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WHAT THE......
- Thread starter JEDI BASS
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Nothing wrong with it.
13 bids made it go up to that price.
I guess someone really wants the Bass Whammy.
I suspect maybe that someone is here with us.
Who else would pay that much for it.
13 bids made it go up to that price.
I guess someone really wants the Bass Whammy.
I suspect maybe that someone is here with us.
Who else would pay that much for it.
You're the winner so far?? WOW!!
Maybe if I was in a band that played Tool stuff..... I dunno, that price just seems.....
Maybe if I was in a band that played Tool stuff..... I dunno, that price just seems.....
although you cant do as much, its actually cheaper to buy and install a whammy by like 350 bucks.
bongomania
Commercial User
Notice there were only two bidders, and the high bidder (as I type this post) is a zero-feedbacker who has not bid on anything else in the last 30 days. I'm betting the high bidder is either a shill or a kid who doesn't intend to pay. Lesser odds on maybe they're a non-US citizen whose currency is strong, or a collector, or a TB'er whose GAS is overpowering.
Oh, that pedal does soooooo much more than just tremolo! I really want one, but definitely wouldn't use it enough to warrant paying more than around $200. Might pick up the guitar version for pocket change.
Anyone besides me sign the online petition to get these things reissued??
Anyone besides me sign the online petition to get these things reissued??
I dunno, it's common to see 'em go for over $700. But, it IS highly likely that there's some deviant bidding going on, say by a friend of the owner perhaps.?
GOOD LORD! Someday they'll reissue them and they'll all be worth the same "reasonable" price LOL....... I hope anyways.
There isn't any plan to do that. There's been people who asked Digitech reps and everything. The only way is if someone made a clone of it but that won't be happening.
I was talking to the owner of a local shop, and he sold a NOS Bass Whammy a couple of years ago for less than $200. I think he let it go for like $150 or something.
Like me, when I think of how I traded my brand new '92 Rick for a Ibanez Soundgear and threw in hundreds in cash, too!
I wish somebody had kicked the *&#$ outta me to keep me from doing that! That was pre-internet (lack of research on Rick worth), I was young and the Ibanez dealer was smart and EVIL!!!
So,why would Digitech say that they won't ever redo this pedal when there's so much demand?? For that matter, why doesn't somebody else hear the call and do it?
I don't think that there really IS that much demand for the Bass Whammy, but the people who want one, REALLY WANT ONE. The Bass Whammy failed because there wasn't enough demand for it. Plus, the Whammy 4 is a pretty decent replacement, but it just doesn't have the same options. If DigiTech were smart (and really, they are) they would put out a Whammy 5, with some of the more popular settings from the Bass Whammy, in addition to the normal Whammy 4 modes, and get the tracking (which really isn't bad) a little better. Then they would have a hit on their hands.
