Christmas present ideas for bassists

[FretsOnFire]

I need Christmas present ideas for bass players under £50 so thought I'd start a topic for folk to share said ideas.

 

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[BigRedX]

The best advise is to never by anything music-orientated for a musician, because unless you know them extremely well you are likely to get it wrong. I've been given no end of useless musically related tat by family members because I play "guitar".

[BillyBass]

Every New Year's Eve, me and my missus spend the evening at a bass playing mate's house.  We always buy them something.  Four years ago he got a bass related T-shirt, three years ago a Pinegrove leather strap, two years ago a pedal board and last year some posh strings.

 

Not sure what to do this year.

[dmccombe7]

Vouchers for their fav bass shop or possibly Strings Direct. ?

Dave

[TheLowDown]

A bass mug

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335021825055

[MacDaddy]

11 minutes ago, TheLowDown said:

A bass mug

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335021825055

 

"Bass" mug? 😵‍💫

[tauzero]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183302664558

 

 

or almost any other from https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2332490.m570.l1313&_nkw=bass+mug&_sacat=0

[tauzero]

Good passive-aggressive T-shirt when the other "bassist" at an open mic night is a guitarist who owns a bass:

 

 

(I wore it last night).

 

Edited November 21, 2024 by tauzero
Inserting image a different way

[dmccombe7]

37 minutes ago, tauzero said:

Good passive-aggressive T-shirt when the other "bassist" at an open mic night is a guitarist who owns a bass:

 

 

(I wore it last night).

Can't open the pic @tauzero any other way you can attach ?

I feel as tho i'm missing something important that i could buy myself for Xmas.

Dave

[tauzero]

12 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Can't open the pic @tauzero any other way you can attach ?

I feel as tho i'm missing something important that i could buy myself for Xmas.

Dave

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235680587374 is the auction

 

[Dad3353]

Any better..? 

[dmccombe7]

Now i know what i'm getting for Xmas. Loving the t-shirt.

Dave

[Mike Brooks]

Hope this proves useful.

 

 

 

[binky_bass]

Firmly agree with @BigRedX and that doesn't happen often! 😆

 

Unless you 100% know they want something specific, don't get a 'bass related' present for a bass player! (IMHO)

 

Nothing I hate more than getting a mug or a t-shirt with some loosely 'bass' related pun on it. Can't stand it! But that's just me... HUMBUG! 

[tauzero]

How about something for the bassist's other half?

 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371058353975

[lurksalot]

5 hours ago, tauzero said:

Good passive-aggressive T-shirt when the other "bassist" at an open mic night is a guitarist who owns a bass:

 

 

(I wore it last night).

 

I’d probably need to up my game a bit before I wore that to a jam night 😁

[lemmywinks]

I hate novelty gifts, they get put to one side for an appropriate length of time so I don't look ungrateful then go straight to the charity shops. I'd much rather have things I can use or have been casually looking at. Consumables are a good gift idea as they'll always get used. Here's my list anyway:

 

 

- If they llke doing their own setups then the fret sanding/polishing pads are a good idea, best to ask what they don't have or what they need first really.

 

-Find what brand, model, length and gauge of strings they use (search for the packet when they restring!) and buy some of those.

 

- Decent gigbags are always handy even if they're just for storage, you can count the amount of instruments and cases to see if they're needed. TGI Extreme are hard to beat and unless they exclusively use mini basses or weird/oversized shapes there's no danger of them not fitting.

 

- In terms of general accessories clip on tuners are always handy and you can always do with one more to leave on an instrument or in a certain room, D'Addario ones are cheap (about £12) and good.

 

- Those Joyo/Harley Benton mini battery powered amps might actually make a nice gift, the sort of thing most bassists wouldn't rush out and buy for themselves but would use regularly if one magically appeared on Christmas day.

Edited November 21, 2024 by lemmywinks

[Burns-bass]

My wife bought me some really cool retro Fender T shirts.

 

Admittedly you need to like Fender but if you do, they’re cool and cheap.

 

 

[Dad3353]

11 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

... they’re cool and cheap.

 

At Christmas-time, it's better if they're warm. 

[Dan Dare]

15 hours ago, BigRedX said:

The best advise is to never by anything music-orientated for a musician, because unless you know them extremely well you are likely to get it wrong. I've been given no end of useless musically related tat by family members because I play "guitar".

 

This. It's awkward when people who mean well buy you something useless. The same applies to pretty well all hobbies and interests. I've been given useless fishing related stuff because I'm an angler, for example. I genuinely appreciate the gesture, but it saddens me that people have wasted their money. Never buy someone something specialised if you know little or nothing about the subject.

[mep]

This is what you need! A Christmas present from Mrs Mep a few years ago, and my gigging t-shirt.

[Dad3353]

11 minutes ago, mep said:

This is what you need! A Christmas present from Mrs Mep a few years ago, and my gigging t-shirt.

 

If only it existed for five-strings. 

 

...

 

[tauzero]

8 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

In terms of general accessories clip on tuners are always handy

 

as long as the bassist in question owns at least one headed bass.

[tauzero]

Which reminds me, for the bassist who would like to go headless

 

 

[lemmywinks]

6 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

as long as the bassist in question owns at least one headed bass.

 

The one I leave in my front room (WeTune) works fine with my EHB, not tried the D'addario.