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Should I sell my first bass?

#24
Never sale the first bass! If nothing else, mod the heck out of it. My first bass (a Squier PJ bass), is all over the place. The original neck was swapped for a geddy lee, and the original neck is now on my homemade bass. The only thing left original on my first bass is the body, none of the screws are even left. I still play my EMG modded first bass as my main bass, and I wouln't sell it for the world. I learned Tom Sawyer on that bass, and we go way back. I would even say to never sell any of your basses.
 
#25
Sold mine (Stagg Fretless Fusion Bass, sunburst).

I thought it was kinda crappy, High action (and that was after I removed the little action ajusting screws), and crap tuner on the D. and random squarking noises on the 2nd notes of the A + D string (B + E notewise), and I'm not a Sunburst fan (It's alright but I much prefare blackburst, Rubyburst, ect).

But, dispite hating alot of things, I do regret selling it. I may buy it back from the guy oneday, a friend of a friend who is partially my friend.
 
#26
I still have my 1st, a 71' Fender Jazz........... If You liked the bass when you bought it........down the road you'll regret selling it......IMO . I've regretted selling a few of my basses over the years......and then when you want to it another one.......it costs an arm & a leg.
Would you sell your firstborn ???
Never sell your 1st.........ahhh the stories you can tell your grandkids !!!!
 
#31
I agree with the posters that say "keep it", here's why.

I started out playing in the '70s and never dreamed the twists and turns my life would take. Through it all, music weaved in and out of my life and I find myself enjoying playing more now than I ever have.

I had the fortune of having some really nice instruments pass through my hands. At the time, I had to sell one to get the other so I really didn't have a choice. I wish I had the where with all back then to keep them all. I have lots of great memories with those basses.

My point is, if you can afford to keep it, do so. If you can't, well, it is what it is.

20 years from now, that Jazz will make you smile every time you look at it. And, even though it's a MIM, it will me worth more cash wise than it is now.

just my .02
 
#35
I never sold my first bass. It was a 70's (made sometime between 1974 and 1976) Fender P that I bought used in 1980 for $300. I learned to play on that bass, played it in my first gig in high school, got in a band in college, modded it (Duncan Quarter Pounder and Bad Ass II, metal pickguard) in the early 80s, and then more or less quit playing in the mid 80s. It essentially sat in a case for almost 20 years. I started playing again a few years back, and then got in a band, using newer basses. On a whim, I took it in for a setup, and it played great after that. I returned it to its original look (tort. pickguard) and strung it with LaBella heavy gauge flats, and I love it. Although I now have other basses (a Spector and a couple of Js), I will never sell it.

If you really need the money, you should obviously sell it. But if you don't NEED to sell it, I would hold onto it.
 
#37
The guy I do most of my business with told me that one thing he likes about me is that I have no emotional attatchment to my gear. If I find something I like better than what I have, out the door it goes.

That said, my ATK will NEVER go... my wife gave it to me.
 
#38
my first bass (spector) works really well at collecting dust in my room!!

but i would never sell it.. bills smills theres more to life (even at such a time and the worlds economy is pathetic) then money... dont sell it.. a MIM is a great bass imo..
mod the fk out of it when you have the cash it will never let you down.
 

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