Still play my old Schecter “P” copy after all these years. When purchasing gear, I usually trade up to save money or sell something. That’s why I’ve owned only one bass.
I did own an old blue G&L L1000 about
12 years ago but it wasn’t the right fit. Damn, I should have sold it to Drew back then.

Also as a confessed wine snob, I once saw an article featuring a wine collector and his custom cave cellar. He had amassed some multiple thousands upon thousands of bottles of great vintages etc. At the end of the article, the collector mentioned that his personal consumption was decreasing to a few bottles per month.

Here’s what pisses me off:
If you have the money to invest in something like this then either sell it for profit or get busy drinking the stuff. It doesn’t last forever. The beauty of wine is that it is ever changing and mortal in a sense.
That’s what I don’t like about collecting. At least a well built guitar is a bit more durable.

Now that I think of it, my musical career has been one really expensive hobby!

It’s all Peavy’s fault!

i just have trouble turning down the 1981 yellow gibson explorer bass with the scorpions paint job for $125…

physically… can’t… resist….

for the sake of its resale value (and general decency) i probably should have resisted making it fretless, however.

hindsight is 20/20 but DAMN that bass kicks a lot of ass. it shall never leave me. NEVER.

Anon, no, I didn’t say all collectors fit my description. Perhaps “most” is wrong too, but I doubt it.

As for guitars, I have two of the same. I’m convinced that the more a person plays a guitar the more that guitar adjusts to the person’s playing and the better it sounds. This of course takes a lot of playing that guitar. And this is difficult if you have 30 guitars and play a different one every time you play.