The 32,000 Year Old Bass

[TheDarkReaver]

[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

[budget bassist]

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.

[crez5150]

I'd want new wood for that sorta money!!!

[The Funk]

"Waiter... none of this old wine. Bring me your freshest wine!" - Navin Johnson, [i]The Jerk[/i]

[Kiwi]

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.

[Jarhead]

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

[crez5150]

[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....

[Faithless]

"...[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]

[Hamster]

and the point is......................?

[TheDarkReaver]

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

[Deep Thought]

[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?'

[Kiwi]

[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.

[budget bassist]

It is kinda boring. Kauri is beautiful i forget what that NZ guitar builder that uses it is called though...

[Gamble]

Ritter made a bass from ridiculously old bog oak with a mammoth bone nut too, but all his basses cost about that much anyways.....

[Dr.Dave]

[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

[Waldo]

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

[Dmanlamius]

[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.

[Kiwi]

[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.