Machines

I have had several basses I could not sell on here or Facebook that I took to BassBros/BassDirect that then sold immediately at a 20% higher price (which covered commission). People like the assurance and support of proper business, and will clearly pay more than for a private seller interaction.

Price is important, as they will be going up against a well established Dingwall fanbase in this style of music. I'm guessing £2k+ (as their guitars seem to be not budget friendly). That said, I haven't seen their spec/review, so it could be there's something new in there.

It was a 1979 in not great condition. I had an offer from someone on Bassworld (Basschat's predecessor) to swap for a 1995 Stingray, which was at the time about £750. Obviously I didn't protest.

I did exactly that with an MC900, but it was £250.

I think this is the vintage market in a nutshell. Instruments that are 35-40 years old seem to experience an increase in value/demand as people reach financial maturity/retirement to buy the instruments they wanted aged ~15-20.

Well, what's wrong with the 13th fret ?! 🤣

Enough suspense! He stuck about for the RBXJM2 so it's not too obvious to me.

That is the one at the start of this thread. I modded it with EMGs as well as a a Delano preamp. Would have kept it happily until the 'prettier' one came up.

It came with very dead MTD strings (tapered). But I'm using Ernie Balls on it now. Plot twist. I actually bought another one and sold this one as the new one was 9/10 mint and had a much nicer top.

Only noticed as I was updating my profile, clicked save - then got that error. I didn't break it, though. OK

Just me ?

One for today - 1999 Warwick Streamer for £300. Was advertised as a Rockbass.

A few spring to mind, but I am a rampant bargain hunter/flipper. USA Gretsch 6131 Firebird - SoundControl ~2005. Was mislabeled as an Electromatic at £299, they kept this price even when queried if correct. Sold on eBay for £1k. Ibanez Musician MC900 - £250 PMT ~2006, soon traded for a 96 Stingray (they were around £750 at the time). Tiesco 1480 (1969) - last year. Facebook market as 'broken' for £25. Needed 15 mins of electrical work to fix, later sold for £250 Dingwall Combustion 5/2 this year for £750 (Facebook), good condition too. 2011 Rickenbacker 4003 from CashConverters for £1100 a couple of months ago. Loved it visually, but no use to me - sold a few days later for just under the going rate.

I think it's the same for me, unless it's someone I know - the 'payment arriving' is the bass arriving before I ship.

Definitely not something Yamaha ever did.

I spotted this the other day and my curiosity was engaged. I am inclined to think it is a Yamaha neck (logo removed), on a custom body made specifically for that neck and those pickups (as they have a unique shape). Some close ups of the wiring cavity might help determine if it is a factory produced version versus custom shop job. A Google reverse image search also does not yield any matches. It looks too modern to be 80s (other than the neck serial) so I would hazard a guess it was late 90s based on the styling. What do those top 2 controls do ?

Another vote for MTD here, although it looks like that Z5 at Promenade has sold now (perhaps bought by OP ?!). I have a Super 5 fully Bartolini'd and I use it in a hard rock band. I recently had a Z6 also which was a little too refined for what I do - but had a great sizzle to it. An MTD Z5 is definitely ideal for what has been specified though.

They are automatic, but I would use the device without them appearing also. I buy tech for it's current ability, more than it's potential.

Not really. You've already bought it. If you said "I want to get it, but there's no app", that might be different.

You are the talent, so to speak. Is there an OF yet ?

Also, wear something seductive.

I think as an experiment you should do a shred vid and see how it does for clicks. I know you are quite capable.