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10-20-2005, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Don Higdon Pop/Chad/Time/Tyler -
For what it's worth, come the day you try to sell a used 4/4, you'll find buyers are few and far between, and no one wants to pay you what it cost you. | I was in Footes music shop in London and they were selling new German-made basses - pretty nice, all carved....
But anyway - they had two similar-looking basses side by side and they said one was 3/4 and one was 4/4 - I tried them both and found very little difference, although bear in mind I am basically a DB newbie... 
The one big difference, though, was the price - so the 4/4 was about £1,000 more than the 3/4 ...double for $ ...?? 
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10-20-2005, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield I was in Footes music shop in London and they were selling new German-made basses - pretty nice, all carved....
But anyway - they had two similar-looking basses side by side and they said one was 3/4 and one was 4/4 - I tried them both and found very little difference, although bear in mind I am basically a DB newbie...
The one big difference, though, was the price - so the 4/4 was about £1,000 more than the 3/4 ...double for $ ...?? | I feel a difference between a 3/4 and a 7/8. If you really played a 4/4 and could not feel much difference, then it was NOT a 4/4. I am curious as to the dimentions of this so called 4/4 Bass. I own several HUGE Basses but they are all just big 7/8ths. Some are 6'5" tall with string lengths up to 44" but still a 7/8. |
10-20-2005, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith I feel a difference between a 3/4 and a 7/8. If you really played a 4/4 and could not feel much difference, then it was NOT a 4/4. I am curious as to the dimentions of this so called 4/4 Bass. I own several HUGE Basses but they are all just big 7/8ths. Some are 6'5" tall with string lengths up to 44" but still a 7/8. |
I'm not saying it was a 4/4 - that's just how it was advertised in a pretty reputable shop - so this is what people are going to come up against when they look to buy basses....
Their website is here : http://www.footesmusic.com/
But they don't seem to have details of any basses online...
My personal view was - I couldn't see why anybody would go for anything other than the 3/4 - why pay an extra grand!!?? 
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10-20-2005, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield I'm not saying it was a 4/4 - that's just how it was advertised in a pretty reputable shop - so this is what people are going to come up against when they look to buy basses....
Their website is here : http://www.footesmusic.com/
But they don't seem to have details of any basses online...
My personal view was - I couldn't see why anybody would go for anything other than the 3/4 - why pay an extra grand!!?? | When you see Drums and percussion, etc on the home page, walk the other way. They wouldn't know a 4/4 if it walked in wearing a bikini. These must be new Chinese or eastern european Basses. 4/4 to them is anything 1" bigger than a 3/4. The new 3/4s are small. My Martini does not even fit in a new 4/4 case and it is only a full 3/4 sized bass. I have an old 7/8 Bass for sale for 21k and a 3/4 for 65k. So $1,000. for size means zip in the bass world. There are plenty of good BASS shops in the UK. Try going to one of them and stay out of K-mart when shopping for a Bass or Bow. When buying a Bow, you can save alot of money if you get it without the Arrows! |
10-20-2005, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith
These must be new Chinese or eastern european Basses.
| They were new basses but they were hand-made in Germany - I quite liked them, but just thought it was over the top to add on that much and I was pretty certain it wasn't 4/4. Quote: |
There are plenty of good BASS shops in the UK. Try going to one of them ...
| If only , if only....
I spent 2 - 3 years searching for DBs and Footes was recommended to me by a teacher, when I asked in desperation!! 
The shops are either very high end - like starting at £10k (double for $) - way out of my price range or nothing!!
From reading TB I've found that you have it way better in the US and it's much easier to buy a DB than in Britain - so much so that I was considering a bass-buying visit to New York!!
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