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One Bass...no GAS

#21
I bought my '78 Precision in 1980 and don't think I've really suffered from bass GAS since then except for a AE bass. Honestly I play the acoustic/electric more than the Precision but since they are so different I think of myself as having only 1 electric bass and 1 acoustic bass. Does this count?
 
#23
racket said:
I know there's at least 100 threads about "if you could only have one bass"... Well I only have one bass, and find myself NOT GASing over any others. Just wondering if anyone else feels the same way?.

Before I started on bass I played guitar and was on a never ending quest for tone, ending up with 9 guitars and 12 amps. I've been playing bass for the last 5yrs and I feel weird not lusting after different bass's etc... My one GAS ending bass is an 03' Lakland Duck Dunn Pbass. Anyone else?.
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1??!! As in one??!! Less the 2?? You sir need serious help. I recommend therapy. counseling, electroshock, whatever it takes. Now if you will excuse me I need to check the TB classifieds, craigslist, evilbay, the paper, whatever to find a smoking deal on no. 26. Oh and I need to meet with the contractor about the addition..the wifes pissed she can't get to the dryer. :smug:
 
#30
I only have one bass. It's perfect for me. I haven't seriously wanted any other bass since I got it. The 1 exception is a natural/maple/2EQ Stingray. It would be a twin to my current bass and I've wanted a Stingray since the day I walked into GC to get my first bass. But nothing else I've played even comes close to my Jazz ... nothing.
 
#36
If somebody would set up a Rent-A-Bass on here with all the most desirable basses, and you could rent them for oh say...a month or two, they'd make a mint. :D It seems that so many people flip basses just so they can try different things. I think everybody is looking for their perfect bass.
 
#38
CraigG said:
I have played for 34 years and hardly ever brought more than one bass to a gig. Even when I was touring/playing 7 days a week for a straight 10 month period --- one bass. I still play 99% of my gigs with 1 bass and only bring a second, my SX fretless, if the gig might call for it. I have blown a string two or three times in all those years, but if you know your way around the neck well enough, it's possible to work around a blown string. Been there, done it. Never dropped a bass. Can't figure out how that could happen unless you're being careless, drunk or letting some fool handle your equipment. Stuffing the jack? Simple solution - run your cable through your strap.

Maybe I have been lucky. Maybe good handling practices render good results.
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I, too, have only needed one bass at any gig I've done in the past, and the only time I'd bring another is if I required it for a different type of song. Your advice is quite good, I always feed my cable through my strap, and working around a broken string is something everyone should learn imo as it could happen at any time. Are you going to switch basses during a song? I wouldn't think so.

I would just like to comment on dropping the bass. It hasn't exactly happened to me, but it almost has, and it has happened to someone I know. In both cases, however, it has been due to faulty strap locks. This is a case in which carelessness, drunkenness, or other such foolishness has no effect. In my case, the strap lock fell apart and I caught my bass by the B string. :D No word of a lie. The person I knew that had it happen was also due to a faulty strap lock, only he wasn't so fortunate. His brand new fretless hit the ground and a big chunk was taken out of it, right below the control knobs. I felt very sad for the state of his bass, even though it still played and everything. Merely cosmetic damage in this situation.
Just thought I would point out that dropping a bass is possible, no matter how careful you are. I, myself, am EXTREMELY careful. I make it a practice now whenever I'm standing and not playing my bass, to somehow position my arms so that I am supporting it in some way, in case a mishap occurs again.

In response to the original question, I find that at times I'll be rid of the Syndrome, but then I'll want something more. However, after acquiring my 5 string and then acquiring my fretless, I see nothing else in my immediate sights in terms of wanting another bass. If anything, I'll buy a cheap Acoustic Bass, maybe $100-$200 on that...but even that, I don't really need, I just think it'd be nice to have.
 
#39
rarisgod said:
I would just like to comment on dropping the bass. It hasn't exactly happened to me, but it almost has, and it has happened to someone I know. In both cases, however, it has been due to faulty strap locks. This is a case in which carelessness, drunkenness, or other such foolishness has no effect. In my case, the strap lock fell apart and I caught my bass by the B string. :D No word of a lie. The person I knew that had it happen was also due to a faulty strap lock, only he wasn't so fortunate. His brand new fretless hit the ground and a big chunk was taken out of it, right below the control knobs. I felt very sad for the state of his bass, even though it still played and everything. Merely cosmetic damage in this situation.
Just thought I would point out that dropping a bass is possible, no matter how careful you are. I, myself, am EXTREMELY careful. I make it a practice now whenever I'm standing and not playing my bass, to somehow position my arms so that I am supporting it in some way, in case a mishap occurs again.
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my strap is really worn in on my warwick so i've actually played a gig, it's fallen off and i had to catch my bass (while playing still) then get down on one knee to finish the song. it's not carelessness it's just bad luck
 
#40
idoru said:
What happens if you blow a string on a gig, or drop the bass, or step on the cable and stuff the jack? One bass is asking for trouble - you should have a backup for live work, even if it's just an SX :)
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I disagree. The only thing like this that ever happened to me in twenty years of playing was breaking a string. I changed it; it took two minutes.

I figure if a very unlikely disaster happened to mine, another band's bassist would gladly lend me his. We're "the bass community," right?
 

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