Pino Palladino Signature Stingray

[TransistorBassMan]

Apologies if this has already been posted. I searched, but couldn't find anything. 

 

I've just had an email from Guitar Guitar about the Pino Palladino Signature Stingray, available in fretted and fretless versions. 

 

https://www.music-man.com/instruments/families/basses/pino-palladino

Edited yesterday at 10:58 by TransistorBassMan

[Beedster]

So that’s why they’ve not been making FLs for a while 🤔

[Kev]

6 of the 10 icons already gone.

 

Beautiful basses.

[ped]

The body woods haven't been matched at all, have they?

[Stub Mandrel]

Comoare and contrast...

 

 

[Terry M.]

I remember Bass Direct had some limited edition Stingrays some years back and they were priced lower than regular Stingrays. From memory it was because they only came in red or blue (possibly black also),had a gig-bag rather than the usual hardcase, had a 2-band eq and...was poplar-bodied! I have no personal issue with poplar but find it interesting it was used on a cut-price Stingray and now on this Pino re-issue. I wonder if his original was made of it. I've owned poplar basses and it's never bothered me tonally I might add. Ok Google just helped me out,the Stingrays I mentioned were known as "Limited Edition 133" . Bass Direct had a couple back in roughly 2014 and they well under a grand,about £850 or so.

Edited yesterday at 13:53 by Terry M.

[Kev]

1 hour ago, ped said:

The body woods haven't been matched at all, have they?

Matched to pinos?  Yes.  Matched to each other?  Not so much.

 

It is a pet hate of mine too, but authenticity is authentic...

[mikebass456]

2 hours ago, ped said:

The body woods haven't been matched at all, have they?

I must admit that would affect my buying one (if I could afford one!).

The sudden step change in body wood looks so obvious, even on the promo pics (ESPECIALLY in the promo pics 😲)

[Bass Direct]

3 hours ago, Kev said:

6 of the 10 icons already gone.

 

Beautiful basses.

We have one coming this way  

 

[Bass Direct]

2 hours ago, ped said:

The body woods haven't been matched at all, have they?

They look awesome (to us)

[neepheid]

It's absolutely nuts.  Bonkers price.  Hard pass.

[AndyTravis]

I’d love one. But, it’s lottery win levels for me.

 

Probably my favourite player of all time.

[Bass Direct]

12 minutes ago, neepheid said:

It's absolutely nuts.  Bonkers price.  Hard pass.

Things change, prices go up, these aren't much more than a StingRay Retro  

 

[neepheid]

1 minute ago, Bass Direct said:

Things change, prices go up, these aren't much more than a StingRay Retro  

 

 

I'm not blaming you - I just have a different idea of what I'm prepared to pay for any bass, and these surpass that level by a fair order of magnitude.

[ezbass]

8 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Probably my favourite player of all time.

Me too, but I won’t be buying one, even if it was priced the same as a non sig ‘Ray. I’ve had 4 ‘Rays, but I’ve never kept them. My other all time fave is Tony Levin, so I have extra inducement to go MM. However, I’m not Pino or Tony (sadly) different things work for me, which is handy, as it’s saving me a fortune   .

[Bass Direct]

23 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

I'm not blaming you - I just have a different idea of what I'm prepared to pay for any bass, and these surpass that level by a fair order of magnitude.

Thats fair  

 

[Terry M.]

28 minutes ago, Bass Direct said:

Things change, prices go up, these aren't much more than a StingRay Retro  

 

Those are also over-priced 😄

[fretmeister]

Considering how expensive a regular Stingray Special is these days I'm surprised that these aren't more expensive.

Fender really took the mickey with their £15000 Phil Lynott P bass so I was expecting about £10K for the Pino Icon. Still mad prices for a bit of wood.

 

But if they've sold 6 already they are clearly making something the punters want.

[Terry M.]

4 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

Still mad prices for a bit of wood.

This all day every day.

[Wolverinebass]

I think that as Ernie Ball have doing mad prices for everything post covid, I'm surprised the normal one is actually less than 4 grand. It's robbery of course, but considering the players who have famously played Stingrays and maybe not been made enough of, one could argue a Pino signature is somewhat overdue?

 

However, all things aside, I wouldn't get one. Not because I've not spent more than that on a bass, but just because I think it's a minor tweak to a mass produced instrument with a name badge and an extra 1500 quid added to the price. That being said, isn't everyone doing it now? There's much more egregious examples of it about. Anything by Gibson for example.

[Bass Direct]

32 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

Those are also over-priced 😄

They still sell, so there is that

 

[Terry M.]

3 minutes ago, Bass Direct said:

They still sell, so there is that

 

So does petrol but it's still overpriced 🤭

[Machines]

42 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

Those are also over-priced 😄

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

[tegs07]

Who would have thunk it. Another Basschat mad price thread. Let’s await the next round of ZIRP and QE and see what happens. I think there is a clear pattern for manufacturing outside of the global south and particularly in the USA. Stuff is getting more expensive. Either that or FIAT is losing purchasing power.

Edited 22 hours ago by tegs07

[Terry M.]

7 minutes ago, Machines said:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

Yes I've seen this article before in a previous thread. It speaks the truth. Nothing aimed at @Bass Direct but it's capitalism and greed gone crazy. We're essentially talking about two pieces of wood bolted together with a few screws.