I love all of my basses, but if they were all lost in a tsunami, I would just build more. None of mine have any financial importance.
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Sentimentool?
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I have a couple of instruments that definitely fall into the sentimental category. My Washburn electric guitar that was purchased for next to nothing at a very low time in my life. That got me through some tough times, both financially and mentally. My Brian Moore five string bass. My first fiver, my first non-standard branded bass and my first bass that I felt like it improved my playing because I felt like it was effortless to play. Most of the rest of my instruments, including MIA and MIM Fenders and a Dingwall, are pretty much just tools and easily replaceable. I do have an Ibanez 12 string acoustic guitar that I cut in the electronics with a hand drill (non-powered) and a steak knife that I'm rather fond of. But could be more about the story than anything else!
I don't become attached to something until I make it mine. But with that in mind, everything that I have has a price.
[QUOTE="JRA, post: 24757710, member: 251921] FWIW: i've never owned a beautiful hammer [/QUOTE]
You need to be more cosmopolitan in your hammer shopping. The beautiful hammer awaits.
You need to be more cosmopolitan in your hammer shopping. The beautiful hammer awaits.
ha! i stand corrected! 
those ball peens are good looking...watch out, thumbs!
I guess Both. And Carrots. I've been tweeking my pickled carrot recipe and I am really happy with the serrano spicy batch in the fridge now. So that's a tool.
If you stole my '80's MusicMan I'd go off the rails, it has esoteric value from tours and recordings and emotional baggage. If I dropped it down the stairs I'd get over it because it's a tool. Fair answer? Good thing because there's a ding above the control plate from a cymbal stand falling on it. Can't trust drummers during teardown.
If you stole my '80's MusicMan I'd go off the rails, it has esoteric value from tours and recordings and emotional baggage. If I dropped it down the stairs I'd get over it because it's a tool. Fair answer? Good thing because there's a ding above the control plate from a cymbal stand falling on it. Can't trust drummers during teardown.
I feel the same way about mine. Bought in in '86 and it was my #1 until about '92. It's hard to part with because I know I'll never get another one.
Over the years I've gone through many basses, and they mostly come and go, but that one was there in my formative years. The only other one I miss is the one just before that. My '74 Ric 4003.
The only instrument that I have that holds any sentimental value for me is my Guild acoustic guitar that was given to me by my older brother after he lost a lung to cancer and was unable to sing any longer. It was his last guitar and very special to him. It will eventually belong to my daughter when I am no longer able to play.
I used to be kind of a buyer-and-holder with a variety of basses (P, acoustic, fretless, etc.). Gigging for me is in the toilet now and trying to keep my business afloat I'm consequently picking up a bass less frequently. Basses that I thought I'd keep forever are more likely to go on the block in '21—not b/c funds but b/c I've lost the sentimental need to keep them in my possession.
A bass is a tool to me. That said, there are two in the collection that work unusually well for me, so neither will ever be sold.
That, and when was the last time i actually used it.
I’ve got one bass that is the exception to those rules, but only because i’ve never had one as versatile tone wise and it’s also hands down the easiest playing bass I’ve ever owned.
Depends.
My very, very good friend Dan died earlier this year, he bought me a bass many years ago when I was way down on my luck and didn't have one. I will NEVER part with that bass for any reason, it will always have a boatload of sentimental value.
I have a few basses that have sentimental value from earlier projects that I'm not as likely to part with because of the memories they hold for me. I am not as likely to gig with these.
I have a collection of really nice pieces that I play at home but don't gig. When I'm tired of them, I may be interested in letting them go if the price is right.
And I have several basses that I gig with right now that are simply tools to me. One or more may eventually transisition into my "earlier projects" stable, but until then they are just tools.
My very, very good friend Dan died earlier this year, he bought me a bass many years ago when I was way down on my luck and didn't have one. I will NEVER part with that bass for any reason, it will always have a boatload of sentimental value.
I have a few basses that have sentimental value from earlier projects that I'm not as likely to part with because of the memories they hold for me. I am not as likely to gig with these.
I have a collection of really nice pieces that I play at home but don't gig. When I'm tired of them, I may be interested in letting them go if the price is right.
And I have several basses that I gig with right now that are simply tools to me. One or more may eventually transisition into my "earlier projects" stable, but until then they are just tools.
I have three basses and one amp that hold sentiment. The others are tools and hobby build instruments.
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Music is an important part of who I am, my memories and (hopefully again) my lifestyle. The instruments that are with me in that help hold those memories. I won’t hold onto something that doesn’t fit me so a few basses have gone but my current one reminds me of a future to come just as my trumpet reminds me of a past had.
I have instruments I made 30 years ago and some of the tools I made them with and they all have sentimental value and the only instrument I currently own, that I didn't build is a classical guitar my wife bought me 21 years ago and yes it has sentimental value.
My Eastwing hammer with the stacked leather handle has fitted my hand perfectly for 40+ years and I have a set of Sorby chisels that have served me well for even longer. I have a Makita router bought in the early 1980's which is still my favorite router, it is basic, but solid and it's almost like I know it's moods and it does all my most exacting routing, even if it is slow to set up and with no plunge option.
Instruments, or tools, are the same, sometimes the well handled old friend you know inside out is the best and yes, we become sentimental about them.
My Eastwing hammer with the stacked leather handle has fitted my hand perfectly for 40+ years and I have a set of Sorby chisels that have served me well for even longer. I have a Makita router bought in the early 1980's which is still my favorite router, it is basic, but solid and it's almost like I know it's moods and it does all my most exacting routing, even if it is slow to set up and with no plunge option.
Instruments, or tools, are the same, sometimes the well handled old friend you know inside out is the best and yes, we become sentimental about them.
The explains my position with most of my basses perfectly.
I have a Squier Jag Short Scale which was my first electric bass. These days it hangs on the wall and hardly gets played but I can't part with it. Not because of any sentimental reasons, but because I don't think I'd ever find a short scale with such a nice neck and I'd certainly not find a bass as good as it for the money.
