Bye Bye Guitar

[Adam's Gal]

I am thinking about trading in my guitar (ive had one for 10 years and the only thing I can play on it is the first 3 notes of I Will Follow...stupid stubby fingers) and buying me a new bass (I've had it for 4 years and can play numerous songs). The thing is I have 3 options:
1) Keep it and keep trying to play guitar
2) Trade it in and use it as a down payment for a bass that will cost me an addtional $140
3) Trade it in and use the money as a down payment for my dream bass (will run me over $300 more) a Fender Jazz Custom Classic

I need yalls imput! Keep in mind I owe my mom $600 (my car needed a new radiator and igniton module).

 

[Auf Achse]

Well I wouldn't just go out and buy a bass that's not your dream bass, assuming that the dream bass isn't completely out of your price range. I'd say either get it now or wait until you can.

 

[silenus]

F*cking radiotors...
They always come between the guitar you want...
Wait and save otherwise you'll be in my situation:
playing a crap guitar and still dreaming of your 1° choice and have no more money...

 

[OnFire]

It's good to know guitar and bass and resale on used guitars sucks, unless it's a very nice one which would make it even more worthwhile to keep.

 

[Adam's Gal]

It's a Jay Turser guitar...which is basically a cheap verson of a Fender, so its not all nice. I want to learn guitar but everytime I pick the guitar up and start to play it, I break the little E string! THAT DRIVES ME UP THE WALL! So i stick to bass where its really hard to break the string.

 

[gragravar]

If you're always breaking the same string and it is not excessively worn or old then the guitar is probably badly set up or one of the bridgepieces has a sharp edge or something. I'd check that before I dispose of the guitar.

I'd suggest that musicians should never buy any guitar other than the one they really really want. You'll end up selling the other one, probably at a significant loss, and buying the one you really want sooner or later (at least, that's what I ended up doing when I followed that particular route), so save yourself money and hassle and wait until you have the cash, or buy it on lease hire or something.

 

[Adam's Gal]

No matter what guitar i play i always break the same string.

 

[silenus]

that's easy...if you know wich you'll brake..I never know

 

[steak]

Woops posted in wrong thread...delete me

 

[gragravar]

No matter what guitar i play i always break the same string.

Perhaps you're striking the strings too hard. Ease off a bit... or you could always try a slightly heavier set of strings... slinky bottom heavy top etc... ...that might help.