Mark_Andertons Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1337970150' post='1668273'] I have two basses and two guitars. I like playing bass and don't really have a clue yet how to play guitar. But still have two. [/quote] I'm sure the opposite is true of many Guitarists. I had 3 Basses (and 5 guitars) before I considered myself to be taking bass playing seriously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 i have two acoustics and a strat that just sit gathering dust. Every now and then I pick one up, tune it, then it takes about 3 minutes for me to remember how crap I am. So I put it down again. Been going on like that for years. Dunno why I keep em really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1338024506' post='1668719'] i have two acoustics and a strat that just sit gathering dust. Every now and then I pick one up, tune it, then it takes about 3 minutes for me to remember how crap I am. So I put it down again. Been going on like that for years. Dunno why I keep em really. [/quote] sounds familiar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverinebass Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Finally proof that guitarists are not 10 a penny. They're 7/8ths of a penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomnin Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 [quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1337957428' post='1668069'] Rubbish! [/quote] Possibly, I should have said 'far less people seem to start on bass compared to guitar'. And yes I started on Bass but I have noticed doing the rock school exams (Every grade up to 7 so far), that there are a lot more Grade 1 guitarists at the exam days than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 [quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1337940599' post='1667626'] Questions already been asked, but where do they all go. Think how many basses have been produced in the last say 50 years by Fender alone, awhere are they ? why are (say) 70s Precisions so rare ? OK I can understand music shops saying theyre not worth much when taking them as part exchange etc, but I cant see that many actually ending up in skips. Must be millions in lovely old tweed hardcases sat lofts and under beds, with ageing owners like me thinking......Someday ! [/quote] But if we knew the answer to this then nobody could list their appaling 70's Fender as "rare" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1337970150' post='1668273'] and strings... I have two basses and two guitars. I like playing bass and don't really have a clue yet how to play guitar. But still have two. go figure [/quote] Go figure? What does that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1338328732' post='1672987'] Go figure? What does that mean? [/quote] go figure, go work out why I have two versions of an instrument I can't really play. It makes little sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1338330468' post='1673024'] go figure, go work out why I have two versions of an instrument I can't really play. It makes little sense [/quote] oh, ok, thanks, americanism. I reckon you're better than you say, I'm in a worse place with 4! (Actually 5 but one is for sale) Maybe this is part of it, I'm sure people didn't have multiples of instruments so commonly years ago. I also think this is where all those missing tens of thousands of old fenders etc have gone, in people's wardrobes. I sometimes wish that keeping basses the dark made their colour fade so people would have to get them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1338535920' post='1675859'] oh, ok, thanks, americanism. I reckon you're better than you say, I'm in a worse place with 4! (Actually 5 but one is for sale) Maybe this is part of it, I'm sure people didn't have multiples of instruments so commonly years ago. I also think this is where all those missing tens of thousands of old fenders etc have gone, in people's wardrobes. I sometimes wish that keeping basses the dark made their colour fade so people would have to get them out. [/quote] i looked up an inflation calculator the other day. now back in 1982 my jv squier would have been about £200- and was a budget instrument. that would be £650. I hear reports that my takamine originally went for about £1000 or £2300 in todays money....i think instruments ae cheaper now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I reckon Dr of the bass is probably messing with the UK numbers somewhat... what was he up to at last count? 60 summat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 [quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1338024506' post='1668719'] i have two acoustics and a strat that just sit gathering dust. Every now and then I pick one up, tune it, then it takes about 3 minutes for me to remember how crap I am. So I put it down again. Been going on like that for years. Dunno why I keep em really. [/quote] I could have written that - word for word! You must be a mind reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1338541604' post='1675951'] i looked up an inflation calculator the other day. now back in 1982 my jv squier would have been about £200- and was a budget instrument. that would be £650. I hear reports that my takamine originally went for about £1000 or £2300 in todays money....i think instruments ae cheaper now! [/quote] They are definitely cheaper now, especially those made in the Far East. I have always wondered that our materialism has increased with the improved affordability that while basses, for example, are cheaper we seem to be more protective of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1338542992' post='1675977'] I could have written that - word for word! You must be a mind reader. [/quote] Heh, one acoustic and one Squier strat here, both dusty, both reminders of why I get a guitarist in for any recording. Are we really all the same person? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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