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What's the longest you've gone without your bass?

St. Louis Scot

St. Louis Scot

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#1
My (ugh!) day job sent me to Bismarck, ND for a month. Literally one month. Since I don't have a flight case for my basses, I didn't bring any. Good thing too, because the airlines left my luggage in Austin.

So here I sit, in a swank hotel, without the distractions of day to day family life, plenty of free time to work on my chops, write new lines, or learn new materials. But no axe. :eek:

I'm considering having my wife ship my newest (and least expensive) axe up here via Fedex. But I may also just ride it out.

What is the longest you've had to go without access to your bass? And why oh why?
 
#2
About a year luckily I had a guitar at least. The reason was I sold my beloved bass when I was active in my drug addiction.

Without any access to any music instrument what so ever was a month (rehab) with limited access (only able to play someone else's instrument) three months (halfway house). That may be one reason why I have been clean for four years now. I like to play my instruments and keep them too.

Best of luck man hope your wife can ship you one of your basses. I ended up tapping and just fingering out stuff with out a bass, oddly enough it kept playing on decent shape. Literally playing imaginary bass.
 
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No bass from 1995 to 2005... Joined the Army and was assigned overseas(Japan and Germany) then deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan more times than I care to remember. Came home after deployment to Afghanistan in 2005 and decided playing bass was a good way to enjoy life again. Since 2005 the longest separation has maybe been a day or two.
 
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Heh heh for 25 years. But when I started playing again I had the time and resources to make up for lost time. Love it more than ever and am a much better player with the wide open resources we have now. ( I learned playing with records, OJT and going to listen to other bands. ) ;)
 
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The longest time without a bass for me was around 10 months, when I went to live and study abroad for my training period.
I got a loan on an acoustic guitar as soon as I got acquainted with people though.
And not much later I was granted to play electric guitars and drums at home jams too.
But not a bass to be seen in the whole area.

Within a month after coming home, I bought a new bass and got back to it.
 
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Photobassist said:
No bass from 1995 to 2005... Joined the Army and was assigned overseas(Japan and Germany) then deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan more times than I care to remember. Came home after deployment to Afghanistan in 2005 and decided playing bass was a good way to enjoy life again. Since 2005 the longest separation has maybe been a day or two.
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Photobassist, thank you for your service to our country, it does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.
 
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My nephew had my gear for about twelve years or so. I moved to a new city, got married, focused on the job, house, kids, etc and never got in with musicians here. Did not play for about twenty years. The kids moved out and I got my bass back, thinking I'd just doodle in front of the TV. Got a text from a friend of mine whom I'd never played with before inviting me to jam. Fast forward two years and we now practice once a week and gig out at least twice a month. I am a better player now and a much happier person overall.
 
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Photobassist said:
No bass from 1995 to 2005... Joined the Army and was assigned overseas(Japan and Germany) then deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan more times than I care to remember. Came home after deployment to Afghanistan in 2005 and decided playing bass was a good way to enjoy life again. Since 2005 the longest separation has maybe been a day or two.
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Thank you for your service, in 2000 I was young boy just picking up the bass. Thanks for your sacrifice and play on man you deserve it.
 
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When it was there but I didn't play it?

Sometimes months--I was focussing on guitar.


But away from it, so I couldn't play it if I wanted to?
About 6 weeks--I was in high school and our family took a longer trip than I ever had before or since.
 
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About two years. My first real band had broken up and I was thrust into a 3rd shift job and actual adult hood. It was good for me as I got over some of my own crap but I was lost. I couldn't find anyone to jam with that was of the same mind. Once I got back into it I vowed I'd never lose it again.
 

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