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Ah. I never saw that advert, only the cheaper one. I guess they think I'm a low-roller and not worth marketing the high-end one to. Personally, I can't get up any kind of anger or indnation that someone makes an expensive instrument. There are expensive cars, books, houses, watches, shirts... I could go on. Sometimes they're overpriced for what they are, other times it's down to components or the time it takes to make them but we live in a capitalist world and the value is what someone will pay for it. If you're a Pino fan and you've always wanted a bass like his and you've got the money do it. Spend that money. You're a long time dead and if you can find any happiness in this world that doesn't come at the cost of someone else's misery then I say do it. Honestly, early Stingray basses have never been CHEAP. They've always been highly regarded, but now they've gone from being respected, desirable basses that nail a unique tone to becoming collectible which is sort of a shame if they don't get played, but MusicMan make a range of instruments from £6k vintage-replica's to downright cheap far-east stuff. YOU pay YOUR money and YOU take YOUR choice and I will not judge.

I saw that email but it’s £3,799. Still a lot but not crazy insane https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/250521441519025--music-man-pino-palladino-signature-stingray

Revivals used to be a thing of the past... but now they're back. Thanks to watching a couple of old car/interesting car channels on youtube THE ALGORITHM keeps showing me stuff about classic car prices and I think we can learn a lot from how this has panned out. Some cars have always been expensive, desirable and will always hold a high value. Think your Mercedes Gullwing, DB5, Daytona. Anyone can recognise that they are desirable objects due to quality, scarcity etc. Cars like this are always being built - the Porsche Carrera GT. BUT mass-market cars that go up in price due to nostalgia... they have a peak then a dip. All those 70s and 80s cars like an XR3i, they are attractive because people like me lusted after them when they were kids and now my generation is old enough to pay tens of thousands for them. The next generation will have zero interest because they won't have the nostalgia for them. They won't be interested in hot hatchbacks from the 80s AND they will be impossible to get parts for pretty soon. Some mass-market cars transcend this, like the VW Beetle, The Mini, MGB, 2CV. They get cult status and people carry on making parts and they grow a community. They're mechanically simple enough to maintain and by sheer popularity they have support. I think you can map a lot of this across to guitars, but the big difference is the association with artists - Page, Hendrix etc. means that the boomer geneation has a fixation on specific intstruments from a specific era. If you want to see how this is going just look at how few listens these artists get on Spotify. Anyway. My tip for classics of the future? St Vincent Musicman. I am happy to admit I'm probably wrong.

Yowsahhhh!!!! That’s some tasty wood…

I may be a total cretin but my Stingray has two settings - everything up full and off. Though as the years have gone by and after 32 years with it I have tried backing off the treble. A bit. A couple of times.

You must have been writing that at the same moment!

I guess if it’s not too expensive and you’ve got the money… money money

If it was me I'd get it refinished and play the thing in front of audiences. It would look COOL AF!

I bought a Tec21 VT Bass DI from Paddy and it was a perfect transaction - comms, packaging etc. Very happy customer here, thank you!

It’s how Jameson get his tone isn’t it? Or did he use a stack of Razzle porn mags?

That’s pretty cute. I guess back in the day we’d all have used beer crates!

I used to have a MarkBass LMIII in a second hand zippy carry bag thing that had velcro that'd stick it to the rat fur surface of the cab. That was very handy.

I think that’s tres elegant!!!

Cor!

Can confirm Vintage punches well above its weight.

Tony bought my TC BH800 Tone Print amp. Communications were great, payment all fine and he wisely asked for photos of the amp with our names on a piece of paper to avoid scams, which I recommend everyone do! Absolutely seamless sale and a pleasure to do business. Thanks for buying the amp and I hope Tony has loads of fun with it! Cheers. Kim

This is the best bass I've ever played. It's incredible. I was a bit worried when I first got my hands on it wondering if I'd done the right thing - out of the box it felt like a different leage in terms of quality but I wasn't sure about the sound but every hour I've played this it's felt more and more like I'm home. In terms of playability I can tell that this is a higher quality instrument than the Chinese-made Combustion I had, and that was fantastic. Sound wise, I'd have to have them next to each other to tell the difference (except the preamp - this Neve-designed setup is WAY more me than the EMG and I love the passive tone control), that's how good those far eastern instruments are, but when it comes to the feel of the bass in my hands. I am blown away. Mind-blowing.

It's soooo nice to play!

NBD!!!!!