TheDarkReaver Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 (edited) [url="http://www.spectorbass.com/NewFiles/32kbass.html"]http://www.spectorbass.com/NewFiles/32kbass.html[/url] I bet it has a mammoth tone. Edited October 30, 2008 by TheDarkReaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Oh dear >_< That's pretty cool though, having a bass that's made of wood thousands of years old with an inlay from an animal that lived thousands of years ago, it's a cool thought i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'd want new wood for that sorta money!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 "Waiter... none of this old wine. Bring me your freshest wine!" - Navin Johnson, [i]The Jerk[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 As a Spector owner, thats a pretty underwhelming bass for the money. They could whack some NZ ancient swamp kauri in there instead and have something 50,000 years old with at least some sheen to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Yeah, i mean, if it sounds absolutely fantastic, then it might be worth the price tag, but on looks alone, its boring and plain. Crazy Kiwis wood would be a much better choice then what they used. Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 [quote name='The Funk' post='318500' date='Oct 30 2008, 04:48 PM']"Waiter... none of this old wine. Bring me your freshest wine!" - Navin Johnson, [i]The Jerk[/i][/quote] One of my fave films.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithless Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 "...[i] [size=5]the NS-30K BC that will utilize what is believed[b] to be the oldest wood ever used[/b] in the construction of a musical instrument...[/size][/i]" That's a lie! We had one of these, let's say, fairy-tales here... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12589&hl=35,000+old"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=35,000+old[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 and the point is......................? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkReaver Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 (edited) Because they could? I think anyone buying it would be doing it for collectable purposes, being only 1 model ever made and the fact it's made from really old preserved would and dead mammoth. Plus it's for charity. Edited October 30, 2008 by TheDarkReaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 [quote name='crez5150' post='318511' date='Oct 30 2008, 04:58 PM']One of my fave films....[/quote] 'Good Lord - I've heard about this - cat juggling! Stop! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Good. Father, could there be a God that would let this happen?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 [quote name='Faithless' post='318514' date='Oct 30 2008, 04:59 PM']"...[i] [size=5]the NS-30K BC that will utilize what is believed[b] to be the oldest wood ever used[/b] in the construction of a musical instrument...[/size][/i]" That's a lie! We had one of these, let's say, fairy-tales here... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12589&hl=35,000+old"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=35,000+old[/url][/quote] And 10 points to the first person who knows what [i]Agathis australis[/i] is and where it comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 It is kinda boring. Kauri is beautiful i forget what that NZ guitar builder that uses it is called though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamble Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Ritter made a bass from ridiculously old bog oak with a mammoth bone nut too, but all his basses cost about that much anyways..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 (edited) [quote name='budget bassist' post='318588' date='Oct 30 2008, 06:23 PM']It is kinda boring. Kauri is beautiful i forget what that NZ guitar builder that uses it is called though...[/quote] It's something like Lancester or Lanchester - bet CK knows. My mate in Palmy,North Island has furniture made from it and was going to look at a body for one of his Precisions. Edited November 1, 2008 by Dr.Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 (edited) I have to say, it doesn't look terribly exciting. I've definatly seen a luthier somewhere that was making guitars out of million (can't remember if they were that old though actually) year old fossilised logs, can't remember who that was though. They actually looked nice too! Edited November 1, 2008 by Waldo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmanlamius Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='318561' date='Oct 30 2008, 05:44 PM']And 10 points to the first person who knows what [i]Agathis australis[/i] is and where it comes from.[/quote] [i]Agathis australis, commonly known as the kauri, is a coniferous tree found north of 38°S in the northern districts of New Zealand's North Island. It is the largest (by volume) but not tallest species of tree in the country, standing up to 50m tall in the emergent layer above the forest's main canopy. The tree has smooth bark and small oval leaves. Other common names to distinguish A. australis from other members of the genus are southern kauri and New Zealand kauri.[/i] I didn't google it. Honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 [quote name='Dr.Dave' post='319466' date='Nov 1 2008, 08:33 AM']It's something like Lancester or Lanchester - bet CK knows. My mate in Palmy,North Island has furniture made from it and was going to look at a body for one of his Precisions.[/quote] Yep, the Langcaster instruments are made from the same acrylised ancient swamp kauri. I remember the original asking price was fairly astronomical as well, but nowhere near that Spector. The prices seem to be a bit more reasonable now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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