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03-04-2007, 09:52 PM
| | Don't hate me cause I'm a Newbie! | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: central Illinois (Danville) | |  2000 miles for a sweet DB
Hi, well I finally found the bass for me. I purchased a Shen DB80 set up by Upton with their adjustable bridge, from a guy in Boston who claimed it was only a few months old. It was not only an upton set up Shen, with almost no use but it came with a very nice stand, soft padded case and cherry wood bow. Now since I live in Illinois the trip to Boston was quite a haul but the Bass was everything I had been looking for and more, so I made the purchase. Oh yeah there was one other contributing factor..... The price!! $600.00!!!! I was blown away, that is less than what Upton charges for the set up. The trip was very exciting but I will save that for another time.
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03-05-2007, 08:22 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Wow - my average annual mileage per year, from the last 10 years has been about 3000!
I can't imagine driving one journey of 2000!! 
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03-05-2007, 10:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield  Wow - my average annual mileage per year, from the last 10 years has been about 3000!
I can't imagine driving one journey of 2000!! | Yeah. The USA is a big place. One summer my wife and I took a road trip from Chicago to the Oregon coast and back. That trip was 4500+ miles in total. I love big road trips though. You see some cool stuff along the way. You just have to be in it for the joy of the trip. |
03-05-2007, 11:02 AM
|  | Velvet Strings Customer Service | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: SWITZERLAND | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Wow - my average annual mileage per year, from the last 10 years has been about 3000!
I can't imagine driving one journey of 2000!! |
And thats why you were searching for so long for a Double Bass Bruce. 
To buy my 1890's German flatback, i drove 24 hours .... 12 hours to the place, played the bass for 5 mn, smiled, paid, got back on the car, drove 12 hours more home...
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03-06-2007, 03:16 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | If I drive for more than a few hours - I hit the beach! 
I think I might enjoy driving in Central Europe - if only they changed the side of the road you drive on!
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03-06-2007, 03:18 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fingers Yeah. The USA is a big place. One summer my wife and I took a road trip from Chicago to the Oregon coast and back. That trip was 4500+ miles in total. I love big road trips though. You see some cool stuff along the way. You just have to be in it for the joy of the trip. | Agree on your last point - I would just get on a plane!
We have an airport about 30 minutes away - I fly to Glasgow!
Driving in Britain is not something you do for enjoyment!  
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03-06-2007, 06:24 AM
| | AES Fine Instruments | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brewster, NY, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fourdogs Hi, well I finally found the bass for me. I purchased a Shen DB80 set up by Upton with their adjustable bridge, from a guy in Boston who claimed it was only a few months old. It was not only an upton set up Shen, with almost no use but it came with a very nice stand, soft padded case and cherry wood bow. Now since I live in Illinois the trip to Boston was quite a haul but the Bass was everything I had been looking for and more, so I made the purchase. Oh yeah there was one other contributing factor..... The price!! $600.00!!!! I was blown away, that is less than what Upton charges for the set up. The trip was very exciting but I will save that for another time. | Are you sure the seller really owned it? Boston is a huge market--why didn't he sell it locally for more than twice as much? |
03-06-2007, 07:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Upstate, SC | | That was my initial thought, too. Some things are too good to be true.
Unless, the guy was a doctor, or something who bought it as a "toy" and then sold it to get it out of the way when he realized it wasn't as easy as it looked.
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03-06-2007, 08:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chattanooga Tennessee | | I love road trips.... when I'm alone. I do not want to stop ever. I would love to travel 2000 miles for a bass. A good chance to get out of chattanoooga and listen to the same 5 CDs 4-6 times each. I usualy go 80-90 on the interstate and draft allot to save gas. 
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03-06-2007, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield
I can't imagine driving one journey of 2000!! | Actually, Bruce, the proper way to do it in the US is to go out in the driveway with your travelling buddies and yell at the top of your lungs;
"ROAD TRIIIIP!!!" |
03-06-2007, 09:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany | | some weeks ago i traveled 1600km to NOT buy a bass...  |
03-06-2007, 10:38 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson Actually, Bruce, the proper way to do it in the US is to go out in the driveway with your travelling buddies and yell at the top of your lungs;
"ROAD TRIIIIP!!!" | 2 - 3 hours driving is more than enough for me - any longer journey and I'll be on a plane!
Longest drive I did was from Brighton to Torquay
192 miles - broken into 2 lots of about 2 hours!
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03-06-2007, 10:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | I'm with you.... although, with the way things are in airports now, I'm beginning to look very closely at sailboats! |
03-07-2007, 09:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Upstate, SC | |
[quote=mcnaire2004;3916806]I love road trips.... when I'm alone. I do not want to stop ever. I would love to travel 2000 miles for a bass. A good chance to get out of chattanoooga and listen to the same 5 CDs 4-6 times each. I usualy go 80-90 on the interstate and draft allot to save gas. [/QUOTE] Remind me not to drive in Tennessee anytime soon!
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03-07-2007, 09:34 AM
|  | Journeyman Clam Artist Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, baby | | | Last time I drove across Montana the cruise control was set to almost 80mph. I think I passed somebody once, I had to wake up for that.
When I started out with the DB there were essentially none for sale in this city or in this province. I found a promising old Czech instrument for sale in Calgary, 800 miles down the road. The night before I left I got a call from a local shop owner who said he was bringing in these new Chinese instruments, Cremonas. OK, says I, I'll check it out.
Shoulda driven to Calgary, that's all I'll say about that now.
In my experience, Europeans are almost always surprised by North American distances. Eastern North America is different, but west of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes (I'm in Canada) a 6 hour drive is considered a short hop. 14 hours Winnipeg to Calgary is only a long day...
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03-07-2007, 09:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | Oh man, Canada's a different story.... I took the train from coast to coast when I was 18.... that was one of the great trips of my life. |
03-07-2007, 09:51 AM
| | Journeyman Clam Artist Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, baby | | | I worked on that train for three years back in the early 80's, mostly running Winnipeg - Vancouver. Maybe I served you dinner, made yer salad or washed yer coffee cup! I'm sure you never saw me drinkin' in the baggage car, though -- we were pretty careful about that.
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03-07-2007, 02:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | I did a round trip last year(Winnipeg to Vancouver) 7200 Km. on my motorcycle just to watch my son compete at the Canadian Track and Field championships (Juvenile). Oh yea, I stopped in Sturgis too!!! Miles don't scare me!! |
03-07-2007, 03:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Damon Rondeau I worked on that train for three years back in the early 80's, mostly running Winnipeg - Vancouver. Maybe I served you dinner, made yer salad or washed yer coffee cup! I'm sure you never saw me drinkin' in the baggage car, though -- we were pretty careful about that. | I'm a little older than that... this would have been '74-'75. I remember a lovely woman from Vancouver being very nice to me in the observation car.
'nuff sed... let's just say I arrived on the West coast smilin'.... |
03-07-2007, 03:30 PM
|  | Official Forum Flunkee | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson I'm a little older than that... this would have been '74-'75. I remember a lovely woman from Vancouver being very nice to me in the observation car.
'nuff sed... let's just say I arrived on the West coast smilin'.... | Queue funky slap EB bassline & wahwah funk guitar.  |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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