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07-15-2010, 07:09 AM
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I have been playing electric bass for about five years and deceided to buy my first UB. I live in southern Colorado, ( 230 miles from Albuquerque, 350 miles from Denver, 425 miles from Phoenix ) so traveling to look at and play alot of basses would require alot of time and money. So, over the past two months I tried to learn as much as I could, about basses and dealers using the net. To make a very long story short, after reading about Thompson basses and String Emporium and because I have friends that I can stay with in Phoenix, I went to Phoenix to visit String Emporium. I looked at twelve basses for over five hours. Steve answered all my questions in a very patient and helpful maner. Even though I am a total beginer with UB, I felt that Steve tried very hard to help me make the right decision. In the end, I bought a carved Hungarian bass. Over the past two months, I have spoken to four dealers across the country, and I must say that they were all very helpful. Steve at String Emporium went above and beyond with me.
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07-15-2010, 07:36 AM
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Luthier, Dallas Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas | |
That's how it should be.. |
07-15-2010, 09:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Montreal, QC, Canada | | | No pics no bass.
:-) |
07-15-2010, 03:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Auburn, Massachusetts | | Quote:
Originally Posted by longfinger  No pics no bass. | this.
qft. |
07-15-2010, 05:19 PM
| | | | I bought the Hungarian Grancino bass listed on String Emporiums Bass Cafe. I will try and post pictures tomorrow. |
07-15-2010, 07:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Portland, Maine | | | I can definately give SE a big thumbs-up. My experience was first rate and I love my Thompson Hybrid. |
07-15-2010, 10:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Diego, Ca (West Coast) | | | One thing I Like about String Emporium is that they have a plethora of information on their website, about the History and Origins of different string makers.. and I don't get the feeling they were trying to sell a bass.. Just a great resource for UB..
Congrats on your new love... Now let's get some pics up...
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07-16-2010, 07:47 AM
| | | | Here are a couple of pictures of my new Hungarian Grancino Bass from String Emporium. |
07-16-2010, 07:55 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tampa | | | Nice - congrats!
Sounds like my kind of store - wish there were a place like that around Tampa. |
07-16-2010, 08:23 AM
| | | | One more picture. |
07-16-2010, 09:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Is this a "copy" of the Grancino here? Very interesting story behind the original. I've never heard of any other Grancino bass; does anyone know of any other examples besides the one I linked?
Cool bass. |
07-16-2010, 10:09 AM
| | | | If you go to String Emporiums web site, you can see the bass in the Bass Cafe section. The bass looks and sounds wonderful. Steve didn`t tell me anything more about it. |
07-16-2010, 10:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Glynn | Oops. Can't believe I never noticed that one at Kolstein's with all the time I waste on the internet. I suppose that one looks a bit more like the one High Vibration bought. |
07-16-2010, 10:48 PM
| | Temp Banned (TOS Violation) | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stouffville, Ontario | | | Looks good! Congrats and enjoy.
Fred |
07-23-2010, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, IN | | | Congrats on your new fiddle! I am curious, would you mind sharing the price with us?
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