What do you regret selling/trading?

[HillBillyWannaB]

I was thinking of all the basses I've been through over the years, and there's one that sticks out that I wish I never got rid of. My '89 PRS 4 string. I gigged with that bass for 10 years and played the finish off of it. It was the lightest and most comfortable bass I ever played. I'll try to dig up a pic later.

Which is "the one that got away" for you?

 

[Bassdirty]

This thread will depress me.
so the short answer is..Just about everything I've had.
Especially the stuff I took a beatin on from GC on a trade in.




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[scubaduba]

My Ken Smith 5 with Lacewood top.

 

[Gav4003]

Fender precision custom special deluxe, sold it to keep a roof over my head, I made the wrong choice.

 

[Black Sheep]

Ampeg B15 flip top. Why??????? It wasn't the best for my gigs at the time (20 yrs ago), but... man... so wish I still had that...

Home-made single 15" cab. Not good on paper, but seemed to work well for almost everything, esp UB big band stuff.

 

[progrmr]

For me it was a 98/99 MIM Fender Jazz Deluxe 5-string...something about that bass - it felt perfect and sounded fantastic. But I was going through a "have to get a 6-string" phase and traded it away.

I truly regret that and if I had it to do over again I'd never let it go.

 

[jim777]

My hollow fretless Warwick Infinity I really enjoyed playing it badly, and should have just stuck with it and played solo if need be, but my lack of fretless ability pushed me to move it. I just got tired of being out of tune with other instruments when I played it even though I thought it sounded fantastic.

 

[Luckie]

My Roscoe Beck V.
Man that bass ruled.

 

[basswalker2004]

My '64 fender P-bass and my 1970 Rick... sure would love to have them now

 

[sturoc]

The Grand daddy of all bass regrets :
Selling my Wal Custom fretless for dirt cheap in the late 80's
NEVER AGAIN will I make a foolhardy decision like that !!!!

 

[Margus Alviste]

One of my 69 jazz basses and the two MTD535s.

 

[iskbee]

My Lakland Darryl Jones Lake Placid Blue all 7.5 lbs of it

 

[wkbryan]

'77 or 78 Gibson Grabber. Sold it to get a '78 Precision. Love the Precision but the Grabber had a better neck and no dead spots.

 

[fourstringbliss]

I had this great Carvin LPB70. Alder body/maple neck thru with figured walnut top and headstock veneer. Abalone blocks in the ebony fretboard. The headstock was their 2+2 traditional version. The bridge had piezo saddles and the pickups were an MM/J combo with a coil tap. It weighed in at just about 8 lbs. I sold it because I wanted a 5-string! Man, I wish I could have that bass back!

I've thought about seeking it out here on TB - maybe the new owner would be willing to sell it to me!

 

[Wesley R]

72 fretless P
74 P
76(?) JSBII Guild

B15N
B15S w Anvil flight case & K140

 

[bassman23a]

73 Fender Jazz Bass,had to pay the rent

 

[Jugzwei]

I regret getting rid of my first bass. It was a Samick LB-11. It had a sunburst pattern was simple and had a decent tone. I don't look at it as a great bass but it was my first and with that had something no other bass can live up to.

I recently found someone selling the exact same type on eBay. If I hadn't just bought my VJM I would have bought it.

Maybe one day!

 

[cbass1]

my Azola bug bass, totally satisfied my upright gigs and my needs, it was a great beautifully crafted instrument, what can I say? I needed the money !! that one hurt.

 

[iriegnome]

I actually regret selling my first 3 basses. It took me years to realize that I just should have kept them. Since then, I have purchased the 3 basses (not the original's though) and I have them, but they just are not quite the same.

 

[pd1134]

My FSR P Bass