I hear ya, man. I just let one get away about a week ago. It was a double-humbucker stingray. Other than that, it's usually the ones that I've owned and sold that usually torment me. I have to be the only owner of the instruments too. I actually drove to Alabama to buy my Pedulla, which I had traded for a Custom Shop Stratocaster. If I still had this KS-6 and my 2 stingrays, I guess I wouldn't feel bad at all, but it is what it is.
I “almost” sold my Ken Smith because my wife was laid off and things were getting tight. We were curious to see how much Guitar Center would have given us for my Ken Smith BRSG 5M, they said $700!!!!!!!! Anyway, we prayed about it and God worked it out and didn’t have to sell. I’d recommend to buy a few good basses and save after that. I may buy a Fodera but that’ll be it because life happens and one day we’ll have to retire. Like I tell my son, we can’t eat toys and PS5 games for dinner, well we can’t eat gear for dinner.
Thanks man I really appreciate your honest insight into this very human matter. I'm currently facing this predicament as I broke my ankle the day I got married two months ago and now need to sell my 5 string Ibanez SR605E. It stings a bit because it's my first bass upgrade I bought for myself after playing for 10 years. But you gotta do what you gotta do. Thanks again brother for the video. Have a great day man 🤙
Hey man, I appreciate you! I'm sorry to hear about you breaking your ankle. I sold my Ibanez 506e a couple of weeks ago and I already miss it terribly, but guess what? There will be another bass down the road and it will be better. That clip of me from7/15/2004 was about a month after a climbing accident I had in Bronson Canyon (Los Angeles). Everyone who witnessed the fall would agree that it's a miracle I lived to sell that bass. Congratulations on your marriage! It's great having a family to share music with on a daily basis.
@@progrockjock thanks for the kind words brother. My wife happened to play acoustic guitar as a child and I made sure we brought that guitar with us when she moved down here 6 years ago. I jam out to the songs she's singing often. Keep doing what you're doing man. There are plenty of bass players who appreciate what you put out.
Hope you don’t mind me chiming in but wanted to say sorry about your ankle but congrats on your marriage. I feel like this video came out at a perfect time for you! Take care
The times were different, you didn't have to sell a kidney to buy a great instrument. I also sold a lot of instruments (including a Fender P-Bass from 1971), sometimes at ridiculous prices... No regrets, that's how it is. It was part of the journey. Greetings from belgium
Well said! Even though my words convey messages of regret, I try to avoid using the actual word because you're right, "that's how it is". I only wish I could get 3 out of the 4 basses I let go of. I've had dozens pass through my hands but my Pedulla, 2 natural finish Stingrays (one fretless) and that Ken Smith have been my favorite basses to play. I drove out of the state to buy my Pedulla back and I'm glad I did. I asked my wife and kids to bury it with me or even cremate it with me when my time comes. On a more positive note, one of my very best friends, whom I call my brother, is from Belgium.
@@progrockjockThe two stingrays must have been monsters. My biggest regret... A fender p bass fretless from 1996 sunburst with rosewood fretboard and lines (I'm a big fan of the police). Nothing extraordinary but definitely a regret, yes. Today, I prefer jazz bass but I don't have any truly exceptional instruments. You are lucky to have an instrument that you cherish more than anything
Thankfully I haven't had to sell a lot of instruments. But I do remember having to sell a '90s MIJ Fender jazz bass 5 years ago. It was pretty average, but looked really cool (off white with white guard) and it was a jazz bass, so automatically cool. I got it relatively cheap ($500ish), was pretty happy for the deal, but when I had to let it go, I couldn't sell it for months when I really needed some extra cash. Which was super weird, given that J bass is probably the most popular bass out there. I ended up selling it for a little less than I paid for it. MIJ basses cost so much more now. A few years later, I've developed an itch for a jazz bass once again, and couldn't find a good one for like a year and a half, until a perfect bass popped out of nowhere just 30 mins away from where I live, for a really good price. Now I have a way cooler MIJ Jazz bass, so I can't really say I regret selling that white one, I just regret selling it that cheap. And wouldn't mind if I still owned it today.
