This one, because it's no longer being built.
But my keys would be next before any more basses
But my keys would be next before any more basses
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What is the absolute bare minimum you can get by with ?
- Thread starter LadyLoveStingRay5
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In the bad old days, I lost everything, and I do mean everything. Started over.
When my wife's health went south, I sold my two Alembic fives, paid our bills for 6 months. No problem. (a previously un-appreciated advantage of buying wonderful, expen$ive instruments at smart prices so you can do really well when you sell them off; essentially, I owned them for free and then some).
I have learned to not get too attached . . . . . to stuff.
At the risk of sounding like the late George Carlin, there is a world of stuff out there. Stores full of stuff. Music stores full of stuff. As we speak, stuff is in continuous production around the world every minute of the day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. Enough stuff so every man, woman, and child can have several tons of stuff without trying hard.
People work themselves to death for stuff. People steal stuff. People think this stuff with that label is the only stuff to have. That other stuff is junk. People sleep at night happily when they think they have all of the best stuff anyone could have. New stuff. Old stuff. Consignment stuff. Collector stuff. Vintage stuff.
Musical (i.e., BASS) stuff, and particularly the pursuit of it, the thinking about it, the coveting it, the discussions of it on TB, the dreaming about it, hating it, loving it, putting off bills to get it, and on and on and on and on.
I felt relieved and re-inspired after I sold the Alembics and bought Squiers. Because it dawned on me . . . . it ain't the stuff . . . . it's me. I can be me, without worrying about . . . . THIS stuff or THAT stuff.
I'm a survivor of stuff-itis, spending years of my life thinking if I didn't have THAT stuff, what's the point? I've survived . . . to think differently. So I have no 'last one to go' or 'all of them except THAT one'; when you lose them all, you simply pick up, and start again.
When my wife's health went south, I sold my two Alembic fives, paid our bills for 6 months. No problem. (a previously un-appreciated advantage of buying wonderful, expen$ive instruments at smart prices so you can do really well when you sell them off; essentially, I owned them for free and then some).
I have learned to not get too attached . . . . . to stuff.
At the risk of sounding like the late George Carlin, there is a world of stuff out there. Stores full of stuff. Music stores full of stuff. As we speak, stuff is in continuous production around the world every minute of the day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. Enough stuff so every man, woman, and child can have several tons of stuff without trying hard.
People work themselves to death for stuff. People steal stuff. People think this stuff with that label is the only stuff to have. That other stuff is junk. People sleep at night happily when they think they have all of the best stuff anyone could have. New stuff. Old stuff. Consignment stuff. Collector stuff. Vintage stuff.
Musical (i.e., BASS) stuff, and particularly the pursuit of it, the thinking about it, the coveting it, the discussions of it on TB, the dreaming about it, hating it, loving it, putting off bills to get it, and on and on and on and on.
I felt relieved and re-inspired after I sold the Alembics and bought Squiers. Because it dawned on me . . . . it ain't the stuff . . . . it's me. I can be me, without worrying about . . . . THIS stuff or THAT stuff.
I'm a survivor of stuff-itis, spending years of my life thinking if I didn't have THAT stuff, what's the point? I've survived . . . to think differently. So I have no 'last one to go' or 'all of them except THAT one'; when you lose them all, you simply pick up, and start again.
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I've sometimes needed a five, so last to go would by my G&L USA M-2500. I often prefer fours though, and eventually might narrow it down to the M-2500 and one of my J-basses.
Either my trusty old fretless neck on an MIM Precision, or my upright. The P bass would be easier to run with and the upright takes up a lot of space, but truthfully, I’d just grab Annie and run
This parts Precision I built (I couldn’t put the picture below this statement and I’m too tired for dealing with the forum pictures uploading system today … )
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I fuuly understand that! My Red M5 (in my sig) would be my choice.
One, and it's a Dingwall with broken in nickels. I've also got a P and a medium scale Aria from the 80's
Great statement !! Thats the mentality that helped me snap out of the vicious GAS cycle I had for years.
As far as basses is concerned, I'd keep the one that's the easiest for me to play at the time it comes down to a making decision between two.
My longest held instrument ever, going on 12 years. I’ve never removed the pickups. Every time I think about parting with it, I take it to a gig, and that’s the end of THAT foolishness.
It is misleading, and just an excuse for people to selfishly post pics of their gear, once again for the millionth effin time. This forum is imploding rapidly, seeing a lot long time members walking away...
All in all it came in at $180 with the mods.
Updated bridge, wiring, pickups, flats, stripped and sealed.
Playing it for years and I've made a hell of a lot of money with it.
Updated bridge, wiring, pickups, flats, stripped and sealed.
Playing it for years and I've made a hell of a lot of money with it.
drumvsbass
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For all my love of the Zon talk... !This! is the one I'd never sell. My 1988 Japanese Fender PJBS, with upgrades (in order), Hipshot D-tuner, Schaller tuners, Badass II bridge, Aguilar OBP3 preamp, Geezer EMG's, and most recently, Fretless. The only thing original on this bass is the wood, the nut, the string tree, the bolts, and back plate on the neck. Sentimentality runs strong, this was my only bass for 15 years, and still remains as my main gigging workhorse.
First off, letting go either wife or kids (including grandkids), is NOT on the table and never will be.
• Last thing to go would be my '82 Jazz Bass.
• Second to last would be my DNS-210 cab because with my big Eden amp run bridged at 800-watts, I can play ANY indoor location with it.
• Third to go would be my DNS-410 cab.
Kind of a toss-up between which amp would go. I can drive either 8Ω cab to ~134db with my Eden amp bridged and about 131db with my DNA-800 (400-watts rms into 8Ω or 800-watts into 4Ω). I could run both at once with either but with the DNS-800 I would feed them each 400-watts, while my Eden WT500/800 would only send them up to 240-watts each.
Both amps have a sentimental attachment to them. My Eden amp because I bought it directly from David and it's the amp he used to design Eden cabs from 1999 until he left Eden in 2009. He upgraded it to 800-watts himself and signed it for me. Amp weighs ~36-lbs in its rack case. My DNA-800 on the other hand was specifically built for me by David because his factory didn't have any left in stock and he had the parts to make it. He also signed it for me. Nothing quite like having the designer of the amp build one for you! My DNA-800 is super-light at just 4.7-lbs. and I carry it in a shoulder bag.
I honestly can't see myself letting go of either amp or either cab. I've promised by bass to my son and I'm not letting it out of my hands until I leave this world. I have a 5-string that I will probably let go at some point, but not my Jazz.
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