Calzone
Gear Whore #1
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- Nov 11, 2008
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- Location
- The Gateway To The Hudson Highlands
I’m grandson sitting at the moment. “Maggie” has a lunch date downtown.
The grand kid is sleeping and recovering from bronchitis. He could be down for a while. Nebulizer with steroids was prescribed.
When Maggie comes home I will likely go see my friend Matt and show him my Santa Cruz OM made with remarkable old growth Brazilian Rosewood. The guitar is about 30 years old and played in. The wood has all this black spydering that is only seen on the real old growth wood, and this guitar was made before Santa Cruz came out with their 1934 models that use old growth wood.
I’ll use the opportunity to look at the blonde Gibson Custom Shop ES-335.
The NS Design EU-5 is a Ned Steinbrenner designed electric upright bass that I bought over a decade ago, and maybe 15 years ago. Pretty much you don’t see these being sold used and the price new is $6629.00 today. I have the tripod stand and also the peg stand, as well as a nice bow as extra add ons.
So this is still the top of the line and still the same model. At this point if you want one you have to pay full boat and buy one brand new.
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Time Lapse: a couple of hours passed. The Grandson woke up after sleeping for an hour and a half.
Around 3:00 PM Maggie came home and I was able to check out the Custom Shop ES-335. Guitar was not played, but the case was kinda beat. WTF???
Anyways it became a cold fish because it was on consignment, and not really cool for a barter deal.
Upon playing, the vibe and mojo were not there for me. I found the neck to feel too small and narrow. A pretty guitar though, in other words a “hot blonde.”
The blonde was a 1982 custom shop guitar, and they also had a cherry burst 1981 version, but the bridge, tailpiece and bridge appeared to be newer chrome versions and not the nickel hardware on the 82 that held a patina. I suspect the hardware was changed out on the 81. BTW advertised as all original. Hmmm… Something is not right.
Anyways I learned from this exercise something’s about the shop: the good, the bad, and the ugly. On one hand the 1982 blonde was a nice guitar and a lucky find, but the 1981 Cherry Burst not a great find. I found out that my NS Design electric upright bass is still in production, never got updated after more than 15 years, and that the price got inflated greatly.
I also learned about the incredible value I got when I bought the Santa Cruz I call “HOG.” It would be silly to sell or trade this guitar. “A gift from heaven,” they say.
Anyways I’m not disappointed, I learned some things, and pretty much got excited over some possibilities that didn’t work out.
I can see me eventually taking the challenge to learn how to be a really good bass player. Upright bass is a very different animal from an electric bass. Know that I have a collection of vintage bass guitars.
Cal
The grand kid is sleeping and recovering from bronchitis. He could be down for a while. Nebulizer with steroids was prescribed.
When Maggie comes home I will likely go see my friend Matt and show him my Santa Cruz OM made with remarkable old growth Brazilian Rosewood. The guitar is about 30 years old and played in. The wood has all this black spydering that is only seen on the real old growth wood, and this guitar was made before Santa Cruz came out with their 1934 models that use old growth wood.
I’ll use the opportunity to look at the blonde Gibson Custom Shop ES-335.
The NS Design EU-5 is a Ned Steinbrenner designed electric upright bass that I bought over a decade ago, and maybe 15 years ago. Pretty much you don’t see these being sold used and the price new is $6629.00 today. I have the tripod stand and also the peg stand, as well as a nice bow as extra add ons.
So this is still the top of the line and still the same model. At this point if you want one you have to pay full boat and buy one brand new.
**************
Time Lapse: a couple of hours passed. The Grandson woke up after sleeping for an hour and a half.
Around 3:00 PM Maggie came home and I was able to check out the Custom Shop ES-335. Guitar was not played, but the case was kinda beat. WTF???
Anyways it became a cold fish because it was on consignment, and not really cool for a barter deal.
Upon playing, the vibe and mojo were not there for me. I found the neck to feel too small and narrow. A pretty guitar though, in other words a “hot blonde.”
The blonde was a 1982 custom shop guitar, and they also had a cherry burst 1981 version, but the bridge, tailpiece and bridge appeared to be newer chrome versions and not the nickel hardware on the 82 that held a patina. I suspect the hardware was changed out on the 81. BTW advertised as all original. Hmmm… Something is not right.
Anyways I learned from this exercise something’s about the shop: the good, the bad, and the ugly. On one hand the 1982 blonde was a nice guitar and a lucky find, but the 1981 Cherry Burst not a great find. I found out that my NS Design electric upright bass is still in production, never got updated after more than 15 years, and that the price got inflated greatly.
I also learned about the incredible value I got when I bought the Santa Cruz I call “HOG.” It would be silly to sell or trade this guitar. “A gift from heaven,” they say.
Anyways I’m not disappointed, I learned some things, and pretty much got excited over some possibilities that didn’t work out.
I can see me eventually taking the challenge to learn how to be a really good bass player. Upright bass is a very different animal from an electric bass. Know that I have a collection of vintage bass guitars.
Cal
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