2022 Gear abstinence thread

[Machines]

No problem for completing January for me, I have no money spare.

 

However have sold some annual leave and get 50 hours pay in March.

[Bunion]

Let’s face it, in the words of Jim Morrison in ‘five to one’ “No one here gets out alive”

[ezbass]

Didn't even manage a month  . However, if I send it back, am I still in?

[Merton]

On 28/01/2022 at 23:50, Maude said:

Is anyone going to even make it through January? 😄

I will! February, of course, is another matter 😀

[Richard R]

On 26/01/2022 at 13:45, Al Krow said:

And this recently released on bass. I've skipped to 7.28 so you can hear how it sounds:

 

 

Finally listened to this.  I like it!

I'm struggling a little to imagine it sitting in our church worship band though, so it's not going to be on my purchase list 😇😎

[Eldon Tyrell]

23 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Didn't even manage a month  . However, if I send it back, am I still in?

Good question. I bought one but will sell it soon, so I am back in, right?

[Thump]

Despite having a new bass on the way i'm still in. The reasoning is , the Mrs bought it for my upcoming birthday. This gives me 3 excuses. 1 - she bought it. 2 - its out of stock for a couple of weeks which takes us into February anyway. 3 - my birthday isn't til next month anyway.

 

By my reckoning , i'm still in this 

[neepheid]

Just now, Thump said:

Despite having a new bass on the way i'm still in. The reasoning is , the Mrs bought it for my upcoming birthday. This gives me 3 excuses. 1 - she bought it. 2 - its out of stock for a couple of weeks which takes us into February anyway. 3 - my birthday isn't til next month anyway.

 

By my reckoning , i'm still in this 

 

I seem to recall gifts from other people are exempt?

[bassfan]

4 minutes ago, Thump said:

Despite having a new bass on the way i'm still in. The reasoning is , the Mrs bought it for my upcoming birthday. This gives me 3 excuses. 1 - she bought it. 2 - its out of stock for a couple of weeks which takes us into February anyway. 3 - my birthday isn't til next month anyway.

 

By my reckoning , i'm still in this 

I think you are to 👍🏻

[bassfan]

4 hours ago, ezbass said:

Didn't even manage a month  . However, if I send it back, am I still in?

Yeah. Why not… 

[bassfan]

4 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Good question. I bought one but will sell it soon, so I am back in, right?

I misread that! 😂 no. You are not! 😂 

Edited January 30, 2022 by bassfan

[Thump]

2 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

I seem to recall gifts from other people are exempt?

Good news then 😁

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

3 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Good question. I bought one but will sell it soon, so I am back in, right?

That can’t be right can it? You’ve bought something, but then sell it?!? I can almost understand it if you sent it back from whence it came, but selling it on?

[Eldon Tyrell]

26 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

That can’t be right can it? You’ve bought something, but then sell it?!? I can almost understand it if you sent it back from whence it came, but selling it on?

what if I send it to the shop that sold it to me and they then sell it as a used bass? Then I am back in, right as I only temporarily bought it from them? Kind of rented it 😉 

[Eldon Tyrell]

30 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

That can’t be right can it? You’ve bought something, but then sell it?!? I can almost understand it if you sent it back from whence it came, but selling it on?

or what if I say that I did not know that I bought a bass?

or that I did not know that it was a bass?

or that I did not know that buying a bass was against the rules of the gear abstinence club?

I clearly got ambushed with a bass. Not my fault 😎

[bassfan]

4 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

what if I send it to the shop that sold it to me and they then sell it as a used bass? Then I am back in, right as I only temporarily bought it from them? Kind of rented it 😉 

Errr still no. 

[bassfan]

1 minute ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

or what if I say that I did not know that I bought a bass?

or that I did not know that it was a bass?

or that I did not know that buying a bass was against the rules of the gear abstinence club?

I clearly got ambushed with a bass. Not my fault 😎

Guess what the answer to each of those might be 🤔

[walshy]

I’ve bought 6 basses, 2 cabs, 1 head and pedals. Ill probably sell them all so I’m still in right? 😂

[Al Krow]

48 minutes ago, bassfan said:

I misread that! 😂 no. You are not! 😂 

Good man.

Crack the whip and show who's boss.

[Eldon Tyrell]

3 minutes ago, walshy said:

I’ve bought 6 basses, 2 cabs, 1 head and pedals. Ill probably sell them all so I’m still in right? 😂

I think I mentioned it earlier in the thread, we could change the rules and what really matters could be the difference between bought and sold gear. So, yes, as long as the number of sold basses, cabs, heads and pedals equals the number of bought ones, you are still in. 

I already sold four basses, have so far bought only one new one, so I am currently at -3. Therefore, I am still in and can even buy three more basses 😁  

[Al Krow]

12 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

or what if I say that I did not know that I bought a bass?

or that I did not know that it was a bass?

For goodness sake man, snap out of it: you're a fine Spector owning bass player!

And NOT our typical audience.

[Al Krow]

Just now, Eldon Tyrell said:

I think I mentioned it earlier in the thread, we could change the rules and what really matters could be the difference between bought and sold gear. So, yes, as long as the number of sold basses, cabs, heads and pedals equals the number of bought ones, you are still in. 

I already sold four basses, have so far bought only one new one, so I am currently at -3. Therefore, I am still in and can even buy three more basses 😁  

Yeah, good plan. We could call it the "Gear try out thread challenge 2022"

[Clarky]

So far.

 

Basses: -1 (bought 1, sold 2)

Pedals: 0 (bought 1, sold 1)

 

FTW

[bassfan]

11 minutes ago, walshy said:

I’ve bought 6 basses, 2 cabs, 1 head and pedals. Ill probably sell them all so I’m still in right? 😂

Only probably? 😂

[Eldon Tyrell]

1 minute ago, Al Krow said:

For goodness sake man, snap out of it: you're a fine Spector owning bass player!

And NOT our typical audience.

C'mon, I just want to have some fun. We can make our own rules, these are just social constructs anyway.