Re: 10 yrs ago, I gassed for...
Ten years ago...I actually was taking a break from playing music. I started (bass) when I was 13 and played pretty constantly for a couple of years, but during high school I almost never touched an instrument. I had, however, succumbed to my first ever GAS only about a year earlier when I saved up about $600 to buy a Carvin LB20 Fretless bass. It's a fine bass, though it shows its age and the fact that it was owned by a teenager, but I NEVER play it anymore. I still play my first bass: a '91 Peavey Fury that's now strung with flats. I still play the Warwick 5-string I bought in college. I still play the hotrod MIM Jazz that I got for free from Fender in '03, but I never play the Carvin. Mostly it's just that I don't need a fretless, but I have to admit that little about it inspires me anymore. From the looks to the feel to the sound, it just doesn't connect well with what I look for in a bass these days. I'm planning to sell it on eBay as soon as I get some photos taken of it.