OldGit Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 [quote name='4000' post='536726' date='Jul 9 2009, 07:34 PM']As Martin himself has said, you never really know what an instrument is going to sound like until it's built.[/quote] .... and you've played it for a few years ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 [quote name='Musicman20' post='536629' date='Jul 9 2009, 05:39 PM']In the UK....who are the best boutique builders of the tradional vontage instruments?[/quote] If you are after a Jazz or P type you just have to try the Shukers. The JJ Burnell Precision is stunning [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgal.htm"]http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgal.htm[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosebass Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) pity him who knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing. Edited July 10, 2009 by Prosebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 [quote name='Prosebass' post='536950' date='Jul 10 2009, 01:03 AM']pity him who knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.[/quote] Amen to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 [quote name='Prosebass' post='536950' date='Jul 10 2009, 01:03 AM']pity him who knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.[/quote] and envy him who can afford it and cares none the less? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bythesea Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 My wife is reading the Independent at the moment which has a "50 best handbags" feature today. She just pointed out one that costs over 4 grand... I think a 3 grand bass is a bargain - and she agrees!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='536947' date='Jul 10 2009, 12:54 AM']If you are after a Jazz or P type you just have to try the Shukers. The JJ Burnell Precision is stunning [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgal.htm"]http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgal.htm[/url][/quote] Good prices! I expected much higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='531283' date='Jul 3 2009, 12:23 AM']Ok Tell you why I have a custom bass. This guy died, quickly, of cancer. He was there then next time I looked he was gone. We weren't friends exactly but I knew him from gigs. It hit hard. He was about three years older than me. I was still playing the same beginners kit I'd downgraded to about 10 years before. At that point I decided that life was too darn short to play an average bass through an average amp and I started saving. I sold a few things, raided the savings and ordered the Shuker. I did it for me. I don't care if it sounds good to anyone one else but me. I like it when a fellow bass player plays it and it takes an hour to get them to stop smiling but mostly I like it when I put it on and it feels like home. I've got used to the fact that the average punter can't tell it from a Squier (or a strat for that matter) that's really not important.The overriding reason it's so good [b]for me[/b] is that [b]it's all about me[/b]. There you go.[/quote] Ive been worrying/mentally debating about buying an 86 jaydee that in, 1986, I would have hurt someone to own.this post has convinced me to get it. thanks there you go. indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 [quote name='bythesea' post='537868' date='Jul 11 2009, 01:42 PM']My wife is reading the Independent at the moment which has a "50 best handbags" feature today. She just pointed out one that costs over 4 grand... I think a 3 grand bass is a bargain - and she agrees!! [/quote] My wife might have some of those handbags! And good luck to her. When I told her about the Shuker bass building course she tried to sign me up the next day. If you can appreciate the quality you get from a boutique bass (or boutique anything) then it's worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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