Quote from: hammer on June 25, 2026, 01:49:46 AMMy theory is that a significant other said,

"You've got too many of those things around the house and you need to get rid of one."
"Okay hon, I'll list it on Reverb."
"Darn honey, no one is even making an offer on my bass, I cant understand why (wink-wink)."
"I'll keep it up there anyway because I know you want me to sell this one.

  Priced to keep!

well i guess YMMV because my bass playing and accompanying gear collection were a contributing factor in both my divorces.  even though they knew i was a (performing) musician when we got together.

nowadays in hte house it's just me, the golden retriever, my basses and my demons. a little skinny
on the companionship side but a whole lot less stressful.  nobody b!tches when i hit a clam, either.

that dragon wing's also still waiting for a home, btw.  it calleth my name.  must. resist.

good luck to all!

Quote from: Nova Constellatio on June 25, 2026, 10:32:29 AMI wouldn't survive a relationship that forced me to sell instruments. Fortunately, my SO is musician and a gear junkie too.

Same.  My wife enabled me to buy 4 Alembics in the first 6 months of this calendar year.  The first one because she survived cancer and we both needed something after that.  The other three because she is the worst enabler on the planet.  To be fair, I AM selling off a number of other basses, but only because I simply don't play them anymore and I hate being "that guy" with a bunch of instruments for the sake of having a bunch of instruments.

She's a keeper.

Gary's story reminds me of how I ended up with my Distillate Exploiter. A former owner had it sent to the mother ship for a complete refurb around 2017, then sold it.   It ended up with Tim (BeenDown), then he sold it to me. I feel bad if there was a financial crisis involved, but I sure am happy to have this bass. 

.  It ended up with Tim (BeenDown), then he sold it to me. I feel bad if there was a financial crisis involved, but I sure am happy to have this bass.

yeah that was quite the (mis)adventure.  that was such an awesome bass but the medium scaleness drove me over the brink, so off it went.  wasn't the first alembic i couldn't bond with either, btw. the sale paid for my hot tub (which i still have) and paved the way for the eventual acquisition of my SII (which i also still have).  i show pictures of that bass to my bandmates and they shake they heads not believing i'd willingly part with a monster like that, especially since i'm in an 80's cover band these days.

but it all worked out in the end.  good luck to all!