Questions for those of you with LOTS of MM Basses

[bassmike]

Basses are like women. Seriously. No two exactly alike. Some more expensive than others.
Some young fresh and tight. Some w character and maturity- usually the keepers.
Most, like fine wines accrue value with time. Others you trade out thru your travels.
Why limit yourself. Sample life. Better instruments allow you to become a better player.
Which brings income, which lets you collect more...oh hell- either way- they're an addiction.
[Attach hottie holding a black SR4] this is a family restaurant.

 

[BIGEJ2]

I had 8-9, of which 2 got played religiously and the others were set aside as collector pieces. Figured they would be better off getting played so I cleaned house and am now down to just two that get played almost daily - a neck through Stingray 4 H and Bongo 5 HH. There isn't much territory these guys can't cover.

 

[five7]

I hear you, was up to 30 and down to 2 now also.

 

[bovinehost]

Jeez, I don't think I've ever been close to 30.

I'm pretty sure I have 12 or 13, I should count them someday.

 

[Golem]

I like to buy quality musical instruments rather than cars or
jeweries so I own many basses and guitars and I drive a 1992
Nissan Pathfinder with 190000 miles on.
When I purchase a bass or a guitar it makes me happy
If you buy a quality bass or guitar at bargain price it will always
return more than what you paid for
I made pretty good profit from buying and selling guitars so I
am always buying them when I find a good deal
But I will never sell my favorite bass or guitar

I'm of more or less the same mind. Check my signature for
what my flock consists of. My Tacoma had 170,000 miles on
it and I had no intentions of parting with it, but Toyota then
reclaimed zillions of Tacomas, paying us owners outrageously
well One thing about my flock is that I avoid collectibles. I
do have a 30th anniversary SR4 but it makes me nervous. It
hasta go. Only bought it cuz GC was "giving it away" for less
than a stock SR4 after it hung unsold for 2 years. It's main
attraction, functionally, is the mahogany body. It was the only
mahogany StingRay. But the SUB is of poplar, and to me thaz
as good as mahogany and a SUB can't make anyone nervous.

Basses I cannot part with are the piezo equipt FLs, cuz EBMM
no longer offers piezos, plus my USA SUB, cuz it was built on
my birthday

The MMs are not even 25% of my total flock, so clearly some
"house cleaning" is in order. I'll part with about half the MMs,
meaning the fretted basses [except for the SUB] and the FLs
that lack piezos. That should be about 50% of the MMs.

 

[JayDawg]

I have 5 EBMM basses with another 1 currently on order. And I also have 2 EBMM guitars and 1 Sterling by Music Man guitar.

 

[muggsy]

I have four EBMM basses: 30th Stingray, fretless Sterling, Big Al 4SSS w/rosewood neck, and Bongo 4 HSp with roasted maple neck. Different body woods, neck and fingerboard woods, and pickup combinations. I love them all, and I don't gig much but they've all been gigged and will be again. Each brings something different to the table, so they're all keepers.

 

[Jakka1]

I've got 4 with number 5 on the way. None of them are the same whether it be different neck wood, model or pickup configuration. I have a weakness for BFR and PDN runs because I like the idea of having something unique. I am not scared to play any of them live, but some of them only make it out on larger stages when I know I have more room, and they are less likely to get dinged by a kamikaze trumpet player. Ironically, my main player though is the only that is not a PDN/BFR run. My Black Cherry burst Sterling HH gets the most play probably due to it being the being the lightest and the neck is probably the best playing of the bunch.

 

[rogerbmiller]

I play all mine but I also think of myself as collecting them. Part of the fun of having multiple basses is setting them up differently i.e. with different strings, etc.

More is more!

 

[b-unit]

I have 6 EBMM basses and none of them are going anywhere! I have had some others come and go but mostly because they were not my favourite colors. I have other basses as well from many respected manufacturers but the Balls feel like home and are my baseline hat everything els gets compared to. Never ceases to amaze me how easy they are to setup, dial in and just groove on with a big smile on my face!