Should I part ways with my jazz to upgrade?

[southpaw723]

I've been dying to get a ric, obviously that's a big chunk of change. I've been thinking about selling my jazz bass to get a bit closer to the goal but it has some sentimental value to me. I put the custom shop 60's pups in it too. However, if I got the ric I probably wouldn't use it nearly as much. I purchased a fake rick and liked it a lot but I really want the real thing. I play that more than my jazz. Any advice?
I have tried out a couple rics and DO enjoy playing them
EDIT: I'm gonna save the jazz bass!!

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Are you certain you will love the Ric as much as the Jazz? Rics come with quirks. You can find more than a couple posts on TB about players who lusted for them for years only to find out they hate actually playing them.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Any time you sell an instrument, you lose a LOT of money, unless you got it used at a good price. And I wouldn't buy a Ric without trying it out first. You may love it, you may hate it, and then you will be out both money and a bass.

Better - start saving HARD. Take that beer money, that coffee money, that movie money, and put it away, until you have enough.

 

[southpaw723]

Couple more pics

 

[Bass V]

never sell.

 

[Gluvhand]

I got a Ric recently. A 4003S. Haven't touched my Jazz since and it plays great. I just find the Jazz sounds "meh" in comparison and with some fiddling the Ric fits pretty much anywhere but I agree about playing before buying if possible. I didn't but have had a few in the past so I pretty much knew what I was getting.

 

[Joe Nerve]

1. How much are you expecting to pay for a Ric?

2. Is your credit good.

...asking before I type out my detailed response.

 

[Bodeanly]

I have always come back to a jazz. You will hate yourself.

 

[southpaw723]

1. How much are you expecting to pay for a Ric?

2. Is your credit good.

...asking before I type out my detailed response.

I can get a new one for $2000. There's basically no used market out there for lefties. I have a student credit card that I was thinking of putting around half on.

 

[Gluvhand]

I can get a new one for $2000. There's basically no used market out there for lefties. I have a student credit card that I was thinking of putting around half on.

This I wouldn't do but no one listens to me.

 

[selowitch]

My advice? Keep the Jazz, cut up all your credit cards, save up and buy the Ric.

 

[dab12ax7ef]

You already said the Jazz is sentamental. So you're asking for sellers remorse. No, for that reason. Delay gratification for a few (or a bunch) more months. In a lifetime of bass playing it's very short term. My first Jazz is sentimental to me so the old MIM is not for sale.

 

[chris_b]

Leave the card out of this. Save for your next bass.

By the time you get there your ideas may have changed.

 

[40Hz]

Unless you have to rollover the Jazz before you can buy the Ric, I'd suggest you get the Ric first and wait a few months to see how you feel. If you decide at that point you won't miss the Jazz, or you haven't played at all since you got the Ric, then go ahead sell it.

 

[Groove Doctor]

Get some good-paying gigs, save the money, buy whatever you want & keep the old stuff.

 

[MrKeef]

I sold a cheap peavey for 100$ that I bought for 80$ to go towards an upgrade.. I regret selling that bass because it was a known quantity.. It played well. Couldn't imagine selling a much higher priced instrument at a loss to upgrade to something else. I get too attached.

 

[twinjet]

Convince yourself that your bass is the best damned bass on the planet, then remember that you'd regret selling that one. Focus on the music and you'll save $$$$$.

 

[73jbass]

Why do you consider going from a Jazz to Ric and upgrade? Love the way Rics look and sound, hate the way they play.

 

[BobKos]

I tried a Ric and didn't like it. I kept my Jazz Bass and I'm sure glad of it. But plenty of other people like Rics and that is great. To each his own preference. I would recommend as others have - keep the Jazz for a period of time after you have bought the Ric. Then you will be able to make an unpressured decision. I would bet that over half of the people that actually bought Rics didn't like them long term and got rid of them.

 

[MattZilla]

For the same amount of money you can get something way less useless, almost as gorgeous, and ten hundred times cooler: a Yamaha XS1100.

Regardless of what you do spend your dough on, going Fender-less after having had a proper Fender is something that I can almost guarantee that you'll find regrettable.