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[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1377288711' post='2185974'] I can't help thinking that given a blank cheque to buy any bass our hearts desired we may find that some more expensive basses suddenly become worth having. :-) [/quote] Spot on.....me too ;-)

Thank you, I didn't know that.

Some great points made on this today but all in all can't help coming to the conclusion that snob value/kudos is probably the no 1 driver, we buy the "best" we can afford.

This has probably been posted before but why is it bass and not base?

2 sets posted today

I think both posts are absolutely true. Man will never be as accurate as a CNC machine but then the machine won't go searching through the wood store for the best peice of timber. I totally agree that once a bass or guitar gets to a certain standard (or cost), say £600 or £700, there's going to be very little more that could be done to make it tangibly better. The only reference/experience I have is with Overwaters, I own 2 Perception Deluxes which are circa £2300 new and very fine instruments indeed, i also have an Aspiration Elite ( one of the tanglewood S Korean jobs) and there is very very little difference in either build quality, finish or tone. But for sure, the thrill of ordering a custom build is way greater than walking into a shop and asking for "that one", but how much more is that thrill worth? And what about snob value, if we're honest, there's a bit of that involved too?

I've tried a few times without much success, always to basses I bought expecting to love but didn't quite....put SD pups into a Warwick Fortress, they were louder but the bass still sounded weak and feeble, defretted a $$ but it was still awful. Policy now is if I don't like it I shift it on, can't make yourself love it but throwing money at it.

In the very early 90's I had a fretless LAG, can't for the life of me remember the model but I'd not seen one before nor since.