I have 9 and two on order (scratching head) I dont need more than one... but I enjoy playing and having the others. It means absolutely nothing to the audiences I play for... but it means the world to me. I find certain basses, tones an feels inspiring and they certainly affect how I play. I stopped trying to justify what I own, think and feel to others long ago. I am currently learning how to avoid justifying it to myself now.
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The more basses I own...
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I only had one for years and now I have four. I love each one of them though.
You can also sell a bass without ending up in prison for human trafficking!
I have three and feel like that's too many. But all three are unique and I am too attached. On the positive side it has restrained me from impulse buying a few expensive basses that I wanted but really didn't need.
I have a nice precision, a nice jazz, a rick 4003 and a gibson thunderbird in the mail. I love them all.
I have only a main bass and a replica for a backup. I may add a 6 fretless, but I've had these two for years and don't miss anything.
I find anything I don't use to be clutter and clutter a noisy distraction.
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I find anything I don't use to be clutter and clutter a noisy distraction.
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I've got somewhere between nine to 15 basses. I haven't counted. They're not all here.
I never think about it.
I also have over 20 shirts.
Oh, my gawd.... why do I need that many shirts? I think I'm going to have an anxiety complex about that instead.
I never think about it.
I also have over 20 shirts.
Oh, my gawd.... why do I need that many shirts? I think I'm going to have an anxiety complex about that instead.
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The OP makes very good points... I own 5 basses, all 4 stringers. I know I only need 2, a primary and a comparable backup. As the OP says, the audience will be oblivious as to the nuances that exist between the basses that I own.
I don't understand this phenomenon of owning multiple basses. I've owned 4 basses in my life, and never had two at the same time.
I'm special and perfect.
I'm special and perfect.
I buy basses because they are prettier than numbers in an account to me.
Well, @dr-cheese, it really is amazing what you can do with a Peavey Fury and flats! Did an important show with exactly that earlier this year and I don't think I missed a darned thing, instrument-wise.
I did a gig Saturday afternoon, playing for a church anniversary at Camelot in PG County.. I took two 20+ year old Foderas, a five and a six. Had a pretty good time, only played one set so I only used the five.
Did the audience care or notice my basses? Beats me... I didn't poll them. I also didn't bring them for them, I brought them for me.
So the whole "need" thing is a foreign concept to me. If I were to apply "need" to something I love to do, why wouldn't I apply the same yardstick to the more mundane? I could rotate two pairs of shoes. I could always dress in black. I could wash the pair of socks I wore yesterday while I rotate the other pair. I don't need to eat food I like, I could do it strictly for maintenance. I could just drive an AWD pickup, I certainly don't need three older sportscars (my newest car is a 2003).
If my life were really about need it would be far less enjoyable. So I keep that in mind when I do things I want to do.
I recently sold three basses because I had several non-music projects I needed to pay for and I didn't want to borrow. All three sold at healthy profits from what I had originally invested. Because that's how I bought them, with the knowledge that one day I might let them go. In the meantime I did a bunch of gigs and the instruments pretty much paid for themselves. I tried that with a 401k, the audience didn't care for it. Maybe they weren't drunk enough.
So no, I never think that I have too much gear, they've been investments that I can and have played. MMV
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I did a gig Saturday afternoon, playing for a church anniversary at Camelot in PG County.. I took two 20+ year old Foderas, a five and a six. Had a pretty good time, only played one set so I only used the five.
Did the audience care or notice my basses? Beats me... I didn't poll them. I also didn't bring them for them, I brought them for me.
So the whole "need" thing is a foreign concept to me. If I were to apply "need" to something I love to do, why wouldn't I apply the same yardstick to the more mundane? I could rotate two pairs of shoes. I could always dress in black. I could wash the pair of socks I wore yesterday while I rotate the other pair. I don't need to eat food I like, I could do it strictly for maintenance. I could just drive an AWD pickup, I certainly don't need three older sportscars (my newest car is a 2003).
If my life were really about need it would be far less enjoyable. So I keep that in mind when I do things I want to do.
I recently sold three basses because I had several non-music projects I needed to pay for and I didn't want to borrow. All three sold at healthy profits from what I had originally invested. Because that's how I bought them, with the knowledge that one day I might let them go. In the meantime I did a bunch of gigs and the instruments pretty much paid for themselves. I tried that with a 401k, the audience didn't care for it. Maybe they weren't drunk enough.
So no, I never think that I have too much gear, they've been investments that I can and have played. MMV
Darn Brad, you make having fun sound so rational!
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Darn Brad, you having fun so rational!
I did like the idea of pondering how loaded the audience would have to be to enjoy mutual fund statements.
