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Who on Basschat has the most expensive bass?


Jonny Walker
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[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1468575992' post='3091853']
Seeing as becoming a bass player/musician ruined my life as i should have done Sciences at Uni instead of music and gotten a proper jobs.
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Yes it ruined mine too... all those teenage years trying to be a rockstar instead of studying to be an investment banker... I'd be retired by now :angry:

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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1468576440' post='3091860']
Yes it ruined mine too... all those teenage years trying to be a rockstar instead of studying to be an investment banker... I'd be retired by now :angry:
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Innit, it kills me everyday. It was ridiculous fun and debauched tho....but that means absolutely nowt!

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Don't regret the past guys! I'm 'lucky' enough to have managed to still get involved in music a lot as a part time hobby and play/tour when younger, and still study law. I just spaced everything out...didn't rush off to Uni at 18,waiting 2 years, didn't rush to law school, waited 2 years etc. I even had a few years before I actually trained.

So, I'm older, but I've enjoyed A LOT.

Basses? My 'most expensive' bass is a Musicman Classic Stingray 5 in Natural/maple board. It plays and sounds every bit as good as the money I paid. Wonderful instrument.

Unless I came into serious money, I doubt I'd EVER spend more than £1700 on bass. I'd rather have lots of mid range £800-1400 than a couple of £4k instruments.

I imagine one of the collectors on here has the most expensive bass, and I imagine it is a vintage Fender. Either that, or a super high end Fodera.

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[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1468574937' post='3091844']
Good man, toneknob. Satellite Precision copy here. Must be worth all of £50. Mine's bigger/more expensive that yours, eh?
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See you round the back of the bins for a weigh-off.

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I used to work for a well-known (now ex) computer games company, and at the second interview I was talking to the company founder (a bit of character/ego) and the more grounded project manager. Proj Mgr sees I'm a musican from my CV and asks what I've got. 1975 black Ricky, "Ooo"; double-neck Shergold bass/12 "oh! well you are a prog fan I guess"; Musicman StingRay fretless "nice!" (under his breath) "show off".

Company founder gets a bit huffy that he's not the centre of attention any more, says "well I'VE got a 1978 PAIR OF PANTS in YELLOW so there" and leaves the room

(still got the job)

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[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1468577641' post='3091874']
Don't regret the past guys! I'm 'lucky' enough to have managed to still get involved in music a lot as a part time hobby and play/tour when younger, and still study law. I just spaced everything out...didn't rush off to Uni at 18,waiting 2 years, didn't rush to law school, waited 2 years etc. I even had a few years before I actually trained.

So, I'm older, but I've enjoyed A LOT.

Basses? My 'most expensive' bass is a Musicman Classic Stingray 5 in Natural/maple board. It plays and sounds every bit as good as the money I paid. Wonderful instrument.

Unless I came into serious money, I doubt I'd EVER spend more than £1700 on bass. I'd rather have lots of mid range £800-1400 than a couple of £4k instruments.

I imagine one of the collectors on here has the most expensive bass, and I imagine it is a vintage Fender. Either that, or a super high end Fodera.
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So basically what you're saying is:-

Don't worry if you've f***ed your life up...mine's great!

Hahaha

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[quote name='Alan Fourstrings' timestamp='1468619760' post='3092266']
This one ??? :rolleyes:


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I would be nervous of taking that Buzzard out to a gig, for the fear of taking someones eye out! :D
http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass8602.html

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John Entwistle's Frankenstein bass sold for ahem £62,400 when auctioned at Sotheby's, see http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2003/the-john-entwistle-collection-w03875/lot.168.html

Change the placing of the thumbrest and it looks a lot like my £70 Slammer.

See the whole lot at http://www.sothebys.com/en/search-results.html?keyword=entwistle+bass

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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1468652485' post='3092344']
That absolutely must be good for metal surely?
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I imagine it would self destruct if you tried to play mustang sally on it.

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I imagine a decent DB will be more expensive than anything other than a collector's item BG. I play cello and a basic Chinese cello is £1,500. New UK luthier made starts at around £8k. 'Cheap' German/Italian/French/English from around early C20th start at about £5k, anything 'interesting' starts at about £8k+. Even a decent C19th English instrument will be £20k+. DBs are probaly similar, or more...

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£2500 for my EBMM 25th Anniversary bought new in 2012 and £46 for my Harley Benton Progressive 5 Deco bought new in 2015. One extreme to the other! I've spent a lot of time working in Yorkshire in the past couple of years where the natives really understand the value of money. Think this has rubbed off on me lol.

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My very lovely Ritter Classic 2004 has had a number of valuations but the most sensible I've had is for £3000.
The previous owner paid a great deal more, the folks at Ritter quoted me £8.5 gbp to have it built now.
Probably the most expensive bass I'll ever own. What impresses me is that In comparison to other 'nice' instruments is that I can really see, feel and hear why Jens Ritters' products are so highly regarded and valuable. The quality is tangible, these things are always subjective though.

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[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1468659334' post='3092409']
John Entwistle's Frankenstein bass sold for ahem £62,400 when auctioned at Sotheby's, see http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2003/the-john-entwistle-collection-w03875/lot.168.html

Change the placing of the thumbrest and it looks a lot like my £70 Slammer.

See the whole lot at http://www.sothebys.com/en/search-results.html?keyword=entwistle+bass
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I just had a quick scan down of the stuff that sold. Ok, granted it was a few years ago, but there does seem to be a few biggish ticket items selling for fairly reasonable prices.

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Never got this "ex famous name guitar" nonsense. There's a shop in Chelsea that advertises ordinary instruments that are supposed to have been owned by stars for silly prices. They're still in business, so I assume some fool must buy them.Crazy.

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