Dream gear? Hands-on?

[GardenoftheDead]

I've played a 50's goldtop. You know the ones. It was good.

[behndy]

RAINBOWZZ

Closest I've gotten is locally owned The Low End bass shop. They have like fuckin' every desirable bass in there EVAR. Got to play a '67 or some odd jazz bass (out of the 4 or more that are there), CT's, Foderas, Benavente, Elrick, Sadowsky (and SOOO many more) and not to mention the super-crazy-high end amps and cabs they have everywhere with cables just laying around. Pick 'em up and PLAY. So cool! It's not like GC or other shops where you have to ask for a goddamn cable to play a $400 bass or guitar while they breathe down your neck. Cables on the floor, "Oh HAI $10k Fodera, I pway smokes on teh waterz on joo nao???"

lol. DOOD! i was SO tempted to play Smoke On The Water or slowly, ham handedly bang through a major C scale! guy that handed me the bass got all japanesy and shit and made it almost a ritual. powered up the amp, waited a hinute, stoically removed the price tag, plugged in, switched the High End Amp I Dunno What It Was I Only Had Eyes For RAINBOW, played some tasty harmonic laden stuff for a minute (kinda annoyed me. i fucking HATE when sales people do the whole Hey Gai. I Can Playz TOO thing.), then handed the bass over palms up.

"wowwwww.... gawd.... this is so...... C *thunk* D *thwank rattle* E# no.... no that's not it.... CEEEEEEEEEE *wrabble wrabble wrabble*."

[Jwar]

I actually don't know. I've not had any experience with boutique basses and kind of almost don't want to. I mean I'm going to be trying a Dingwall soon, but that seems different to me. Right?

Dream bass? Musicman Gamechanger. I know. Fuck you guys.

[Gearmond]

played an old-ass Gretsch Duo Jet.

oh muh goh.

also a 90's parker fly. that thing was sliiiiiiiiiick

and the first time i played an alembic was like having a one night stand with kat denning

[Chankgeez]

Does an $85,000 rocking chair count?

Because I was too scared to sit in it.

[excane]

Behnderrzz, That store looks ACE.

Did you eye any MTD's, Elrick's, Warrior's, Modulus?

[excane]

RAINBOWZZ

Closest I've gotten is locally owned The Low End bass shop. They have like fuckin' every desirable bass in there EVAR. Got to play a '67 or some odd jazz bass (out of the 4 or more that are there), CT's, Foderas, Benavente, Elrick, Sadowsky (and SOOO many more) and not to mention the super-crazy-high end amps and cabs they have everywhere with cables just laying around. Pick 'em up and PLAY. So cool! It's not like GC or other shops where you have to ask for a goddamn cable to play a $400 bass or guitar while they breathe down your neck. Cables on the floor, "Oh HAI $10k Fodera, I pway smokes on teh waterz on joo nao???"

Hell yeah, Low End is where my homie bought his Wal MkII a few months back. I've talked with him on the phone too (Brian, I think) and he's such a nice dude.

They got MADDDDD fucking loot in riDICulous amounts.

[behndy]

i dunno. i was pretty hampered by....

01) not knowing shit about basses and

02) being distracted by seeing DAT SCROLLWORK as soon as i got in the shop

there were some Ken Smiths, Fedora, F-Basses, buncha Alembic...... some Fenders that i assume were lust worthy but see 01).

SO HAWT.

[DannDubbleEwe]

OH YEAH. 1) I forgot I played a buddy's dad's '60 some-odd double neck SG and 2) Fucking Low End has vintage muscle cars INSIDE THE FUCKING STORE and outside of it now too. Brian is so damned cool. I love that dude. Crazy beautiful unobtanium basses AND vintage unobtanium muscle cars. And he can set up a bass like no one's business NODOUBT. Love him to death. He can haz all my $$$$$$

[Muse FTW]

elektron machinedrum (was a beastttttttttttt tho, didnt use it enough to justify the price tag)

I have that GAS right now.

[GardenoftheDead]

Oh, even more dream gear: Bogner Überschall in the soundproofed room in GC.

[Fuzzy Picklez]

I've been invited over by my bassist's dad to try his 64 telecaster.
Gonna go over there real soon.

[Mudfuzz]

I once got to play a five string one of these.

Which is not a cello it is a 4/4 double bass [around 6 feet tall], it was a monster!

[colin]

Today I played:

'60 Jazzmaster
'60's Bass VII (sorry, don't remember the year)
'65 Jaguar
'73 Tele Deluxe
'56 Les Paul Special
'60s Ric 12 string
'68 Mosrite Ventures
'55 Gretsch Roundup

I'm sure I'm forgetting a few, none of them were plugged in but it was pretty damned cool. Honestly my favourite of the bunch were probably the LP and the Tele Deluxe, but I really liked the Ric 12 string too. Well and I'd be pretty stoked to have walked out with the Jazzmaster too. Lots of other even more insanely expensive guitars there too, but those were mostly out of reach.

I was surprised, the guy working there said hello to me as I walked in the door, but didn't say another word to me as I picked up thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of guitars to strum away on.

[theactionindex]

I played a Bogner Ecstasy at some snobby ass music store, then I was like oh yeah I'm not a lawyer and bought strings.