Sell My Nice Bass For A Cheaper One?

[armybass]

This is not a seller’s market. Keep it for no other reason than that.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Others have said it already, but unless you have financial hardship, do not sell a bass you genuinely like. I simply don’t get the logic of what you argued in your first post.

 

[mrcbass]

I'll admit, I'm in a similar mental predicament as the OP. I have a spectacular higher-end 6-string bass that a small part of me is thinking of letting go of. It's one of the best basses I've ever owned and probably ever will own. Playability is incredible, the tone is monstrous (best low B I've played... and it's only 34" scale), and even with all its battle scars (I bought the bass preowned and it's clear this bass was gigged a LOT) it still looks really nice.

However, it is a VERY heavy beast and a lot more bass than I really need. Maintaining a 6-string bass isn't cheap, and money is tight by me. Thinking practically, a good solid workhorse 5-string is all I really need.

Do the reasons I should keep it outweigh (pun intended) why I might want to off-load it? Absolutely. Logically, I should be completely crazy-nuts to even THINK of letting this bass go. But there is still that little voice in my head that compares it to downsizing a home.

Again, I'm sorry if I offered nothing insightful or constructive. Simply to tell the OP that "I hear you."

OP has a little different spin (at least from what he is telling us) - he wants to swap his high end main player for something he doesn't own yet. There's nothing wrong with moving something that you just aren't going to use - I also have a 6 string that is the most high end instrument I own and am trying to move it. But I have all of my other players secured and in hand and know that a sixer is just not for me.

 

[Dincrest]

True, mrcbass. Very true.

I was more or less just expressing a similar overall sentiment of "having a higher end bass that I'm considering possibly downgrading to." I guess the term would be "downgrading-up" or something like that.

But, yeah, every individual case is different.

 

[Microbass]

Wait, you don’t already have a P-bass?
This is TB. You have to shift the Spector and get something off the rack.

You’ll get way more gigs and money.

 

[blakethehero]

Thank you everyone for your replies. Even the opposing view points have made me think about the situation in a deeper and more nuanced way and I really appreciate it.

Through your comments I've come to understand a few things:

- Sentimentality aside, this bass it is not something I can easily replace. I did successfully invest in this instrument and to get another of this quality would take quite some effort. The money back probably wouldn't be that much and at best I would be replacing it with something laterally as good, not superior.

- I don't care about the fender logo and even so, Fender P basses of various age and quality will always be around and (mostly) affordable.

- GAS may be a small part of it and while that's an annoying fact, it's probably true. I'll save my money intelligently for things I may want or need in the future. This P bass isn't one of them.

I've already got a sexy ass P/J bass that works for me. I will not be getting rid of her