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Old 12-17-2010, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by William Stephens View Post
Most of the dealers that stock them claim they are equal in quality to western made instruments costing much more. Thanks,Will
Well, I have seen several and owned two Shen basses that I could say the same thing about. I held on to my Shens for as long as I could and then sold them to local students of a friend of mine. These were as good as any western made bass of the same design in my opinion. The Chinese can make good basses. Not everything Asian is junk as we can see. We are talking about Humans from another Continent. Then, there is business and we have the grades of products by price point.

I have also heard good things about the Jay Haide basses but it puzzles me every time I see a Chinese bass with a western name attached to it. Imagine an Italian Bass with a Chinese name!
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