DIY bitsa valuation and selling...

[LukeFRC]

A couple of years ago I built a bitsa bass, kinda an expanded stingray in design - and made the body myself from a bit of ash Jon Shuker sold me. 

It currently sits under the bed. Not because it’s a bad bass - it’s not it’s really good... but because my Sadowsky and G&L are just better instruments... 

so im emotionally invested in it as I built part of it, but it doesn’t get used... but am I right in thinking that selling a bitsa like this is all but impossible and I would have to split it into its constituant parts? 

 

[Rikki_Sixx]

I think it would sell - I see loads of that sort of thing on eBay. Valuing it could be difficult, unless you went the auction route.

Maybe stick a number (that you'd be happy with) on it as 'Buy It Now' and see if it sells - if it doesn't then you're destined to keep it forever!

[lemmywinks]

Depends what parts are on it, if it's got lots of expensive components and is going to be a few hundred then I'd part it out. If it's just a nice looking cheapy then it would probably sell better as is.

 

Oh and put some pics up!!!

Edited June 13, 2019 by lemmywinks

[LukeFRC]

7 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

Depends what parts are on it, if it's got lots of expensive components and is going to be a few hundred then I'd part it out. If it's just a nice looking cheapy then it would probably sell better as is.

 

Oh and put some pics up!!!

Go on then!

switches are parallel/SC/series for each pickup

then volume- 5position switch - bass - treble using a copy of a pre EB stingray preamp I built. 

5 position switch is 100 neck/100 Neck 80 bridge /  100 both / 80 neck 100 bridge / 100 both

idea being in bridge pickup in parallel it’s 100% a stingray in terms of pickup position and how the circuit works. Neck pickup is more or less a precision sound and close to my G&L L1000. Both single coils and you know it’s not an awful jazz sound.

Sounds good, though preamp needs a fair bit of balancing between settings as (like a stingray) there’s nothing in between the pups and the preamp input. oddly it comes into its own tonally through a compressor.

[LukeFRC]

Maybe I should refinish it in silver glitter

[NickA]

I've a bass like that, spent a fortune on it over the years ... market value = ziltch.  Think we just have to keep them and get them out now and then for a bit of reminiscence .. finally handing them over to a grandson or nephew ... who will go " yeh, whatever" and stick it under a bed.

[LukeFRC]

On 13/06/2019 at 22:33, NickA said:

I've a bass like that, spent a fortune on it over the years ... market value = ziltch.  Think we just have to keep them and get them out now and then for a bit of reminiscence .. finally handing them over to a grandson or nephew ... who will go " yeh, whatever" and stick it under a bed.

Yeah that’s what I figure. I think the mistake I made was the finish went a bit dark too so it doesn’t catch my eye. Should have gone silver glitter!

[Owen]

The answer is ALWAYS silver glitter.

Even better is metalflake silver https://images.app.goo.gl/8qynVKLkSXArJvFz6