2025 Gear Abstinence Thread

[paul_5]

Me, I’ve bought nowt!

[Maude]

I'm still in, although I'm being taunted by a bass on Facebook Marketplace, but mainly to scavenge the parts that are on, then replace them with standard parts and move it on. 

Is that really buying a bass, or just stocking my parts drawer for the future? 🤔😁

[Richard R]

2 hours ago, SimonK said:

...so is anyone still in?

See the master list on P2.

[AndyTravis]

1 hour ago, Maude said:

I'm still in, although I'm being taunted by a bass on Facebook Marketplace, but mainly to scavenge the parts that are on, then replace them with standard parts and move it on. 

Is that really buying a bass, or just stocking my parts drawer for the future? 🤔😁

Is it the white ovation Magnum that’s taunting me even though it’s a train wreck?

[ezbass]

Other than the stand I bought for my EUB (tier 2 at worst), I’m still in. There have been a few things that have tickled my fancy, but either the GAS wire off, or someone beat me to it (a certain, red, Rickalike springs to mind here). Really not that bothered by anything at the moment, I’m even thinking of offloading some basses, as they’re just sitting there, doing nothing.

[Maude]

52 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Is it the white ovation Magnum that’s taunting me even though it’s a train wreck?

No, an old Epiphone EBO. Showing it's years, been defretted (done well), but has a Hipshot Supertone, what looks like a DiMarzio Model One mudbucker and a set of La LaBella flats. 

15 minutes away for £199. 

 

I'm struggling 😁

[AndyTravis]

16 minutes ago, Maude said:

No, an old Epiphone EBO. Showing it's years, been defretted (done well), but has a Hipshot Supertone, what looks like a DiMarzio Model One mudbucker and a set of La LaBella flats. 

15 minutes away for £199. 

 

I'm struggling 😁

I’ll be of no use. BUY IT

[SimonK]

On 01/01/2025 at 18:12, Richard R said:

Updated the first post in the thread with the Rules as I understand them 🙂

 

Currently on the starting line - plenty of space left:

@neepheid Tier 1 5th March. Greco LGB-700, three pickup

@Richard R Tier 2 8th March, Akia mini MIDI keyboard

Tier 1 7th May, Smoothhound wireless system from SuburbanMan

@SimonK Out on 11th Feb. 2x10 Cab

@Franticsmurf T2, 14th Feb

 Fell in love with a guitar pedal.

T1 April, awesome 5 string bass

@barkin

@Velarian Tier 2 declared 14 Jan. Tier 1 1st March.  A pickguard of all things!

@Phill Tier 1, 3rd March, DI box

@AndyTravis  Out on 31st Jan. Last year he was out on 3rd Jan, so he's making progress

@prowla

@ezbass Tier 2, 27 Jan. Though he wasn't ever really in I just added him anyway.

@bass_dinger T2 30th May

 EMU Classic Keys module

@Jono Bolton 

@SumOne 1st out! 5th Jan

@Lozz196

@bassbiscuits T2 8th May. Acoustic guitar which immediately went back up for sale.

@Mudpup T1 30th May. Big time - Spector Pulse 5 string with an LHZ preamp, a Bugera Veyron amp and an LFSys Monaco cab.  In one hit.

@miles'tone T1 April, CV Mustang

@tauzero 17 Jan
@Suburban Man T1 7th May, EBS Sesssion 60 combo from RichardR

@fretmeister T2 April, guitar fuzz pedal

@OliverBlackman

@paul_5 

@King Tut T1 April, awesome 5 string bass

@Marvin T2 April, PSU for pedalboard 

@Jean-Luc Pickguard 3rd Out, 5th Jan

@Shockwave Tier 2 out, 20th Jan

@NJE

@jimmyb625

@mr zed T1, 2nd June. Helix LT

@wavemaker T1 25th May, 2010 Ernie Ball Classic Sterling

@lozkerr T1 April, Thumpinator pickup 

@Downunderwonder

@BillyBass T2 August 1st. new pedal board and a power supply

@Stub Mandrel T1, 26 May. Kay Gremlin 

@Quatschmacher 2nd out, but the shortest stay - in on the 3rd, out on the 5th.

@mikebass456 T1 May 10th,  DB Hype 8 active speaker.

@Geek99 T1 April, awesome 5 string 

@grapefruitmoon Tier 2, 31st Jan

@2pods Out 6th Jan

@Maude

@sprocketflup Out 25th Jan. 

@knirirr Tier 2 failure before he joined 15 Jan, but hoping to be good from now on.

@MrDinsdale Tier 2 out on the 19th. Tier 1 on the 21st, new pickups.

@Quilly T1 April, bass reverb pedal

@Kev T1 4th March, DI box

@JottoSW1 (Joined last day of Jan) T1 out 31st May. All the bits of a bass apart from the body as far as I could tell. And a TE amp.

@Obrienp T1 April, LFSys cab

@Sean wasn't in, but confessed to buying back a bass he sold 4 years ago

@TeresaFR (Joined April 28th but claims no spend since November 2024)

@TimR

@BabyBlueSound T1 30th May, Notadumble pedal and another blue one. Only Joined on 16th April too.

 

Ah so there are ten liars on the forum 🙂 !

[AndyTravis]

3 hours ago, SimonK said:

 

Ah so there are ten liars on the forum 🙂 !

Oh I bet there are more than that.

 

like…

 

I don’t have a bass guitar problem.

 

there. I just lied to you.

 

 

[Richard R]

2 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I don’t have a bass guitar problem.

 

FTFY. 

 

 

 

[Maude]

Genuinely not bought a string, plectrum, or bass. Nothing, nada! 

[AndyTravis]

3 minutes ago, Maude said:

Genuinely not bought a string, plectrum, or bass. Nothing, nada! 

YET

[Mrbigstuff]

11 minutes ago, Maude said:

Genuinely not bought a string, plectrum, or bass. Nothing, nada! 

Think I’m the same but the strings are starting to suffer and GAS has struck for an amp in the classifieds I find myself trying to justify…..

[Maude]

35 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

YET

I might get my wife to buy that Epiphone and save it for me for New Year, but let me borrow it this year. 

Technically that would keep me in this year, and should be exempt from next year as it would've been bought the previous year. 

Have I just found the perfect workaround? 😁

[neepheid]

12 minutes ago, Maude said:

I might get my wife to buy that Epiphone and save it for me for New Year, but let me borrow it this year. 

Technically that would keep me in this year, and should be exempt from next year as it would've been bought the previous year. 

Have I just found the perfect workaround? 😁

 

No, you haven't - gifts you are involved in any way with the choosing of (which you have basically confessed to above by announcing your prior knowledge of the bass in question) are a fail - so you have the choice of failing this year or next, depending upon when it becomes yours.

 

[Maude]

8 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

No, you haven't - gifts you are involved in any way with the choosing of (which you have basically confessed to above by announcing your prior knowledge of the bass in question) are a fail - so you have the choice of failing this year or next, depending upon when it becomes yours.

 

If it becomes mine, if it becomes mine! 

 

Ah OK, when it becomes mine 😁. 

 

[Geek99]

11 hours ago, Maude said:

If it becomes mine, if it becomes mine! 

 

Ah OK, when it becomes mine 😁. 

 

Another one bites the dust… see what I did there ? 

[2pods]

As usual, I was first out.

Probably be the same next year, knowing Line 6.

Waiting for Helix Stadium