Thanks for sharing your story! I love reading this stuff!! So great that you found an even better J Bass so close to you! I really dig them in all or off white too! In a lot of ways, I think the MIJ Fenders are probably the best Fender has to offer outside of Custom Shop and maybe American Deluxe. The Japanese really take pride it their craftsmanship. I know we're talking about basses, but I've played some amazing Japanese Strats that feel & sound just as good as custom shop Strats side by side. I've never owned MIJ Fender anything but I've tried out quite a few. I was late to own a Jazz Bass because I always preferred the look Precision Bass and kind of still do, but after buying and selling an 86 MIM PJ (passive/active), a 68 P, an 83 P, a 67P and the 66 P, which I still own, I finally bought a 2007 MIM, Natural-Finish Jazz that I really like but it needs a little fret work. I'm going to get to work on it hopefully, before this year ends.
Just got my first bass back that I bought 30 years ago. Went missing for 23 years after dude disappeared I had let borrow it. Yamaha bb300 think it's an early 90s based on pickups.
Ha, great vid of the younger PRJ😂. At least you have that, I only have a couple of pics of my Wal Mk1 when on stage supporting Heaver 17. I was only playing it that day because there was an issue with my Status after the first song (battery I think lol) As I've said already, I wish I'd stuck it under the bed for 20 years. The thing about the Smith vs your P bass is most other band members will be happy to see the P bass coming out of the case rather than the Smith. Guitarists will be thinking that you'll be going into their domain. The Smith has such an iconic piano cutting mid, especially if you favour the neck pick up that it can sit on the mix rather than in it. Anyway sod'em! I'm grateful that everyone is happy to see my BBNE2 at the gig. It manages to cover all bases.....and they like the pwitty LEDs 😂😂
Great to hear from you, man!! I hope all is awesome in your world. Yeah, my wife was laughing at that video too. I was 30 in that clip. All of my close friends tell her how high-pitch my voice used to be, which was actually an asset when cutting vocals in the studio but those days are long gone now. I even struggle to speak at that pitch 😂 Man, I LOVE HEAVEN 17!!!! What an impressive entry for your resume! I wish I owned a Wal Mk1. I looked at them a few weeks ago but had to stop looking due to the price tag. Too far out of reach now. Speaking of that, I've been selling off instruments, so I can prepare to find one great bass that covers a lot of bases (or basses 😉) for me. I sold one of my fretless stingrays and I'm planning to sell BFR, so the pressure is mounting for me to re-visit "Sledgehammer" before that happens. The takes I cut aren't up to par. I know I can do better. With the P Bass vs the Ken Smith, you're exactly right. One of my old drummers referred to the KS as "The Tonight Show Bass". He hated that thing but years later, as we were playing together on another gig, he told me that my Pedulla Buzz Bass brought out a side of my bass playing that was welcome and reminded him of me when I was in my mid 20s. As you said, it was usually the guitar players who would battle me more than anyone else. I meant to comment on your BBNE2. Those basses sound great and have a classy design, so I don't see why anyone would complain. LEDs?? I thought only Mark King had those!
I had a Tobias Growler I sold to a co-worker because his daughter was desperate to play bass. I might as well have swapped him for a bag of chips based on what I sold it for. I felt for him because I knew he was broke and wanted to do something nice. It is funny that dude tried to bully you into the $700. That probably still goes on...
I was around 22 and I traded my 68 or so Jazz Bass for a new Aria Pro II (John Taylor of Duran Duran was playing one). That is the biggest gear regret I have, it’s the one that got away😢
Haven't sold anything I regret yet but I have passed up a few basses I should have bought
I hear ya, man. I just let one get away about a week ago. It was a double-humbucker stingray. Other than that, it's usually the ones that I've owned and sold that usually torment me. I have to be the only owner of the instruments too. I actually drove to Alabama to buy my Pedulla, which I had traded for a Custom Shop Stratocaster. If I still had this KS-6 and my 2 stingrays, I guess I wouldn't feel bad at all, but it is what it is.
