| Author | Message | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1144 Registered: 10-2006 |
Wasn't working today, so I fell by my local music store (which I won't name because I like the guys) to play things I can't afford. Lots of nice old amps in stock, but there was not one single instrument I'd want in the whole store. None. That sucks. Does make it a little easier not having the money to buy them, though. Peter | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5045 Registered: 7-2004 |
My wife told me she heard the local Guitar Center is moving and having a huge sale. I thought about it and realized there is nothing in their store that I want. Alembics do tend to spoil us! Bill, tgo (Message edited by lbpesq on January 18, 2012) | ||
| wishbass
Intermediate Member Username: wishbass Post Number: 113 Registered: 5-2011 |
The only reason I go is for strings (that I buy from an old highschool budy).The economy doesn't help,as the store stock has increasingly become more "budget" minded. Thank God for Bass NW!(or the regional equivalent) | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1808 Registered: 9-2002 |
After a lifetime of not being able to pass any music store without going in, I rarely darken the door of the local ones here. And that's saying a lot, considering I live 10 minutes from George Gruhn's, and about half an hour form all that bass exotica at The Low End. It just feels like I'm SO done with all of that . . . . but yeah, it's hard to get excited about Music Mans and Fenders, etc., with 2 Alembics at the house. Now I can't pass motorcycle stores ! J o e y (Message edited by bigredbass on January 18, 2012) | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1756 Registered: 11-2004 |
What a coincidence, I was in my home town yesterday and passed a guitar shop and had no inclination whatsoever to go in and look around. I buy strings off the internet in bulk orders as it works out cheaper. The only time I went in this shop was to purchase a bone nut to repair a classical guitar for my girlfriend's nephew. If Alembic made beer it would probably be the best in the world | ||
| dannobasso
Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1419 Registered: 3-2004 |
Like many of you, my studio looks like a guitar center. The walls festooned with 23 axes, floorspace with amps and a recording desk. True I am missing a few items of desire (I'd really like a mix 24 and protools upgrade) but the only thing I've taken down and played was an old Les Paul recording bass which was very disappointing. As we all know, we are spoiled by quality and ruined to the ordinary. Thanks Santa Rosa................. Thanks a lot! Gotta work up a poker face when someone shows me their new guitar. | ||
| wishbass
Intermediate Member Username: wishbass Post Number: 117 Registered: 5-2011 |
Nice problem to have though.I remember when I would go in,and could only dream about what I could not afford.My 1st bass was $150 used in1982,and I thought that was a fortune.Financially ,I really did start w/nothing,and at 44 I can really appreciate all I've beenable to acquire . =) | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2135 Registered: 10-2003 |
J o e y - I know exactly what you mean. Got that KLR yet? We could ride the mountains around Tellico Plains and ignore all the music stores between there and Nash Vegas... John | ||
| billostech
Advanced Member Username: billostech Post Number: 263 Registered: 1-2011 |
Greetings to all. Our local GC is in walking distance from my house. Not even 2 miles. I go there with my daughters and feel somewhat dismayed when I don't go to the bass section. And then there's my bass playing buddies who stop by with their new aquisitions and say "...I know this is nothing like your Alembics but...." Almost awkward. | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1810 Registered: 9-2002 |
John, I'm afraid I'm just losing interest in the KLR, I just don't want a single. Maybe the revised VStrom . . . . although actually, I am beginning to seriously get the itch for a Bonneville SE. Maybe a 650 Ninja. I'd really like to stick in that less than 1000cc range, it's hard for me to pay car insurance rates and gas mileage for only two wheels. Really though, I'm at that stage where I want ALL of 'em. One day it's a Monster, the next day an FJR, etc. I did get to sit on a 1098 Ducati at a dealer recently . . . amazing, but I kept waiting for a voice behind me to say,'Ok, now cough . . . .' The great thing about Tennessee, there's NO shortage of great moto roads! J o e y | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1024 Registered: 1-2005 |
The only reason I go in to GC is to see if they have anything used that is a) interesting (happens sometimes) and b) not overpriced (happens much less rarely). But here in the SF Bay Area there are plenty of independent stores that I would much rather support. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2718 Registered: 6-2002 |
The last time I went in my local music shop was just to. Buy strings. A whole back I went to a shop and tried a good few of their higher priced guitars. They all sounded good I have to admit but I found more difference in the feel of the neck than the sounds of the guitars. I have a 1992 strat ultra and none of the guitars gave me anything vastly different to what i get on that guitar. Don't get me wrong I love the fender sound but there is very little to interest me in music stores any more. I have more or less what I want and need from electrics now. Jazzyvee | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 983 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hey guys, The only time I go to a music store these days is when I feel like buying actual music (sheet music, CD's etc...). I usually look in their classical section for Cello and Violin music. I like to take a peek at their Bass and Guitar stuff. I DO really dig the new American Fenders, but they rarely have much in stock - nothing exotic. I'm just happy and grateful for what I have. I suppose I'm cured of GAS. Haven't felt the need for a while.  | ||
