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06-12-2010, 08:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northwest Florida | | | New York Philharmonic: What are they playing?
Who made their basses that they use the most regularly? I just saw them tonight -they were amazing and it is my first time in NYC. To David Gage's on Monday and Kolstein's in Baldwin on Tuesday. Lookin' to buy (a school/orchestral basss) 
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06-12-2010, 09:04 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Rosado Guitars, D'addario/Planet Waves Products | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New York City (Uptown) | | | Welcome to NYC, my friend. Gage is great, though you have to pay that extra tax for shopping in NYC, if you know what I mean. :-)
Good luck, though, man! I hope you find what you're lookin' 'round for. If you want a laugh you can play the "double bass" at Sam Ash on 48th.
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06-13-2010, 09:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northwest Florida | | | Yeah, well I'm not footin' the bill so I'm happy xD and the NYP was absolutely monstrous... I just can't say it enough.
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06-13-2010, 07:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC, Astoria | | | NYP: What are they playing?
They're playing their asses off (Okamoto is a monster bassist). Good luck with your bass purchase. Have you been by Bill Merchant's shop? Might be worth checking.. and if you can, take a trip up to Arnold's. And there's at least one fellow NYC-based TB'er selling their bass on the TB classifieds. |
06-13-2010, 07:18 PM
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+1 on Arnold.
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06-13-2010, 07:48 PM
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06-13-2010, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton  +1 on Arnold. | I'll try but no promises, as my parents are rather down on leaving the city while we're here as it would be a "full day affair" and it's a family trip. I tried explaining to them that this was the $10,000 question but they said they didn't care 
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06-13-2010, 08:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC, Astoria | | | Aw man.. it would be so worth it though. |
06-13-2010, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil Rowan Aw man.. it would be so worth it though. | Want to reiterate... This isn't my money so...
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06-13-2010, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by PRUNEFACE Want to reiterate... This isn't my money so... | So tell them what I just told you!  |
06-13-2010, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil Rowan So tell them what I just told you! | Denied.    
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06-13-2010, 08:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC, Astoria | | | But wait.. they said they'd go to Kolstein's, yet they won't go to Arnold's? What's the difference, really.. LI and W'chester are both the burbs and (roughly) equally far from the city. Just sayin'..
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06-14-2010, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Phil Rowan But wait.. they said they'd go to Kolstein's, yet they won't go to Arnold's? What's the difference, really.. LI and W'chester are both the burbs and (roughly) equally far from the city. Just sayin'.. | I honestly don't see any logic in their explanations... but oh well :/
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06-14-2010, 07:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC, Astoria | | | Yeah.. is it one or the other? Or no chance in hell of going to see Arnold's awesome shop? Also, sorry for being so pressing on this here issue. I'll give it a rest 0:-)
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06-14-2010, 10:38 AM
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What they got against Arnold? 
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06-14-2010, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton What they got against Arnold? | Maybe they'd rather stay in the smog and racket inside the city rather than enjoy the calm of a just slightly more northern spot.
Driving it takes the same amount of time to visit Kolstiens from Manhattan as it does AES.
I've visited both of those plus Gage and Ken Smith in PA.
I'd look for a bass from AES or Ken Smith over the others, however Kolstiens and Gage usually have good stuff. Might have to pay a couple extra bucks for where it's sitting though. |
06-14-2010, 11:10 AM
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06-14-2010, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncletoad Maybe they'd rather stay in the smog and racket inside the city rather than enjoy the calm of a just slightly more northern spot.
Driving it takes the same amount of time to visit Kolstiens from Manhattan as it does AES.
I've visited both of those plus Gage and Ken Smith in PA.
I'd look for a bass from AES or Ken Smith over the others, however Kolstiens and Gage usually have good stuff. Might have to pay a couple extra bucks for where it's sitting though. | Well that's part of it. They don't want to have to have a car. They want to be able to take a train (which is what we're doing.) And I don't know how much of the trip they want to spend on this. Oh, visited Gage today -found a MONSTROUS fiver BUT it's just out of my price range. Doesn't happen to belong to one of our TB'ers does it? Apparently someone from the Met Opera was looking at buying it... I may have to beat them to it but I doubt my parents would actually pay for it
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06-14-2010, 12:41 PM
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06-14-2010, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncletoad What's your budget? | Under 15k. It's technically around 10k but my dad showed quite a bit of flexibility today.
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