Twincam Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 No idea if its worth £850 but its a unusual bass and looks pretty cool all the same. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291981712196 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Interesting and very strange-looking, certainly. But £850 for what is by any measure cheapo communist-era East German tat? Contender for the most spectacularly ambitious overpricing yet seen on Ebay, surely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 If it really does have a 25.5" scale, seems to me that design is almost certainly a bastardised guitar rather than an instrument designed as a bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1482760829' post='3202553'] Interesting and very strange-looking, certainly. But £850 for what is by any measure cheapo communist-era East German tat? Contender for the most spectacularly ambitious overpricing yet seen on Ebay, surely! [/quote] That was my thinking but I did my want to sound harsh. Lol. I think its interesting enough to worth some merit. But certainly not £850 not even close. And the overpricing award goes to the infamous Tennessee bass still on eBay. Edited December 26, 2016 by Twincam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1482762109' post='3202565'] If it really does have a 25.5" scale, seems to me that design is almost certainly a bastardised guitar rather than an instrument designed as a bass. [/quote] Probably short on materials and/or decided to cut costs, By using a modified guitar design as you say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Optimistic pricing for a turkey... but then... it is Christmas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1482760829' post='3202553'] Interesting and very strange-looking, certainly. But £850 for what is by any measure cheapo communist-era East German tat? Contender for the most spectacularly ambitious overpricing yet seen on Ebay, surely! [/quote] Perhaps, but I saw a Futurama up at £600 not so long back. I put mine in the skip, they really were that sh*te. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1482871385' post='3203264'] Perhaps, but I saw a Futurama up at £600 not so long back. I put mine in the skip, they really were that sh*te. [/quote] Did it [i]sell[/i] at £600, though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1482885869' post='3203383'] Did it [i]sell[/i] at £600, though? [/quote] Don't be daft Jon. Now a year or so later they are trying to get £340 for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markstuk Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Clearly the pickguard was a bit of an afterthought,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1482871385' post='3203264'] Perhaps, but I saw a Futurama up at £600 not so long back. I put mine in the skip, they really were that sh*te. [/quote] They're not all bad - I had a Futurama Coronado IV which I wish I still had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1482934446' post='3203605'] Don't be daft Jon. Now a year or so later they are trying to get £340 for it. [/quote] I didn't imagine it would although it would be err, interesting to know that there really were people out there willing to cough that much. Although thinking about it, that Migma would look [i]awesome[/i] on the wall of some hipster pad in Shoreditch... I can't see "Migma" without reading "Smegma". Just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Yup. Just you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1483030868' post='3204302'] Yup. Just you. [/quote] OK. I'm fine with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryburke14 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I personally like the look of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 [quote name='Harryburke14' timestamp='1483277215' post='3205813'] I personally like the look of it. [/quote] Yours for £850 - what's stopping you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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