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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1039680' date='Nov 28 2010, 10:23 AM']Japanese, "steel adjustable neck", bolt on copy. Looks quite nice. Yet again a low starting price and no reserve. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-Bass-Japanese-Copy-/150524395000?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item230bf3fdf8"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-Bass-Ja...=item230bf3fdf8[/url] Surely Matsumoku with that neckplate.[/quote] It is - I told him exactly what it was & exactly how these basses can be identified - but going by his footnote it (in so many words - "some Ebayer said it might be an Aria, but who knows?") plainly wasn't what he wanted to hear. F@ck knows why I bother! Jon.

4 string, with the occasional dropped D for some songs. I do have a 5er but haven't gigged it or otherwise used it in anger - that B string just turned out to be an unusually long thumb rest. I should dig it out for a bit of a muck around, though. Certainly never considered a 6 or above, for me the extended ranges seem more geared towards solo playing & stunt-bass antics, which doesn't interest me as a player. Jon.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1039488' date='Nov 28 2010, 01:08 AM']Did you have a virtual chat with her? I have the vaguest suspicion that someone may have reported her auction. ?But I spoke to a local guitar shop, and they weren't sure if someone had reported her auction or not.[/quote] Not me, Squire. Was faintly motivated, but Captain Apathy came to call. J.

Does that Washburn look [i]familiar[/i] to anyone? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220702696780"]Kasuga Scorpion, badged as Pro Martin[/url], £50 start, secret reserve. J.

No homepage - just a blank browser window. Jon.

[quote name='KK Jale' post='1039455' date='Nov 28 2010, 12:20 AM']My old Selmer Treble & Bass. I always thought it was one grim amp, but now they're supposedly cla££ic...[/quote] Same. My first amp in 1981, £30 out a charity shop for 50w head & matching 2x12 cab - way too quiet for the band I'd just joined, I thought it was complete crap. It's still in the drummer's mum's basement, for all I know. Jon.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-MATSUMOKO-BEATLES-BASS-GUITAR-/280595280839"]Very nice bolt-neck Aria[/url], looks in good order, in hard case, £300 BIN. That's good to see. J.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1039048' date='Nov 27 2010, 05:51 PM']That's enough to make me personally believe that the seller is deliberately out to scam people and is a nasty piece of work. I wonder what would happen if we emailed her to ask which shop inspected the bass and wasn't sure if it was a real Rickenbacker.[/quote] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Semi-Acoustic-Bass-Copy-Shaftesbury-Lawsuit-/280595675563"]Arf![/url] J.

BA2 clone in aluminium sounds interesting to me - the thing I dislike most about the original is the weight. Jon.

The bridge cover's just a Jazz one somebody's stuck on it - probably wouldn't look quite so misproportioned without it. I'd buy the neck for a s/s project, if I could have if for a tenner.The rest's pretty shonky looking. J.

I approve of this thread. Jon.

Oh, but a GUITAR SHOP - those expert arbiters of all things musical, couldn't tell whether it was a real Rickenbacker or not. So clearly, it might well be a real one! And who the hell are we, dim little amateur wannabes on a saddo forum, to even imply otherwise? Best we just shut the f@ck up then - shop assistants have spoken! So it'll be an Italian fake trc on an Italian (probably Eko) Faker? The bass actually looks in quite tidy condition. J.

[quote name='SS73' post='1037912' date='Nov 26 2010, 04:03 PM']The seller may even do a dirty on his mate[/quote] Thank you for that mental image. J.

[quote name='sprocketflup' post='1037583' date='Nov 26 2010, 11:36 AM']Might ask him if its a bolt on [/quote] Nah mate, it's in Reading. Bolton's miles away. J.

Oh no - after all that, it was all just a waste of Tim. J.

Pre-empting Big John's next price hike? Jon.

