I got a new shirt. 
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Great shirt.
I would like one with a Stingray instead of a Thunderbird, I wonder if they have anything like that.
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Funny to read this thread while Iām thinking about selling my first bass (a cheap Harley Benton one) as I have my second oneā¦
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Coming late to the party, here, but I feel you. I tend to over-personify my favorite inanimate objects and I kinda feel bad when Iām not playing one of them. Likeā¦ I donāt want it to feel rejected or something.
Yeah, I know. Thatās not normal. Hey, you canāt jump into the āBook of Timā at the end and expect it to make sense. 
Anyway, Iāve found my āmagic numberā to be two basses. Any more than that and I spend more time worrying about which bass to play, and switching back and forth between them all, than actual playing. With the addition of my Carvin B5 Iām now at threeā¦ but it works, because the B5 is a 5 string and my other two are 4 strings. That said, I have moved my Carvin B4 off of the guitar stand and into its case. Out of sight, out of mind, amirite?
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It may sound silly owning so many basses, but I still like playing all of them regularly, although right now Iām not because theyāre in AC storage all over the house except my 3 primary: The Mikro, the Junior Jet and Poison Apple.
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This is how I feel with my guitars. Each one has a story and represents a specific time. But for bass, I really want to stick with āmy forever bassā and put a million hours on that one instrument. I donāt know why.
At least thatās what Iām telling myself until I buy a new one.
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Around here, that statement falls into the āFamous Last Wordsā category.
Alsoā¦ 
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At least you already know that you are going to buy a new one, that is the first part of identifying that you have a problem.
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This is my first nice bass, but I do have 9 guitars sitting near by 
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Shelf life of āForever Bassesā around here seems to be about six to nine months or so
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Well Iām invited to play on the worship portion of my daughterās school spring concert this Thursday. It was a last minute thing the bass player is on the shy side and they really need some one to hold down the bottom end. 6 songs Iāve never heard of but they are modern Christian songs.
So today I spent a few hours playing 1 song with 20 basses, it was awesome. Iāll bring a few for the next rehearsal. Secretly, I love the idea of the 6 string, since we are doing double bassists but Iāll be over filling everything, lol.
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It would seem.
But I have had my Forever Ray 4 longer then any other bass I own, and considering its one of the cheapest basses I own, with much upgrade potential still, makes it likely to stay a forever bass.
I can still upgrade the Tuners, Bridge, Nut, and can always change out electronics anytime if I want a different sort of tone (Darkglass or a filter preamp for instance)
Its my favorite.
Its not worth a lot, so there is not much incentive to sell it (compared to what I have to sell), and I play it most.
it makes me happy
But so do my other basses, even if they are investments, hobbies, test beds, back ups, or just additions, they also make me happy.
It will probably not EVER be my only bass, but its likely to be my FOREVER bass.
Forever Bass V.S MBS
Multi Bass Syndrome
I do not beleive the 2 are mutually exclusive.
I think the 2-3 is the most practical (and I am not claiming to be).
Its ideal to have a Go-TO bass. Its alao smart to have a back up.
Leaving a 3rd spot for a ROVER bass.
Just know that the Backup or Rover can always turn into the Go-To at any time.
I am pretty sure I just summed up @JustTim process, and I supose @howard too, but at a way slower rate.
So yeah Tim, you actually make a lot of sense.
But also demonstrare that even with the most practical of ways, GAS and / or MBS are somewhat unavoidable. (We always look, even when we know we shouldnt)
MBS seems to be a little part of the developing process that we seem to go thru. At first, or once you completed your first course, or year, or whatever goal you set, where you need a reward in which to motivate yourself to achieve?
Plus it helps to know what you really like. You do not know what other basses are capable of, or feel like or sound like, until you play them for a while.
Do what makes you happy.
A second hand market relys upon it.
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Yeah, thatās a good point about the distinction. My SBV is a bucket list bass that I will keep forever most likely; but itās not the only one I will own.
So I guess a better way to put it is that itās really unlikely that someone will find a One True Bass and never want anything else. And itās especially a bad plan to think this will happen before youāve been playing for a few years and know what you really want.
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Very well put
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Sounds like you are short a few basses 
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Killer! Thats great. Congratz and knock em dead!!
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~_^
Well, shit. Now I have to try harder. 
Aināt that the truth?
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Thatās actually funny because my āforever bassā (my Carvin B4) lasted about 3 months before I sold it. But then I realized it was my āforever bassā and went on a very expensive quest to get it back.
While Iāll never sell it again, itās not my āgo toā bass. My āgo toā bass was my Fender Player Jazz, but it has very quickly become my Carvin B5ā¦ which is everything the B4 is, and more, and is in better condition.
So, the B4 will be around forever. As will the B5. I would shed the Player Jazz if I could get one of those Schecter Hellraiser 5 strings with the Cthulhu Burst finish. Not because Iām a fan of Daniel Firth (truthfully, I donāt know who he is) but I am a huge Lovecraftian nerd and that bass is super fuckinā rad.
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Hey @John_E I found the perfect rack for you.
Youāll prolly need 2 
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Sweet.
Now I need you to find me a bigger room to put it in. Lol
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