“What you sell in haste will cost much to reacquire”

Some folk seem to be able to change their equipment at the drop of a hat but, for me at least, I find that over time I often regret the loss of things I’ve sold…

When I first started getting into playing Bass Guitar I was listening to a lot of music in which the bass players made use of effects (FX) and I began to amass a small herd of effects pedals.
In time I ended up with an enormous pedal-board (dubbed the bass-station) which became something of a nuisance to lug around to gigs.

Boss VF1

This kind of use of effects is (apparently) quite unusual behaviour for Bass players so much so that in 2009 when Leigh Barnard came to rehearse with us prior to the Detling Summer Celebration he thought I was running the rehearsal PA and asked me to adjust his voice in the foldback!

Of course now there is a resurgence in the popularity of FX pedals over rack units (and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this isn’t part of a manufacturer driven fashion-cycle that keeps trying to persuade us to buy the latest thing…) but I digress.

EHX Q-Tron+

It felt odd to be buying back a pedal I’d previously sold (though in truth the one I bought the second time was not in as good condition as the one I’d sold) and I’m determined to try (very, very hard) not to re-buy everything I sold – but it did get me thinking about other pieces of gear I’ve owned and sold on over the years. I don’t miss all of them but there are some that I realise I sold in order to buy another ‘latest thing’ and, for the most part, those are things I miss.