Continuing the discussion from Any sexy new basses you've got your eye on?:
@supersam1914 posted about his dad selling an awesome Spector NS1 that he built, which he’s now trying to find again, which made me think of the 60’s Fender basses that my dad used to have, but sold many years ago… damnit. 
Ever sold any gear that you’re banging your head against the wall about now?
Haven’t we all? As a younger man I’m afraid to say I was swayed by the marketing of several companies only to realise I’d probably lost what I thought I was gaining. Words of caution - If yr equipment feels and sounds good to you personally, don’t listen to anyone else unless yr looking for something else. Thankfully since my 40’s I’ve kept gear I thought was “me” and proved myself right!
Words of wisdom! I’m never ever selling my Cirrus, even if I switch over to another main axe someday. Sentimental value can’t be replaced. Although 60’s Fender basses aren’t very easy to replace either. 
Fender American Strat new , but hey I play bass now haha
I had a wonderful 1993 Gibson Les Paul Standard (guitar, not bass 
), the best Les Paul I ever played. but I’m a Fender guy, I wasn’t playing this LP that much so I sold it, maybe 10-12 years ago. sometimes I think I should have kept it … but it’s impossible to keep everything !
I’ve never sold any gear. I thought I would never play again and I just gave it away.
When I was 15 (I had said 16 in another thread but I was wrong) I had already started working. I decided I wanted a bass and saved up all the money I could and then spent every penny I had on a black 1986 Peavey Foundation with a hard case. It was, hands down, the coolest thing I had ever purchased and I loved it.
About a year later I was finally able to get an amp. It was a Peavey combo amp (1x12, I think) and I loved it too.
Then we started using a practice space in downtown Jacksonville, FL that Limp Biscuit had just vacated and they had left behind an amp exactly like mine but spray painted green. We called it the Frog Amp. One of them was going to come back and get it (which they eventually did) but they let it sit there for at least two weeks. So, one of the people I was playing with decided to plug it in and see how it sounded. It BLEW my amp away! No question about it. Everybody could tell a huge difference.
I had bought my amp used and got it for pretty cheap. I didn’t know what I was buying and it seemed to work so I went with it. What I didn’t know was whoever had it before me had swapped out the speaker for a piece of crap. I don’t know what that speaker was but it should never have been used in a bass cabinet. Also, none of the other guys played bass so none of us even really knew what it was supposed to sound like. Nobody realized how bad it was till we heard the other amp.
I was more than a little crushed and then the pile on began. Nobody liked my sound, nobody liked my amp, nobody really even liked my playing, I didn’t practice enough (this was true), on and on and on… (Although not completely wrong, teenagers can be d*cks!)
With little time and no money, I found a guy at the guitar store that was willing to give a 17 year old a loan… for music gear. I still can’t figure why they did it or how it was even legal but it happened. (I spent five years paying off that loan)
Well, I took it! And I spent every penny they were willing to loan me on what I thought was the best at the time. Gear would not be a problem going forward.
I got a set of EMG pickups and my friend that was very handy (he worked on his own instruments) agreed to do the installation. The installation worked. Although, at the time I had no idea whether it sounded any better or not. Oh, and he cracked the body.
It was still attached but it was a very visible crack that went through the bottom half of the body. A bit heartbroken but Damnit! I had EMG’s. [sigh]
Regardless of the crack the bass sounded great. A few years later, after I had quit playing, the same friend that did the mod asked to borrow it and I just let him keep it.
I never should have gotten rid of it. [shakes head]
The rest of the loan went to a Gallien Krueger 800 RB head and a 4x10 Hartke cabinet. My goodness that was a badass rig. I never should have gotten it. I was barely good enough to warrant having a broken Peavey amp and getting it was more about hubris than anything else. I held onto it for 20 years and then donated it to my brothers church.
I really never should have gotten rid of it. [sigh] [shakes head]
Alot of the questions I’ve been asking on the forums come back to trying to understand some of the equipment I had in the past and trying not to make the same mistakes over again.
