when is it "enough"?

[addylewis]

Right when is it enough...

Its enough when you are happy with all your basses and know you don't need or really WANT another...THEN 4 months later you fancy a pedal so go down to the local guitar shop to try it out - of course, you didn't think to bring one so you have to play the NICEST looking Fender on the wall which you think won't compare to the basses you already own...and you're WRONG! YOU NEED THAT SUPER-SMOOTH-NECKED U.S. CUSTOM P/J!!!!!! EVEN though its gonna leave you with only bread and water for the next 3 months!

You're happy with your collection FOR A TIME but then you start to think "Hmm...I've not got a Stingray yet...- OOPS! Just spent this months wages on a bass I don't need and won't even fit in my house!"

 

[sonicvi]

When asked how much money is enough Henry Ford replied "Just a little bit more." Basses (all instruments really) are like money.

 

[west*coast*bass]

The minute I neglect my responsibilities to provide for my own family. Until that happens (which it won't) I will buy what I want.

Philanthropy should neither be judged or congratulated.

 

[Cerb]

I have 2 cheap basses and I just (as in, 30 minutes ago) finished stringing up the bass I've been building for the past year and a half. GAS is cured for now. When it is no longer, I will probably build another one... or buy an MTD.

 

[Debased]

I think one tendency that helps to put the Ugly in America is a cultural predisposition toward insatiable, unending acquisitiveness. People seldom question the more, more, more ethos; they spend their lives on a conspicuous consumption treadmill yet seldom appear satisfied.

I'm certainly not immune, but I try very hard to keep it in check. I haven't purchased a new bass in well over ten years, much as I might lust after the latest, greatest flavor-of-the-month boutique creation.

I have two basses; a pre-Gibson Tobias and a fretless F-Bass, and between them, I have more tonal and expressive possibilities than I really need to define my personal sound.

I know this isn't a popular notion, but I've found that I'm actually happier living with the concept of "enough."

 

[fullrangebass]

GAS reaches a plataeu when you buy promising great new stuff and then once you compare it with your older choices, you and painfully realize that you are prefere the latter for many good reasons (nostalgia, "better the devil you know" or being stuborn do not qualify as good reasons)