First 10/15 years I had one bass ,a 75 original jazz ,good first choice of course
occasional rock type gigs ,back line only
Had a long break and managed to extend my collection ,old ricks and more fenders I played in the house and the odd charity mates gig
Started gigging with a semi pro set up about 7 years ago ,big PA.Realised my amps Di was no good and most of my lovely basses had issues ,crackles, buzzes, volume loss etc
Even a newish P bass had an earth issue
Picked up a Sadowsky vintage metro on a whim and all that stuff disappeared overnight .Even girlfriends of the band noticed how it sounded
The sound guy was gobsmacked .It never gets played between gigs and I still play the older guitars at home and the odd half set
If you're Geddy lee you can get all your vintage stuff perfect and keep it there not so much blokes like me