Vintage Bass Guitar

1st September

When you want to rock out oldskool, there’s only two ways to do it, and that’s with an Electric Vintage Bass Guitar or Vintage Acoustic Guitar. I guess there’s some people out there who want to rock out with both, at the same time, while riding a unicycle down the street backwards in their underwear. We call those people “San Francisco Residents”, but for the rest of us, no matter if we collect  Electric or Acoustic, they definately sound a lot better if they are Vintage.

When I say Vintage, I’m talking about an axe made between the mid 1920’s till 1970. Guitar’s made before the mid 1920’s are, even with good workmanship, are fairly primitive and just sound rubbish, and after 1970, the quality went way down, and they just don’t hold any real value. If you want a collectable guitar, something that is both built properly, and is worth something from a collectors standpoint, mid 1920’s to 1970 is where it’s at.

Pre-1970, guitars were more often than not more of a hand-made type of article. Some of the wood used in these guitars you can’t even import into the U.S. anymore. Todays modern guitar, it’s more of a factory made type of deal. Mass produced for the masses.

Now, just because you may own a guitar, or are looking to purchase a guitar that was made in the ’70’s, of which there were very few made, you might think that you’re looking at something of great value. This isn’t always the case. Collectors of Vintage Bass Guitars or Vintage Acoustic Guitars need to know that many guitars made since 1970 can easily be replicated with currently available materials.

If they are not currently being produced, it’s simply because there is no significant demand for them.

There’s certainly a great deal of research and time that you need to put in before you can have a real appreciation of the differences and values of vintage electric bass guitars and acoustic guitars.

One guide that I think every serious collector must have, is the 2008 Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide. If you want to be in the know about what something is worth, what kind of price range they can be bought and sold for, and what quality differences you are looking at, this mag has it al.

It covers guitars, amplifiers and related equipment – and has more than 1,400 brands and 1,000 photos, plus the “hows” and “whys” of the collectible instrumental market.

I think this is an absolute must have for someone who really is serious about building their Vintage Bass Guitar and/or Vintage Acoustic Guitar Collection.

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A bass guitar?

13th November

I found a bass guitar that looks awsome but i dont know if i should save up for it this is what it is i just like volins and cello

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Hofner-Icon-Series-Vintage-Violin-Bass-511788-i1169251.gc

Right now i have an ibanez bass signed by john oliva (i sorta like to brag a little cuz he signed it)

so is it worth saving up for???

Thanks in advance

I like the Hofner's. They are pretty cool for a retro sound. They respond really well to fast arpeggiations too.

Oh and who the heck is John Oliva?

ME MESSING AROUND WITH MY IBANEZ SR 506 BASS GUITAR SOLO

13th November

This is me suppose to be practicing on my 6 string IBANEZ SR 506 but I found a nice patch on my YAMAHA MO6 and I had to jam with it for a little while. Oh I’ve been playing bass for 1 year and 2 month! I started playing AUGUST 28th 2007!

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Resurrection (Rez) Band vintage performance, early 80’s.

11th November

An early performance of Rez Band, circa somewhere between 1982-84. They performed in Puerto Rico a couple of times, the most remembered by me with Swiss Band Jerusalem in Palacio De Los Deportes, Mayaguez in 1983. This clip is part of a vhs promotional footage featuring a live performance of Rez Band during that time. Obviously, copyes of that tape were spreaded to promote those gigs in PR. Rez had a very important place within the origins of the Christian Hard Rock Music Movement and have been the preeminent example of how to evangelize using Christian rock. And obviously, they ROCK big time.

Glenn Kaiser - vocals, guitar, dulcimer, harmonica
Wendi Kaiser - vocals
Stu Heiss - guitar, keyboards
Jim Denton - bass guitar, keyboards(1974-1987)
Roy Montroy - bass guitar, keyboards(1987-2000)
John Herrin - drums

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Can you find me a picture of an alien ,vintage, headless bass?

11th November

guitars vintage headless bass
i have one

ok, you have my attention. why do u need those items?

GODSTOMPER THRASH GRINDCORE BASS GUITAR TUTORIAL part 1

9th November

crash course for begining bassist who play in grindcore , punk noise hardcore thrash crust bands. a short tutorial on how to develop your own technique in playing fast bass with just your fingers . yes you can use a pick .
Or even screw drivers or a coin. The point is bass playing
has no limits and playing with fingers exceeds all limitations.
bass used-
1980 vintage bc rich bass guitar customized with
emg pickups
badass bridge
dr bass strings .45 gauge

amp used
peavy mark8 xp series bass amp
ampeg classic series 4- 4×10 woofer cabinent
distortion-
sovtek big muff distortion pedal
generic brand name chorus pedal

i don’t consider myself an expert or even good at bass playing , i just play an instrument most people don’t really like playing so keep thrashing. whatever that means.

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Bass Guitar Begginer's Question (What should I choose?)?

9th November

Hello, I'm buying a bass guitar, and I want you to enlighten me on whether I should buy a Squier Vintage Modified Precision Bass or a Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass. Search in Youtube the name of the basses to listen to samples.

The P bass is a very old and vintage bass guitar. It produces some very clean sounds so if you're looking for sound then go for that. The downside is it only has one pick-up so can't produce a huge number of different tones although overall it's a really well made bass.
The same goes for the jazz bass. The neck is probably slightly better quality and makes for better use of soloing and jamming. It has two pick-ups and sometimes an overlap pickup so it can produce the sounds that the P bass can't.
It completely depends on your opinion and how much money you have. If it's any help my first bass was a jazz bass that I still have and use today

Vintage 1972 Fender Precision Bass Guitar

7th November

Vintage P Bass……

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What is a good gift for a guy who plays bass/acoustic guitar and skateboards?

7th November

Hello friends. This Chirstmas I am stumped and need your help. I need a good gift for my b/f, but he is really hard to buy for. I can't keep buying him guitar picks and vintage t-shirts. He plays both the acoustic and bass guitar. He also really likes to skateboard. Even if you know nothing about these things but you have a really good idea for a gift, please fill free to give me some advice. If you know of any good PS2 games that would be helpful to. Thanks

You have 2 1/2 months why are you worrying about this. You should be worrying about what kind of candy you are going to give out this year or what costume you are going to wear to the halloween party. Next in line would be who is going to cook turkey and where are you meeting for Thanksgiving. You are thinking way too far ahead. Listen to him for the next month and you will figure something out.

MUSTANG BASS GUITAR BY FENDER VINTAGE AND COOL

5th November

HERE’S A COOL VINTAGE MUSTANG BASS…SORRY I’M NOT A PLAYER
RIC
AUSTRALIA’S NUMBER 1 VINTAGE GUITAR DEALER

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