StephenYork Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Don't know what the guy was thinking with this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292015662978 Looks like it was once a 10 stringer that was converted with very little effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 This comes up on BC about every 2 months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 ...and he/she still hasn't put any pots on it so I'll wait until that is done and then I might think about buying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1486228772' post='3230205'] This comes up on BC about every 2 months! [/quote] I know! Why do they keep advertising this absolute mess? It's nearly as bad as that dude who keeps 'wrecking' guitars then selling them as something special. "Oh look! Ive glued a toaster to this violin bass, give me 500 quid!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 It's up for a million quid this time - twice it's record if my memory serves. I've just messaged him? again accusing him of being insane. It's come up in Farnborough this time - is that it's usual location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 some things you cant just un-see.that has to be the most ugly and pointless thing i have ever seen. ill chip in a tenner if everybody else does. lets get this abhoration purchased and very quickly burnt , so humanity can move forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) I messaged him on eBay yesterday: Please answer honestly, why do you keep posting this piece of junk? Do you really believe any sane person is going to spend a million pounds on this, or even a million pennies? Answer: You see the Best Offer link? The big number gets attention to it. People send offers, they might get lucky. And before people go into 'it's unplayable', really? How would they know? How many 15 string basses have people ever seen, far less played..? My guess would be one. This one. It works perfectly well as a bass of single course tuning or even as a Chapman stick, going 7 up/7 down from the centre. I trust this answers all such questions. Edited February 5, 2017 by spectoremg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 well that settles it then. its obviously great value for money. i am now going to get in contact with quick quid to see if they can loan me the million asking price for this work of art. i would not want to put an offer in and insult him , will just pay the asking price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1486282979' post='3230478'] Answer: You see the Best Offer link? The big number gets attention to it. People send offers, they might get lucky. And before people go into 'it's unplayable', really? How would they know? How many 15 string basses have people ever seen, far less played..? My guess would be one. This one. It works perfectly well as a bass of single course tuning or even as a Chapman stick, going 7 up/7 down from the centre. I trust this answers all such questions. [/quote] Brilliant! I'm not sure that rhetorical question was a good idea. How do we know it's unplayable? Could it be because some of the lower strings are touching each other, both the lowest and highest strings are hanging off the edges of the fretboard for most of their length and we can see that the frets are poorly seated and sticking up unevenly? Might it also have something to do with the sellers audio file of the instrument failing to make any sort of coherent musical sound which is shared on request? I mean, the instrument makes noises, but could not be considered "playable" in the usual sense without abandoning traditional expectations of how a fretted stringed instrument functions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzoid Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Tempted to make an offer of £150 and put the damn thing out its misery. Could probably sell most of the parts - and there's a few structural engineers that might be able to make use of the strings in a small suspension bridge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 [quote name='anzoid' timestamp='1486379945' post='3231191'] Tempted to make an offer of £150 and put the damn thing out its misery. Could probably sell most of the parts - and there's a few structural engineers that might be able to make use of the strings in a small suspension bridge... [/quote] The neck could be used on one of the new aircraft carriers (we have no jets for)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylon Pilson Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) [quote name='anzoid' timestamp='1486379945' post='3231191'] Tempted to make an offer of £150 and put the damn thing out its misery. Could probably sell most of the parts - and there's a few structural engineers that might be able to make use of the strings in a small suspension bridge... [/quote] Are there any videos on YouTube of someone trying to actually play one of these things? If not, then it might be worth buying it just so you can be the first person to do that. And then strip it for parts, of course. S.P. Edited February 6, 2017 by Stylon Pilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 You can't buy it cos it isn't actually for sale, it's just some loony attention seeking trip the buyer enjoys. He's had it on the bay for ages now on and off for various BIN's - as relatively low as £2.5k recently. Only a complete lunatic would consider it as useful to anyone as a musical instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 He's rejected my best offer again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassist Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 It's quite amusing that the first and fifteenth strings are actually off of the fingerboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatcoupe432 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Ok guys are u ready fir the sound sample? Spoke to the guy and he wants £1000 or as close as possible to that . Sound sample will be on your way tonight Btw He asked me if I have a sub so I can ear the bass Ahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassist Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Outrageous, all three of my offers have been rejected! [URL=http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/minuspilots/media/image1_zpskcpvu6tc.png.html][IMG]http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag101/minuspilots/image1_zpskcpvu6tc.png[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'd gladly give him a grand for that. A cool thousand... ...Indonesian rupiah (16,500=£1). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatcoupe432 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) Here the sound sample Please make sure u have a sub Edited February 10, 2017 by fiatcoupe432 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Remove strings and frets and i could finally iron my shirts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Well, it does make a noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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