Having lost several to theft a while ago, and also still having several that never get played, I am well aware of the too many feeling. I do have too many. And after recently dealing with the death of my brother - also a musician - I am more aware than ever that we can't take any of these with us. The feeling that you have too many is really something inside you, and I have found it generally positive to heed the impulse. Once you own a great bass, and play it, gig with it, look at it, etc, nothing can take that away from you. So I always encourage people to be able to let them go. Not being able to is not healthy as well, and I suspect some combo of fear of never being able to find another, or having started out with crummy stuff makes many of us hoard them. I have been sorting out what I will keep and what goes up for sale over the past few weeks. It is tough and emotional, but liberating. If you have lots of income and room, you could keep a lot, but even that has a time limit. The truth is you really only need one (when I was 11 I would have given a nut for a real Fender P). Good luck.
