass. Work your arse off for more toys.
(ps if you're gigging - I like backups).
+1 to going with your gut. When the time is right, when the next user is right, it will feel right.
That being said... if your wife/partner/person your going to spend the rest of your life with bought that bass, keep it...for your own sake.
Never hurts to have a backup.
That being said... if your wife/partner/person your going to spend the rest of your life with bought that bass, keep it...for your own sake.
Never hurts to have a backup.
