2025 Gear Abstinence Thread

[Quilly]

Is there a list of participants yet ?

[neepheid]

2 minutes ago, Quilly said:

Is there a list of participants yet ?

 

On page 2

[Richard R]

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/507822-2025-gear-abstinence-thread/#findComment-5395815

 

 

Are you in @Quilly? If so I can update the list.

 

[AndyTravis]

I’m still in…for now…I’ve just borrowed this from the guitarist with the idea I might buy it.

 

no cash has changed hands yet.

 

YET.

[neepheid]

This borrowing gear business is playing with fire!  And I thought a casual trip to the guitar shop was dangerous...

[AndyTravis]

7 minutes ago, neepheid said:

This borrowing gear business is playing with fire!  And I thought a casual trip to the guitar shop was dangerous...

“Danger” is my middle name…

[AndyTravis]

22 hours ago, neepheid said:

This borrowing gear business is playing with fire!  And I thought a casual trip to the guitar shop was dangerous...

We’re quite safe, 2 hours noodling and I’m done…I don’t need an SY-1

[ezbass]

2 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

need

Wash your mouth out!

Edited Sunday at 17:29 by ezbass

[MrDinsdale]

Ahh man I was totally focused on bass purchases and forgot Im halfway through a guitar build and still have hardware to buy. Does that count or should I gracefully bow out in week 3? 

[Richard R]

Guitars are other musical instruments, so you'll be out of tier 2, but still in for the primary tier 1 challenge.

 

Is there a build thread for the guitar?

(hint, hint)

 

 

[Geek99]

18 minutes ago, Richard R said:

Guitars are other musical instruments, so you'll be out of tier 2, but still in for the primary tier 1 challenge.

 

Is there a build thread for the guitar?

(hint, hint)

 

 

Blasphemer !

[Richard R]

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

Blasphemer !

I didn't say guitarists were necessarily other musicians. 

[MrDinsdale]

13 hours ago, Richard R said:

Guitars are other musical instruments, so you'll be out of tier 2, but still in for the primary tier 1 challenge.

 

Is there a build thread for the guitar?

(hint, hint)

 

 

There is here! I'm still in!

 

13 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Blasphemer !

The guitar is just there to provide some background noise to play bass to. 

[Shockwave]

I have failed on Tier 2 I am afraid. 

New Project and required a 7 String guitar to play Nevermore songs. 

Managed to snag this second hand old school Schecter Jeff Loomis Sig. As well as a 10-52 string set and .70 single string to tune down to B Flat. 

 

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/pre-owned-schecter-loomis-7-fr-trans-red-055384

 

To be fair, its a pretty good price despite the ding in the finish. These are getting harder to come by... Though the new Jeff Sig model is also very very tempting...

However I am still in for tier 1!

[msb]

Amp I ordered in December arrived today. Also had strings on order. I think I’m good though … 

[neepheid]

11 minutes ago, msb said:

Amp I ordered in December arrived today. Also had strings on order. I think I’m good though … 

 

Ordered and paid for last year - no problem

Strings - no problem

[neepheid]

Heh, had a bunch of D'addario strings to register and turns out I had nearly 5000 points.  Wanted a couple of straps (I like each bass to have a strap, I CBA swapping straps around).  So I used my points to get em for "free".  All within the rules and above board (being both an allowed accessory and use of music vendor loyalty points), but a nice little frisson of officially sanctioned "stuff coming through the letterbox" activity nonetheless.

[msb]

I honestly think I can do the year without buying anything. And will probably sell several amps and maybe some basses. However I do have a sock with some cash in it in case some musical emergency pops up … but I really don’t need anything more. I’m still watching kijiji and have been known to alert friends when something interesting pops up. Yesterday an Epiphone Zenith appeared with a good price. Very short run and a very interesting bass. Immediately alerted two friends.
 

Had it been a short scale I might have been tempted.

[knirirr]

On 19/01/2025 at 17:38, Richard R said:

Guitars are other musical instruments, so you'll be out of tier 2, but still in for the primary tier 1 challenge.

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting...
That stuff I bought earlier this month was all guitar related, so perhaps I got away with it.

Makes it harder to stop browsing all those jazz archtop listings, though.

[fretmeister]

Question!

 

I am in the process of assembling a parts bass for which all the parts were purchased last year.

However... I forgot to buy a string tree wotsit for the headstock. 

 

If I buy one (for about £4) would that be a breach? I notice the grey area bit on Page 1 about parts for bitsas.

[Richard R]

6 hours ago, knirirr said:

 

Interesting...
That stuff I bought earlier this month was all guitar related, so perhaps I got away with it.

Makes it harder to stop browsing all those jazz archtop listings, though.

Updated the note on P2 to say you're still in for T1.

[Geek99]

I have no money that doesn’t feed children or pets so I’m good to go till 2026

[OliverBlackman]

9 hours ago, Geek99 said:

I have no money that doesn’t feed children or pets so I’m good to go till 2026

If loyalty points are okay I can’t see how trading children or pets would be a fail.