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I play a very decent set of Deagan vibes at my practice location but my home set is a cheapy Kosth and not very nice sounding at all. I've been thinking of buying a good used set, and had kind of set on $2500 as a budget, not including going and picking them up wherever that would be... I was also pretty intent on a Musser or Yamaha with graduated bars.

I found this set online and I'm not really familiar with this brand. I don't want another cheap sounding piece of crap. Any advice...???
It has graduated bars but it looks no less flimsy than my current set.

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/msg/3554698049.html.

The great thing is they are in my city. I can likely get about $600 for my current set so this would be $1200 (Canadian $) and no delivery cost...

Brad

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urbanovibe Thu, 01/31/2013 - 00:44

Probably the only upside of this instrument is the graduated bars (you don't find many graduated jencos). Otherwise I wouldn't recommend it, specially since you already have the parameter set with both the Deagan and the Kosth. It might sound decent... haven't heard a graduated Jenco, but still, it was a cheaper brand so the tuning and intonation are probably not the best. I'd wait for a musser 55 or similar, or a yamaha 2600, or even a premier.

good luck!
Diego

Dcramer Mon, 02/18/2013 - 18:35

In reply to by urbanovibe

They look exactly like my Jencos and mine are not graduated.
They don't sound bad and are very easy to pack around but I paid only $500 Canadian for mine!

Randy_Sutin Thu, 01/31/2013 - 06:24

I would stick with what you have until something better comes along or the price gets better. If he were selling that Jenco for $500, for instance, I think it might make an okay thing to kick around and abuse a bit. By way of comparison, a nearly new Musser M55 sold on Craigslist near here about three months ago for $2000. Granted, that is an insanely low price, but it does happen. I would wait for that.

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