| benson_murrensun
Senior Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 572 Registered: 5-2007 |
Something's happening to me, too! I have enough music gear for whatever musical situation I might find myself in. I have collected, bought and sold, etc. for so many years that I seem to have everything I need, with spares, no less. I am always ready for an upgrade, however, so I have to be ready for the right deal or trade! But having had to move a couple years ago (twice) I finally came to grips with the idea that material posessions can definitely be burdens. And for my motorcycles, I am down to only two and I don't even want anything else. I am finally happy with what I have: a touring/commuter bike, and a roguish high-peformance cop-magnet. I used to keep 3 or 4 minimum at one time, and found that I hardly ever used most of them. And they cost money to keep even if they go unused. They devalue and deteriorate just sitting there in the garage. | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2136 Registered: 10-2003 |
My wife and I are struggling with the notion of downsizing our material possessions so we can more easily transition to a reasonably high-mobility retirement over the next decade or so. One large hurdle to that, for me, is reconciling my love of music (and bass guitars) with the need to shed a bunch of stuff. I (we, actually) have too many interests that require stuff! John | ||
| wishbass
Intermediate Member Username: wishbass Post Number: 119 Registered: 5-2011 |
Nice problem to have.We're in our 40's and my wife already wnts to start downsizing my musical equipment....... | ||
| poor_nigel
Advanced Member Username: poor_nigel Post Number: 231 Registered: 11-2009 |
Rami - I know you LIKE fenders. What do you think of this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-Fender-American-Deluxe-Zone-4-string-bass-usa-/230659099398?pt=Guitar&hash=item35b45a8b06 I seriously considered buying this bass. Price for it is questionable. If it would sell for around $1,500, I think I would buy it. For $2,100, it just does not cover enough yardage I am missing, considering I have a Fender Precision and a few other less common basses. Maybe if I ran across it in a store, I would love it and buy it on the spot. That is what stores are good for. Actually playing something before buying it. I seriously cannot remember being in a music store since the Internet started opening up around 1986. I lied, I went to a Sacremento music store @ 1989 and bought a 74 Rick (A beauty, actually - body had flamed maple - Neat!) for about $800 - which at the time I considered high, but it was pristine, even the case. Since then, I have gotten everything from the Internet. I probably do not want to handle the high overhead a store carries, and the only real music stores are around 90 miles down the road. | ||
| poor_nigel
Advanced Member Username: poor_nigel Post Number: 232 Registered: 11-2009 |
Opps, make that an 84 Rick. My bad head for chronolgical matters . . . . | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 984 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hey, I've gotta say - I LOVE it!!! The Zone is an EXTREMELY rare Bass. I've only seen it in pictures. As well, it's discontinued, making it a sought after collectors item. I know that Fender's active Basses sound amazing. Fenders aren't the Worlds best selling Basses for nothing. The seller is taking offers - I'd suggest you offer $1500. You never know, you might get lucky. I LOVE that Walnut/Maple/Mahogany/Maple/Walnut sandwich. It's worth it. | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 985 Registered: 6-2002 |
I wish you hadn't shown me that link - now I'M losing sleep thinking about it!!! | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1758 Registered: 11-2004 |
Now that is one nice Fender bass, I have never heard of Fender Zone before, obviously not here in the UK. That bass does ooze ultra quality! | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2137 Registered: 10-2003 |
You guys might be interested in this: http://store.bassemporium.com/index.php?product=E315510&shop=1&c=1.36 Precision Bass Elite II, 1983.... John | ||
| peoplechipper
Advanced Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 261 Registered: 2-2009 |
I think our collective problem is we all have a few really good instruments...I tell people that guitars/basses are like paintbrushes and you never complain about too many paintbrushes, but we all clearly have our favourites and any new ones are amusements at best...I'd love a gretsch at some point and a Hiwatt and Orange amp, but I really don't need them...I have my Distillate and a backup, so the only reason for another bass is for the collection or if I was in a project that needed a 'normal' bass that didn't grind people to mush...most instruments today have thick 'tone blanket' poly finishes on them or the wood is crap, or both...hard to be inspired by the new stuff... | ||
| murray
Member Username: murray Post Number: 83 Registered: 7-2007 |
Came across the Chinese made Fender Modern Player series in a local UK store and they not at all bad. For a knock-down price of about £400 they represent good value and probably better value than the more expensive modern Fenders. Add a relatively inexpensive good bass amp and a new player could get up and running very quickly. |
