Guitar vs. bass: Who buys more gear?

Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?

-DA

Axtman wrote:
> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>
> -DA
>
>

Guitar players.

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Les Cargill

On May 1, 6:57 pm, Les Cargill <lcarg...@cfl.rr . com > wrote:
> Axtman wrote:
> > Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>
> > -DA
>
> Guitar players.
>
> --
> Les Cargill

Agreed, all those pedals. Can't say that I find effects that useful
on the bass, its wave being so big that you need to seriously thin it
out and bend it to make pedals work.

>>>>>>>>>>>Agreed, all those pedals.<<<<<<

What about those of us who play both...ugh, GAS-0-Rama!!! ;-)

SotR

On May 1, 10:20 pm, "SotR" <fli...@ssm . com > wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>Agreed, all those pedals.<<<<<<
>
> What about those of us who play both...ugh, GAS-0-Rama!!! ;-)
>
> SotR

Agreed. And I'm not into standard electric pedals and the rest. I
only own one guitar pedal and it's a reverb pedal I use on blues harp!
And one data point is that I have more basses than guitars. But on the
other hand I rather think that basses and bass gear seems to be a much
better buy. Guitar guys just seem willing to shell out ungodly amounts
of money for stuff. A quick trip down the guitar amp aisle looking at
the prices soon has me over in the bass closet looking at the MarkBass
again and thinking it's a bargain!

"SotR" <flippy@ssm . com > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>>>>Agreed, all those pedals.<<<<<<
>
> What about those of us who play both...ugh, GAS-0-Rama!!! ;-)
>
Tell it, brother. And how about adding drums and acoustics, too. At least
I'm down to two drum kits.

Glenn D.

StyleOverFlash wrote:
> On May 1, 6:57 pm, Les Cargill <lcarg...@cfl.rr . com > wrote:
>> Axtman wrote:
>>> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>>
>>> -DA
>>
>> Guitar players.
>>
>> --
>> Les Cargill
>
> Agreed, all those pedals.

And strings, and slides, and capos, and picks, and goofy straps to make them
look cool. If they're making a bit of money they'll change guitars every
other song too. If they're really making money they have a guy to hand them
the new guitar and take away the old one. Bass players are too grounded to
have someone just to help them swap out instruments even if they have more
than one, although a guy to help them move the damn amps is another story.

"DGDevin" <dgdevin@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> StyleOverFlash wrote:
>> On May 1, 6:57 pm, Les Cargill <lcarg...@cfl.rr . com > wrote:
>>> Axtman wrote:
>>>> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>>>
>>>> -DA
>>>
>>> Guitar players.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Les Cargill
>>
>> Agreed, all those pedals.
>
> And strings, and slides, and capos, and picks, and goofy
> straps to make them look cool. If they're making a bit of
> money they'll change guitars every other song too. If
> they're really making money they have a guy to hand them the
> new guitar and take away the old one. Bass players are too
> grounded to have someone just to help them swap out
> instruments even if they have more than one, although a guy
> to help them move the damn amps is another story.


Saw the Moody Blues last week. The bass player got another
bass or guitar or double neck bass/guitar every other song.
Played real good with that pick he did.

peace
dawg

"Axtman" <daxtATpacifierDOTcom> wrote in message
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> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>
> -DA
>

Keyboard players.

Gerry

pTooner wrote:
> "Axtman" <daxtATpacifierDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:z4WdnZlmZONL74fVnZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@palinacquisition...
>> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>>
>> -DA
>>
>
> Keyboard players.
>
> Gerry
>
>

*This* is true.

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Les Cargill

"Les Cargill" <lcargill@cfl.rr . com > wrote in message
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> pTooner wrote:
>> "Axtman" <daxtATpacifierDOTcom> wrote in message
>> news:z4WdnZlmZONL74fVnZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@palinacquisition...
>>> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>>>
>>> -DA
>>>
>>
>> Keyboard players.
>>
>> Gerry
>
> *This* is true.
>
> --
> Les Cargill

Aww gosh - I only have two basses, I did get rid of one keyboard and gave
another to my granddaughter, one more is for the whole family. I only have
four left now of my own.

Jim

Ballroom Dancer wrote:
> "Les Cargill" <lcargill@cfl.rr . com > wrote in message
> news:481bb4e2$0$7051$4c368faf@roadrunner . com ...
>> pTooner wrote:
>>> "Axtman" <daxtATpacifierDOTcom> wrote in message
>>> news:z4WdnZlmZONL74fVnZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@palinacquisition...
>>>> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>>>>
>>>> -DA
>>>>
>>> Keyboard players.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>> *This* is true.
>>
>> --
>> Les Cargill
>
> Aww gosh - I only have two basses, I did get rid of one keyboard and gave
> another to my granddaughter, one more is for the whole family. I only have
> four left now of my own.
>
> Jim
>
>

I have too much stuff, but I use it all, so maybe it's not too much
stuff. Let's ask Delbert McClinton...

"YOU GOT TOO MUCH STUFF".

There you have it. I have too much stuff.

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Les Cargill

Guitarists buy more mass produced crap. In fact, they buy & try EVERY piece
of mass produced crap that comes down the pike.


But Bassists spend WAY more per capita, as EVERYTHING has to be "boutique"

One funky 18 string boutique bass made from extinct Amazon tree frog skin
(for improved resonance of course), or an audiophile quality combo made by
one insane genius with a soldering iron cancels out most guitarist's
lifetime expenditures.



"Axtman" <daxtATpacifierDOTcom> wrote in message
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> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>
> -DA
>
>

Axtman <daxtATpacifierDOTcom> wrote:
> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
>
> -DA

Guitarists, definitely.
But if you play guitar and bass, you double your pleasure, double your
fun! (Not really, my guitar stuff still vastly outweighs my bass
stuff.)

I had a drummer who shopped every week before practice.
Of course, every week before buying more he returned half the previous
week's purchases.
I could rile him up by asking why he needed all those cymbals when they
all sounded the same.

Monkey Pi

Axtman wrote:
> Who buys more gear? Bass players or guitar players?
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> -DA
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