squire5 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/product2071.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/product2071.html[/url] And not a bad price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Pretty smart looking, and would probably be easily upgradable, rather attractive price too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosebass Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 (edited) As someone who has imported inexpensive basses (but has now stopped) a few words of caution. This looks very much like a sample I got off one of my suppliers, its exactly the same body shape , same neck even. They play ok for the money, which is like saying a Kia Picanto is a good car "for the money" . The prices are being driven down by the big players to the point where they are making probably about $15.00 a guitar and relying on large sales numbers for their profits. This means the little guys cannot compete making basses and music shops with large overheads cannot stock them as the margins are too small. We will I think in the not too distant future have a situation where only specialist high end guitar shops will be able to survive and your local shop will go under. I have friends who own shops and they are worried ,especially with the so called "credit crunch" affecting sales.Preston no longer has a good guitar shop !, Apoco music in Chorley has had to shut his Lancaster shop. It will be a sad day when all you do is either order a bass over the web or pay a fortune for a high end bass with nothing between them available. I decided just to import parts and hand build "specials" properly built, set-up, shielded and with good quality parts on them Due to prices like this I have had to stop building basses for my main income and find a job elsewhere as I got no support from the bass community for my products as they were 200% more in cost than these imports even though they they sounded 300% better. Eventually when China has cornered the market , they will start to suffer inflation , wages will rise, product prices will go up and the industry will be ruined here at home. Now where have I heard that before ? Other than the moral / social aspect you can't go wrong for the money..... Edited September 6, 2008 by Prosebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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