Re: Difference between vintage and new basses


"bassman2" <vince_angeloni_1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,

what makes buying a vintage bass, viz:

http://cgi.ebay.com/vintage-1966-fender-precision-bass-candy-apple-red-exco_W0QQitemZ370315357815QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101

for some, preferable to investing in a NEW instrument?

You got your collectors and you got your musicians--guess which group owns
most of the vintage instruments?. As a wise old bass player said to me just
yesterday, even if he could afford some high-priced vintage instrument he'd
never take it to a gig anyway, so what would be the point in owning it? It
might be different for big stars with money to burn, guys who have techs and
security droids to hover over their high-priced gear. But aside from them
it seems pointless--the insurance premiums alone would make it unrealistic
to ever take a really expensive instrument out of its nitrogen-filled glass
case. Nine grand isn't much when it comes to vintage instruments, but for
that you could get one hell of a nice bass custom-made just for you.


.

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