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Why have multiple basses?

#124
I have: Fender J/rounds, Fender P/flats, a fake-Fender J that is currently being defretted/flats and a 'backup' Samick P strung BEAD (so basically a "5-string"). I also own an epi EB-0, but I bought that just because it looked cool it's more an ornament than an instrument in my view.

Thanks for your indulgence,

Salamenster.
 
#127
I have just one for the last several months and I couldn't be happier. Now if I get the GAS all I do is go to the guitar shop and try about ten different basses and I realize that they are just different and they don't play as well or sound as good as mine.
 
#130
For years, I owned one electric, one acoustic and one bass -- all low end. As I got back into gigging and had more expendable cash, I started upgrading my gear. That was 20 years ago. My problem is that I have a hard time letting stuff go when I get something new, although that does happen sometimes. The result: too many instruments. One of these days, I'm gonna sell some of it in the classified ads here.
 
#131
ZUR13L said:
Weird question, I know.

Try not to jump on my head too much, but, how many basses do you really need?

A fretless? A fretted? An upright? 4, 5, 6 string?

I'm really not trying to flame, just understand. Why have multiple 4 string fretted basses, for example?

Thanks.

:)
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I have four, and strictly speaking only need three: my upright, fretless, and fretted basses (all 4-string). I do have another fretted bass that I don't play, but has too much sentimental value to get rid of.
I mostly gig on upright these days, and I certainly can't afford to own two, much less could I find the space in my house for another, or figure out how to load two uprights into my car just to have one as a backup (and I've never needed a backup bass in my life). I suppose if I played rock anymore, I'd bring both my fretted and fretless basses along, but that would about do it, esp. since my fretted is a P/J.
 
#133
MyMusic said:
... not legally and morally right to have more than one wife.
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Maybe that's true for you and your culture, but several other cultures around the world consider it legally and morally acceptable to have more than one wife, in fact it's encouraged.


To the OP, if he/she is still around after posting in 2008...

How would you feel about eating oatmeal everyday for every meal for your entire life? Fine if that's all you know, but then somebody slips in some berries into your oatmeal and turns your palate inside out and suddenly you crave other flavours and foods in your life... or not.

I've got more than one upright, and have needed the backup bass while my first bass is getting repaired.
 
#134
tone, backup in case of failure. my two right now are my 4 string KellyBird and my 5-string Sterling. different number of strings for different songs, not to mention the KellyBird was the first bass I bought brand new with my own money, so i'd like to hold on to it, even if im not using it. other than that, backups, tonality, different number of strings, string gauges, etc.
 
#136
Don't know if anyone mentioned this aspect yet. I played a 4 string J bass for years then decided to try a 5, and settled with a Warwick BO Thumb. I love everything about that bass, and when an opportunity to pick up a 6 string NT Thumb came up, got that as well. Getting more instruments has totally renewed my practicing and playing, don't think I've ever played more in my life. Having the 3 has given me loads of fun experimenting with the sound of each, comparing them and just enjoying them. Hope I can stop at 3, but not really!
 

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