GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (Part 2)

Gear
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All of em. Curious minds wanna know. Give us the Paul Harvey :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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That’s the Mark Hoppus signature Jag (Volume / No tone knob).

That’s your cue to type ‘Who TF is Mark Hoppus in the googler’ @david.addis

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Why would I want that bass ?

Seriously, gold hardware? WTF???

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Because, Sandbergs are awesome…:grinning_face:

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I wonder if those are all of them and now they are all dirty

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Shouldn’t that go into the “Ugly Duckling” thread? :joy: Man, that’s bad, really bad imho.

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Well, they’re sold as soft aged… :person_shrugging:

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Well, I don’t have that colour and pickup configuration yet :grin:

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Ahh yes, the old artisanal “take them outside and leave them in the dirt” school of luthiering.

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They probably know what to do not to damage them (and how to do it if it has to look real enough).

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Here’s a video of their specialist in ‘ruining’ perfectly fine basses :grin:

Not for the faint of heart obviously.

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Oh, lordy, but I do despise the road-worn look on a perfectly good new bass. If all basses made in the future were road-worn only, my admittedly perpetual state of G.A.S. would finally be cured.

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Well, there’s a market for those, especially since acrylic paint doesn’t age the same as those old nitro finishes.

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I agree 100%. I would not want to buy such a thing.

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To each his own. As long as I don’t need to buy one… :joy:

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I bought a new Sandberg P once. It looked pristine in the photos, even though its description said something to the effect of “lightly aged.”

It was lightweight and had a comfortable neck, but its “aging” soured it for me: its otherwise beautiful finish was marred by some small marks all over its body that looked exactly like someone had randomly stabbed it with a flathead screwdriver. There was no rhyme or reason to the stabs. It sure didn’t look like the instrument had somehow … aged. It just looked like somebody had intentionally fucked up the finish.

Given its high price and how much the arbitrary finish-ruining pissed me off every time I saw it, I returned it.

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Not only that you can summon your inner Ida and just smack, :joy:

I love gold hardware. :two_hearts:

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I agree Mike, I wouldn’t have handled that well lol. If I wanna see something “aged” I look in the mirror. I’m very picky about mine, prob too picky.

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they’re more famous for amps and heads. I know you know them

Never played their bass, but it has had good reviews. I had one HB bass and it was the worst instrument I ever had, which is why I don’t talk HB much.

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Which one did you have?