$10,000.00 for this? I think somebody got taken advantage of, big time. I know the U.S. Curbow Basses are worth a pretty penny. But, not 10 grand.
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Someone got ripped off.....
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If someone had the money and wanted it then theres nothing wrong with it.
I personally never would pay that kind of money for a bass, but then again ive never been rich.
I personally never would pay that kind of money for a bass, but then again ive never been rich.
I have no problem with the purchase. He simply paid the asking price. Such a beautiful instrument.
Yeah, 10K seems a bit steep, but if it's that special then I guess I envy the guy who took the dough to the bank. I just love these 30+ minute uTube ramblings with absolutely now structure or planning ahead. ha!
my other instrument is mandolin and you should see the dough some people drop on those little things. There are a lot of $10k+ mandos out there, and yeah they are old Gibsons, but there are plenty of those out there too.
Just sayin' ... some people pay the asking price for what they want. If it makes them happy, who cares.
Just sayin' ... some people pay the asking price for what they want. If it makes them happy, who cares.
Gilchrist Mandolins: $20K+
Monteleone Mandolins: $30k+
LLoyd Loar Era Gibson Mandolins: $65k+
Signed LLoyed Loar Era Gibson Mandolins: $100K to $225K depending upon condition.
Monteleone Mandolins: $30k+
LLoyd Loar Era Gibson Mandolins: $65k+
Signed LLoyed Loar Era Gibson Mandolins: $100K to $225K depending upon condition.
What about a 1970 natural finished Gibson A5 Mandolin?
EDIT: LOL at the mods changing the title
I have no problem with people paying out the wazoo for something they want. I don't know who that guy is, but after watching him rambling on in his Kiss shirt for five minutes, I was not at all surprised to see him plug that $10,000 bass into a tiny practice amp underneath a keyboard and start doing a GC slap-and-pop special.
I actually saw him do some demos of the Gene Simmons' basses from Cort. I don't remember the demos being very good, either. Tinny sounding and unfocused.
I was at the Montana Hardtimes Bluegrass Fest a couple of weekends ago and actually handled/touched a mandolin that was worth $1/4 Million.
It sounded like any other decent mandolin - looked about the same as the others I saw and I cannot rationalize that crazy value for the life of me.
Now --- the guy who played it is a totally different story. The birds stopped singing and prolly breathing too when he played.
It sounded like any other decent mandolin - looked about the same as the others I saw and I cannot rationalize that crazy value for the life of me.
Now --- the guy who played it is a totally different story. The birds stopped singing and prolly breathing too when he played.
People put WAAAY too much value on dumb things.
Correction: people put way too much value on their own judgement of what other people care about.
I've played a U.S. Curbow (back in the day), and I just wouldn't ever want one. I really didn't like the way it felt or sounded at all.
I'm not sayin' people are crazy paying 10 grand for a bass. I'm sayin' people are crazy paying 10 grand for a bass that you can pick up for $4500-$5000 all day. When you run across one, that is.
Regarding the above comments about the values of Mandolins - while I agree to an extent - the market is propped up by perceived values - but in the case of Mandolins, a lot of the damage was done (specifically) by people like George Gruhn and Stan Jay (of Mandolin Brothers) in terms of hyperbolic promotion of used vintage instruments. At the same time I'll say that Mandolins are not simple things to construct and that the amount of hours put into them is considerable.
I can't really see why a mandolin that cost 10 grand isn't just as capable of entertaining my ears as one that cost 100 grand.
At a certain level with guitars, basses, mandolins and many other instruments, tone is subjective, but what you pay for is craftsmanship, hi quality materials, fit, finish and playability.
I can assure you as a mandolin player that there are dozens, if not hundreds of people out there that would gladly plunk down $10Gs on a Gilchrist Mandolin.
I can't really see why a mandolin that cost 10 grand isn't just as capable of entertaining my ears as one that cost 100 grand.
At a certain level with guitars, basses, mandolins and many other instruments, tone is subjective, but what you pay for is craftsmanship, hi quality materials, fit, finish and playability.
I can assure you as a mandolin player that there are dozens, if not hundreds of people out there that would gladly plunk down $10Gs on a Gilchrist Mandolin.
He could afford to pay 10k to get his special dream bass? Well so be it. Nothing wrong with that.
It is to me when you pay $5000 too much.
"was that meat loaf?"-joeyl
Lol. He just needs one of these shirts, and he'd be a shoe-in.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFjD11zOCM
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