Regrets, I've had a few...

[Toddy]

Bass wise,, selling my original SWR redhead,,,,,,,,, TOOL.........

[Chris2112]

Another of my regrets is missing out on basses I could have probably had an amazing time with, because of silly money worries. I like to keep a cash float in my bank and never like to go below it, and this has caused me to miss out on a few great basses I've been offered. Probably the biggest regrets there are a Sound Of Sweden Jonas Hellborg bass and Kingbass #4. Grr.....

[7string]

[quote name='farmer61' post='757836' date='Feb 26 2010, 07:45 AM']Selling my first bass to fund an engagement ring - 34 years ago [/quote]

Had something similar.

I had a choice between putting a deposit on a guitar and taking a girl out. The girl won and we eventually married and divorced.

My now wife heard me tell the story and found me the guitar, so all things turn out right in the end.


PS. The guitar was a 1988 Charvel 475 Ltd Edition in Platinum Crackle. 350 worldwide and 50 came to the UK.

Edited February 28, 2010 by 7string

[elom]

Selling my Westone Thunder 2 (that my Dad bought me for my 15th birthday), so that I could get the money to take a girl on holiday. I then gave up playing because I was too mature and sensible for such childish things. I was 20 and didn't pick up a bass again until I was 37.

When I started playing in a band again I really realised what I had missed. That's a big regret. Plus I reckon that if I had still been playing I wouldn't have been such a boring old fart throughout my 20s.

Last year I found my bass for sale on ebay and bought it back. The only scratch on it was one that I had put there 20 years previously.
Oh and I'm still with the girl.

[Kiwi]

Having faith in american managers I've had over the course of my career. Every one, every SINGLE one has been dysfunctional. Technically very good but wouldn't understand empathy if it stood up and smacked them in the gob for looking at them funny.

[WalMan]

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[*]Not snapping up the Wal Pro/Custom in GAK last year (or possibly the year before)
[*]Letting a load of spare covers and inserts to the single my band produced years ago go I know not where when my parents moved from their old house. I've seen them go on Fleabay and advertised elsewhere for £40+ in the past and I still have about 150 in paper sleeves in my garage to drip feed to the market
[/list]

[Minky]

Regrets, not really just selling a LH 1970's Rickenbacker 4001 after 9 months in 1995 for a 100% profit to someone who drove 300 miles to pick it up in person and paid in cash on the spot. Regrets, absolutely none!

[Minky]

[quote name='elom' post='760372' date='Mar 1 2010, 01:57 AM']Selling my Westone Thunder 2 (that my Dad bought me for my 15th birthday), so that I could get the money to take a girl on holiday. I then gave up playing because I was too mature and sensible for such childish things. I was 20 and didn't pick up a bass again until I was 37.

When I started playing in a band again I really realised what I had missed. That's a big regret. Plus I reckon that if I had still been playing I wouldn't have been such a boring old fart throughout my 20s.

Last year I found my bass for sale on ebay and bought it back. The only scratch on it was one that I had put there 20 years previously.
Oh and I'm still with the girl.[/quote]

Great Story - you could do a film. I'm touched, glad you got the Westone Back. I loved those things and wish I got one when I had the chance in the early 1990's

[alanbass1]

My Alembic MK Signature - the only bass I ever regretted moving on

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='alanbass1' post='788145' date='Mar 27 2010, 07:46 PM']My Alembic MK Signature - the only bass I ever regretted moving on[/quote]

How much did you sell it for, if you don't mind me asking?

[Spike Vincent]

Selling my Selmer Zodiac 100w to get an HH VS Musician.I've never parted with a bass,though I was thinking about thinning out the collection,I've never really used the LH 1962 Burns Sonic or the Shergold,but after having read this thread I'm not so sure I should part with them..

[The inglourious bass turd]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='758416' date='Feb 26 2010, 05:18 PM']I regret booking a table for two for Valentines Day only to be told by my wife that she didn't actually like snooker.[/quote]


Nice!

[witterth]

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='528811' date='Jun 30 2009, 04:44 PM']That reminds me of my biggest regret, actually, which was selling the DeLorean in 3 years time.

S.P.[/quote]
I know I saw you,won't I?

[Dood]

If we're talking about letting bass gear go.. oh the list is long!

