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Pimpernel Smith replied to the thread Paul McCartney and his Basses.What interested me the most was Hofner's expert, Nick Wass saying that McCartney's original "Cavern bass" had a round back, and not a... -
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to jthisdell's post in the thread Thomastik Infeld strings seem awfully expensive with
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If you like low tension strings they are worth it, mine are 8 1/2 years old, I was changing DR rounds every six months (great strings... -
Pimpernel Smith reacted to nixdad's post in the thread Thomastik Infeld strings seem awfully expensive with Like.
Yeah Baby! 😀
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to GL1800's post in the thread Thomastik Infeld strings seem awfully expensive with Like.
TI Jazz flats are $85 on Amazon. I bought 4 sets in the past month and switched over all my basses
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to Major Seven's post in the thread Why are older basses "coveted"??? with Like.
avocado toast doesn't even sound like it would taste good.
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to Rolling Thunder's post in the thread Why are older basses "coveted"??? with Like.
This. Whine about younger generations and their avocado toast or Starbucks or whatever as they buy a $8,000 bass on Reverb. No reason...
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to J Wilson's post in the thread Why are older basses "coveted"??? with Like.
Beats the hell out of me I live minutes from Gruhn's, Carter Vintage, and Rumble Seat, three of the greatest vintage dealers in the...
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to MrAB4003's post in the thread Why are older basses "coveted"??? with Like.
What's crazy is that most of the Boomers are going to be gone by 2050. I wonder what the antique guitar and bass market will bring by...
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to claudel's post in the thread Why are older basses "coveted"??? with Like.
At some point certain instruments morphed into valuable artifacts instead of fun machines, with an artificial value that far exceeds the...
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I remember in the eighties no one wanted a cbs era fender, and ‘70s fenders were really cheap by comparison. It amazes me now that...
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to Gopherbassist's post in the thread Why are older basses "coveted"??? with Like.
Nostalgia, and rich Boomers with more money than sense. The technology behind making electric guitars and the art for making them has...
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to 2saddleslab's post in the thread Why are older basses "coveted"??? with Like.
There are good ones, there are bad ones. Age has little to do with it.
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to nixdad's post in the thread Trying to find a low tension but old school sounding flat with Like.
I can't recommend TI flats enough. I've been using these since 2014, and have them on multiple basses. The low tension feel plays like...
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to SDC1-ClickClack's post in the thread Trying to find a low tension but old school sounding flat with Like.
Hang on there, I see short-scale T-I Jazz Flats listed on the Thomastik-Infeld website and also on Sweetwater, eBay, and...
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Pimpernel Smith reacted to NKBassman's post in the thread Trying to find a low tension but old school sounding flat with Like.
TI flats are about as low-tension as they come. They play like wet spaghetti noodles and will require you to adjust your bass setup and...
