Spike Vincent Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Basses can either be used or left in the case.If they get used,they get damaged.My apparently collectable and valuable 1978 Fender Precision is battered to buggery and I careth not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Last two basses I sold I think I sold in part as they were too pristine for me. Don't like dings on the neck though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 [quote name='LukeFRC' post='1184052' date='Mar 31 2011, 10:52 PM']Last two basses I sold I think I sold in part as they were too pristine for me. Don't like dings on the neck though[/quote] Good point,cosmetic damage doesn't bother me,but if it affects playability that's a different matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 and that worn in feel isn't bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robocorpse Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I have players and under-the-bedders. The players I dont give a flying f*ck about, they are all battered and chipped and as long as they play and sound good, I don't care what state they are in, empty pickup holes, chunks out of the body etc, and I don't care if I drop them (within reason). The fact that I have some fairly desirable kit in that condition doesn't worry me, I bought them tatty for peanuts, and I'll leave them like that so I never have to worry if I dink them which is almost definitely going to happen at some gig somewhere. I have an 88 Steinberger XM that has been resprayed badly at least 3 times with car paint, all the binding is missing, and it has a custom camouflage finish at the moment, but I love it to bits and I will gig it and throw it around because I know I can't make it much worse than it already is, and it sounds IMMENSE! The super duper pristine ones I am frankly scared to get out of their cases too often, and they only get used at home or for recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 (edited) [quote name='LukeFRC' post='1184052' date='Mar 31 2011, 10:52 PM']Last two basses I sold I think I sold in part as they were too pristine for me.[/quote] Done that! I sold a Fender American Standard that I'd saved for ages to buy as I was too worried about damaging such a nice bass, think I only gigged it once. I used the funds to put together my Marcus Miller Jazz Bitsa which is about 9/10 condition but I can play it all day long and not worry about it. It's still in much the same condition as when I put it together but I don't have the worry of damaging a pristine instrument because it already carried one or two dings. Edited April 1, 2011 by Jono Bolton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 [quote name='Dave Vader' post='1183246' date='Mar 31 2011, 12:56 PM']Ah, McNach, not even that classy, she used to be a Sunn Mustang, I am very fond of her, and have rebuilt her many times. Irreplaceable in many ways, but I would replace her if I had to.[/quote] ah, I couldn't make out the logo on the headstock, and with the colour etc it looked like the sister of my Westfield Jazz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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