I “almost” sold my Ken Smith because my wife was laid off and things were getting tight. We were curious to see how much Guitar Center would have given us for my Ken Smith BRSG 5M, they said $700!!!!!!!! Anyway, we prayed about it and God worked it out and didn’t have to sell.
I’d recommend to buy a few good basses and save after that. I may buy a Fodera but that’ll be it because life happens and one day we’ll have to retire. Like I tell my son, we can’t eat toys and PS5 games for dinner, well we can’t eat gear for dinner.
Thanks man I really appreciate your honest insight into this very human matter. I'm currently facing this predicament as I broke my ankle the day I got married two months ago and now need to sell my 5 string Ibanez SR605E. It stings a bit because it's my first bass upgrade I bought for myself after playing for 10 years. But you gotta do what you gotta do. Thanks again brother for the video. Have a great day man 🤙
Hey man, I appreciate you! I'm sorry to hear about you breaking your ankle. I sold my Ibanez 506e a couple of weeks ago and I already miss it terribly, but guess what? There will be another bass down the road and it will be better. That clip of me from7/15/2004 was about a month after a climbing accident I had in Bronson Canyon (Los Angeles). Everyone who witnessed the fall would agree that it's a miracle I lived to sell that bass. Congratulations on your marriage! It's great having a family to share music with on a daily basis.
@@progrockjock thanks for the kind words brother. My wife happened to play acoustic guitar as a child and I made sure we brought that guitar with us when she moved down here 6 years ago. I jam out to the songs she's singing often. Keep doing what you're doing man. There are plenty of bass players who appreciate what you put out.
Hope you don’t mind me chiming in but wanted to say sorry about your ankle but congrats on your marriage.
I feel like this video came out at a perfect time for you!
Take care
The times were different, you didn't have to sell a kidney to buy a great instrument. I also sold a lot of instruments (including a Fender P-Bass from 1971), sometimes at ridiculous prices... No regrets, that's how it is. It was part of the journey. Greetings from belgium
Well said! Even though my words convey messages of regret, I try to avoid using the actual word because you're right, "that's how it is". I only wish I could get 3 out of the 4 basses I let go of. I've had dozens pass through my hands but my Pedulla, 2 natural finish Stingrays (one fretless) and that Ken Smith have been my favorite basses to play. I drove out of the state to buy my Pedulla back and I'm glad I did. I asked my wife and kids to bury it with me or even cremate it with me when my time comes. On a more positive note, one of my very best friends, whom I call my brother, is from Belgium.
@@progrockjockThe two stingrays must have been monsters. My biggest regret... A fender p bass fretless from 1996 sunburst with rosewood fretboard and lines (I'm a big fan of the police). Nothing extraordinary but definitely a regret, yes. Today, I prefer jazz bass but I don't have any truly exceptional instruments. You are lucky to have an instrument that you cherish more than anything
Bought my Ken Smith White Tiger 6 used for $3,800 a few years ago. Now I see what they’re going for I got a deal!
Thankfully I haven't had to sell a lot of instruments. But I do remember having to sell a '90s MIJ Fender jazz bass 5 years ago. It was pretty average, but looked really cool (off white with white guard) and it was a jazz bass, so automatically cool. I got it relatively cheap ($500ish), was pretty happy for the deal, but when I had to let it go, I couldn't sell it for months when I really needed some extra cash. Which was super weird, given that J bass is probably the most popular bass out there. I ended up selling it for a little less than I paid for it. MIJ basses cost so much more now. A few years later, I've developed an itch for a jazz bass once again, and couldn't find a good one for like a year and a half, until a perfect bass popped out of nowhere just 30 mins away from where I live, for a really good price. Now I have a way cooler MIJ Jazz bass, so I can't really say I regret selling that white one, I just regret selling it that cheap. And wouldn't mind if I still owned it today.
