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Some nice ideas here, and it's not outside of the realms of possibility in the future perhaps, but we have to be realistic.

To sort the data into model types would require people to enter that information in the first place.

It's hard enough just getting people to enter a sane valuation price. :rolleyes:

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I'm perfectly happy to continue paying for posting ads
After all, it helps support BC

Re subdividing into price brackets
For me, I like to browse anyhow,
and banding basses into different brackets might mean I miss something I wouldn't have been thinking about
So I'd personally rather it stays the same
Except maybe the ability to filter out 4, 5, or 6 strings - depending on what I'm looking for.....

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As a help for browsing, is it safe to assume that all are aware of the 'Custom' filter facility, to be seen in the black bar just above the very first post on the Marketplace pages..? One may restrict visibility to only 'Open' ads, thus hiding in one fell swoop all the 'Sold' ads.
Just sayin', hope this helps.

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[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1415033672' post='2595902']
If folks always included the term '5 string bass' in the description i would have thought the search engine at the top of the page would pull most of them out without having to go through all the 4's as well or doesn't it work?
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Not really.

The search function drills through the entire forum looking for '5 string'.
Any mention of '5 string' (as in "I'd buy this in a shot if it was a 5 string") results in the topic being listed.

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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1415053148' post='2596249']
The search function drills through the entire forum looking for '5 string'.
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Not if you're already in 'Basses for Sale' and you have your search section set to 'this forum', which I believe it defaults to? :)

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1415053789' post='2596269']
Not if you're already in 'Basses for Sale' and you have your search section set to 'this forum', which I believe it defaults to? :)
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Quite so. But once one is in the 'Search Results' the default forum in the search box sneakily becomes 'all forums', thus necessitating a swift about-face to the 'For Sale' section before recommencing one's quest.

This is one of the charming idiosyncrasies of the forum, along with the prof filter's inability to deal with the adjective 'sw*nky'. One wonders if the anti-swearing machine were programmed by Mr Derek Nimmo in his persona of The Reverend Mervyn Noote, chaplain to the bishop of St Ogg's


[size=3][b]Bishop[/b]: Ah ha! You [i]finally[/i] got it to say c**tybollocks! Well done, Noote![/size]

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1415053789' post='2596269']
Not if you're already in 'Basses for Sale' and you have your search section set to 'this forum', which I believe it defaults to? :)
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I just tried that using "5 string" and got this as the first page:

FS Warwick $$ NT LTD 2007 Koa Top 4-string
Dingwall Super J 4 string F/S....... ON HOLD PENDING
Fodera Imperial 6 - Quilted Maple Top
Letts 4 string singlecut passive fretless custom bass £400
Yamaha six string TRB JP
Musicman Big Al 4 string £1150 posted
Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 4 - string (white/maple).
FS Warwick Rockbass Streamer Standard 5 String
Sei Bass 5 string black beauty lower price £ 1000
SEI single cut Series 11 Melt, Ying Yang. Sale or Trade....
Fernandes Gravity deluxe 5 string £500.00, px or swaps
Prosebass 5 string 33" singlecut defretted bass £250
Hohner The Jack Headless Bass -PRICE DROP
Overwater Progress 6 String, AAA Flame Ash Top.
Skjold Lion's Pride 5 string super Jazz £1525
Manne Custom Acoustibass 5 string (fretless) lined - Free...
Lakland Joe Osborn 5
ACG RECURVE SC Classic 5 String - 9 Piece Wenge/Ash neck...
Status Streamline 5-string fretless
ACG custom J five string
FS: Overwater Progress III Deluxe (4 String)
A Brace of Status (Statuses, Statii?) Part 2...
Fender 70's Precision MIJ, like new condition.
Overwater Perception 5 - Scott Devine Special
Alpher Mako Elite 4 Bass Guitar Custom hand built

So out of 25 results I got:

4 string = 11
5 string = 11
6 string = 3

So, it works perfectly...ish. :D

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[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1414962243' post='2595166']
Is it related to the introduction of fees? (I realise this discussion has probably been had already). The meat and potatoes stuff can often sell quite easily through free local adverts, so perhaps sellers are trying there first while the guys selling more specialised or higher end instruments see the benefits of advertising here rather more.
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I've noted that there are fewer cheap basses on sale here since fees were introduced. If you're selling a bass for £50, then £7 is a fair chunk of that. Particularly since there's no guarantee of a sale. I'm not worried about there being fewer cheap basses here. There are still ebay/gumtree/etc.

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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1415147609' post='2597308'] If you're selling a bass for £50, then you're not charged anything for the advert. :) [/quote]

I didn't know that. What is the cut-off price whereby people have to pay?

It did seem to me that there are fewer cheap basses nowdays. Maybe if I went back and counted, the numbers of cheap ones might not have changed.

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