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09-12-2005, 09:02 PM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | |  Italian?
I just had Chicken & Broccoli with Wanton Soup.. An Italian Dinner.. If that's an Italian Bass!!
For 3k? Must be Chinese or some other low cost import. Maybe the Italian guy converted and set-up this Chinese Bass for him but pouring 'Ragu' over 'Peeking Duck' does not make it Italian in my book. |
09-13-2005, 05:32 AM
| | Left is Right | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Blacksburg, Virginia | | Here is a link to the luthier (At least I assume it is him. Born in Italy. Learned luthiery in Brazil. Living in Miami since 1973.) Even if the guy made the bass rather than just setting it up (hard to believe at $3K) it was made in Miami.
Anyway, Banchetti's number is there. Give him a call and see if he will give you the full scoop. It could easily be a good deal in the current price range.
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09-13-2005, 10:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | Gotta try some of that wanton soup. Does it come topped with a trollop of sour cream? |
09-13-2005, 01:59 PM
| | Left is Right | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Blacksburg, Virginia | | | Wanton trollop of sour cream mmmmmmmm...
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09-13-2005, 02:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | There doesn't seem to be any info about uprights on his site, just an EUB that he builds. He does have a "1/4 size Vuillame" for sale in the "Rare Instruments" section of the site.
I agree, call the guy up see what he says. I kind of get the feeling that it's a student bass that he set up..
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09-13-2005, 02:34 PM
| | Formally Known As Univac Jr. | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Palm Beach Florida USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith I just had Chicken & Broccoli with Wanton Soup.. An Italian Dinner.. If that's an Italian Bass!!
For 3k? Must be Chinese or some other low cost import. Maybe the Italian guy converted and set-up this Chinese Bass for him but pouring 'Ragu' over 'Peeking Duck' does not make it Italian in my book. |
the ebay site says it was made by Paris Banchetti .
I live in the area;
Banchetti is a Luthier in Miami. http://www.parisbanchettiguitars.com/
I like egg drop soup myself |
09-13-2005, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson Gotta try some of that wanton soup. Does it come topped with a trollop of sour cream? |
Hehe... Very clever Marcus. A trollop wearing only a dollop of sour cream might be more like it.  |
09-14-2005, 04:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson Gotta try some of that wanton soup. Does it come topped with a trollop of sour cream? | That's what happened around here with our Mexican food....
the minute the dollup of sour cream showed up, down went the quality of the real Mexican food.
Mexicans don't know no God-damned sour-cream!
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09-23-2005, 04:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Haven, CT | |
Now, here a new twist. The lefty bass I mentioned earlier was sold for $975.00.
Now, ANOTHER lefty bass made especially for this seller by an Italian is up for auction on eBay starting at $1,495!
check it out at: http://cgi.ebay.com/Left-Hand-Banche...QQcmdZViewItem
Gee, what a coincindence that he has two specially made lefty models (wink, wink). The Ragu sauce must be plentiful in Miami. Smells like he either bid on it himself and no one outbid him or he took another Chinese bass and got it ready real quick.
What do you think. |
09-23-2005, 05:25 PM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | |  Italian made?
Chow.. Asta la pasta.. or more like 'ne how ma', si chin! |
09-23-2005, 05:40 PM
| | Left is Right | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Blacksburg, Virginia | | | It looks like someone bailed on the completed auction because of the difficulty and or expense of shipping. The second ad is more honest that the first, but calling someone who was born in Italy and trained in Brazil an "Italian Luthier" is a little .... generous.
You rightys can laugh all you want, but if I hadn't just taken delivery of my Chrissy, I'd be calling Banchetti (rather than the seller) to get the scoop. |
09-24-2005, 06:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Haven, CT | |
I sent a message to the eBay seller asking him just how many lefty basses did he buy four years ago from the Italian and where were they made?
Here is his response:
Yes, I'll be listing a few more of these and they were made in a little fishing village near Bangkok in Thailand by an old Kung Fu Master who gave up a life of crime and decided to become a Monk and make fine bass instruments to support his family honestly. How many do you want Grasshopper? 
Gotta love his sense of humor. Who knew that Shaolins were making basses these days.....lol |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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