Thinking about downsizing…seeking advice

[dave64o]

I too am downsizing as far as I can possibly go.
I'd be content with only owning the Ernie Ball Music Man Sterling 4 HH bass.
It checks all my boxes;
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I'll never stop singing the praises of Musicman's discontinued honeyburst finish. Pictures don't show just how pretty it is and how deep the finish is, especially in the darker parts on the upper and lower horns.

My honeyburst SR5HH will be the last piece of bass gear I ever sell.

 

[Ostie]

Every time I talk about downsizing, my wife reminds me that each is special, like children, and I’ll never get them back again. If I really don’t bond with a bass, I let it go, but I still have seven, and no plans to downsize. I might theoretically trade one, but no plans.

 

[Inconnu]

I haven’t read the whole thread…

my feeling is…

you need the money?
You need the room?

No?

Keep them!

 

[eastcoasteddie]

I removed the fretted neck from the one Jazz with the plan I outlined before; to sell it with a Squier neck attached. It was also at this time that I did a sort of assessment of the body, carefully examining it. I have come to the conclusion that it is a wonderful instrument that I put together for little money. I then decided to just swap necks with each body, and see what happens.

Here is the fretted neck on the 2014 VM body with Apollo pickups. It makes the sounds of a beast.

I put the Fretless neck onto the CV body with 70s spacing and single coils. Awesome.

[not like they look any different than before…]

I guess I ain’t selling’ $***!

 

[Mr_O'B]

Because they seem to be Hella-expensive these days…even used ones 25 years old…their market has somewhat exploded recently.

However, I see reasonably priced EBMM basses on Talkbass and Reverb all the time for much less than 2k. You have to patiently wait for the right deal to pop up.