Thanks for sharing your story! I love reading this stuff!! So great that you found an even better J Bass so close to you! I really dig them in all or off white too! In a lot of ways, I think the MIJ Fenders are probably the best Fender has to offer outside of Custom Shop and maybe American Deluxe. The Japanese really take pride it their craftsmanship. I know we're talking about basses, but I've played some amazing Japanese Strats that feel & sound just as good as custom shop Strats side by side. I've never owned MIJ Fender anything but I've tried out quite a few. I was late to own a Jazz Bass because I always preferred the look Precision Bass and kind of still do, but after buying and selling an 86 MIM PJ (passive/active), a 68 P, an 83 P, a 67P and the 66 P, which I still own, I finally bought a 2007 MIM, Natural-Finish Jazz that I really like but it needs a little fret work. I'm going to get to work on it hopefully, before this year ends.
Just got my first bass back that I bought 30 years ago. Went missing for 23 years after dude disappeared I had let borrow it. Yamaha bb300 think it's an early 90s based on pickups.
That's a cool bass! Love those old Yamaha P's. How did you get it back? It is the same exact bass, or just the same model?
We all been there.. I sold a Spector (NSJ) and a Lakland (55-94) in my past & I’m still hurting bro🍻🍻
Oh, man. Sorry to hear that. I love Spector basses! Lakland also makes a great bass. I've played a couple that I really liked.
Ha, great vid of the younger PRJ😂. At least you have that, I only have a couple of pics of my Wal Mk1 when on stage supporting Heaver 17. I was only playing it that day because there was an issue with my Status after the first song (battery I think lol)
As I've said already, I wish I'd stuck it under the bed for 20 years.
The thing about the Smith vs your P bass is most other band members will be happy to see the P bass coming out of the case rather than the Smith. Guitarists will be thinking that you'll be going into their domain. The Smith has such an iconic piano cutting mid, especially if you favour the neck pick up that it can sit on the mix rather than in it. Anyway sod'em!
I'm grateful that everyone is happy to see my BBNE2 at the gig. It manages to cover all bases.....and they like the pwitty LEDs 😂😂
Great to hear from you, man!! I hope all is awesome in your world. Yeah, my wife was laughing at that video too. I was 30 in that clip. All of my close friends tell her how high-pitch my voice used to be, which was actually an asset when cutting vocals in the studio but those days are long gone now. I even struggle to speak at that pitch 😂
Man, I LOVE HEAVEN 17!!!! What an impressive entry for your resume! I wish I owned a Wal Mk1. I looked at them a few weeks ago but had to stop looking due to the price tag. Too far out of reach now. Speaking of that, I've been selling off instruments, so I can prepare to find one great bass that covers a lot of bases (or basses 😉) for me. I sold one of my fretless stingrays and I'm planning to sell BFR, so the pressure is mounting for me to re-visit "Sledgehammer" before that happens. The takes I cut aren't up to par. I know I can do better.
With the P Bass vs the Ken Smith, you're exactly right. One of my old drummers referred to the KS as "The Tonight Show Bass". He hated that thing but years later, as we were playing together on another gig, he told me that my Pedulla Buzz Bass brought out a side of my bass playing that was welcome and reminded him of me when I was in my mid 20s. As you said, it was usually the guitar players who would battle me more than anyone else. I meant to comment on your BBNE2. Those basses sound great and have a classy design, so I don't see why anyone would complain. LEDs?? I thought only Mark King had those!
@@progrockjock ha, thanks the reply brother. Yeah, Mark King, I have imposter syndrome when I put the LEDs on 🤣🤣
I had a Tobias Growler I sold to a co-worker because his daughter was desperate to play bass. I might as well have swapped him for a bag of chips based on what I sold it for. I felt for him because I knew he was broke and wanted to do something nice. It is funny that dude tried to bully you into the $700. That probably still goes on...
I'm on the same train! I sold my Ken Smith Black Tiger 5 about 10 years ago and still regret it even though I sold it for the price I paid!!!
I was around 22 and I traded my 68 or so Jazz Bass for a new Aria Pro II (John Taylor of Duran Duran was playing one). That is the biggest gear regret I have, it’s the one that got away😢
I've always felt that that typa wood grain looks like colby jack cheese.
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I sold an Alembic years ago that i regret selling.
Craigs list is a big waste of time!!