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One year later: 43 basses under my belt ... Yeah maybe a bit obsessed! (Long Post)

#22
Don't listen to the folks that are bashing on you for doing what you want. I don't give a damn how long some of you have been playing. If you have an issue with the man, and the number of basses he owns/owned/wants to own, then maybe you should look a little deeper and go practice a bit yourself, rather than preach down on folks.
 
#25
You guys are being pretty harsh on this dude for owning so many basses in a year. Take a look around. We all have pretty serious GAS. And a good handful self-professed mediocre players here have a dozen basses worth more than the total value of the basses in his arsenal. There is a lot of gear insanity on this site. And a lot of people that can't play. Let's not turn this into a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

Look, the truth is the bass doesn't make the musician. No one disputed that. And no one thinks gear is a substitute for proper study -- and I highly doubt the OP does.

Go onto any recording forum, and you'll find hundreds of people with $20k of recording gear they don't use. That's certainly more effed-up that this.
 
#26
Whatever makes you happy!
I wish I would've retained 1 or 2 basses that I was 'test driving' through my first year or so of playing!
I regret selling a couple of them, especially considering I'm a much better player now and would actually use them in various projects.
So good on you for having the means to be able to 'test drive' that many instruments and retain that many.
 
#29
For me it takes time to develop a feel for a bass, usually measured in months or years. If it's a no-go I might know right away, but sometimes it takes a while to discover the value of an instrument. For that reason, I'm much more comfortable with fewer basses around. I don't have enough time to play even the 3 I have around now. With 30 I'd never be able to decide which on to play!
 
#33
I went through exactly 40 basses in 3 years or so and that was pretty crazy. You are just certifiable!;)

I was more on a tone quest than trying to collect.... I went Fender-> EBMM-> Lakland-> Gibson/Dingwall/Warwick-> Roscoe-> back to Fender.

I just hope you enjoy playing all of them instead of just looking at them.
 
#34
Couldnt be happier for you. As a father myself, plus playing bass as a full time professional, sometimes you just need a hobby, and its great if that hobby is something you love dong, whether playing the basses, tinkering with them, polishing them, or just looking at them. My Dad has had a gun collection for like 50 years, and as far as I know he has only shot like one deer. But he polishs them, trades them, and sells them, and it keeps him from telling me what a crappy job Im doing with my life everyday, so do whatever it takes to keep you grounded, happy, and balanced. I too have owned way too many basses over the years. Never more than 10 at a time, but in 20 years I would say Ive had over 100 basses easily, from trying them and returning, to keeping and fixing up and selling, etc. Its good to try everything if you can, that way, you know what you like, and what you dont! Rock on big guy!
 
#35
I felt bad once after buying three pedals in 4 months...

Of course if I could own a bunch of basses I probably would. But right now I can think of... about 7 basses that would make me set for life. Not all specifics, just types. 5 string, 6 string, 7 string, fretless, semi-hollow body (probably G&L), precision, Rickenbacker, G&L. I see where a problem would result though, if I like any one of these types enough, I could end up wanting another in that category, and so on. But really, if they weren't that different of instruments I wouldn't get around to playing them enough to justify owning them all.

Also, post a pick so we can all drool.
 
#39
In 8 years of playing I've owned 7 basses (8th should be here next week). Of those I've sold 3 and still own the other 4. For the 3 I sold it took at least a year of heavy (more than 15 minutes a day) playing to figure out if I want to keep it or not.

If owning basses makes you happy then go for it, but don't think that it's going to help you sound any better or that it's a good choice.
 

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