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found a graperay :p

so todd .. after you trade off your bongo :) what's your main concern for trading it by the way? :) thought you really like it?
 
I'd jump all over that Grape SR5 if it was local!!

Is that a solid finish or translucent?
 
johans said:
so todd .. after you trade off your bongo :) what's your main concern for trading it by the way? :) thought you really like it?
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I've just really been digging the SR5 tone. Granted I can get a LOT of different sounds out of the Bongo but not that exact SR tone. And that's the one that yanks my crank (pardon the expression). It just sounds like a truer bass sound IMO. :cool:
Plus the room that the SR bucker provides accomodates my "Lower 17 percentile" style of slapping much better than the Bongo. :rolleyes:
 
spectorbassguy said:
I've just really been digging the SR5 tone. Granted I can get a LOT of different sounds out of the Bongo but not that exact SR tone. And that's the one that yanks my crank (pardon the expression). It just sounds like a truer bass sound IMO. :cool:
Plus the room that the SR bucker provides accomodates my "Lower 17 percentile" style of slapping much better than the Bongo. :rolleyes:
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I understand. I own a Single H Bongo, and am VERY satisfied with it, but Im still GASing for a StingRay 5. Theres just something about the sound of a StingRay 5 thats really good. I am also a big fan of the 3 way switch.
 
with my past StingRay 5s and Sterlings I used the bridge and neck settings live. I had a couple studio sessions where the middle setting came in handy with some acoustic tracks.
 
I think there's a purple 'Ray in Melbourne too. Not sure if it's transparent or solid though, if it's transparent it's a pretty opaque transparent. Unfortunately the shop's prices on it are pretty high and the strings are ages old plus the neck's grimy and uncleaned.
 
johans said:
a graperay there .. but the price is way too steep i think :)
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You'd think so, wouldn't you? That's just how it is in the UK. £900 is a pretty reasonable price to pay for a second hand Stingray fiver in the UK. List price is about £1100 iirc, so when you take into account the rare finish, £900's pretty good. We always have to pay more than in America, even when you allow for the currency conversion. Strange.
 
strange :|

is that one of the measures taken so that europeans will own and buy european-made basses than us made? just wondering ... :(
 
I'm no economist, but it would actually encourage us to buy stuff from abroad. A typical bongo 4 from Basscentral is $1645, which is £880 in english money. That's about a £200 saving from the usual english retail price, in theory. However, you lose a lot of that saving when you factor in VAT and import tax. I was considering buying my bongo from the USA until I found out EB wouldn't want anything to do with it if anything went wrong.

It's the same with a whole bunch of stuff. Loads of electrical goods, clothes, etc are cheaper in the USA. In fact, I've found that for a lot of things, if you take how much something costs you in the UK in sterling, that's approx. how much it will cost you in america in dollars. Say a CD costs you £14 in england, it'll cost you about $14 in america.

It just rules living in england :rolleyes:
 
Bubba Love said:
I'm no economist, but it would actually encourage us to buy stuff from abroad. A typical bongo 4 from Basscentral is $1645, which is £880 in english money. That's about a £200 saving from the usual english retail price, in theory. However, you lose a lot of that saving when you factor in VAT and import tax. I was considering buying my bongo from the USA until I found out EB wouldn't want anything to do with it if anything went wrong.

It's the same with a whole bunch of stuff. Loads of electrical goods, clothes, etc are cheaper in the USA. In fact, I've found that for a lot of things, if you take how much something costs you in the UK in sterling, that's approx. how much it will cost you in america in dollars. Say a CD costs you £14 in england, it'll cost you about $14 in america.

It just rules living in england :rolleyes:
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whoaah ..

man ..
do you all earns much much more than us? at least your musical instruments costs way much higher than ours ..
 
I don't know actually, I donk know what a typical salary is in the US. Typical starting salary for a teacher here is about £17k, but I feel we're moving away from the subject of juicy fresh graperays :D
 
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