Taking Stock And Just Playing What I Have

[scubaduba]

Meh. History repeats itself.

 

[mongo2]

Our personal physics is always the main consideration. Hope you recover beyond your doc's expectations.

Thank you.

 

[H2okie]

I miss the set and forget aspect of a passive Jazz Bass. Once I finally pick up my Geddy Lee, at least I will have a passive four, you were right about me regretting selling that bass. At least the guy who bought it really loves it.

I am looking at any immediate purchases now. I don't see that much spare income for a long time.

My last GAS attack was a passive AmstdJ5. Simple ... no frills ... so far I like the sound of 60s custom shop. To my ears very close to original j4 sound. But I've gotta have both pups at or near 100% to avoid the hum.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I guess all's well that ends well. This American Geddy Lee Jazz is only a four, but it will be a great replacement for my DJ5. In the meantime, I will play what I have and shut up.

 

[jefff100]

Play what I have ... yep. That's sage advice, especially as my house is now under contract and I'm looking for a new one...last thing I need is MORE musical gear to move.

I just loaned a bass and practice amp to a friend who wants to learn and told them to hold onto it until I'm actually moving...and if they stay with the instrument they can keep the amp as a gift!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Play what I have ... yep. That's sage advice, especially as my house is now under contract and I'm looking for a new one...last thing I need is MORE musical gear to move.

I just loaned a bass and practice amp to a friend who wants to learn and told them to hold onto it until I'm actually moving...and if they stay with the instrument they can keep the amp as a gift!

I have given away gear to. It is a great feeling to help someone!

 

[chris_b]

I just found the receipt for my Sadowsky, Feb 2017.

I know I'm swimming against the tide here, but that's the date I stopped looking.

 

[Peter Mathews]

I bought a battered old US P bass earlier this year... I think that is the instrument that will get buried with me. All the others can now be sold as I don't play them any more. My GAS has dissipated.... (for now)

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I just found the receipt for my Sadowsky, Feb 2017.

I know I'm swimming against the tide here, but that's the date I stopped looking.

Who knows, but it would have to be MetroExpress or used.

 

[PhatBottomBass1]

Amen...!

MUSICIAN:

"Someone who packs $5000 worth of gear into a car and drives 100 miles to make $50.00..."

I currently have $5000 worth of top flight Wayne Jones Audio 2x10 Powered Cabs for sale, an uncommon Mesa tube power amp (D-180 power section) and a custom bad ass lined fretless Status/USA Schecter CS J Bass up for sale leaving me my ONLY Custom Slab P Bass (Florence Voodoo P pickup) and tube amp with an original Xotic Tri-Logic preamp pedal, SP Compressor, JHS Mute, Mesa Stowaway Buffer, EBS MultiDrive, 3Leaf Audio Octavbre Mini, Keeley Dark Side and EBS DynaVerb along with Monster Cable cables and EBS Flat Gold pedal connections....

I still have $5K in the car and will not buy another thing because I've tried it ALL! lol

 

[Mike Bacciarini]

Dr. Cheese, great thread here. I think that contentment is wildly underrated. Important to keep perspective while we wrestle w/GAS. As others have said.... "Many play better than me, but none have more fun". I aspire to this. Thanks man

 

[Blankandson]

I am also older now. Well, not a senior adult - I went through that phase of life years ago. I'm what one would call an ancient old crud. Anyway I am also discovering things I always wanted years ago and never had the cash or time. I just purchased a new Canon DSLR. My wife and I both drive a Lexus. I bought two big flat screen monitors for my wife and myself for our laptops. Just having a different kind of fun I guess. And there's always the grandkids! Still enjoy playing bass weekly but I now spend time with other pursuits.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Dr. Cheese, great thread here. I think that contentment is wildly underrated. Important to keep perspective while we wrestle w/GAS. As others have said.... "Many play better than me, but none have more fun". I aspire to this. Thanks man

I am glad you get my point. It was never about not wanting anything else again. That's the case for some people, but that is not my personality. My point is to look around and remember that most of us are fortunate or blessed in terms of owning gear, so desires for something new have to be kept in perspective.

 

[buldog5151bass]

If it weren't for the fact it's over 11 pounds, I'd never have touched another bass than the Jazz (with P neck) that I bought used 35 years ago.

 

[JimmyM]

I can't say anything with 10 basses, even though many of them are fine specimens of cheapos. Got half that are good ones as well but almost none that I shelled out a crazy amount, even for the years I bought them. But on the vast majority of gigs I do I bring one, and I bring it under protest Could I sell them all but one solid Fender and be fine? No, because sometimes I need a 5. Could I be OK with a Fender and a 5? Probably. Don't want to, though. Why should I? No need to go nuts, but if you have a handful of solid basses, nothing wrong with that.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I can't say anything with 10 basses, even though many of them are fine specimens of cheapos. Got half that are good ones as well but almost none that I shelled out a crazy amount, even for the years I bought them. But on the vast majority of gigs I do I bring one, and I bring it under protest Could I sell them all but one solid Fender and be fine? No, because sometimes I need a 5. Could I be OK with a Fender and a 5? Probably. Don't want to, though. Why should I? No need to go nuts, but if you have a handful of solid basses, nothing wrong with that.

You are an artist with a useful array of tools.

 

[JimmyM]

You are an artist with a useful array of tools.

As am you, Doc.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

As am you, Doc.

I am not on your level, but I appreciate your kind words.

 

[Rabidhamster]

I too, am at that stage in life where I have the few basses, and guitars (all acoustics) that I am quite content with. I still go to SA and GC to play around with what they have, but nothing is going to be coming home with me, It is, literally, "Come In And Play!" SA's slogan. I'm even done in the amps & cabs world. Thrilled with what I've got, these days - Tone Hammer 500 with two custom LDS cabs, and a Markbass Minimark.

My money (what's left of it ) has, in the past several years, been going into antique lighting (Bradley & Hubbard, and generic pieces), Arts & Crafts furniture (primarily, Gustav Stickley), and art from regional art shows or shops such as The Roycrofters Gift Shop where we recently bought a Yoshiko Yamamoto block print (no relation to Tsuneyuki Yamamoto, that I know of, who makes fabulous acoustic guitars; I own two of his guitars).

Sounds like your wife got hold of the gear money lol

 

[Mike Whitfield]

I miss the set and forget aspect of a passive Jazz Bass. Once I finally pick up my Geddy Lee, at least I will have a passive four, you were right about me regretting selling that bass. At least the guy who bought it really loves it.

I am looking at any immediate purchases now. I don't see that much spare income for a long time.

I feel pretty much the same, although since I play in the shallow end of the pool (my SG Special is the most expensive thing I've bought, I think everything else is under $500) it's not as much of a cash crunch as a space crunch. I now find myself avoiding Craigslist, Guitar Center, etc. Think I'm going to look over my collection and sell or give away some stuff. GAS burnout I guess. Or maybe just getting harder to avoid admitting that I have a stupid amount of my net worth and net space tied up in guitars and basses.