Good point! Maybe you should try one of these...I tried using a pick on one of my first basses. Not only did it sound terrible but then I had to rake up all those wood splinters.
Should work good for this type of music...
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Should work good for this type of music...
Not Handel but a few years ago we went to the Shrewsbury flower show, at the end of the day they have a concert and a fantastic fireworks display. The concert was by the Royal Artillery band and they played Tchaikovsky's 1812 but they brought with them 12 large cannons. That concert was ....ing awesome!
A TR6 daily driver runs about $10,000USD here and a mint condition low mileage fully restored museum quality one runs about $30,000USD. Not as much market here for a Stag for some reason.
Change the $ to £s and they're the same value over here. Big Healys are another story now, Ferrari money
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I'm not a finesse player - so I kind of bash at the strings not too gently, glancing blows off of the pickup cover count as tone!
That I didn't know! Kinda discredits my theory..LOL...
Don't think many Stags were imported over here..
100/6s (and 4s) in great shape go for about 80 to 90k USD over here. 3000s for somewhat less...
Why is everything so much more expensive in Blighty?...
Probably right. I've seen a few and my dad had one in the early 1970's when I was a kid but it just seems like one of those cars that never got quite popular enough to create a following with the masses. A true collector might find more value in them because of their rarity but most of the true collector money going for British cars these days is being funneled into older Austin Healys, Jaguars and Aston Martins. The Triumphs and MGs are more of a working mans collector right now.
I have a theory, it's probably deeply flawed but I think it's an English trait in that "you have it, I want it and I'll outbid anyone to get it [or invade]". I don't mean that to sound as racist as it does, it's just an observation of the types that I get to see and I do realise it's not just the English or every one either
Most nationalities would say "not cost effective, move on to the next" in my experience
Totally agree. Stags are a lot of car with that V8 but why compete with an American V8? Jensens (with the exception of the 440FF) seem to fall in that working man's category as well.
With the strings so close do you have issues with clipping?.
My Ghia is modified (lowered, suicide doors, shaved chrome & handles) so not a collector car. I’ll find some pics or take some new ones soon.
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Not with that bass, the pickups have great tone but they're not very hot compared to most anything else in my collection, that bass sounds best played a bit loud through a big amp.
Yes, yes it is!
This is some funny stuff...careful what you wish for...
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I can't leave anything alone! It needed Purple.
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I'e always wanted to play with a pick but I am totally incompetent with one. I keep trying to figure it out but can't not be horrible with it.
