And i was so close to getting my 30th!

[nashman]

IMHO - strictly from a financial perspective, don't get into the habit of going into debt for things with little to no return/things that depreciate - especially things like vacations, cars etc.. A bass isn't too bad from that perspective, but still, if you don't have the $, you can't really afford it, unless you plan to use it to gig and make $. Don't worry, there will be one out there that was meant to be when you are ready. If you don't stay liquid, something could very well come along that makes you have to sell for less than you would like ... I see it all the time. Cash is king ... you get a better deal when you use it to your advantage. If you are going to go into debt, buy investments that have a good chance of appreciating in value and use your profits to buy a bass.

 

[cat_empire]

IMHO - strictly from a financial perspective, don't get into the habit of going into debt for things with little to no return/things that depreciate - especially things like vacations, cars etc.. A bass isn't too bad from that perspective, but still, if you don't have the $, you can't really afford it, unless you plan to use it to gig and make $. Don't worry, there will be one out there that was meant to be when you are ready. If you don't stay liquid, something could very well come along that makes you have to sell for less than you would like ... I see it all the time. Cash is king ... you get a better deal when you use it to your advantage. If you are going to go into debt, buy investments that have a good chance of appreciating in value and use your profits to buy a bass.

yeh im not too keen to get into debt to early on in life, but i guess the good thing about the 30th bass is that its likely to increase in value. particularly after only 700 were made this time around. and i would prefer to go for the layby option of i chose the 30th because by the time i eventually got it into my hands it would be mine, rather than a financing company's that was letting me play it.

also im going to be using it to do regular shows with my band so in a way it will be a tool to create more money.

more what im struggling with at the moment is wat do i go for

A: the bass that i really really want
or
B: a better value deal (a bass which is still really good with a good amp to boot, but a combo i dont want as much.)


but thanks for your advise, i appreciate it

 

[phatduckk]

more what im struggling with at the moment is wat do i go for

A: the bass that i really really want
or
B: a better value deal (a bass which is still really good with a good amp to boot, but a combo i dont want as much.)

personally id wait to get what i "really" want. in my experience getting something else, even if its something "good", usually leaves me regretting the decision.

being patient sucks but it the ends its worth it

 

[Bill]

If you can get it on layaway, I'd say definitely go for the 30th!!

 

[nashman]

I'm thinking 1. don't compromise - get what you want instead of only being partially happy with your choices 2. figure out the desired end state and buy each piece at a time, when you can, so you end up with the rig that does it for you. Otherwise, I think you will be unhappy sooner rather than later with your choices and end up selling what you bought/compromised for (for less than what you paid) to get what you really wanted in the first place. You could always rent amp/cabs when necessary for a gig. When you are playing your 30th, you won't regret having it in your hands like you might with a compromised solution.

 

[cat_empire]

hey guys

thanks for all your advice! i made my decision and i have decided to go with the 30th, i just ordered it then! Am really happy, cant wait to join the musicman club! and i know once ive tried the stingray 30th im going to have to sample to whole musicman family!

ill let yas know when i get it!

 

[robelinda2]

there's a Bongo on ebay in Oz just now too, cheap too......

congrats on the 30th!

 

[Aussie Mark]

there's a Bongo on ebay in Oz just now too, cheap too......

Here's the linkee. Black on black single H. Opening bid AUD$1500. Worth watching ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MUSIC-MAN-BO...70QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[cat_empire]

Here's the linkee. Black on black single H. Opening bid AUD$1500. Worth watching ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MUSIC-MAN-BO...70QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

oooo that is a nice bass, but sadly, but also fortunately, i just ordered my 30th this arvo, thanks anyway!

 

[kompressaur]

glad you made your choice cat,the 30th is a real class act!

I lived in Newcastle.Oz for a year back in the mid 90s.The music shop there(Hunter music I think) always had a number of ebmm basses.are they not stocking them anymore?

and how I miss Merryweather beach,When i lived in Adamstown,I worked in kotara and used to nip down there for a couple of hours afterwards each day.Its lashing it with rain here and makes me think of those times....

enjoy your bass

Komp

 

[cat_empire]

glad you made your choice cat,the 30th is a real class act!

I lived in Newcastle.Oz for a year back in the mid 90s.The music shop there(Hunter music I think) always had a number of ebmm basses.are they not stocking them anymore?

and how I miss Merryweather beach,When i lived in Adamstown,I worked in kotara and used to nip down there for a couple of hours afterwards each day.Its lashing it with rain here and makes me think of those times....

enjoy your bass

Komp

ahh really? hahah gosh its a small world! i think hunter music still might be around, but the big one at the moment is one called 'Musos Corner' which is a really big one in newcastle, and they too have a number of ebmm basses in stock. that place was in fact where i fell in love with the stingrays but im not getting one from there mainly because they didnt have any of the 30th's in stock and i rly badly wanted one, but i very nearly got a vintage burst ray there with a mark bass amp as oppossed to the 30th, but the 30th won out in the end

ahh yeh mereweather is a beautiful beach, good spot to hang out with mates on a summer's afternoon/evening (for me at least as i have rather white skin) I dont know if you would remember the band silverchair, buts its big stuff in newcastle, especially now that they're realsing their newest album since...a while and their playing in a local pub called 'The Brewery' which is a pretty good spot (if not over priced..$7 for a corona ) its a prety good spot nowadays newcastle, especially since the steele works closed down, but the newcastle area is still kinda dead, but funny that you should live in scotland, as my mum has a realy itch to move over there

 

[Aussie Mark]

its a prety good spot nowadays newcastle, especially since the steele works closed down

Have any other industries popped up in the Hunter to absorb those 5000 employees who lost their jobs when the steelworks closed?

The curious former steelworker.

 

[cat_empire]

Have any other industries popped up in the Hunter to absorb those 5000 employees who lost their jobs when the steelworks closed?

The curious former steelworker.

ahh sorry man, i didnt mean to cause any offence, ive only been living here a few years and was still fairly young when they closed down. Some areas have gone up in value as far as property but that isnt really any compensation to the poor blokes who lost their jobs.

what i meant was that the area has become more open to tourists and travelers and things if ya know what i mean, such as the honeysuckle area which has recently been done up really nicely, but its still a crying shame when that many workers can be laid off the job with no where else to go. I have experienced something similar myself. my dad used to work for a company (a church run company no less) that restructured the organisation and gave my dad the boot with less than half the redundancy they promised him, so i can sort of begin to understand i guess the anger and uncertainty you must have felt, especially knowing that it was nothing mroe than to give a few fat cats a few more zeroes at the end of their yearly profit.

so again sorry mate, i meant no offence

 

[Aussie Mark]

Don't panic, it was an innocent question. I'm a former steelworker but wasn't at Newcastle, however I am aware of how important steel was to Newcastle in the 60's and 70's. I was just curious whether any other industries have popped up to pick up the slack, because Newcastle does have a lot to offer in terms of beaches and lifestyle, assuming people have jobs. It was just a thread jack, no malice intended.

 

[Lazybite]

i was under the impression that newcastle had really become a more uni/tourism-centric town. Love newy must get back up their sometime.

 

[cat_empire]

hahah woops

sorry my bad, its kidna hard to tell how things are meant to be sad over the internet, so i thought you might be a disgruntled former employee from newcastle or something, but as long as everyones happy then

and yeh its a fairly touristy place now newcastle and its got a fairly big university here so there are alot of people aged 18-25. one of the thigns i love about living in australia, ive never ever lived more than 20 minutes away from the beach, due to the fact that all of australia's main urban centre's are right on the coast