Bass guitar! (One for me, one for sale)
Tuesday, 9 February 2010 19:53![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maugornOk, I'm doin' it. I'm buying this.
Pretty!
I have two bass guitars, one of which is broke and I never get around to fixing, the other of which is too big for my hands and for many other reasons, just isn't right for me.
So I researched and found that what I really wanted was a short scale "violin" bass like Paul McCartney made famous in the early 60's. It's got the size and the classic sound that is right up my alley. Plus, being semi-hollow, it can even be played acoustically/unplugged in some situations. Rogue had an affordable copy of it that got GREAT reviews. And then my friend Steve found one that was not only cheaper than the Rogue but seems to not have some of the annoying quirks in the electronics that proved to be the ONLY things that the reviewers didn't like about the guitar. The body looks like it was built by the same folks who built the Rogue, even down to some stylistic details.
So I pondered the purchase for awhile and was just about to do a random thing to "divine" whether or not I was gonna jump today, when I realised that if the divination gave me a negative answer, I still wanted it. And at this price, I can take the hit.
So there it is. I bought me a bass.
And now this means that I have a bass for sale: 90's(I think) Bradley Bass guitar, white. It's a copy of a Fender P Bass. Plays ok, sounds fine, and is in pretty good physical shape. Spent most of it's time with me in the basement, so it's not got the usual "character" that my instruments acquire. $75 please, (negotiable for good friend), or a real good barter. If/when it sells (hopefully for my price), I have enough of a subsidisation of the purchase that the new one to really make it worth it.
It's still worth it, tho!
Pretty!
I have two bass guitars, one of which is broke and I never get around to fixing, the other of which is too big for my hands and for many other reasons, just isn't right for me.
So I researched and found that what I really wanted was a short scale "violin" bass like Paul McCartney made famous in the early 60's. It's got the size and the classic sound that is right up my alley. Plus, being semi-hollow, it can even be played acoustically/unplugged in some situations. Rogue had an affordable copy of it that got GREAT reviews. And then my friend Steve found one that was not only cheaper than the Rogue but seems to not have some of the annoying quirks in the electronics that proved to be the ONLY things that the reviewers didn't like about the guitar. The body looks like it was built by the same folks who built the Rogue, even down to some stylistic details.
So I pondered the purchase for awhile and was just about to do a random thing to "divine" whether or not I was gonna jump today, when I realised that if the divination gave me a negative answer, I still wanted it. And at this price, I can take the hit.
So there it is. I bought me a bass.
And now this means that I have a bass for sale: 90's(I think) Bradley Bass guitar, white. It's a copy of a Fender P Bass. Plays ok, sounds fine, and is in pretty good physical shape. Spent most of it's time with me in the basement, so it's not got the usual "character" that my instruments acquire. $75 please, (negotiable for good friend), or a real good barter. If/when it sells (hopefully for my price), I have enough of a subsidisation of the purchase that the new one to really make it worth it.
It's still worth it, tho!
