chris_b Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 7 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Just spent the last few hours trying to decide (mentally) which of my basses I should sell. If you have no other option, just keep the 2 basses you play the most and sell the rest. That's what I did and I don't even notice that the others have gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 It's a tool mate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 6 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: It was this one. Uh? You were thinking of selling the gilded white Ltd Ed with passive switch? I’m beginning to worry about you brother 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 2 hours ago, YouMa said: It's a tool mate. Logically, I am aware of this. Emotionally, it’s a bit trickier. For me at least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 5 hours ago, chris_b said: If you have no other option.... I do though. I have the option of keeping them, which will inevitably lead to acquiring more. I’m not complaining; I have a great life with a wonderful wife who does not object to any of my obsessions. I just wish I didn’t care as much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 38 minutes ago, Chiliwailer said: Uh? You were thinking of selling the gilded white Ltd Ed with passive switch? I’m beginning to worry about you brother 🤣 I know. Crazy isn’t it. Out of all the basses I settled on that one. There’s no hope of letting any of the others go 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzoid Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I've had a cheap (RedSub/Gear4Music) 5-string fan-fret up for sale on a Facebook group and finally it got some interest and I got it out of its case to check it over and have a play... and now I'm thinking whether I really do want to see it. For what I paid (less than £200) it's a pretty stunning bass. Only reason to do so is to help fund a pair of Chowny SWB-1s - fretted and fretless - but its sale is not essential... Would it make me a complete jerk to just tell the guy I've decided to keep it?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 2 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: I just wish I didn’t care as much. That is very recognisable. I found it helped talking myself into a state of mind that is directed towards the future. There's a certain freedom to be had when the collector in me, or the completist for that matter, is not allowed to govern my actions. It helped when the money went to something else I felt was important, like certain books. Truth be told, after selling 15 basses, I don't really miss them, though admittedly a certain Neptune Blue StingRay crosses my mind every now and then, whilst my beloved Bongo Dargie Delight doesn't. Other people's mileage will vary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 12 hours ago, Paul S said: And there are few feelings worse than being the architect of your own misery. Paul - I totally love that. Gonna be my 'thought for the day'! I replaced a rack that could hold 5 basses for one that could manage 7. But I somehow managed to not get rid of the 5-rack!! Schoolboy error. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, Al Krow said: I replaced a rack that could hold 5 basses for one that could manage 7. But I somehow managed to not get rid of the 5-rack!! Some would say that may have happened subconsciously by design 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I split with my missus a few years ago and the resultant legal bill resulted in me having to sell quite a few really nice instruments. Once I made the decision that many had to go, I found it quite liberating, to be honest. I still miss some of them (a battered but very playable Stingray and an irreplaceable PRS EB spring to mind) but life goes on. I still have my old ESP 400 Series, which is the one I truly don't think I could do without and remain a bassist, as well as a few others. Now that all that business is behind me, however, I find myself browsing the For Sale section as a potential customer again thinking "Ooooh that looks nice!", digging the same old hole for myself 😂 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 hours ago, anzoid said: Would it make me a complete jerk to just tell the guy I've decided to keep it?!? No.... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Going back to the original posts, I think I'm fortunate in that despite suffering (like the rest of us) from periodic GAS, I've always been of the mindset that it's always better to trade up and not generally regret what's left the building. The only bass I let go that I now have a pang of regret about is a Bongo 5HH. I just wish I'd had the strength to persist with it. I can easily survive on the four I have right now; these easily trump the dozen or so Gibson Thunderbirds that trickled through my hands over the last 10-15 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmanb Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Had my 75 jazz from 1983 until 2006 ,pretty much my main bass all that time Sold it because I needed the money for company shares .They've gave me 10 fold back and I realised the bass wasn't the wonderful thing I thought it was Now nothing is more than a guitar to use and enjoy and sell if I so wish . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 6 hours ago, BassTractor said: Truth be told, after selling 15 basses, I don't really miss them, though admittedly a certain Neptune Blue StingRay crosses my mind every now and then.... Ah, you must mean this one with the most amazing tiger striped figuring on the neck 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 47 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Ah, you must mean this one with the most amazing tiger striped figuring on the neck 😀 Ah lovely stuff. If those were mine they'd be going nowhere...fast! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No lust in Jazz Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I have eight basses - each one is different in its own way, as soon as I think I haven't played this one for a while - perhaps I'll move it on, I pick it up and I'm right where I was when I bought it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 23 minutes ago, No lust in Jazz said: I have eight basses - each one is different in its own way, as soon as I think I haven't played this one for a while - perhaps I'll move it on, I pick it up and I'm right where I was when I bought it. So the cycle continues....😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Ah, you must mean this one with the most amazing tiger striped figuring on the neck 😀 You evil, evil man! 😄 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, BassTractor said: You evil, evil man! 😄 At least you know where it is 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Two years back I sold few of those that I did not play so much and were not so special. I also reversed few trials to original (like an Ashula) and sold them. I still have few that I could sell but they are in such a shape that their price is just too low (my trials and tests are sometimes quite harsh). I should disassemble them and sell as parts (necks, pickups etc.). All in all, I still do have few (eight, that is) that I keep. Some are more suitable for certain gigs than some other. And few are somewhat rare to ever get back (an Affirma, two series II Passions). Now I know what I want, but such an instrument rarely exists. My selection takes care of most of my needs: a 5-string, a fretless extra long scale, those stay-in-tune carbon necks, a light weight one... If I could get a fretless 5 and a fretted 5 with suitable scale, 19 mm string spacing, ergonomics, and... but no. It really is nice to take another bass from her case and start playing. "This has very good (actually just different) playability, and..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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