Annoying Twit Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 I must admit that I was thinking that this looked a reasonable bass for an old Kay. Not worth much, but with a £1 starting bid, it'll find a reasonable price for itself. Then I saw photo 4... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fully-refurbished-Kay-Bass-/111605749999?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19fc3898ef Quote
Bassassin Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Check out the chasm around the neck pocket - if you fell down that, you'd have to gnaw off your own arm to escape. If it went for £30 it might be worth getting a scratchplate that fitted, but it's still a plywood Korean copy with an embarassing brand name! Jon. Quote
discreet Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424700951' post='2699289'] If it went for £30 it might be worth getting a scratchplate that fitted, but it's still a plywood Korean copy with an embarrassing brand name! [/quote] Plywood's trendy now, isn't it? You could sand off the 'K' logo and write 'Columbus' in Sharpie, thus tripling the value. Quote
Bassassin Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1424701090' post='2699293'] Plywood's trendy now, isn't it? You could sand off the 'K' logo and write 'Columbus' in Sharpie, thus tripling the value. [/quote] Go the whole hog and "Ibanez" it. Straight £500 mark up, no messing. J. Quote
discreet Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424701315' post='2699298'] Go the whole hog and "Ibanez" it. Straight £500 mark up, no messing. [/quote] Does it just have the wrong pickguard on it, or is that a 'Kay rout' d'you think? Quote
Bassassin Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 He's just "refurbed" it by buying a generic P type guard & hoping for the best, I'd say. The original would've just been a different shape. Shouldn't really be a deal breaker if it was cheap enough - the bass is probably halfway decent, late 70s/early 80s Kays were made by Cort, and are significant cut above the Taiwanese stuff from the early 70s. J. Quote
discreet Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424702362' post='2699326'] Shouldn't really be a deal breaker if it was cheap enough - the bass is probably halfway decent, late 70s/early 80s Kays were made by Cort, and are significant cut above the Taiwanese stuff from the early 70s. [/quote] That's what I thought... I've got a bid on it. Quote
Bassassin Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1424702436' post='2699327'] That's what I thought... I've got a bid on it. [/quote] Don't worry about me - I won't be snipin' J. Quote
discreet Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424713352' post='2699501'] I won't be snipin' [/quote] Please do... I'm having second thoughts now... Quote
Bassassin Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 I [i]thought[/i] you had a cunning plan: [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1424701090' post='2699293'] Plywood's trendy now, isn't it? You could sand off the 'K' logo and write 'Columbus' in Sharpie, thus tripling the value. [/quote] J. Quote
discreet Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1424716183' post='2699557'] I [i]thought[/i] you had a cunning plan... [/quote] Well... if I win it with the bid I've put in, I can profitably use it for kindling. Quote
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