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Annoying Twit
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This has been up once with a low reserve. I put a lowball bid on it, but then the auction was pulled. The bass was listed again with a starting bid of £350. It sold for £540. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111171840015?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1438.l2649[/url]

Strangely enough, the same seller has now relisted it again with a BIN price of £895. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP-CUSTOM-FRETLESS-7-STRING-BASS/111176502674"]http://www.ebay.co.u...SS/111176502674[/url]

The seller might have saved some time if they'd just listed it for the price they're prepared to accept in the first place. And if it is a case that the seller refused to sell for the winning price, they may well have just alienated one or more of their potential buyers. Which for a specialist item such as this might be a small number of people.

Edit: Hmmm.... bought for £535 in June? If that's an identical one, it could hardly be custom. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP-Custom-Fretless-7-String-Bass-/221243471702?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3383237756"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3383237756[/url]

Edit: Yep, the buyer of that bass has 128 feedback, as does the repeated reseller.

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I'm quite bullish with my lowball bids. I put lots of low bids out there, and never actually seem to buy anything unless I make a serious bid. I just thought it looked interesting, and I do want a fretless. In hindsight, it probably would have been a bad purchase for me, but on the other hand, I didn't purchase it. If I had managed to win it, well then for a relatively small amount of money I could see what a custom bass is like.

Edit: Also, if I had won it, I could follow the lead of a well known ebay bass rebuilder, take off three of the strings, and sell it as a bass for playing by trained dogs.

Edit: Here's an example lowball bid. £15.22 on this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westfield-Bass-Guitar-B1000-Metallic-Blue-BNIB-NO-RESERVE-/200968102606 With £10.99 postage, that would be about £26 to me if I won it. But I bet it sells for about £50 or so. And that it'll be well worth that for the buyer.

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[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1380202051' post='2222234']
How on earth do people actually play those six and seven string monsters?
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Like you're clutching your favourite pillow, while dealing with acute constipation ...

[URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/11stringironingboard.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/11stringironingboard.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

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[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1380202051' post='2222234']
How on earth do people actually play those six and seven string monsters? I've got big hands (and you know what they say about men with big hands[1]), but no way could I see myself playing that width of neck in comfort or with a decent technique.

[1] they take a large size in gloves
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I've got small hands (well, I take a medium in gloves) and have no problems playing a 7-string with a decent technique. Try one, it's fun.

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  • 4 weeks later...

He's still trying to sell it. For a £450 starting bid.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP-CUSTOM-FRETLESS-7-STRING-BASS-/111197447371?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19e3e264cb"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item19e3e264cb[/url]

Even though he previously sold it for £540.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP-CUSTOM-FRETLESS-7-STRING-BASS-/111171840015?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19e25ba80f"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item19e25ba80f[/url]

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