The biggest rip off ever...

[Andy_D]

Unless your like 16 years old would anyone really want to be seen playing a bass that looks like that?

 

[dose]

And 10k for a fodera isn't a rip off?
This might be a awesome deal for a long time kiss fan.
What would you pay for a meet and great with Jaco plus a singed bass he played n stage?

 

[the yeti]

I'd like to see a girl get one, get it from him, plug it in, then show him he's fulla $#!+ when he says girls can't play bass. Jerk.

would seeing that be worth 5k?

 

[Jim Dep]

But it comes with a Precision bridge cover, that especially goes well with the axe design.

It really gives it the vintage vibe....for serious musicians with discriminating taste.

 

[the yeti]

What would you pay for a meet and great with Jaco ?

wouldn't they have to kill you (me) for that?

 

[gareth dunster]

I saw one for sale just the other day on a hong kong classifieds site.
Not quite sure why the street price of 479 bucks US would equate with a selling price of 700 bucks US.


Bass Guitar AXE
Cort GS-AXE 2 Bass
HK$5,700, Brand new, never used, Imported.
TECH SPECS
CORT GS-AXE-2 BASS
Street $479

Pros It’s shaped like an axe; killer midrangey rock tone
Cons It’s shaped like an axe

Scale 34"
Body Mahogany
Neck Maple
Fingerboard Rosewood
Bridge Cort EB6
Pickups Mighty Mite MMJB-R & MMPB-4
Controls Volume, Tone, 3-way pickup switch
Made in Indonesia

 

[GOX42]

the punisher was 1500$ when they first came out...but with kiss your paying for the name...Like Fender or Gibson (haha)

 

[Indiana Mike]

Gene Simmons is ,IMO, a greedy giant asshat.

Kiss never impressed me very much ... I just never got it.

 

[dose]

wouldn't they have to kill you (me) for that?

It's a hypothetical question..
I'm not a huge kiss fan...Some of their music is good.
Anything kiss is a huge money maker.

 

[JumboJack]

This say's it all

 

[dose]

but with kiss your paying for the name...Like Fender or Gibson (haha)

^^ This

 

[john_martin_sai]

Gene will also give you his wife for a weekend for $4000.

 

[Josh Emmons]

Really? what has Gene been hateful of? He loves our country, totally respects are military, appreciates his fans, loves his family and more. I see plenty of hate and jealousy in your posting, definitely 2 characteristics of what makes one a horrible human being.

Everybody is entitled to their opinion, that's what this forum is about, right? I too disagree with Genes comments about this. Apparently Gene hasn't listened to many women Bassists recently.


All show, no go... well gimmicks only get you so far. many bands came and went with gimmicks but it still takes good songs to sell records. When Kiss made some lackluster albums, look how their sales went down. Whether you like them or not is your opinion and irrelevant. Fact is, Kiss is still one the GO! probably the rock n roll hall of fame and where will you go?

The love of our contry doesn't make them a good guy, nor does that make him less hateful. take one of the most evil men in the world, hitler, the guy loved his contry and devoted himself in part to the german millitary, but the love of his country doesn't make him a better guy now does it?

But still, it cant be denied that gene isn't the best bass player, and that he is more sold out on money than he is the music factor.

 

[Josh Emmons]

What would you pay for a meet and great with Jaco plus a singed bass he played n stage?

Easy, the least i would possibly need to pay! , but literally, you could buy the bass, (probably get the bass for $600-$700, plus tickets and a meet and greet pass, ($500-$600) you can do a lot more than the 5 grand he was asking.

 

[gttim]

I'd like to see a girl get one, get it from him, plug it in, then show him he's fulla $#!+ when he says girls can't play bass. Jerk.

I saw a girl in a metal cover band playing one a few weeks ago. I think their name was Ironmullet. She had chops.

 

[Kitsapbass]

the punisher was 1500$ when they first came out...but with kiss your paying for the name...Like Fender or Gibson (haha)

Are you talking the first run (90's era) or the new one? To my understanding, those first ones were made in Japan in the Ibanez plant, w/EMGs...I could almost see that kind of being worth it back then. The new ones not so much.

 

[dose]

Gene will also give you his wife for a weekend for $4000.

Where do i send the check

 

[dgce]

I've heard him interviewed by a woman and he was a complete cad; it was really shameful. Frankly, I think he hates women or at least his opinion of them in general is very low.

He has plenty of money; how much more does he really need? He'll market any crap for profit. A young struggling band I could understand, but Gene Simmons? $5k for a budget bass and a meet-n-greet?—come now.

Joe Strummer is dead and Gene Simmons lives on. Karma must be a farce.

 

[Fender4Me]

Gene will also give you his wife for a weekend for $4000.

Gene is not and never will be married.

 

[wysiwyg248]

In the words of Anthony Jackson on his introduction to "Standing on the shadows of Motown", a must-have book for all serious bass players:
"In the current music business, we hear almost daily someone be called Musical Genius.
a) Sell a lot of bad records
b) Star in a couple of movies
c) Shake a lot of bootie
Any two of the three will do to be called a genius."