in my humble opinion, there is the bass that means the most to you that you have and you can never give it up. I would never give up my Epiphone Nikki Sixx for anything. its that personal to me so i understand dude
I agree with Twiggy, I has a TBC 5 string that my jackass of a biological father got me for Christmas when I was 16. Never tried to get a hold of me, then boom, 16 years without contact and he gets me a bass. Anyway, it was used and abused when I got it. It isn't the greatest bass by any means, but that thing means more to me than my car does, because I've achieved so many personal music mile stones with that bass, and therefore, could never get rid of it. It currently sits in it's case in my room, un-used, but not forgotten.
I live in England, and the law was virtually powerless against young offenders, the best they could do was introduce the Anti Social Behaviour Order but the ASBO became a badge of honour for kids as young as ten and getting one was essential no matter what the crime. If you've ever seen the Michael Caine film, ‘Harry Brown’ you'll find that this is chillingly close to the truth, it's a good film and highly recommended
