just over an hour to try as many basses as I could

[dobs1981]

As per a previous post, I have severed ties with my SR4 due to the lack of a b string.

well I head out to the basscentre in south melbourne (the greatest music shop in oz!!!) and hoped to settle on my next bass.

I was keeping an open mind, I tried

SR5 (single and twin humbuckas)
Fender jazz V
Fender Marcus Miller Jazz V
A mystery second hand Spector (super fat rockin tone, but not for me)
A Lakland
and......
My fist play of a Bongo (Niiiice but out of the price range)

I started with the SR5 and payed the rest pretty much in the order they are listed.
I was almost swayed to the dark side with the jazz, but when I picked up the SR5 HH my choice was clear.

I almost placed an order for a blueburst when the gentleman from the acoustic guitar centre (upstairs from the basscentre) said he has a silver sparkle SR5 he is selling for a friend. I have always loved sparkle finishs so I was excited

He said he didn't know what the colour was called. He described it as "more of a matt sparkle, than a metal flake"

Do you think he means GUNSMOKE SILVER? or does SILVER SPARKLE sound right?

What a great afternoon anyway

 

[Dr Stankface]

Well, i've seen a few silver sparkles and they've always been good lookin' so that'd be a sweet score.

Congrats!

 

[TNT]

Dobs,

Better grab that Blueburst!!! That guy you talked to was from the "acoustic" guitar dept - Oh, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

 

[bigvissch]

Hey Dobs, did they still have that SR5 20th HH?? I played that last time I was there and oooh boy. I'm still thinkin that'd be fine if it were mine.

 

[dobs1981]

Hey Dobs, did they still have that SR5 20th HH?? I played that last time I was there and oooh boy. I'm still thinkin that'd be fine if it were mine.

Yeah they did! and they have cut the price a fair bit too.

I pulled it down and had a little play, just to see what the fuss is.

I would be scared to gig that if i had it, beautiful instrument.

 

[Aussie Mark]

My first play of a Bongo (Niiiice but out of the price range)

With the Aussie dollar almost at parity with the US dollar this week, importing a used Bongo from the US would be a great deal at the moment, even after you take into account shipping and GST. You could land a used Bongo for well under AUD$2000 total including all costs, buying from a forumite. Check out the For Sale sticky at the top of the page.