I'm Selling ALL My Basses | (And Revealing My New Main Bass)

A really good example of how you don't actually need a huge arsenal of instruments to be a great player can be shown in the career of legendary session bassist Joe Osborn. All the sessions he played on from the mid sixties onward through the seventies- including all the hits he did for The Mamas and the Papas, The Carpenters, The 5th Dimension etc were played on ONE Fender Jazz bass and ONE set of strings.

Yes! Glad you are bringing the 'gwizdala' bass back as your main instrument!

Great video, and can't wait to hear the new album!

Good for you, having less stuff and just focusing on being creative is the way! Look forward to seeing how the process evolves for you

You've got all the sounds covered. Great video. I've always loved your playing on that Mattisson.

Great choice Janek. Your number one Is your sound and the P is a must have.

Love this! I will attest to having many axes and continually coming back to the artisan-ship of Anders’s work. It’s not for everyone, but mine has proved to be what gives my voice the most flexibility, depth and range. Thanks for letting us along the journey, my guy!

Waiting for you in Argentina! Good luck with the sale!

A great selection your are keeping there Janek! It make sense to focus less on stuff and differencen and more on the "bubble" and creativity. I play much, much less than you but fancy a couple of different basses (freless four and five string) and also keeping my goto Yamaha five string. Keep it up and good luck with everything!

Super helpful advices and solid reasoning - thanks! 🌼

Good to hear you're keeping the elm-Mattisson. That's the sound I've come to associate with you, love the sound and music you play on that bass.

great video Janek, thank you for the inspiration!

Congratulations on trimming down your collection. I got rid of a lot of guitars and basses I wasn’t using a few years ago. Kept a couple of important instruments and sold the rest. It’s definitely liberating to get rid of the excess paint in your pallet. Make room for the important stuff. Thanks!!

A very cool video! With regards to your Mattison bass, sometimes moving forward occasionally requires you to go backwards.

Wow Janek- some great basses - and great choices on which to keep! I’ve always loved Fodera from a distance, looks amazing, but is it heavy? Thanks for this awesome vid!!! 🙏🙏

Amazing! thank you for bringing a lot of advice and contribution to musicians

Eu adquiri um Warwick Thumb anos atrás 5 cordas! Depois de ver as possibilidades que Janek apresentou em um baixo de 5 cordas eu adquiri na época aquele encordoamento especial da Dunlop que ele usava. Foi um trabalho grande pois tinha importar para o Brasil. Mas isso me proporcionou uma virada de jogo no instrumento, uma nova visão como músico, eu acho que isso ja faz uns 6 anos. Então penso que este é um dos grandes trunfos de Janek, inspirar e ensinar ao mesmo tempo. Mantenho meu Thumb e um Fender jazz bass okoume ativo e claro alguns pedais. Viva Gwizdala

Want to thank you for turning me onto 5 string E to C tuning. Got a mg style fodera with 33” scale and 16.5 mm spacing that has transformed my playing. In love with that style of bass!

your a Awesome Brother Janek. you break it down real.

One of my weird "wave a magic wand" things would be to have a swap-shop for basses. It'd be great to have a decent, cheap fretless for a few months, just to try it out, then swap it for a short-scale, just to see what it was like. I don't want to own any of these but a change can be really inspiring! Buying and selling is such a faff and fraught with risks... Anyway. Love your channel, hope you keep enjoying making the videos!