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04-23-2013, 02:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: US | | | If someone handed you $3000 for a new bass
and you had to buy an electric bass and any remaining money has to be returned, what would you buy? You can joke if you want to, but I'm looking for realistic answers.  |
04-23-2013, 02:19 PM
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Endorsing: Copetti Guitars | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Florianopolis - Brazil | | | If I had 3K I'd look for a Super J or Super P. I'm GASing for Dingwalls so that would be my choice right now.
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04-23-2013, 02:21 PM
| | | | I would have to find about another 1,700 or so for another smith
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04-23-2013, 02:22 PM
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04-23-2013, 02:22 PM
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Me endorsed? | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | I would put it towards my current Fodera build. 
But to answer your question, I don't personally think there is a better bass available for approx $3000 than a used MTD USA, Sadowsky NYC or Spector USA.
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04-23-2013, 02:24 PM
| | | | I'd get a Warmoth with all the "bells and whistles." It wouldn't come to $3000 but it would be incredible. I'd also consider a Mike Lull or another Modulus. |
04-23-2013, 02:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boulder Suburbia, Colorado | | | Custom USA G&L SB-2 |
04-23-2013, 02:26 PM
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04-23-2013, 02:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: US | | | Interesting choices here. |
04-23-2013, 02:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NY/NJ Metro Area | | | Sadowsky Metro 5
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04-23-2013, 02:28 PM
| | | | Yeah I would probably go for a Sadowsky NYC.
That or buying an SX and dumping as much money as I can into making it the SX'iest (pun unapologetically intended) bass it could be just cause I could. |
04-23-2013, 02:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Waxahachie, Tx | | | I've played Sadowskys, Laklands, Lulls, etc. If someone handed me that cash and said that, I'd likely just buy another Carvin SB5000, but with some nicer options that the ones I already own. |
04-23-2013, 02:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sellersburg, IN | | | Spector Coda, American made, fretless. |
04-23-2013, 02:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Dalian, Liaoning | | | Already have a vintage Rick,...so I'd shop around hard for a 60's - mid 70's P Bass. |
04-23-2013, 02:32 PM
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04-23-2013, 02:33 PM
|  | Out of GAS!! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Roseville, CA | | | MusicMan Sterling 5 HS with birdseye board and neck and matching headstock.
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04-23-2013, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: see Burn Notice | | | Kubicki Factor...4 string...preferably white.
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04-23-2013, 02:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Moreno Valley, CA | | | SD Curlee Standard II, or some kind of P/J with a walnut finish. |
04-23-2013, 02:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Waxahachie, Tx | | Quote:
Originally Posted by maxgrant Spector Coda, American made, fretless. | I played one of those last week. Nice bass, kinda heavy, pretty pricey as well. |
04-23-2013, 02:39 PM
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