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10-29-2006, 05:45 PM
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So, Fender's Custom Shop Tribute to Clapton's "Blackie" has an MSRP (street price hasn't been listed, yet) of $24,000... www.fender.com/blackie
and Jaco's tribute has an MSRP of $4,328, with a street price of around $3,000, new. ... You know, I'm not sure if we should feel insulted, or glad that one of the bass communities' greatest hero's replica goes for a relatively reasonable rate.
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EDIT: Spelling mistake.
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10-29-2006, 06:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: north of chicago | | it probably wouldn't be that expensive if they didn't dump so much money making such a cool website 
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10-29-2006, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by spudmaster34 it probably wouldn't be that expensive if they didn't dump so much money making such a cool website | Heh. Very good call. 
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10-29-2006, 06:25 PM
| | Purveyor of spalted bass porn. | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Grand Rapids, MI | | yea for GC making more money  |
11-14-2006, 06:06 AM
|  | Veteran Dispenser | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Newton, Mass | | | The price may also have something to do with GC wanting to recoup some of the money they spent on buying Blackie at auction - over $900,000.
There was a full page ad in the current Rolling Stone - that had to cost them a few bucks as well.
GC's minimum price will be $20,000.
The real payoff could well be that folks will go to the stores that have one on display. More people in the stores during the holiday season - more sales.
This is really a no-lose for GC - as I imagine they could get something close to what they paid for it should they ever want to sell.
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11-14-2006, 09:29 AM
| | Veteran Dispenser | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Newton, Mass | | | To answer your original question - I'm glad.
Guitarists have a choice - a new Eric Clapton Custom Shop Signature Blackie is $2,049 at MF or the limited edition relic pre-worn with cigarette burns for $20,000.
It will be interesting to see if they sell them all at that price.
A friend of mine has owned the $2,000 one for awhile now. I think he made the right decision to save $18,000 by putting his own mojo into it.
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11-14-2006, 10:25 AM
|  | Now a major motion picture | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hudson Valley, NY | | | Yeah, I was going to say that there had to be a cheaper alternative for that guitar. Now I'm actually wondering why the Clapton signature guitar goes for LESS than the Jaco bass. I mean, compare the number of people who have heard of each. For example (my usual test): my mother has heard of Clapton. Jaco, not so much. |
11-14-2006, 11:43 AM
| | Veteran Dispenser | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Newton, Mass | | | There will now be 3 Fender Clapton Blackies:
The $20,000 + limited edition relic
The $2,000 custom shop
The $1,400 MIA - this is the one my friend has; not the custom shop one as I said in my previous post.
The difference in price between the Jaco CS and EC CS may be partly in the extra work to make the Jaco a relic. The $2,000 custom shop Clapton is not distressed.
The lesser popularity may also have something (probably not much, tho') to do with it - I am not sure what the economies of scale are at the Custom Shop level, but I would guess they probably have made more Clapton Strats than Jaco Jazzes.
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11-14-2006, 12:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Santa Cruz, CA | | | Maybe because this Blackie is limited edition? With these kinds of things, people will pay whatever price you slap on, no matter how outrageous.
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11-14-2006, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by FretlessFreak Maybe because this Blackie is limited edition? With these kinds of things, people will pay whatever price you slap on, no matter how outrageous. | With regard to the high price of the limited edition relic version, I agree the collectibility factor is a huge part of it. Plus since GC now owns the original Blackie, they have a better story line to sell to the collectibles crowd - "It has the exact same dents, worn paint, and headstock burns as EC's!".
Jumbotron and I are also trying to puzzle out why the Jaco Custom Shop Tribute actually costs more than the Eric Clapton Custom Artist Strat. The big difference that I see is the cost of distressing the Jaco Jazz and maybe they have to do more work on the neck.
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