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Should I Buy a New Bass?

#22
DasClyde said:
Hmm, Talkbass! Should I buy a new bass?

I've been playing a Schecter Stiletto Custom 4 string for almost 6 or 7 years now and I haven't had anything else. I recently graduated college and got my first job and now I have this thing called money (can be traded for basses!). I stepped away from using a 100 watt practice amp as my main and got a real rig. Now it's possible that I can get a new bass because payday and my birthday are coming up. That means I'll have money and an excuse to spend it on myself. I suspect I should probably grab myself a nice axe before I have to use my money on real life things. The only catch is that my Schecter is just fine. I just had it set up and it plays better than ever. Its not as if I'm chuggin away at an old wal-mart bass. I'm not even an actively gigging musician (trying to get my band to be more active). The only reason I'm considering this is that I WANT a new bass. I can see two possible route right now: buy a new bass or buy myself some effects. I've been toying with a BP200 multi-effects box and I know what I want.

So TB, what do you think?
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Keep your money in the bank.
 
#24
I bought a Digitech tone-sucking BP 80 once. I never really used it much, sold it on CL, and now I miss it a little.

Buy what feels right. The amount you may spend on a bass doesn't always equal what feels right. The best playing bass I ever touched was a MM Classic Stingray with a roasted neck. $1800! The second best was a Schecter Diamond P5. $550. I bet you can guess which one I'm looking at right now.
 
#25
Yeah, the BP200 isn't very impressive. I've already got it in my possession. I just wanted to use it to see what dedicated boxes I wanted to get. Might bring it to the store with me this weekend and see what I could get for it to put toward some other things.
 
#28
I can't say enough about the gretsch g5123b but it's not for everyone obviously. i only bring it up because it's the opposite of the schecter & i would suggest diversity--which is what im getting at.
those new fender blacktops are handsome too.
there are one million great basses in the tb classifieds if you haven't looked
 
#29
Immigrant said:
I bought a Digitech tone-sucking BP 80 once. I never really used it much, sold it on CL, and now I miss it a little.

Buy what feels right. The amount you may spend on a bass doesn't always equal what feels right. The best playing bass I ever touched was a MM Classic Stingray with a roasted neck. $1800! The second best was a Schecter Diamond P5. $550. I bet you can guess which one I'm looking at right now.
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+100, if the most money always meant the most satisfaction, every name player would have a Ritter or Fodera.
 

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