expiredlensbutter posted May 24, 2022 06:59 AM
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expiredlensbutter posted May 24, 2022 06:59 AM
Sterling by Music Man StingRay Electric Bass Sale
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Look at local classifieds first though. You can buy $600 guitars for $250 all day long in metro areas.
i had a 1996 ernie ball sting ray dark cherry red with a rose wood fretboard , paid $700 used. stolen from me at a gig (hellfest 2001 in syracuse for any old metal/punk heads)
i had a 1996 ernie ball sting ray dark cherry red with a rose wood fretboard , paid $700 used. stolen from me at a gig (hellfest 2001 in syracuse for any old metal/punk heads)
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Gotta sell two instruments for every new one I buy.... That's the rule in effect.
My hypothesis on all the cheap basses is that there are a lot more crappy basses on the market. A lot of guitar players want a bass just for fun or recording. Many of them buy bottom of the barrel crap like the Ibanez Gio or SX basses. The market is flooded with these garbage basses.
Another mechanism is that there are a lot more wannabe guitar players than bass players. Choosing bass is a bit of an odd ball move. Everyone plays guitar, and some guitar players can do some pretty cool stuff on bass, but real deal holding-the-groove bass players are rare. A good bass player will never have an issue finding a band. Guitar players are dime a dozen and they are all competing for guitars on the market.
The tradition of bass playing just hasn't been around as long. Electric guitars were released in the 1930s. Technically the first electric bass dates back to the 1930s too, but bass had no widespread acceptance until the 1950's. Even then, there were far fewer basses made than guitars. So while you'll see $50,000 vintage guitars pretty often, it's much more rare to find these old basses.
Finally, many people just don't like the bass. The bass player gets to have sex with girls and he doesn't even know his chords. He drinks all the beer and causes an outbreak of chlamydia. The guitar players try desperately to teach him, but the bass player just says he's gonna smack it to the feel.
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