I have no idea. How do *you* know?
<-------- The very question is literally under my name
<-------- The very question is literally under my name
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When the double closet could only hold about 2/3 the collection.
Mine would also take the 6 string guitars...
I think I've got this concept dialed in. It's the actual practicing that's a challenge.
If you're a working bassist, you have enough when you have the right one for the job at hand.
If you're a hobbyist, collector or talk bass dot com enthusiast, you never have enough.
And that's the T.
If you're a hobbyist, collector or talk bass dot com enthusiast, you never have enough.
And that's the T.
The most I had recently was five. I knew it was too many when two of them NEVER got played. Ever.
You must think you’re on BassChat or some other forum.
For me, I’m always lured by a combination of something different as well as what appears to be a good value for the price.
There’s always something I see that wears on me and then my Achilles heel of ‘make an offer’ happens where I figure there’s no way they’ll sell and next thing I know...bodda-bing bodda-boom I have another bass.
plus we have this psyche group to help Bass Hoarding Personality Disorder (BHPD) - You are not alone.
They’ve helped me buy more!
33 and counting.......
I’ll keep you posted.
I’ll keep you posted.
The basic needs for me as a freelancer would be:
Then you got your more exotic choices like hollowbody & 6-string, which may take longer to pay for themselves but are fun to have.
Also there is the beater/loaner/rehearsal axe.
Last year my activity level could justify 8 or 9 different bass guitars. This year it seems like one or two would be plenty.
- passive w/ flats
- active 5-string w/ rounds
- fretless
- acoustic (guitar and/or fiddle)
Then you got your more exotic choices like hollowbody & 6-string, which may take longer to pay for themselves but are fun to have.
Also there is the beater/loaner/rehearsal axe.
Last year my activity level could justify 8 or 9 different bass guitars. This year it seems like one or two would be plenty.
Early voting trending toward 30% not understanding the question.
For those who did not vote "Never" please be more attentive to the question. The answer is provided.
You cannot have too many basses. The appropriate quantity is B=b+1 according to axiom where b is any integer representing your basses. Mathematics is not negotiable.
For those who did not vote "Never" please be more attentive to the question. The answer is provided.
You cannot have too many basses. The appropriate quantity is B=b+1 according to axiom where b is any integer representing your basses. Mathematics is not negotiable.
I couldn't find a way to check all the buttons....
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I Still Dream of Jeannie
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Jeannie asked me a similar question the other day... and kinda' put me on the spot. She's a sweet girl, a better-than-average housekeeper, a dynamite singer, and more fun than a barrel of monkeys, but she doesn't quite understand the concept of actually seeking out something you wish for, and the gratification in finding it after a long search. I babbled on... for me, it's about nice bass guitars as a reward. I don't want you to just <blink> them up for me, darlin'... that takes all the fun out of it. I like working towards a goal, and enjoying the victories.
Thou art stubborn as a mule, she replied. And thou hast too many cases behind the sofa.
Thou art stubborn as a mule, she replied. And thou hast too many cases behind the sofa.
Oh my, this is so true...it really summarizes it well.
A few years ago I had four basses. Then I bought a Variax 705, thinking that if it sounded like all those different basses, it might cure my GAS.
It does. But it didn't.
I'm up to thirteen now and I've abandoned all hope...
It does. But it didn't.
I'm up to thirteen now and I've abandoned all hope...
I read somewhere recently that the average guitarist has 8 guitars. Do you want to be just "average"?
I never had the money for more than one bass - gigging for a living will do that - for most of my life; so they had to be good and were.
I got the great day job and started gigging again and am now up to eight. Which is four or five too many. The maintenance alone is appalling, even with me doing all my own work, both timewise and costwise. And let's be honest here; nobody in the audience can tell the difference between any of them anyway. I gig fretless Corts, but to the audience, if I strapped on a '58 P they'd never know the difference.
I got the great day job and started gigging again and am now up to eight. Which is four or five too many. The maintenance alone is appalling, even with me doing all my own work, both timewise and costwise. And let's be honest here; nobody in the audience can tell the difference between any of them anyway. I gig fretless Corts, but to the audience, if I strapped on a '58 P they'd never know the difference.
When i played DB, I always resented the fact that I had to own a BG. Now I got an EUB, BG, and a piccolo ABG. I'd really like to make a serious try at fretless BG, but I can not justify owning more than three basses in any world.
