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How well do low end DBs hold their value?
Burns-bass replied to Phatbottom's topic in EUB and Double Bass
This is good advice. Plus, if you display it in your house just about everyone who ever visits will be impressed even if it's a massively battered Czech beast from the 60s. I've taken it to the extreme and I now have my DB in my office, which I think has directly led to at least one contract being won. -
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How well do low end DBs hold their value?
Burns-bass replied to Phatbottom's topic in EUB and Double Bass
My suggestion would be to find a good teacher and get a few lessons before you spend a lot of money. Many shops will let you trial a bass for a few quid a month, and they’re usually well set up too (as you’d hope). Also, your teacher may be able to source an instrument or to test out any instrument you may be interested in. These are all the things I should have done, but didn’t. I was lucky finding a wonderful sounding bass for little money and then getting an amazing luthier to work on it. If I did it again, I’d do what I’ve described above. -
Glorious colour Stingray for sale. Didn’t expect it to still be here but there are a lot of Stingrays for sale I guess!
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Nice! You have to love Americans.
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Hi Andy, I’m in the same position (baby number 2, not 4!) I’ve got about £15k tied up in gear, but before that it wasn’t closer to £30! I sold two pre-CBS basses here and feel much happier because that money has been spent on the house and on getting rid of any debts. I have one bass and one upright I’ll jeep regardless of what happens, the others I don’t have any attachment too. If I sold them, it would be fine. I wouldn’t do anything rash, but a bit of reflection is always useful. Playing music is a great thing to do, and can brighten up the darkest of times.
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Bass Bits Clearout
Burns-bass posted a topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
Here we have some bass bits I'm clearing out. Some good, some bad, and some a little bit ugly... Descriptions below and photos to follow... Postage extra and done as cheaply as possible. Jazz Bass Body - Sold Chinese Jazz Bass Pickups - £10 Cheap, cheerful and remarkably good. Fender Style Bridge - £6 Nice, no idea where from. 75' Reissue Pickguard - Sold Tort Pickguard - Sold Fender aged-thumbrest - £6 Got this fitted to a Bravewood, but I've taken it off as I like the no-pickguard look. 70s Strat Pickup Cover - £6 Had this years and years, and bought it as being from a 70s Strat. It seems to be accurate (I've had quite a few) but I can't provide it, hence being cheap for a punt. -
Agreed. Nowadays you can split the fee I believe, which is sort of like insurance I guess.
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Paypal won't intervene if you call it a gift, which is what most people do. I agree though, if possible it's always worth meeting in person. I wouldn't send a guitar or amplifier to someone I met through Gumtree. But that's just me being a bit old school.
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Some close-ups...
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If you like trying different pickup combinations or want to build your own bass but don't fanct getting handy with the soldering iron this could be for you! It's a solder-free jazz bass harness made with CTS pots and a switchcraft jack. It's a professional job bought for a project from a friend but never used. All works perfectly well and I'll chuck in the control plate, knobs and postage all for £35.
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Here we have an original Fender Vintage 60s RI Road Worn Fender Jazz Neck + Tuners. This was made in Mexico and imported from the States (can provide all details to new buyer including serial number) at a cost of about £400 (including import duties). It was brought here pre-CITES. It's a beautiful neck that really does a wonderful job of replicating the classic pre-CBS Fenders. In fact, that's why I wanted it. However, I now have a Bravewood Jazz which fills that particular gap! It comes with the vintage, reverse tuners and has almost no wear to the frets. It's a vintage Road Worn Fender, so there are bumps and grazes to stimulate the wear you'd expect on a vintage Fender. The frets (as you can see) are in excellent shape, and hardly played. The truss rod works perfectly and is flush with the end of the neck. I've never needed to use it. Photos below, and the price is: £265. Spec Details: Official Fender '60s Reissue Road Worn Jazz Bass Neck & Tuners Maple with Rosewood fingerboard "C" Shape- 7.25" Radius 20 Vintage Frets Fender "Road Worn" relic treatment Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
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Most insurance companies won't quibble with you unless you're claiming for a high-value item. My insurance provider (More Than) ask me to specify and instruments worth over £1500, and to have all the details saved somewhere (serial numbers, any distinguishing marks and so on). This makes sense because, in the event of theft, we can both attempt to recover the items and the more information we both have, the better. If the insurance company pays out, the item then becomes their property, so there's certainly an interest for them in having this information. After having been the victim of a mis-sold item, it's just easier to get someone to sign a bit of paper. I'd say that if you have bought and sold through ebay or even Basschat, the messages and agreements will be enough to convince an insurance company who are only out to detect and deter fraud.
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The bass market is probably a tenth of that of the Guitar market, so probably explains it a little. Upright bass strings a tenth of that again I’d estimate. How often do Guitar players change strings? Again the relationship is probably the same - 10 times as often as a bass player and 100 times more often than an upright player.
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For 40 years in the music business, I reckon he's doing OK! Interesting interview, and he seems like a real gent to give up a load of his time and not bang on about his pedals (which has to be the reason whey he agreed).
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I’d be interested in where you got these stats from.
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Price reduced to £850 because I want this to go to a good home and my toddler is perilously close to hitting it with something and I’d hate for that to happen!
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Double Bass Mute & Wolf Endpin (Now Sold)
Burns-bass replied to Burns-bass's topic in EUBs & Double Basses For Sale
Wolf Endpin now sold. -
Double Bass Mute & Wolf Endpin (Now Sold)
Burns-bass replied to Burns-bass's topic in EUBs & Double Basses For Sale
Bump! Mute now £10 incl. delivery endpin £SOLD -
Few interested emails, but nothing sorted so BUMP!
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That's true. We have it on in the office and it's pretty dull. I nearly hurled a stapler when I heard "Going for Gold" by Shed Seven. At least the old dinosaurs on Planet Rock wouldn't stoop that low.
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When I was in a local pub (Forest of Dean) someone made a crack about shagging sheep, to which an old soak at the bar shouted: "We don't shag sheep, we rape outsiders." It was crude, but got the point across adequately.
