How many basses

[DWBass]

"The Flora Aurum"

Floral Pattern Fingerboard Inlay made of massive 24Carat Gold
Every single Inlay-Leaf is decorated with a Black Diamond (set in Platinum)
The Bridge, the Tuner Buttons and the Knobs are handcast in massive Gold
2 flawles Brillant-Cut Diamonds (3,3ct) are placed on top of the 2 Knobs
Tiny green Brillant-Cut Diamonds serve as Knob Position Marks
The handshaped Body is made of a one piece Highest Figured Quilted Maple
The Nut is made of at least 10000 years old Mammoth Ivory

Wanna know what this one's going for?? Better take a second mortgage on your home to pay for this one! $100,000!!

[Torch7]

Wanna know what this one's going for?? Better take a second mortgage on your home to pay for this one! $100,000!!

Wanna know what this one's going for?? Better take a second mortgage on your home to pay for this one! $100,000!!

Wha??? 

[bgranger]

I've gone thru about 20 but now have 2. Pedulla J2000 Rapture 5 string and Lakland 5501 Deluxe. Will have a Pedulla Thunderbolt 5 later this year. I don't buy basses for what others think. Buy what you feel helps you create and release what is inside you. You have to try lots of different basses and see what feels right. Just because it may be made by someone who some may consider the best in the business does not mean it is right for you. A $5000.00+ custom may inspire you. Then again, a generic P bass copy may be what inspires you.

[MikeGee]

I could shock you by telling you what these cost.  The list price on the 5 string was 5 digits back in 2000.  Today it would be obscene.  Rest assured I paid nowhere near list, but still more than a sane person ought.  Oddly enough, I got both of them within days of each other in June 2000.  It was a very good bonus year, is all I gotta say.



Peace,


James

I was online one day and custom made an Alembic the final cost with out taxes, insurence amd shipping was $18,000 and some change. As of right now I couldn't even buy a bass that's a tenth of that price, one day I will.

[ddwilkins]

But why spend so much on a custom bass when half the people won't tell what kind of bass u got. Unless u wanna shape it into some symbol like Prince or Victor Wooten

It's in our blood as musicians, especially us acoustic playing musicians, to want something custom made to our specs.  An assembly line produced bass, doesn't compare to a custom made bass...although I have seen some that came close.

[JoashStilltheman]

Well it's good I asked coz now I've learnt something. I had thought bass was bass!

[BigFoot_BigThumb]

Wanna know what this one's going for?? Better take a second mortgage on your home to pay for this one! $100,000!!

I like Ritter basses very much, but he can keep that one.

[JoashStilltheman]

I like Ritter basses very much, but he can keep that one.

Yeah the top if curved awkwardly. Don't look too pretty for a 100K

[jeremyr]

Yeah the top if curved awkwardly. Don't look too pretty for a 100K

All of his bass' have that same kind of shape to them. 

They're artistic, but honestly who needs a bass with 3.3 carats in the tuning knobs? 

[MikeGee]

Well it's good I asked coz now I've learnt something. I had thought bass was bass!

I usta think a keoboard was a keyboard.

[noinwe]

hello i'm new to the web sight. just wanted to say hello, to all my favorite bass palyers. to answer the question. i have three basses. lakland 5 skyline, yamaha trb 5, tbc(the bass company) 5. the

[noinwe]

hello fellow bass players. i am new to the this  sight.  to answer your question. i have 3 basses. i have a lakland 5 skyline, yamaha trb 5, tbc(the bass company) 5. the lakland is a great bass, with

[JoashStilltheman]

I usta think a keoboard was a keyboard.

A keyboard definitely aint a keyboard. The very tone of it is so fake for cheap boards.

[malthumb]

.....The very tone of it is so fake for cheap boards.

Ditto for basses

[H2_Ro56]

Presently, I have 3:

Cort Curbow 5 "Ruby"
Setup and handsigned by Greg before he passed away.  I don't play it much for fear of ruining the signature.
Washburn XB600 (my first six) "Ms. B"
Just needed something to practice with.
Ibanez SR405 "Shug"
This is my workhorse bass although it's works well in cerrtain Gospel applications, I find it more efficient in Top 40 and some studio sessions

I'm working on two more "Weapons of Peace"

[Andrzej]

Wanna know what this one's going for?? Better take a second mortgage on your home to pay for this one! $100,000!!

That reminds me of a time that I played a bass at a show in the UK 3yrs back.  I walked into a stand, I picked up a really beuatiful bass that I have never seen before and started to play it.  I can't remember the manufacturer's name...Spike or Razor...something like that.  They are not actually a bass manufacturer or make any instruments at all.  If memory serves me right, I think they were a electroncis research type company exploring new developments with musical instruments.  I was really getting stuck into this bass when a sales guy approached me.  "Like it?" he said to me.  I said "Heck yeah!  I never played anything like it!  What's the retail one one of these?".  This is when I put it back on its stand and checked for scratches..."£60,000!!".   Thats almost $120,000!!!!  You can buy a brand new Porsche and still have change for that kind of money!  Suffice to say that I got out of there very quickly with a very sheepish grin on my face and made my way over to the Fender stand!  Ever since then I have been a lot more cautious before picking up an instrument at a show to test drive.  Look at the price tag first!