2025 Gear Abstinence Thread

[msb]

The Chinese Plexi DanArmstrong gift arrived first thing this morning. I’ve got to say it’s not as heavy as I thought it might be , I think it feels around ten pounds , perhaps a shade under. I put on some old flats that had been resting on another bass , oiled the fingerboard and pickguard and spent much of the day turning knobs and playing around with it. I like it , 

 

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Edited April 28 by msb

[Geek99]

2 hours ago, msb said:

The Chinese Plexi DanArmstrong gift arrived first thing this morning. I’ve got to say it’s not as heavy as I thought it might be , I think it feels around ten pounds , perhaps a shade under. I put on some old flats that had been resting on another bass , oiled the fingerboard and pickguard and spent much of the day turning knobs and playing around with it. I like it , 

 

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Nice 👍 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

On 27/04/2025 at 20:34, Richard R said:

Didn't get round to updating the thread last week, but this is what I think has happened while I have been away:

@King Tut - T1 fail for a nice 5 string

@Richard R - T2 for the Akai MIDI keyboard

@Marvin - PSU for the pedal board. Not sure if this is T1 or T2 to be honest. It's not in the signal chain directly, but each pedal is. I'll call it T2

@Obrienp - T1 fail with a LFSys Cab

@SimonK - was already out, but is now trying to start a breeding colony with all the amps he's bought

@Geek99 - T1 fail on a 5 string

@miles'tone - T1 fail on a CV Mustang

@fretmeister  - T2 fail on a guitar fuzz pedal, and enjoying his unsolicited bass

@Quilly - T1 fail, Dr Green T1 bass reverb

@Sean - T1 fail, buying back a bass he sold 4 years ago

@Stub Mandrel - Sentenced to death for not only buying plectrums but getting them personalised. 

@Franticsmurf - T1 fail on a 5 string.  

@msb - still in as the bass was a gift

@lozkerr - T1 fail Thumpinator pickup 

 

Three 5 string basses there - is there something in the BC water?

 

Quite a casualty rate...

 

"This isn't rock and roll, this is genocide!"

[SimonK]

Can we have a competition for the biggest fail among those of us who joined in January? I may have now added a fiver to the multiple stacks bought so far this year (happy birthday to me!) 😎

 

 

[AndyTravis]

I’ve done about 8 basses, of which I’ve sold 4…

[neepheid]

I think I win "most pickups on a single fail"...

 

[Maude]

I'm still in. All I've bought remotely related this year is a display cabinet for my halo. 😇 🤣🤣

[msb]

Still looking at kijiji and some classifieds , when I see a bargain I post it on a local jam page , or PM immediately friends. I haven’t had the urge to buy anything although I would have snagged that Dan Armstrong that was listed for a song. It’s almost income tax return season , so I may sell some extra amps , maybe a bass or two.