Picked up a Peavey T-45 yesterday. I didn't need it, but it called out my name. I'd like one of every classic bass but when is enough? I'm aware I'm asking the wrong crowd, but had anyone else but a mental wall?
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When is enough?
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*scifiguitar opens the hotel lounge door and is startled to find every member of TalkBass sitting in chairs, waiting to read their poignant, hand-written, tear-stained pleas to accept help in an ambush intervention*
NOT.
NOT.
Married. Which means I lie and hide them them around the house like the rest of you.
I think I have doged the collector bug. I have had my main bass for 30 years. I have a backup from when I gigged more regularly, a fretless, and an acoustic bass guitar that was a gift. I had a five string but almost never played it. When $$'s got short I sold it and don't mis it.
I did go from 1991 when I bought my G&L L2000 to 2011 when I saw that Epiphone Rivoli hanging in that pawn shop for $150. But since then....
The correct answer is "just one more".
scifiguitar , i see you are struggling with your illness. you can get help or remain in denial. but don't go starting threads which only serve to draw on the depravity of others who suffer from the same disease. IMO, you are baiting others to help you rationalize your own weakness (controlling your own symptoms). so: you don't know whether to announce an NBD, like everyone else does, or quietly try to sneak in a new bass without calling it what it is. i feel for you, dude. hope you get the help you need!
hey everyone: it's NBD for scifiguitar !
i just looked up the T-40 to remind myself what they are/were: i remember them...pretty nice! congratulations on your new instrument!
hey everyone: it's NBD for scifiguitar !
i just looked up the T-40 to remind myself what they are/were: i remember them...pretty nice! congratulations on your new instrument!
scifiguitar , i see you are struggling with your illness. you can get help or remain in denial. but don't go starting threads which only serve to draw on the depravity of others who suffer from the same disease. IMO, you are baiting others to help you rationalize your own weakness (controlling your own symptoms). so: you don't know whether to announce an NBD, like everyone else does, or quietly try to sneak in a new bass without calling it what it is. i feel for you, dude. hope you get the help you need!
hey everyone: it's NBD for scifiguitar !
i just looked up the T-40 to remind myself what they are/were: i remember them...pretty nice! congratulations on your new instrument!
NBD it is. It's a T-45 the less familiar cousin of the T-40. They both make great improvisational battle axes if anyone breaks in your home.
"The correct answer is 'just one more'."
But don't worry, death or bankruptcy usually slows most of us down...
But don't worry, death or bankruptcy usually slows most of us down...
Depends. I didn't need another bass but I found a dang near mint Spector in a pawn shop for cheap. I couldn't pass it up. I may flip in the future though but I'm going to play it for a little while.
if you're going to build a mental wall, you should make the pawn shop owners pay for it.
This thread has inspired me. I'm going to bequeath a part of my "estate" to an irrevocable trust set aside to finance posthumous gear purchases...
"Yes, he may be gone, but his G.A.S. will live on in perpetuity..."
"Yes, he may be gone, but his G.A.S. will live on in perpetuity..."
When the sound of your children crying from hunger pangs drowns out the new bass you just bought.
That's when it's enough.
That's when it's enough.
"Lying and Hiding" - 2 words that embellish the fine institution of modern day marriage.. anyways playing good on the 1 bass i own is my goal these days, however I'm fully aware of the emptiness we all feel inside (myself included) ..
"I'm fully aware of the emptiness we all feel inside."
Your accusation, sir, is basslust!
I mean..."baseless"...
Your accusation, sir, is basslust!
I mean..."baseless"...
