Ever wanted a 15 stringer?

[StephenYork]

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.

[JapanAxe]

This comes up on BC about every 2 months!

[BassBus]

...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.

[Dood]

[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!"

[spectoremg]

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?

[addictedtobass]

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.

[spectoremg]

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

[addictedtobass]

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.

[Beer of the Bass]

[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...

[anzoid]

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...

[yorks5stringer]

[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)!

[Stylon Pilson]

[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

[spectoremg]

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.

[tauzero]

He's rejected my best offer again.

[thebassist]

It's quite amusing that the first and fifteenth strings are actually off of the fingerboard.

[fiatcoupe432]

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

[thebassist]

Outrageous, all three of my offers have been rejected!

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[Rich]

I'd gladly give him a grand for that. A cool thousand...





...Indonesian rupiah (16,500=£1).

[fiatcoupe432]

Here the sound sample
Please make sure u have a sub

Edited February 10, 2017 by fiatcoupe432

[fleabag]

Remove strings and frets and i could finally iron my shirts

[tauzero]

Well, it does make a noise.