Harley Benton?

[Thunderbird]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Extremely-Rare-Semi-Acoustic-Custom-Electric-bass-/261866171240?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cf870ab68

Is this bass a Harley Benton? I think it is

[discreet]

Could well be...
[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_rb_414cs.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_rb_414cs.htm[/url]

[Thunderbird]

That is what I thought hmmmm if so they are really chancing it sad thing is some poor bugger might buy it

[88reaper88]

Ask the guy for pics without the tape and get a nice close up of the headstock

[itsmedunc]

[quote name='88reaper88' timestamp='1430245069' post='2759486']
Ask the guy for pics without the tape and get a nice close up of the headstock
[/quote]

What the hell have they done to the headstock! Zoom in on the image. It looks like they've painted over a pilchard! What a mess!

[discreet]

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1430245450' post='2759498']
It looks like they've painted over a pilchard!
[/quote]

I'm stealing that to use as a euphemism.

[Bassassin]

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1430243144' post='2759448']
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Extremely-Rare-Semi-Acoustic-Custom-Electric-bass-/261866171240?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cf870ab68"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3cf870ab68[/url]

Is this bass a Harley Benton? I think it is
[/quote]

It certainly is. And has been subject to plenty of well-earned ridicule on the FB Rickenfakers group.

Jon.

[Annoying Twit]

I wonder what price the seller paid for the original.

[Bassassin]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1430384640' post='2760806']
I wonder what price the seller paid for the original.
[/quote]

175 quid, if he bought it from Thomann.

J.

Edited April 30, 2015 by Bassassin

[ras52]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1430246334' post='2759512']
I'm stealing that to use as a euphemism.
[/quote]

It's 12 o'clock, so I'm off to paint the pilchard...

[ras52]

"Extremely rare"... and that's "rare" as in the opposite of "well done".

[discreet]

I'm going to watch Bargain Hunt first, THEN I'm going to paint the pilchard.

[itsmedunc]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1430392929' post='2760924']
I'm going to watch Bargain Hunt first, THEN I'm going to paint the pilchard.
[/quote]

[kodiakblair]

So reshaping and painting the headstock plus changing the machineheads means £100 custom work.

£400 BIN who the hell are these chancers ?

[Maude]

This is the guy who's been selling loads of HB guitars, I reckon he could be Annoying Twits nemesis and be the one snapping up all the dekos within seconds.

[Maude]

Actually it's a different ebay name but still located in Newquay and the same price and method for postage.
Maybe girlfriend /wifes account as he'd sold a lot of dubious guitars through his, who knows, seems a coincidence though.

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1430599055' post='2763053']
This is the guy who's been selling loads of HB guitars, I reckon he could be Annoying Twits nemesis and be the one snapping up all the dekos within seconds.
[/quote]

I could write my own program to auto-buy HB instruments. But, I'm confident that I will get what I want at some time approximating when I want it. If I was wanting to buy a Deko HB Les Paul copy, then I'd be more worried.