Would you go boutique or vintage?

[Darkstrike]

What about a vintage boutique bass?

 

[christw]

I buy what sounds good, plays good, and looks good to me. Or a compromise of the three.

I have a '75 Ric 4001 I bought a few days ago. Played really well without so much as a setup or love for the last couple of years. I need to replace one screw on it, and the pickup selector switch, but it's one of the few basses that feels perfect in my hands.

I also have a Schecter CV-5 prototype I bought from a fellow TB'er with Kent Armstrong J + MM's in it that gives me a whole different tone. I adore it. It
's by no means boutique. It's already just what I'd ask for if I were willing to pay $3k for a bass-It made the cut too.

It's all about what seems right (or seems right at the time.)

 

[PRUNEFACE]

What about a vintage boutique bass?

If it's boutique it's not vintage
Alembic has only added more electronics options... They still offer their original Series I electronics

 

[john turner]

Sweet! Hadn't seen that!!

thanks man i guess i should embed that in the myspace page.

I really like how that was mixed. Modern guitar sounds (without overwhelming bass eq'd in) with an ever-present bass.
Vocals make me think of the child of Hetfield and Geddy (lol)!

thanks . there's some more tunes on our myspace, including a 35 min piece (it's broken into 4 tracks, the first 4 on the myspace page) from our 2nd cd that i'm still in the process of mixing.

 

[Darkstrike]

If it's boutique it's not vintage
Alembic has only added more electronics options... They still offer their original Series I electronics

I bet there was more than Alembic back then.

Heck, soon enough 80's basses will be vintage.........

 

[PRUNEFACE]

Some 80s guitars are already vintage/collectables... Think the Elite series and the first year of the (then) new vintage series from the very early 80s.

 

[Darkstrike]

My point.

 

[Solarmist]

Boutique- Sorry, but I couldn't care less about vintage basses or the "vintage" sound.

 

[PRUNEFACE]

thanks man i guess i should embed that in the myspace page.



thanks . there's some more tunes on our myspace, including a 35 min piece (it's broken into 4 tracks, the first 4 on the myspace page) from our 2nd cd that i'm still in the process of mixing.

you guys really have some great stuff!

 

[BassyBill]

bou⋅tique
  /buˈtik/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [boo-teek] Show IPA
–noun
1. a small shop or a small specialty department within a larger store, esp. one that sells fashionable clothes and accessories or a special selection of other merchandise.
2. any small, exclusive business offering customized service: Our advertising is handled by a new Madison Avenue boutique.



But it's applicable..

Fair enough.

 

[Eric Perry]

...got 2 of them on ebay heh...

There's another 7 on the 'bay right now John.

 

[Tom Howland]

I have strong feelings for both.

There are some great builders out there now.

But, I still gas for a 1962-P-bass L.P.B. I sold about 15 years ago.

So, I look for that killer "Slab Board" P-bass.

 

[PRUNEFACE]

L.P.B.? Lake Placid Blue? With the slab board?
That does sound nice...

 

[john turner]

There's another 7 on the 'bay right now John.

yeah, that's eddie pruitt's bass. he had that made when i had my 8's made - the fretboard is like them, cut from a piece of the neck blank.

that's a really sweet instrument - i've played it - it sounds really good.

 

[john turner]

you guys really have some great stuff!

thanks man .

 

[PRUNEFACE]

yeah, that's eddie pruitt's bass. he had that made when i had my 8's made - the fretboard is like them, cut from a piece of the neck blank.

that's a really sweet instrument - i've played it - it sounds really good.

Sounds pretty interesting, you don't happen to have nay pics saved of when your basses were being made do you?

 

[john turner]

i have some great pictures of the doubleneck in progress.

check this link out...

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got the pictures i sent to bill conklin with the instrument design i wanted, along with pictures of the doubleneck being made.

 

[PRUNEFACE]

i have some great pictures of the doubleneck in progress.

check this link out...

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got the pictures i sent to bill conklin with the instrument design i wanted, along with pictures of the doubleneck being made.

That's just so cool

I'm probably looking to get a job this summer to get enough to buy a decent starter six string so that I can start saving up for (and begin deciding on how many strings I want) my "ultimate" boutique/custom bass.

 

[OlafR]

I like both, but because I'm a Rikkers fan, boutique must be my preference.

I've a '62 reïssue 7ender Jazz Bass, made in The Land of The Rising Sun in 1994 (T serial). But that's not vintage. Or is it?

Both are great. But because boutique is built with your taste in mind, my vote is for boutique.

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[Trapeze Fan]

there are many issues w/vintage basses. the fact is the vast majority of vintage electronics in so many older basses are substandard compared to today's electronics. there is vibe and it is real, but i think places like the fender custom shop are turning out some incredible product. i have a john english masterbuilt '55 that is a killer. i've owned 7 vintage alembics, late '70's to mid 90's, and they were lush..........but my scott surine boutique killed them all. i sold them. kept the custom build surine. my F Bass BN5 is indescribable. my USA laklands are works of art. i've owned a '58 gibson EB1. owned it less than a year and sold it. i say boutique!