Hollow body madness!

[Pinball]

Years ago I bought a crafter acoustic bass learned the hard way that "acoustic basses can be feedback monsters", so gave them a wide birth for years. That was until 2019, when I got my beloved semi-hollow Peerless Cassidy bass. Then a couple of months back I scored a smart, Gretsch short scale, which I noodle with and play at work when I'm learning stuff. All well and good but things have now got out of control.

My aim was to sell but Instead of selling I traded my jazz for a Lakland hollow Body bass. I bought a Dearmond Starfire bass locally about 2 weeks ago, which is currently getting its electrics sorted, and now I bought a Spectocore fretted 5 as my spare for gigging. My head hurts!

I consider myself lucky but maybe I'm just going nuts! 

1. I can't keep em all, which do I keep?

2. Where an I going to store them even??

3. Will the Spectorcore be good for rock and metal 😂?

4. Am I insane?? No need to answer the last one!

Edited Saturday at 16:32 by Pinball

[HeadlessBassist]

1. Keep the ones that you can't imagine yourself being without, or which you love the sound of. (In my own personal case, I keep the ones that earn me money. Everything beyond my core 6-7 is up for grabs.)

 

2. I currently have 9 basses stored in a very small music room/extension. Nae problem.

 

3. The Spectorcore might be a little on the soft side for metal material, but with that bity EMG, will probably hold its own in the average rock band.

 

4. Nah. You're just a bass player who wants to be fully equipped. Nothing wrong with that.  

 

Btw, I forgot to add... "He who dies with the most toys wins!"

Edited Saturday at 16:26 by HeadlessBassist

[Pinball]

7 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

1. Keep the ones that you can't imagine yourself being without, or which you love the sound of. (In my own personal case, I keep the ones that earn me money. Everything beyond my core 6-7 is up for grabs.)

Thanks, sound advice (excuse the pun) and its good to know I'm not alone. No more peeking at other basses for me for a while, well maybe a quick peek before I sleep!😂

Note: I'll know how the Spectorcore works by next weekend, maybe I try try a comparison

[ezbass]

In terms of storage, our very own @Beedster came up with an interesting solution, which is also now for sale.

 

 

[Grahambythesea]

I had a Spectorcore Fretless, a great bass,  very versatile.

[Pinball]

20 hours ago, Grahambythesea said:

I had a Spectorcore Fretless, a great bass,  very versatile.

It will be interesting to try the fretted version. Based on my past experience with an Esh, with a similar system it should cope with everything I throw at it but we'll see.

I just love experimenting.

 

[Grahambythesea]

I just read this again and noticed that you say your “Casady” is a Peerless - snap! Although I like to think of them as replica Les Paul Signature basses.