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Dropping down to one bass?


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[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1493222291' post='3286688']
Well...owning six and playing just one seems to make no sense either...
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Having the choice is nice. It's like your local takeaway only having the one dish you usually order. Sometimes you want a hoagie instead of a calzone.


Hungry now..

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[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1493222456' post='3286691']


Having the choice is nice. It's like your local takeaway only having the one dish you usually order. Sometimes you want a hoagie instead of a calzone.


Hungry now..
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Me too 😉

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[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1493222456' post='3286691']
Having the choice is nice. It's like your local takeaway only having the one dish you usually order. Sometimes you want a hoagie instead of a calzone.


Hungry now..
[/quote]Not sure they know what a hoagie in England but I did tell Les for the kebab guide :)

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[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1493222456' post='3286691']
Having the choice is nice. It's like your local takeaway only having the one dish you usually order.....
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Wise words indeed Bass_Guardian
Ah, I feel better about owning several now - thanks for that :)

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Been contemplating this again recently... well not one bass but two (one fretted, one fretless).

I have a lovely P and a fretless J because I keep telling myself they are useful to have in the locker, but in truth I never pick either up over my Wal.

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3 for me at the moment. 5 string with a low B, 5 string with a high C and an electro-acoustic 4. Just sold my only electric 4 (which was my first ever bass!) to my flatmates so it's kinda still in the family.

I do have an inexplicable desire to expand the collection to include a fretless 4/5, a fretted 4 (precision maybe) and just out of curiosity, a 6. Though I think first in line may have to be a fretless as it will add a completely different sound to the arsenal.

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[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1493284972' post='3287094']
Wise words indeed Bass_Guardian
Ah, I feel better about owning several now - thanks for that :)
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Put me on the takeaway list as well.
It's just more love having more than one bass :)

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You may sell others and be happy but I guarantee it will be temporary. Half the fun of basses for me is getting new ones.

I've slowed right down now and I think I could manage with just my Lakland and Bongo in terms of sonic palette but always welcome picking up the P bass or fretless for new ideas.

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[quote name='margusalviste' timestamp='1493327419' post='3287590']
How can a bass player live with just one bass??? It's like a sculptor having just one hammer for everything. Jesus!!! I have ten!
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Haha, I'll step down to 4 and I'll see what that's like...

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One bass in the last 6 months, cut down from 4.

It's a relief...not having to clean, wax, setting up, etc basses I don't use...my current jazz bass plays from folk ro rock without probs, but I have to admit the collection was very easy on the eye

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I have one bass that can do most things (Corvette FNA Jazzman 5er) but that one is the one I fall back on when needed. Generally I find myself using the last one in the door. Currently the Sandberg is the one coming to practice every week. If I needed the money or just had to cut down the Crovette would stay and the fretless and Sandberg would go without hesitation. I cannot ever sell the Vette.

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