Stop me before I do something very very bad

[BassNeo]

I know I'm probably pitching this to the wrong crowd but maybe a voice of reason will bring me to my senses.

Every Friday I take my daughter to guitar lessons. Every Friday, I see an Ampeg SVT-CL with an 810 under it and close by an Ernie Ball Music Man.

The Ampeg has been there a while judging by the dust on it. The last time I sat with the MM in my hands just messing around the sales guy said to me 'You like the Music Man, do you?' He followed up with "we could probably do something for you with that'.

I have a very strong suspicion I could take all three home for about $3500. All brand new, all awesome, all mine.

As far as the money goes, It won't break me. I'd have to work some more overtime and likely sell some current gear, but I could swing it. As long as the excess gear left, the GF would approve. (I have a spare bedroom that is currently housing a complete PA setup, and 2 Bass rigs that can only be used for stage - a BXR 400 with 410 and 115 and a Firebass 700 with 1516 cab.

The GAS has me pretty hard. I've been aching for a tube head and the MM has an awesome feel. Maybe I'm just being starry-eyed.

Opinions are welcome, enabling comments will only get it in my house faster.

 

[MikeBass]

Buy a Dr.Bass cab????

 

[CnB77]

Heck man, if you want it you want it. Doesn't seem to be just a passing fancy from the way you describe it, so I say jump on it!

 

[tooley]

if you don't get it you'll regret it

 

[Lowactnsatsfctn]

Get the Bass if you want it and can afford it. After I bought an SB-14 (cheaper Sterling version) I sold every other guitar and Bass I owned. I had some I liked, but none of them fit me or my playing as well. Havent looked back

 

[scuzbox]

What are you waiting for? I would have brought it home and bragged about it in a post by now.

 

[Metalbasshippy]

That's not bad
That's good

Do it

 

[boogie8008]

I love my music man and I bet it would sound killer through an SVT. Buy all three!!!!!

 

[Drop-D]

New amp, new cab, ANNNNNND a new bass?!

I say you should go for it. Especially if you know you will be relatively guilt-free afterwards. That is always my determining factor: want vs regret.

 

[Joe Nerve]

This is how it works for me.

At a certain point I know, deep down inside, whether or not something is going to be mine or not. There's a subtle "click" that I feel happen in my heart which reverberates all the way up to my skull. Once I realize that's there (sometimes takes a little useles argument from my lesser self), I just say screw it, stop torturing myself, and lay down the plastic. Our days are numbered. Why lose 2 or 3 days you can spend with what you really want. Better to have it sooner than later, because ultimately it gives you more time to enjoy it. Just do it.

 

[millsbass5]

You best be jumpin' all over that before your old lady gets back into the "non-musician,woman's frame of mind."

 

[DerTeufel]

I play through that same amp and cab at every practice..with a SBMM 5-string. Buy it already.

 

[gjbassist]

If you really want the gear and can afford it without going in to major debt then I would go for it.

 

[colcifer]

Offer 3k out the door and see what happens.

 

[fraublugher]

Get a MM sure but if you get the refridgerator it's just going to stare at you like an accusatory giblet .

 

[Derek5272]

Talk you out of it? The only reason I've managed to talk myself out of a fridge so far is that I don't have any money! If I could swing it, I would have an SVT-CL and 810 here right now.

 

[Chef FourString]

Offer 3k out the door and see what happens.

+1

 

[bassinplace]

If you can do it in a fiscally responsible manner and without making waves on the domestic front, there's no reason not to. If however you can't do both of those things, then pass. It's pretty cut and dry. (btw, I think this should be in misc. or basses or amps)

 

[drummer5359]

Don't do it!








That much happiness is unhealthy.

 

[walterw]

have you actually played that pair yet, to make sure the magic isn't just in your head?

also, "accusatory giblet" would be a good name for a band.