NancyJohnson Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I peruse the basses for sale section two or three time a day just seeing what's up there...while I have no real wants or desires; I've got four cracking basses I love, but I do admit to the harbouring of nugget or two of ache for a handful of basses that I've only played for a few seconds (Rickenbackers, heh) or ever seen photographs of. While there's some beautiful stuff on sale, for me a lot of it is just eye candy. I think where I'm going with this thread is the observation that some gear just never seems to come up. When I was offloading my Thunderbirds to fund my Lulls, I seemed to have sparked off a landslide of Thunderbirds for sale, now though things seemed to have settled and there's none for sale (much the same as it was before I started hoovering them up...I think I was up to 12 at one point). Granted some of these manufacturers don't trade anymore or are highly desired, viz. Hamer/Kubicki (I'd pull the trigger on either a decent Cruisebass or Ex-Factor today if one came up), or companies only building a handful of my desired models (Spector Forte 4X), or that some basses are just keepers (the PJ version of the Fender Jaguar). I bitterly regret not buying the Jeff Ament Hamer 12-string that was on here a couple of years ago. Ho-hum. Lunch over. Back to the grind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 Oops. Well this went in the wrong section. That'll teach me for trying to do stuff on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 14 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said: Oops. Well this went in the wrong section. That'll teach me for trying to do stuff on my phone. There you go, moved to GD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebassmusic Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Yes I've noticed things going in cycles. A couple of years ago there were 3 (YES 3!!) Lull Bryan Beller's for sale around the same time. Wanted one but didn't have the spare cash. Not seen any since 😣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 It happens with amps too. At the start of the year there was a massive spate of Mesa Boogie gear for sale, which previously I have found to be pretty scarce. I mean a few years ago, I actually had funds to buy a second hand Wal, but one never appeared. By the time it did I had already bought a bloody car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Fashion is a fickle thing. I reckon that people buy the latest, must-have toy and some find it's not what they were looking for. So they move it on, causing a rash of similar items to appear in the classifieds. Eventually, things settle down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 ...and Status Kingbasses are only available when I have no money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 7 hours ago, NancyJohnson said: or that some basses are just keepers (the PJ version of the Fender Jaguar). You're right there... I'll be hanging on to my American Standard Jaguar. (PJ and active or passive, and they work in passive mode with a flat battery.) I think they were only made for a year, maybe two years. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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