My SVT2 Pro and a pair of Hartke 4.5XL's. I think I've probably spent all the years since then searching for the same tone in a lighter box. Lets face it - it ain't gonna happen!

So, why, when I had an amazing rig did I sell:
My Powersoft D2004 and a pair of Tech Soundsystem ND410s cabinets?

Well obviously to pay for my ole Epifani UL610.. but in a fit of madness, I sold that because.. because.. there was absolutely nothing wrong with it - My ears just fancied a change. Well, thanks ears.. next time keep your thoughts to yourself!!! - oh great... now I can hear voices.....

Which also suprprises me, because the feckin ringing never stops long enough for the voices to be heard!!!

[u]So WHERE IS the Jon Shuker of the Bass amp/cab world?[/u] My basses are amazing. Like a Tattoo I know that there is no way that I can or will part with them. but WHY has bass gear been so flippin' annoying for me?

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='bartelby' post='518722' date='Jun 19 2009, 06:43 PM']Oh and throwing my Dean Edge 4 off the stage at a gig.[/quote]
noooooooooooooooooooo!! How could you??? *weeps into the fretboard of her Edge pro 5 at the thought*

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='bartelby' post='518722' date='Jun 19 2009, 06:43 PM']Oh and throwing my Dean Edge 4 off the stage at a gig.[/quote]


Regret that you didn't throw it off of something taller?

[bartelby]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='788463' date='Mar 28 2010, 12:46 PM']Regret that you didn't throw it off of something taller?[/quote]


Oi!

Compared to my knackered Aria (was my main bass at the time) it's bloody lovely to play.
For the tiny amount I paid for it I can't fault it.

Edited March 28, 2010 by bartelby

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='bartelby' post='788490' date='Mar 28 2010, 01:40 PM']
Oi!

Compared to my knackered Aria (was my main bass at the time) it's bloody lovely to play.
For the tiny amount I paid for it I can't fault it.
[/quote]


Sorry man I'm just joshing I just have a real dislike for Deans.

[bartelby]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='788493' date='Mar 28 2010, 01:42 PM']Sorry man I'm just joshing I just have a real dislike for Deans.[/quote]

s'ok. I know you were messing.

I was never a fan of them but I needed a cheap bass and found the Dean.
Like I said, I was impressed by if for what I paid.
I found it more comfortable to play than a lot of the more expensive basses I've owned.

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='788463' date='Mar 28 2010, 12:46 PM']Regret that you didn't throw it off of something taller?[/quote]
HEATHEN!!!

[Basska]

Buying my £500 Schecter when I could have bought a $1000 EB MM S5

heartbreak hotel!

chris

[bartelby]

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='788619' date='Mar 28 2010, 04:26 PM']HEATHEN!!! [/quote]

He's worse than that. I mean look at the bloody paint jobs he does!

[Delberthot]

Selling my Riverhead Jupiter bass - When I listen to the demo I did when I was 19 it really makes no sense why I sold it. I've been looking for it ever since. I was really into Nathan East's playing at the time and seeing him with that big white Yamaha TRB6 made me want something similar so I traded it for:

White Bass Collection SB305 passive 5 string. One of the best basses I've owned. Really easy to play, light and a great B string. Sold it when I bought my black Stringray 5 string

Sonic Blue Status T Bass 5 string that I had defretted - sold it for peanuts, KP if I remember correctly

3 basses out of about 70 isn't bad going. no amp/effects regrets though - every one a gem.

[Jono Bolton]

I sold a Fender 09 American Std P Bass because I didn't play it, it was absolutely mint and I was too worried about scratching or damaging it, stupid really. I used the funds to buy my Marcus Miller and a WD neck, which was sh*te. I've since put a Mighty Mite neck on and I love it. If I'd waited a week though I could've had a 70s Classic Jazz in sunburst off here for only £400, I was offered first dibs on it. Suffice to say, the MM body, 2 necks and the cost of having 2 necks fitted was significantly more than £400, but after all that I wish I'd kept the Precision

I also once traded an Epiphone Gold Top worth £500+ for a Squier Tele worth less than £200. Gutted.

Oh, and my MIM Jazz is sage green, because it was the only one they had in the shop and I was too impatient to wait 3 days for them to order in a black one.

[WarPig]

Part ex-ing my ATK 405 for a Stagg EDB.