Have you ever or would you ever ?

[Bass4real]

So you've got $20.000.00 dollars ,euros , rubles ,yen , or whatever , and you want a new 5 string  BASS . 

 You've found exactly what you're looking for , a New

FODERA IMPERIAL 5 ELITE  - for 

15,399.00 USD

I It's being sold on a reputable site 😬

Would you buy this bass without seeing it  , Holding it in your hands , actually playing it through an AMP  ?

 

This is just my opinion .

👉DON'T DO IT 👈. !!!!

I would never buy a bass , no matter the price , because I like a few pics of the Bass and a description of the Bass.

15,000.00 + 

HELLLLLLLL NOOOOO 

 that's nothing even remotely close to a

good decision.

Again just my opinion .

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hellzero]

Don't look the ads threads then...

[Bass4real]

2 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Don't look the ads threads then...

I don't look at any ads I just see crazy expensive basses  , IM talking like  10s of thousands of dollars for sale on some sites 

The Internet is full of thieves that are real good at the fkd up cons .

I just look , I don't trust anyone trying to sell

a 10 -20 30 thousand +- dollar bass.

Who would ,  ?

Someone that has no idea how many expensive basses  ordered online are 

a Chinese copy of a BASS costing thousands and thousands of dollars.

They pay a few hundred dollars and sell it online for thousands even 10s of thousands .of $ .

The Internet has All the human knowledge ever thought of.

And it has made people forget about 

common sense.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[itu]

Please take a look at the prices of quality double basses and bows. Expecting to hear about you soon.

[Woodinblack]

There are several questions, so just trying to work out what you are really asking

Depends on the whatever, 20k rubles in $197, 20k yen is $127!

 

Assuming you mean enough to but that fedora, well, I wouldn't, its not something that appeals to me, so I wouldn't buy it even if it was a lot cheaper. I also am not at a place where I could justify buying a bass that was that sort of money, I wouldn't really buy a bass that my money from gigging wouldn't cover at some point - so you know, £1000 I can justify in my head in that its 8-12 gigs and I have paid for it.  Better than that, it is retrospective gigs, all my gigging money goes in a drawer, if I want to buy something I look in the drawer to see if there is enough money, and if there is, I buy it.

 

But, everyones justification limit is different. Some people wouldn't dream spending over a couple of hundred on a bass, some people wouldn't think twice of spending over £10,000 on an instrument that they want.

 

Then the final question, sight unseen. Well, it is a truth that 2 of the 4th largest amounts of money I have spent on a bass has been untouched. Once because it was a custom instrument so it didn't exist before I bought it and one because it was a long way away, and I also believed. it was going to be fine, it was.

I think if I was going to spend 15k on an instrument I would go and check it out, but then that is again down to my finances, maybe for the person who would drop that sort of money on a bass it wouldn't be worth their time. 

 

I am also sure that even though I don't like them, they are very high quality instruments, and you probably don't get a friday afternoon fodera, I am sure that if you play one of a certain model, and then play another one it is pretty similar, they aren't made like fenders. 

 

Also, if there is something wrong, I am in the UK, and assuming that I am buying in the UK, if something goes wrong, I can get the credit card company to sort it out!

[Frank Blank]

So you've got £20 and you want a fish supper.

You've found exactly what you're looking for...

Cod and chips for... 

£19.95

It's being sold by a reputable chippy

Would you buy this classic British dish, holding it, wrapped in newspaper, actually eating it with one of those wooden FORKS!

 

This is just my pickled onion.

👉DO IT 👈 !!!!

Granted, I would rather it was rock eel than cod and I realise my 5p change isn't quite enough to buy some mushy peas, but yes, no matter the price, because I like a few chips and a nice bit of cod, why not? You only live once.

£19.95

Reasonable at half the price and if I'm not mistaken, after the opening speech by the Vicar, I think there's a tombola, or maybe it's a raffle? I really shouldn't have had that second sherry. 

That's almost certainly a fine way to spend a Saturday afternoon at the Letcombe Regis village fête

Again just my pickled onion .

[binky_bass]

I've bought/traded hundreds of instruments from pictures only. Not had any issues. Many of these have been 'boutique' instruments, and most from this forum (and most from @Hellzero!)

 

I certainly would not have had the capacity to view and test 99% of these in person due to them being either in different countries or 100's miles away, so I would have missed out on hundreds of fantastic instruments if I'd lived by your advice. 

 

Do you homework, be sensible, and you'll be fine. 

Edited December 19, 2024 by binky_bass

[NickA]

On 15/12/2024 at 09:07, itu said:

Please take a look at the prices of quality double basses and bows.

Difference with double basses is the amount of work that goes into one.  All that carving (and a considerable amount of material) or they're rare antiques made (allegedly) from wood of a quality beyond what is now available.   £20k for a lovely Penning or T&G Martin is pretty good value.

 

Electric basses are, by comparison, just fancy plywood that's been band sawn into a shape. 😉

 

No, I'd never pay £20k for an electric bass, and certainly not that ugly fodera.

[WinterMute]

I bought an ACG Krell without seeing it, as it hadn't been built when I ordered it.

 

I had played a Krell and other ACGs however, so I knew what was coming.

 

I guess that's true of many premium brands.

 

I'd buy a Wal series 2 5er on pictures alone if the price was right.

[NickA]

I DID buy a MK2 5er Wal off reverb without ever having seen it in the flesh or played one.  £4k tho not £13k.

 

Doubt I'd do it at today's prices ... though they've settled from the peak and 5ers are generally a bit cheaper than 4s.  I'd buy an ACG Krell instead 😁.