15 string bass !, cheap as chips

[funkgod]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OFFERS-THROW-NUMBERS-AT-THIS-TENNESSEE-15-STRING-EXTENDED-RANGE-BASS/291402250210?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29952%26meid%3D0675314e3100440abc3b4c3896cdbe8b%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D351347989254#ht_1026wt_975

[discreet]

Ah, the ten million pound bass is back! Why it doesn't just get snapped up is beyond me! Surely worth every penny...

[funkgod]

ahhh its been up then, bugger, sorry.
to be fair, i would love a go of it

[discreet]

[quote name='funkgod' timestamp='1428184937' post='2739002']
ahhh its been up then, bugger, sorry.
[/quote]

Not at all, I never get tired of marveling at it! It's hard to believe not only that someone would create this abomination in the first place, but then list it on eBay in the hope of selling it? What's going on there, then??

Edited April 4, 2015 by discreet

[Roger2611]

12 offers and still no sale, and it's been advertised since year dot...I think the seller has a different preception of its value compared to everybody else!

i did offer to take it off his hands if he paid me a tenner and covered the postage....never got a reply, must be considering all the similar offers!

[Dad3353]

Cheap as chips, eh..? I'd suggest changing for another chippie..!

[Drax]

My £50 was rejected last time.

The photo gets me. I just want to clamp it in that WorkMate and attack it with a bandsaw

[discreet]

I think it has a bright future as part of an artificial reef in the Pacific.

[ambient]

A few of us have made various offers to him, all have been rejected.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/256223-he-is-getting-desperate/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/256223-he-is-getting-desperate/[/url]

It was originally a 10 string, I have no idea why he's done this to it.

[timmo]

I don`t really see any point of having barely audible low rumblings.

[Dazed]

I hope it comes with that handy multi purpose stand / work bench.
I'm very tempted if it does.

[alittlebitrobot]

This gets posted all the time and it always amuses me.
You have to give the seller some credit for sheer stubbornness. Anybody else would've realised months ago that this is a load of old crap, but he's sticking with it.

[PlungerModerno]

It's back!

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OFFERS-THROW-NUMBERS-AT-THIS-TENNESSEE-15-STRING-EXTENDED-RANGE-BASS-/291427705595?"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OFFERS-THROW-NUMBERS-AT-THIS-TENNESSEE-15-STRING-EXTENDED-RANGE-BASS-/291427705595?[/url]

It's completely absurd at this point.

[spectoremg]

Let's start a fund.

[uk_lefty]

i'd rather drink my own p!ss, nay, someone else's p!ss than listen to a note played on that.

[timmo]

It wouls appear someone gave him an offer he couldn`t refuse, but the buyer reneged on the offer. Anything over £100 offer has got to be a prank offer hasn`t it?

[Bassassin]

We could club together and buy it, then burn it. That might stop it coming back. Maybe...

Jon.

[timmo]

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1429743186' post='2754609']
We could club together and buy it, then burn it. That might stop it coming back. Maybe...

Jon.
[/quote]If that happened, it would appear there is actually a market for this. That could mean there will be more people putting such monstrosities up for sale. I don`t think that would be a good idea

[Subbeh]

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1428253386' post='2739629']
I don`t really see any point of having barely audible low rumblings.
[/quote]

I usually get those for free with a post drink takeaway. I do like the low action, tidy bridge and even string spacing though.

Looks so bad it could almost have been made by me

[chriswareham]

I'm ashamed that this utter abomination comes from my home town of Farnborough.

There again, I knew there was a reason I got the hell out of there as soon as I could.

[leschirons]

The only reason it hasn't sold is because "Binkybass" on here hasn't seen it

As an aside, do you think it would be any good for metal?

[EliasMooseblaster]

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1429890738' post='2756096']

As an aside, do you think it would be any good for metal?
[/quote]

You might be able to flog it to a young, naive, "nu" metal guitarist and tell him it's the next big thing after 7-string guitars, and is perfect for drop-F# tuning, or something like that...

[EliasMooseblaster]

As another aside, the listing did link out to this particular specimen and now I wish I had three grand to spare
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Celebrity-Owned-2008-Fender-Masterbuilt-Custom-Shop-Jazz-Precision-Bass-May-p-x/181709596672?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D30110%26meid%3D281e02c80a724b7eb429fbc2909efd4e%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D291427705595&rt=nc

[spectoremg]

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1429892289' post='2756119']
As another aside, the listing did link out to this particular specimen and now I wish I had three grand to spare
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Celebrity-Owned-2008-Fender-Masterbuilt-Custom-Shop-Jazz-Precision-Bass-May-p-x/181709596672?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D30110%26meid%3D281e02c80a724b7eb429fbc2909efd4e%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D291427705595&rt=nc"]http://www.ebay.co.u...427705595&rt=nc[/url]
[/quote]Nice bass but they're stretching the celebrity definition a bit far.

[discreet]

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1429915976' post='2756440']
Nice bass but they're stretching the celebrity definition a bit far.
[/quote]

Sorry to say I've never heard of him. But then I'm quite sure he's never heard of me, either.
I don't get why you'd buy a bass on the strength of it being previously owned by a 'celeb'. What possibly difference can it make?