Basses With Best Resale Values?

[fraff]

Hello

I'm about to leave my job after nearly nine years and am in line for quite a nice leaving pressie hopefully - "jammy git" I hear you say, but I've made these guys loads of money over the years so I think it's fair enough! I reckon they're gonna spend say £500 and will no doubt be looking for hints at what I want.

Now, truth is that what I really fancy right now is a Lakland Skyline Decade, and they ain't gonna run to that! So, I'm wondering what to go for a bit lower down the scale that will hold it's value best if I look to sell it on and put the punts towards the Decade that I really fancy...

What do you guys think?

Cheers!

[Ou7shined]

They all lose something once you take it off the forecourt. A second hand bass is going to hold value best... and may even make you something if you buy wisely.

[ThomBassmonkey]

If you want to find out what holds it's value best, ask someone who doesn't really know about basses to name 3 brands, the best known ones will be the ones that hold value.

Best ones would probably be Fender (MIM), Musicman (the Sterling by series are a little over that price range) or Ibanez maybe.

[wateroftyne]

No new basses have decent resale value...

[henry norton]

You could always ask for the cash

Edited January 17, 2011 by henry norton

[bumnote]

offer to make up the difference to a decade

[Dubs]

[quote name='henry norton' post='1092757' date='Jan 17 2011, 05:05 PM']You could always ask for the cash [/quote]

Cash is king, as they say...

[fraff]

[quote name='henry norton' post='1092757' date='Jan 17 2011, 05:05 PM']You could always ask for the cash [/quote]
No doubt the revenue would love that just a little bit less than I would!

[quote name='bumnote' post='1092766' date='Jan 17 2011, 05:12 PM']offer to make up the difference to a decade[/quote]
Not a bad idea that, cheers!

[Machines]

I agree Fenders hold their price well, I sold a MIM recently for a price not far off what they used to be new. Alas they're now a lot more and the 2nd hand price has gone up with them.

[Lozz196]

The Classic range from Fender are really good basses, its always possible to find a home for them, so they don`t seem to depreciate too much.

[longtimefred]

i sold my 1989 stingray for the same price i bought it for 6 years ago. but you will be lucky to get an old ray for £500 so this post is a bit pointless!

sorry

[Sercet]

When my company made me redundant and then changed their mind, they bought me a US sixties Jazz to persuade me to do some work. I will never sell it.

[LukeFRC]

in the last 4 months or so i have bought 2 jazz basses and sold them on. all in all it cost me £20ish in a courier for one of the basses.
i bought them all on here at good prices and sold them on here at the same prices.

[LukeFRC]

though that doesn't answer your question.... i think just add some money towards it yourself if they let you.

[Grand Wazoo]

[quote name='longtimefred' post='1093091' date='Jan 17 2011, 08:49 PM']i sold my 1989 stingray for the same price i bought it for 6 years ago. but you will be lucky to get an old ray for £500 so this post is a bit pointless!

sorry [/quote]

In the last 10 months I have sold 7 basses as follows:

1) Stingray 5
2) Bongo 5 HHp
3) EBMM 25th Anniversary 5 strings
4) Fender Jap reissue Precision
5) Squier CV 50's style Precision
6) EBMM Big Al 5 SSS
7) Squier CV 60's Jazz

Total purchase cost for those 7 basses: £6'430
Money made from the sale of all of them: £6'570.50

Which means I haven't lost anything and made instead a £140.60 profit in the process. This proves to me that if you buy quality gear and you keep them in mint conditions as I have you shouldn't really do to bad when you sell them on.