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I don't need it, but dang it's cool!
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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Buy It! I was at Sam Ash picked up a 1997 Yamaha RBX260 for $89 dropped a new bridge and Fender p pick up and it just slams. It's my main bass in my blues band. It sounds more like a pbass than my 72 fender
and weighs 7.5 lbs. My old shoulders are in love.
Those basses are no joke! Man I'd love to score one like that for my beater. My cheapest bass right now is like $700 (and it's a peavey)...
You have a practical attitude. As for me, I don't want every bass, but I LOVE great deals!
I get a real kick out of owning great playing and great sounding older basses that cost me very little.Sometimes folks ask me when am I going to make the leap to higher priced gear. I say that I spent years paying off the credit cards because for about eight years, I bought every high end bass I could think of.
I am not opposed to paying around $2K for bass if my budget will allow, but used basses and mid priced new basses work just fine for me.
You have a practical attitude. As for me, I don't want every bass, but I LOVE great deals!
Sometimes folks ask me when am I going to make the leap to higher priced gear. I say that I spent years paying off the credit cards because for about eight years, I bought every high end bass I could think of.
I am not opposed to paying around $2K for bass if my budget will allow, but used basses and mid priced new basses work just fine for me.
I understand your thrill of finding high quality basses at low budget prices!
You're smart in not ruling out a high end bass if it happens to be the one!
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Doc....Seriously... get it. I recently traded a classical guitar for an 80s Peavey Foundation in translucent blue and a maple fretboard. The only thing I changed were the strings. I slapped on a set of TI Jazz Flats that I took off of another bass I parted with and it sounds AWESOME. American made Peaveys are solid basses and are great values. Mine has a very "Jazz" bass tone. I am already looking at a few on reverb.com. I may become a serious collector of those things.
c'mon, Doc--go back to the store and get it! the price is just t-o-o good, and you'd have lots of fun with it.
BTW: Bass Strings Online has a great price on the detuner version of the ultralight key.
BTW: Bass Strings Online has a great price on the detuner version of the ultralight key.
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Look at all the TB hyenas circling the lion with a fresh kill. Drop your guard for a second and you'll be going hungry!
Personally I never worry about "deals" under $100, Have you seen the price of show and concert tickets lately? I figure if the most I get out of it is one eventing enjoyment playing around with it, I've broke even with my '"entertainment" budget and I still would have the bass to sell for some amount! And dare I say it? I've never had a deal so bad that I've dropped to that level. Usually my treasure gives me hours and hours of fun and typically even earns it's keep when a compatible gig turns up. If it plays good and sounds good it is good!
PS. While I'm typing this I see the good Dr. has grabbed the Peavey. Glad we could all help!
Personally I never worry about "deals" under $100, Have you seen the price of show and concert tickets lately? I figure if the most I get out of it is one eventing enjoyment playing around with it, I've broke even with my '"entertainment" budget and I still would have the bass to sell for some amount! And dare I say it? I've never had a deal so bad that I've dropped to that level. Usually my treasure gives me hours and hours of fun and typically even earns it's keep when a compatible gig turns up. If it plays good and sounds good it is good!
PS. While I'm typing this I see the good Dr. has grabbed the Peavey. Glad we could all help!
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
The only mistake that you made, was not taking it with you. After not purchasing the greatest sounding P Bass I've ever heard, I decided long ago that if I play it and it has the ultimate sound in my head at first touch, I'm taking it home with me and dealing with the consequences later.At a pawnshop today, I saw a P-Bass style Peavey Fury that was white with a white pickguard that was cracked at the jack. The jack was held in place with a washer. I asked to play it. The neck was straight, the action was low, and it had a killer tone. The owner told me I could have it for $70 and no tax. For that price, I am thinking of buying it and putting on a new pickguard and jack on it when I have time. Maybe a Hipshot D-Tuner too. I could do all of that for $200.
Sorry, my kid (middle schooler, not a baby) was in the car with my phone, so no pictures. It is hard to walk away from Peavey when it plays and sounds as good as a Fender for less than some Ti Flats.
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
Having read through the whole thread, I see that you purchased the bass. Way to go, you won't regret it!
I've often talked about the "ideal bass tone" in my head.
I know what I like, and it appears that you do too!
Yeah, and I went to the Ibanez dealer to get some better strap buttons
Their discounted floor model SR300E is still there, so I plugged it in & compared it (in my mind) to my SRX at home.
It has some extra stuff, like a mids knob & this switch for coil tapping. Mids bumped up did nothing for me, must not be the same mids that the Rumble 40 adjusts.
The coil tap thing is just not my bag, and with the treble turned up it was just noisy. (noisier than my SRX or BTB)
I also couldn't get past the finish, so I left it there & got the strap buttons I came for
BTW, they're literally 1/16" bigger around than the ones I have on it
but they were only $5
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
Ha ha, you bet! I've got a picture of that Pbass (Classic 50's P, honey blonde, lightweight) , including a headstock serial number pic on my phone incase I ever see it come back into circulation!
