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12-28-2011, 08:26 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Havre De Grace MD | | | The Adam Clayton CS P has hit e-bay...
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...what do you think? See link: http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/cmcguitars/IMG_1459_001.jpg
A "cool" $5,200. I love it, but at that price...  |
12-28-2011, 08:27 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | I was in a place that was stripping down a custom shop body and I was enraged at what I found underneath. veneers over knotty woods....not good for something so expensive... |
12-28-2011, 08:29 AM
|  | It's time for Dodger baseball! | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mentone Beach | | | Totally out of my budget, but it sure is pretty!
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12-28-2011, 08:30 AM
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Endorsing Artist: J.C. Basses | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Phoenix, Arizona 85029 | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaymi  I was in a place that was stripping down a custom shop body and I was enraged at what I found underneath. veneers over knotty woods....not good for something so expensive... | Isn't that the benefit to using top woods? You get to reap the benefits of the core wood with the aesthetics of the top woods? Who cares if it's got a knotty core?
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12-28-2011, 08:37 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | If I was paying that much for a bass, I would want real wood not veneers |
12-28-2011, 08:49 AM
|  | 155mm of pure destruction | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Atlanta | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaymi If I was paying that much for a bass, I would want real wood not veneers | maybe I'm out of my depth here, but if I was paying that much for a bass, I would never strip it down to its bare wood. So how would I know what was underneath an opaque finish? I would want real wood too, though. So i certainly agree with what you're saying. But at 5K dollars, a bass had better be exactly what I want now and forever, so I would never know what was underneath. I wouldn't strip it, check the quality of wood and then refinish it, that's for sure. |
12-28-2011, 08:51 AM
|  | BassMonkey | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Huntsville AL | | | Wow that is gorgeous. |
12-28-2011, 10:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blimp City | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaymi I was in a place that was stripping down a custom shop body and I was enraged at what I found underneath. veneers over knotty woods....not good for something so expensive... | First off I'm a Fender guy but was never impressed at the CS line from Fender. I have only played a few but always came away with ..really? for that much? I would buy an American Standard or top line MIM 70's RI, roadworn or a builders custom model over a Fender CS...anyday.
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12-28-2011, 10:27 AM
|  | Who was dragged down by the stone... | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chicago | | | Well, of it's a Adam Clayton bass you know only 3 notes per song was played on it.
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12-28-2011, 10:33 AM
| | | | I am not a huge fan of him, but that is quite the bass. |
12-28-2011, 10:37 AM
|  | Redefining Lazy | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tampa via PDX | | Looks alot nicer than the Warwick IMO: Warwick Basses Amps & Rock'n Roll
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12-28-2011, 10:39 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Gravity Picks | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio/West Virginia | | | The dirty things I would do for that bass.
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12-28-2011, 10:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Forest Hills, New York | | | Nice bass but way overpriced... that's a 1500 dollar bass tops !! |
12-28-2011, 11:07 AM
|  | Last guy you want to see is Employee Relations guy | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bawl'mer, Md | | | Looks good but not $5000 good. I'd just take my p bass apart and have a custom shop paint my 2011 American Standard for $200-400, and save myself $3700.
Another thing that's always puzzled me is why some of these $5000 custom shop basses don't have a better truss adjustment nut. The AM Std's at least allow for you to make adjustments without removing the neck, but some of these RI and CS basses have the old phillips head screw. |
12-28-2011, 11:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Agoura Hills, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Slackerprince | Yeah...that Warwick is not a good looking bass, in my opinion. |
12-28-2011, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by west*coast*bass
Yeah...that Warwick is not a good looking bass, in my opinion.
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The bass is really nice looking. 5k nice? No. There's nothing complex electronics wise or build wise in a p bass. I guess since it says "fender cs" they can slap a 5k price tag and feel alright about it.
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12-28-2011, 11:19 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon | | | The color is gody , then the fret markers dont match well with the rest of the bass , mainly a pearl guard.
Color coordinated , its not |
12-28-2011, 11:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Athens, GR | | | Other than the color of the inlays the same bass can be made with quality parts and a good luthier for assembling. For this price you can make three of them and also buy some pedals... |
12-28-2011, 11:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Havre De Grace MD | | | I just wonder where the demand is for this? It is priced as a pro's bass, but if I were a pro, I wouldn't necessarily want to be seen playing another guy's sig. bass. So, as for semi-pro and weekend warrior? $5,200 is really out of the ball-park for most I would think, right? I guess that leaves the collectors...
I agree with the comments that at the end-of the day, it is still a P bass with P bass electronics. I would (and have) paid premium price for CS basses (after a LONG time saving my $$), and I find them a step up personally in terms of woods, construct, sound and playability - but the most I paid is half of this one and that (personally) gives me a bass I love and would be happy to gig with - inevitable dings and spills and all...
At the end of the day though, to each their own and I can respect that. |
12-28-2011, 12:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boston, MA | | | I don't think this bass is marketed towards pros. It's marketed towards fans. And considering what some U2 fans spend to get top notch seats at U2 concerts, $5,200 isn't that out of line. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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