Annoying Twit Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1445145993' post='2889044'] I thought that. He's so convinced that it's worth a lot of money that I can see him letting it go for the £200 that I wildly, very wildly, guesstimate that it would actually go for if the auction ran properly. My thoughts were that he's probably put in a high (e.g. £800) shill bid as a hidden reserve. The other alternative is that there may be auction wreckers who think it's funny to use a throwaway account to bid the price way up then not pay. [/quote] That should be "I can see him [b]refusing to let it go[/b] for the £200". A typo. I meant to express the same sentiment as Beer of the Bass. Still £311.09 with five days to go. Higher than i predicted it would go, and there's plenty of time left. Edited October 21, 2015 by Annoying Twit Quote
colgraff Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 You could buy two high spec second-hand Yamaha RBX basses for £311. Or you could buy one bastardised lump of crap. Quote
Annoying Twit Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 You might be able to undo the modifications and make an ERB with fewer strings from it. If I had landed it with my £50 bid, that's what I would have been thinking. Quote
TheGreek Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Bonfire Night's just round the corner - you could make a pretty good centrepiece for the bonfire from it.. Quote
Beer of the Bass Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1445537197' post='2892289'] You might be able to undo the modifications and make an ERB with fewer strings from it. If I had landed it with my £50 bid, that's what I would have been thinking. [/quote] Like a wide-necked 6-string bass for those sausage-fingered builders and bricklayers? You could be onto something there! Though in all seriousness, it looks too cheap and nasty to be an attractive instrument even if you managed to make it playable, with the plywood body and brown painted fingerboard. Edited October 22, 2015 by Beer of the Bass Quote
Annoying Twit Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1445548229' post='2892402'] Like a wide-necked 6-string bass for those sausage-fingered builders and bricklayers? You could be onto something there! Though in all seriousness, it looks too cheap and nasty to be an attractive instrument even if you managed to make it playable, with the plywood body and brown painted fingerboard. [/quote] I don't think it would be wide necked. I thought that the general opinion was that part of the modifications that had been done to it were to add extra strings. E.g. multiple strings sharing the same slot in the bridge. If that's the case, then it might be improved by returning it to the original number of strings. Might. I only bid £50 on it. I thought that it would be worth a punt at that price. And, if it didn't look as if it could be improved, I could donate it as a mystery raffle prize for the next East Midlands bass bash. Edited October 23, 2015 by Annoying Twit Quote
ras52 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 [quote name='GisserD' timestamp='1445862641' post='2894760'] £752 with 11 minutes to go! [/quote] Wow. That was one auction where I was expecting a crazy flurry of activity in the dying seconds... as bidders rush to retract their bids!! Quote
Beer of the Bass Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1445863395' post='2894773'] Wow. That was one auction where I was expecting a crazy flurry of activity in the dying seconds... as bidders rush to retract their bids!! [/quote] There was one retraction this morning - that could be the be the seller under another account trying to push up the price to the next highest bid. Quote
GisserD Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 he would need two accounts to push it that high. one bidding against the other Imagine the 2nd hand bass you could "actually" get for £752 Quote
anzoid Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 I'm wondering whether he'll actually ship it at that price even if the final bid did happen to be legit given that he's wanted so much for it in the past. On the other hand, I also wonder whether we'll see it re-listed due to a time waster not paying up or similar... I can see someone getting cold feet on this particular purchase Quote
sprocketflup Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1445591307' post='2892580'] I don't think it would be wide necked. I thought that the general opinion was that part of the modifications that had been done to it were to add extra strings. E.g. multiple strings sharing the same slot in the bridge. If that's the case, then it might be improved by returning it to the original number of strings. Might. I only bid £50 on it. I thought that it would be worth a punt at that price. And, if it didn't look as if it could be improved, I could donate it as a mystery raffle prize for the next East Midlands bass bash. [/quote] Its easy to see how the bridge(s) have been added to with the extra strings, but the headstocks a different kettle of trout. Cant see that one meself. I wonder if hes made a whole new neck for it? maybe from an old section of dual - carriageway perhaps Quote
Beer of the Bass Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 [quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1445900526' post='2895300'] Its easy to see how the bridge(s) have been added to with the extra strings, but the headstocks a different kettle of trout. Cant see that one meself. I wonder if hes made a whole new neck for it? maybe from an old section of dual - carriageway perhaps [/quote] I think it was built with 15 strings, but so badly thought out that it would barely be a useable instrument. I've seen pictures of these in their original form, and there were quite a few abominations on eBay under the Tennessee brand a few years ago. There are pictures of an unmodified one here, though come to think of it this might be the same one with a few awful hack jobs and a coat of brown paint on the fingerboard. [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/now-thats-just-crazy.447817/"]http://www.talkbass.com/threads/now-thats-just-crazy.447817/[/url] Quote
alyctes Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 [quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1445374453' post='2891089'] To be fair, he is probably quite attached to it, by now. [/quote] By gravity. He must be quite close to its event horizon... Quote
spectoremg Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 [attachment=203699:Tennessee bass.jpg][quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1445901550' post='2895309'] I think it was built with 15 strings, but so badly thought out that it would barely be a useable instrument. I've seen pictures of these in their original form, and there were quite a few abominations on eBay under the Tennessee brand a few years ago. There are pictures of an unmodified one here, though come to think of it this might be the same one with a few awful hack jobs and a coat of brown paint on the fingerboard. [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/now-thats-just-crazy.447817/"]http://www.talkbass....t-crazy.447817/[/url] [/quote]Looks like Tennessee are serial offenders. Why?! Quote
Annoying Twit Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 I do not believe that this was a genuine sale. The retracted bid is particularly suspicious. I believe that it was the owner bidding against an auction wrecker. That it was a private auction makes me even more suspicious. The owner had previously told me that he would accept about £800 for it. Examples of me being wrong abound like dandelions in an untended field. But that's what I believe. Quote
spectoremg Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Do we think he's trying to recoup a massive outlay? Did he pay a fortune for it? Quote
Beer of the Bass Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1445941413' post='2895520'] Do we think he's trying to recoup a massive outlay? Did he pay a fortune for it? [/quote] From what I can recall of Tennessee instruments on eBay they were improbably cheap for what they were attempting to be, though I've yet to see anyone expressing satisfaction with one. He may have spent as much on the strings as the bass, if not more. Quote
Shabbs Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 It was bid up from £311 by electronic bids on the 26th by the same bidder and the winner placed their bid on the 18th, 2 fake accounts me thinks. Quote
sprocketflup Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 So place your bets folks, how long before we see it listed again Quote
Annoying Twit Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 [quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1445976446' post='2895904'] So place your bets folks, how long before we see it listed again [/quote] Three weeks. Quote
alyctes Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1446232166' post='2898026'] Three weeks. [/quote] Two days... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TENNESSEE-15-STRING-EXTENDED-RANGE-BASS-/291606350777?hash=item43e517cbb9:g:bJwAAOxycgVTixwQ Quote
colgraff Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 Dear sweet Lord. Would someone please put this monstrosity out of its misery? £825? Quote
Annoying Twit Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 [quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1446534909' post='2900024'] Dear sweet Lord. Would someone please put this monstrosity out of its misery? £825? [/quote] TWO DAYS!!!!! The seller is as easy to see through as a three micron width sheet of high quality crystal. Quote
SICbass Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 Why don't we at Basschat all club together and buy the thing? It could be some sort of bizarre/sick mascot. Quote
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