And I thought boutique basses were spendy!

**crustychef** · #1 09-03-2010, 01:29 AM

http://www.traugottguitars.com/pricing.html
These are what Charlie Hunter plays. The down payment could get me Carl Thompson! Holy Crap! That pretty much sums it up.

Joe Gress · #2 09-03-2010, 01:33 AM

Have you priced a DB lately? Chump change here compared to a Good DB. Try a good cello or a violin sometime as well.

MyWifeBoris · #3 09-03-2010, 01:33 AM

I'd hate to know what he'd charge for an acoustic bass.

champbassist · #4 09-03-2010, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by crustychef

http://www.traugottguitars.com/pricing.html
These are what Charlie Hunter plays. The down payment could get me Carl Thompson! Holy Crap! That pretty much sums it up.

He should start charging people for visiting his site, too.

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Originally Posted by Joe Gress

Have you priced a DB lately? Chump change here compared to a Good DB. Try a good cello or a violin sometime as well.

Just saw this: http://www.contrabass.co.uk/csbasses.htm. I'm sure there are more expensive ones as well.

**crustychef** · #5 09-03-2010, 02:03 AM

I kinda get the double bass thing to a point. It is a heck of a lot more wood. But still, kind of over kill. But I'm sure people say the same about the price of dinner at the sushi bar or most of the restaurants I've cooked at. Product costs, labor and skill are hard to convey to the normal or even more savvy customers.

champbassist · #6 09-03-2010, 02:08 AM

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labor and skill are hard to convey to the normal or even more savvy customers.

That's kinda hard to quantify, innit?

BTW I think this thread should be in Miscellaneous. It's music related discussion.

MIJ-VI · #7 09-03-2010, 02:10 AM

That's lot of dough just to fumble through 'Stairway To Heaven'.

Chebass88 · #8 09-03-2010, 05:43 AM

To be fair, there is an awful lot of BRAZILLIAN ROSEWOOD.

hover · #9 09-03-2010, 07:28 AM

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people say the same about the price of dinner at the sushi bar or most of the restaurants I've cooked at...labor and skill are hard to convey to the normal or even more savvy customers.

wha, there's no labor or skill at Golden Corral? 10 BUCKS! ALL YOU CAN EAT REHEATED CAFETERIA FOOD! hahaha

I totally kid bro.

MonetBass · #10 09-03-2010, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by champbassist

Just saw this: http://www.contrabass.co.uk/csbasses.htm. I'm sure there are more expensive ones as well.

When I was shopping for my DB a few years ago, at one of the shops there was a fully carved German bass (don't remember the maker), used, for $12,000.

A lot more wood, yes, but also more labor since assembly is a lot more involved.

champbassist · #11 09-03-2010, 10:09 AM

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When I was shopping for my DB a few years ago, at one of the shops there was a fully carved German bass (don't remember the maker), used, for $12,000.

So is that actually really expensive? I say this because I have precious little idea of how pricey these are supposed to be. In the link I provided, there's a couple DBs around £25,000, that'd be around $29,000.

And I actually wonder how much of a part 'used' plays in this: aren't old, well made DBs really sought after? They're bound to be 'used'. For example don't tell me this circa 1840 bass is 'new'

*Imagines a DB veteran reading this post and laughing his head off

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MatticusMania · #12 09-03-2010, 10:28 AM

Please keep useful information out of TBOT. K, thnks.

champbassist · #13 09-03-2010, 10:38 AM

Question.

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Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Please keep useful information out of TBOT. K, thnks.

Answer.

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Originally Posted by champbassist

I think this thread should be in Miscellaneous. It's music related discussion.

If I could move this thread, I'd do that myself.

blendermassacre · #14 09-03-2010, 10:52 AM

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Please keep useful information out of TBOT. K, thnks.

going to TBOT with music stuff is like watching the video of the Cramps playing the Napa Valley Mental Institution. Sure there's four musicians there, but there's 300 legally insane people there too.

MatticusMania · #15 09-03-2010, 12:18 PM

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going to TBOT with music stuff is like watching the video of the Cramps playing the Napa Valley Mental Institution. Sure there's four musicians there, but there's 300 legally insane people there too.

Damn I miss the Cramps...

blendermassacre · #16 09-03-2010, 01:05 PM

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Damn I miss the Cramps...

Living in the stupid mid-south my whole life and being relatively young, I never got to see them live...

MatticusMania · #17 09-03-2010, 01:40 PM

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Living in the stupid mid-south my whole life and being relatively young, I never got to see them live...

Nor did I... my fiancee has, though, and I'll be eternally envious of her for that fact.