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#241
Fernando Costa said:
It's a kind a mental disorder, almost every bass player has it.
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it’s kinda like LSD ( lead singer disease ) they want control….. guitarist want more stage room for amps and pedals… and to “fight” with the singer over said control, singer also has an issue with the drummer who “ gets no respect” way in the back….
So now the bassist. We are the coolest and keep the “guys” from battle over the above and everything else to make the band “work”. We just are looking for the ultimate tone and making sure that we don’t loose it every time we hear “ turn down” !
Plus a NBD or new strings make ya feel good, right ?
Hope all get back on stage soon.
 
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#243
Doug P said:
it’s kinda like LSD ( lead singer disease ) they want control….. guitarist want more stage room for amps and pedals… and to “fight” with the singer over said control, singer also has an issue with the drummer who “ gets no respect” way in the back….
So now the bassist. We are the coolest and keep the “guys” from battle over the above and everything else to make the band “work”. We just are looking for the ultimate tone and making sure that we don’t loose it every time we hear “ turn down” !
Plus a NBD or new strings make ya feel good, right ?
Hope all get back on stage soon.
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No truer word spoken.
 
#245
lowdownthump said:
Nothing wrong with wanting to upgrade your fretless. My rule now is if I find something I like better , then something else has to go .
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That's my wife's rule for new gear coming in. I just happen to stumble onto cool stuff stupid cheap. I have it for a while and then it moves on. I think I'm pretty set on my main gear at this point. Then I stumbled on a acoustic Stagg bass for $20. Needed some work and I like to tinker. It will be fun for vacations. Actually sounds decent and the pickup worked.
 
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#248
It's fun and getting a new shiny gives us a dopamine hit. Sometimes though we do genuinely get something that we hold onto for years or a lifetime. So it's also got the dangerous mix of having practical benefits.

Currently I'm trying to make do with less instruments, effects, etc. Stick to what I need. (Plus it gets too expensive and hard to maintain 18 instruments, I'm glad that number is coming down while quality is going up.)
 
#250
So here's a thought. Someone told me about an Art club or something that works like this: Everybody in the club buys a piece of art. At some specified interval they all send that piece of art to the next person on the list. So everybody gets a "new" (different) piece of art at regular time intervals.

If a group of bassists did this and set some minimum amount on how much the bass should cost, the same thing could help everybody get that rush of a "new" bass at regular intervals. AND if someone gets something in their hands that they REALLY like, all they have to do is buy a bass of the pre-determined value to replace it by the time the next swap happens. Obviously the more people involved, the better this works, because by the time your bass comes back (if it ever does) it will seem new again (if you have a memory like mine)!

:D
 
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#251
Dr. Cheese said:
I have been sitting around letting some extra money coming my way burn a hole in my pockets thinking about what I can buy, and now I am thinking why? I could use a fretless upgrade, but I don’t need one. I certainly do not need another fretted bass. Why do I always want something else?
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I unexpectedly came into some money from two sources, and immediately bought a bass and a treble guitar, and the rest I wasted....
 
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#253
What I do is just play one until I get sick of it, and put the others in their cases in a stack in a corner. Then I just get out another and put the ‘old’ one away. If I spend enough time between basses, the next bass feels like a new toy. And I just go round and round like that.

if that doesn’t work, I switch to another hobby, and waste time/money on that for a while. Yeah I’m still broke and have too much stuff in the man cave, but hey… at least the bass GAS stops for a while… :P

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#254
At its best, new gear is just one of the many sources of inspiration. Meaning, who doesn’t get charged-up getting a new bass, cab, pedal or even a new set of strings?

At its worst, the real price is not how much money you spend, but how much time you spend window shopping and away from actually playing. Perhaps even worse if you expect gear alone to raise your talent to new heights.

I’m highly susceptible to endless searches for basses, YouTube pedal demos. I guess the key is to balance your energy and your time as much as the money.
 
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#260
Manuel Bass said:
This is absolutely truth only one on a long list of bass players I know , have more than 5 basses
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That's definitely true. I was on a bass group on reddit the other day asking tips on flatwounds and truss rod adjustment. One guy asked me what bass I had and I told him a Vintera P bass. He mentioned He liked the bass and I told him how much I got them on Facebook Marketplace'. He couldn't believe me. He said if He wanted to buy one, He would have to spend $1300 canadian dollars and his local Craigslist and facebook marketplace don't have any.

I also have a friend who lives in Canada, but sometimes visit me here in the US. He is always amazed at how cheap and plenty used cells phones are in the US.
 

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