Mystery bass

[Jess Ting]

Thanks for the input Ken. Are you available Saturdays? I recall that I looked on a map and your location was a good 2 hours from Manhattan. Otherwise, I would have come by already. 4 hours travel time plus a couple of hours to try basses = the entire day for me. I'd need a serious fun pass from the wife in order to leave her the entire day with our 3 young children on a weekend...

I think you are probably correct that I haven't tried enough instruments yet to make the best choice. Perhaps I'll hold off for now and spend more time visiting other shops, including yours. It just seemed to me that the Tom Martin bass is a good value. I tried a newly-made Italien instrument selling for $35k that I didn't like half as much as the Tom Martin. Even a high end Shen lists for $12k these days.