I'm currently up to 7 basses and I'm trying to scale down to less basses but higher quality. My problem is that I'm having a hard time letting any of them go.
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No More Cheap Basses!
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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That SUB 5 is going to be my only fretted five string.
Guy with vacuum was crouching in the corner just waiting for you to press record.
March, I just swore off anymore cheap basses so I can hurry up and get it home.
So, is it home now?
March, I had planned to take it home in January but I ended up spending my Bass money taking my kids to Florida to visit a college for my eldest. The good thing was that I got to meet Lowdownthump at Bass Central.
So it's almost home. Hurry up March!
It will be heartwarming for the entire Talkbass universe when you spring this Geddy for good. Congrats, almost there Doc!
Some people need to stay away from fast food (actually need too also,) but I need to stay away from $100-$300 “great deals.” That is why the Geddy is still in the shop.
I have three with the plan to build the 4th, but then I would offload one and get back to three. But I often wonder if I should just have 2; one fretted and one fretless. I will never let my L2500 go, so that takes care of the fretted side. In a perfect world, I’d have a fretless L2500....like this one:
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Congrats Dr. Cheese. Looks and sounds sweet!
In terms of inexpensive basses, if you've identified a bass that will work for you and that you want, save your money and get it instead of settling for anything else. There are cheap basses and then there are basses that for some reason or another, are priced inexpensively. In my case, I don't play as much as I used to so funds are diverted elsewhere and all I really need are good basses not great ones. Been fortunate and found some without breaking the bank, my G&L Tribute M2000, the Traben John Moyer (which in all honesty and much to my surprise is toe to toe with the G&L in terms of sound, versatility and quality), my Peavey Fury and of course my US EBMM SUB. I can live vicariously through others here on TB though for the boutique stuff. lol!
In terms of inexpensive basses, if you've identified a bass that will work for you and that you want, save your money and get it instead of settling for anything else. There are cheap basses and then there are basses that for some reason or another, are priced inexpensively. In my case, I don't play as much as I used to so funds are diverted elsewhere and all I really need are good basses not great ones. Been fortunate and found some without breaking the bank, my G&L Tribute M2000, the Traben John Moyer (which in all honesty and much to my surprise is toe to toe with the G&L in terms of sound, versatility and quality), my Peavey Fury and of course my US EBMM SUB. I can live vicariously through others here on TB though for the boutique stuff. lol!
So for my eternally-confused-by-Fender-building-so-many-different(?)-Jazz-Basses self, WHAT exactly makes a Geddy different than the other two dozen they sell?
I have found that price will get you a better made bass almost of the time if one is looking at new instruments, but once you go used, especially if you don’t mind less popular brands, a bass that is perfect for you might be very inexpensive. My Pedulla is a first rate boutique bass, but I bought used at a time when Pedulla was no longer the boutique bass that was getting most attention, so I got it pretty cheap. I recently got an American Music Man Sub 5, and it will be my only fretted five from now on. It is a beat up (just picked a new set of bridge saddles from Music Man for just $25,) but it delivers that Stingray sound with a super tight B string, and that’s all I need. My Geddy is is the classic Seventies Jazz I have wanted since the actual Seventies, and I am glad that it is coming home soon.
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