Selling your basses

I voted yes, but only if I need the money for a new one. It is more a factor of whether the new bass is replacing the old one. If it is, the only one is going to be sold, probably whether I need the money or not. Lately I have been finding basses that are a good contrast to the ones I already have (F Bass added to my Dingwall and soon I will get a fretless), so I haven't been wanting to sell those basses.

Geoff

 

this just happens to be at a time im selling one of my basses. ive just bought a better bass that i had before (Warwick), and also im not really a collector nor i have the money to be one, and im also trying to get a better-bigger rig, so i NEED to sell it more than i WANT to sell it.

 

No, and i dont think I ever will. I just save up, work and wait - but I dont yet have so many basses to have to consider this. It has worked for my Warwick and the Ibanez will be defretted and EMG-d sometime this winter. If sometime in the future i will have a bass that is very bad and i dont like it, only then will i sell it; otherwise i feel emotionally attached to any bass that I have

 

Only if i need the money.

 

My vote is "YES". I can't afford to keep every bass that I buy, so I sell them. I've been very fortunate so far as I'm close to even on all my trades. I just ordered a new Ken $mith, and I sold my Smith-5 to help pay for it.

I might sell/trade another...

JB

 

Yeah, only if I need the money for a new one... Well, actually, no, it really depends... If I was JT... And had like 20 $4000 (+/-) basses, and I really needed money for my house or car or something, I wouldn't mind if I kinda had to sell...

 

Second option. I'll be getting a Hamer Velocity 5 soon. I'll try my best not to sell that one.

 

I'm living this situation now. I just bought a Hanewinckel fretless, so my Lakland Skyline fretless is now expendable. Nothing wrong with it. I really like the bass a lot. It will simply be redundant once the Hanewinckel arrives, so I may as well get my money out of it.

I have the Lakland and a Fender up for sale. If they sell, great. If they don't sell great.

Peace,

James

 

Well, I have sold all 3 three of my previous basses, but only because each bass replaced teh previous one, or I ended up not really needing it. I am 99.9% I will never sell the Czech Spector I have now. I sell a bass if I am buying a replacement for it.

I love your sig foxinabox! Get Fuzzy is my favorite comic strip!

 

Thanks! I read Get Fuzzy on a daily basis. Satchel never fails to make me laugh

 

I hang onto them unless I can no longer justify or afford to keep them. Right now my Stingray's been on the stand for a while, I'm not playing out that much since my band split, so just my P-bass is getting played. My SR400 hasn't been out of its case in a month or two, but I can't stand to part with that baby, maybe if I really need the cash.

 

I used to sell them but every time I did, I'd need that sound for a paricular gig and I wouldn't have the bass. Plus, the price on the 'vintage' market would skyrocket and it wouldn't make sense to buy that year and model back. Anyway, you can always find some way to afford the new one. So, now I keep them all.

 

I only keep the ones that are something special - more than the sum of their parts. I've played Foderas which sound like a slab of wood - and i've played squires that are magical!

http://www.vanselus.com/bass_gear/past.htm
here's some pics of my old basses...

 

Fender 51' reissue MIJ P
Fender 51'Sting issue
Rickenbacker 61 model 4000
Hofner 61 Beatle bass
Fender 63 MIA cream Tele
Fender 67 MIA Jazz
Fender 67 MIA P
Fender 73 Maple P
Fender 82 MIA P Fretless
Fender 88 MIJ Jazz special
Fender 92 MIA 5'er
Squier 92 5'er
54' Kay Upright
Guild acoustic-B52

I just buy them and keep them.

Treena

 

I hate selling stuff, so I hope I can keep them all but if some are useless I'll probably sell them for a new one.

I have a btb 405 qm that I play few so I'll probably sell it to buy another good 5's.

Peace
1Ck$

 

I'll take door number two, Monty!!

 

I chose option #2. With that said, I just bought a used Thumb BO 4-string last week and while I know it's still a "new love", I will never ever sell her!!

My biggest regret is selling my 92' Les Paul Bass w/ Ebony finish and bartolini's. She was a beauty.

 

My biggest regrets:

My MusicMan Sabre
My Ken Bebensee 6
My Tokai Lawsuit Jazz bass.

The collection's stabilized now, though, So there'll be no more major sales.