another Fender Custom Shop bass

[BassmanM]

IMHO no bass with a bolt-on neck and simple electronics is worth more than EUR 1500.

 

[bmc]

I'd much rather get 2 Sadowskys for that price. And they come with a nicer finish

I was just about to say the same thing. You would end up with two fantastic working basses.

 

[Emanuel Apascaritei]

And when did Fender start to do 35" scale?

 

[BigBigGuy44]

$8,000 is MSRP. Street should only run around $7,000.

 

[Jookbox]

$8,000 is MSRP. Street should only run around $7,000.

Well that changes everything.

 

[msaone]

soooo, what are the differences between this one and a normal roadworn Jazz bass (besides from the price tag)?

Geddy acknowledged the existence of these.

 

[Stranger Danger]

I'd rather have a '72 that looks new than a '13 that looks old but that is just me.

 

[DigitalMan]

Ok. Wait. Geddy got his for $200, we gotta pay $8,000?

Warmoth.

Yeah, but he had to make a trip to Kalamazoo to get it. Not making that trip is almost a break even for me.

 

[hennessybass]

Wonder how it compares to the Japan and Mexican geddys?

It's a better instrument.

Kind of like... I wonder how a $15 hamburger from a steak house made of fresh, grass-fed in-house ground serloin, grilled and prepared by a professional chef compares to a Big Mac.

This is a collectors item. Not a player.

 

[FunkRenegade]

That's the problem.

This is a collectors item. Not a player.

 

[JimmyM]

It isn't a problem for me...it's only a problem for those who want one and can't afford it.

 

[Yango]

Meh.

 

[hennessybass]

Not a problem for me either.

Let the 1% worry about it. Find a bass that you can afford, that you like, and that inspires you, and then play the hell out of it.

 

[Teacher]

For that price, for a painted and beat up bass, it had better make me breakfast every morning while singing "Clockwork Angels" to me.

 

[mr.black]

man, you have been on fire these days.

for 8K it should come with the girl in joeyl's avatar!!! holy smokes! who is that??!!

 

[georgiagoodie]

Only paid $125 for my '74 (in '76...)

 

[joeyl]

for 8K it should come with the girl in joeyl's avatar!!! holy smokes! who is that??!!

I don't know but it's a picture that I stole from a German photographer/video director on vimeo

Do a search on vimeo for KIPPENBERGER and click on his profile. Watch out: not safe for work or easily offended people.

 

[sigmafloyd]

I think Fender has gotten drunk on their founders name.. and are just laughing all the way to the bank as they pull these ridiculous prices from their ###

Seriously, don't they know you could get an Alleva Coppola for 5k that looks this good?

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1006426

 

[sigmafloyd]

IMHO no bass with a bolt-on neck and simple electronics is worth more than EUR 1500.

And no pre is worth more than maybe $250

 

[sigmafloyd]

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