[quote name='JTUK' post='1037455' date='Nov 26 2010, 09:46 AM']I would add that the flip side of this is that this is a good place to buy...and so therefore attractive to both parties. All the deals..( buys) I have done have worked out well so I hope the ethos stays pretty much as is, personally.[/quote] +1 to this - I have been very happy with everything I've bought through BC, and I hope those who have bought from me feel the same. J.

Same guy was trying to punt these a few days ago at £475. That got pulled. J.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1037196' date='Nov 26 2010, 12:25 AM']I'd like to think if we get a good deal here, we can keep it "in the family", so to speak. I got hold of my Alembic Epic 5 string for £600 off the boards. I sold it on for the same price, to a buyer who had indicated interest to me early on when I was offering it for trade. I had offers that were higher than the asking price when I sold it, but not monumentally so. Suffice to say, I could have put a little bit of cash back in my pocket, but I didn't. I kept my word to the buyer and sold it for what I paid for it. Whats a few quid at the end of the day when this forum has given me so many good deals and so many awesome basses I would never buy new? It's all about karma...[/quote] Absolutely - just a couple of weeks back I got a GK700RB 1x15 combo for an absolute steal, considering how much the heads alone go for. In the unlikely event I go off it & want to sell it, it will be offered at what I paid. If it doesn't sell for that, I'll accept a good offer. However, my theoretical MIJ P - if I sold it here for the £25 I paid for it, it would be sort of hard to shrug off when it turned up on Ebay - or back here - for £400. A couple of years back, I spotted a lovely Ibanez ATK on Ebay - one of the early versions, not a reissue - up for £99 BIN. Would have liked to go for it myself but for various reasons I couldn't, so I flagged it up on here & unsurprisingly a BCer nabbed it. He thanked me for pointing it out & told me if he decided to sell, I'd get first shout. He was as good as his word, and a couple of weeks later I got an invitation to buy it. For £300. Well what the f@ck exactly do you say? J.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1036916' date='Nov 25 2010, 08:51 PM']i would never sell a bass for profit anywhere...i just dont think its right..im not a sales man and dont really care for money...[/quote] A direct question for you - and anyone else who feels like answering it then. You find a ridiculous, ludicrous bargain - say, an MIJ Precision on Gumtree for £25. Would you feel that, if you decided it wasn't for you, you should sell it on for what you paid, or would you be OK selling it to a BCer for a fair approximation of the going rate? Would any BC members actually expect a bargain like that to be passed on? I wouldn't buy a bass on here and then attempt to resell it on here for more than I paid - simply put, I feel that would make me look like a c@nt. If I'd done repair or restoration work to significantly improve it from how I got it then I think it would be reasonable to ask a little more, to reflect the time & expense. That is theoretical (I've never yet resold anything I bought on BC) but I have sold a number of items here that I obtained elsewhere, the prices I've asked here have been less than I would expect on Ebay, but in line with the going rate for similar gear here. I've also ended several Ebay auctions to sell to BC members, at a mutually agreed price - and it's fair to say I have made a profit on most of my sales here. Jon.

Eric - you're scaring me... J.

Best tip? If it's a bass, bass amp/effects or bass parts, sell them here. Jon.

[quote name='umph' post='1036142' date='Nov 25 2010, 11:52 AM']woah 500 pounds, do people know these are made outta ply and are terrible?[/quote] Shilled, got to be. Considering there are two other Hondos on at the moment - one with a ludicrous and desevedly ignored £500 BIN, and the other at £180 and running out this afternoon, this looks proper dodgy. You're hard-pushed to get 500 sovs for an Ibanez 2388B - just ask Tino. There's a decent bolt-neck Matsumoku project here: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-Bass-Japanese-Copy-/150524395000"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-Bass-Ja...y-/150524395000[/url] Looks OK, the guy seems to believe what any random idiot tells him about it, though. Me, I told him what it actually is. Wonder if he'll believe me? J.

[url="http://www.playawayguitars.com/play_away_guitars_shop.php?itemID=915"]Being a Bottom Specialist costs less than you might think.[/url] Jon.