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I've never owned an instrument over $250

#101
JeffplaysBass said:
HOT chicks rule!!..EXPENSIVE basses rule too!!!...you can keep your fat chics and cheap basses, I will pass dude.
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Likewise, I will pass on the Sadowskys. I could afford one, but frankly, I have better things to do with my money than make Roger richer. He's a good guy and all don't get me wrong, I just go for "bang for the buck" when I buy things rather than thinking spend a lot of money. I want value for what I pay for, I work hard for what I earn, no trust fund or inheritance here. So I want value.

But again if a Sadowsky is what trips your trigger that's great. I COMPLETELY 100% disagree with the notion that EVERYONE must do what you do, to justify what you do, though. Next it will be everyone MUST be of my religion so that justifies what I believe, or you are going to hell.....

Basically these threads pretty much turn into this kind of thing don't they.
 
#102
D.A.R.K. said:
i could bang a model or a fat chick. i'd get off either way.
but i'd rather bang the model, every time.
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Case in point! I would prefer the fat chick. Doesn't make either one right or wrong. Doesn't mean that the model will get a better banging. Whatever you dig is the right thing for you. I wouldn't give 50 cents for anything with a fender logo on it. But I would go way out of my way for a Japanese bass from the '80's.
 
#103
I've worked on machines and schtuff for over two decades and there is one lesson I learned above all. Even though an item may be produced on an assembly line, no two are exactly the same.

You can line up five basses of the same model and year, play them all and I assure you that at least two will be very different than the others. Will they be better, worse? Who knows... it's just a roll of the dice.

I learned long ago that when I go shopping I decide how many strings I want and what scale (34, 32, 30). Other than that, it's a matter of trying every single beast in the house regardless of if it's a $99 hunk 'o junk or a $5,000 masterpiece.

One or two will feel just right. You won't choose it, it will choose you. When it feels just right, suddenly you can easily play things that you struggled with before.

If the tone isn't just right then that's easy to deal with... change the pickups and strings. As long as the neck is true and all the proper adjustments can be made, you can make it sound good.

But what feels perfect in your hands will always feel that way... regardless of what you paid for it.

Go to a GC and I'd bet money that you can find a bass for under $250 that feels and plays, perhaps even sounds, just a hair under what you get from the ones they have for $2,000. The trick is in being patient enough to try them all and find that needle in the haystack.
 

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