Most expensive bass you've come across

[Barking Spiders]

Just seen this Alembic on EBay for  nearly £11k. Has anyone come across a bass that tops even this price?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-Alembic-Series-II-SSB-Short-Scale-Bass-the-Ultimate-Stanley-bass/174034172591?hash=item28853ebaaf:g:qisAAOSwaPNb6Zzs

[oldslapper]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174088500686
 

 

[itu]

Ned Steinberger's prototype is on sale at Reverb now for 32 400 €. First asking was 37 k€.

https://reverb.com/item/32333075-alembic-series-ii-walnut

This Alembic is priced under 30 k€.

http://www.alembic.com/prod/prices.html

Ritter is a good brand to hunt for higher prices, so is Auerswald, if you can find one. I know this just a "g-word":

https://reverb.com/item/12167937-auerswald-viva-heavy-3-of-10

 

Of course you can take a look at the bigger side:

https://www.isbworldoffice.com/bass-sell.asp

One had an asking price of 100 k$.

[4000]

Ritter:

 https://www.luxuo.com/the-lux-list/collectibles/bass-guitar.html

FWIW, £11k for an Alembic is nowhere near their top end. Their 25th Anniversary was $25,000.00 decades ago. 
 

http://www.alembic.com/info/sterling.html

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Just now, 4000 said:

Ritter:

 https://www.luxuo.com/the-lux-list/collectibles/bass-guitar.html

 

If you want that mammoth ivory tone, nothing else will do.

[4000]

This is only an Alembic Series 1 (not the more expensive Series 2) and is missing plenty of expensive options. 

https://www.station-musicshop.de/epages/64398533.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/64398533/Products/9692
 

 

 

[4000]

http://www.alembic.com/prod/prices.html

[E sharp]

49 minutes ago, itu said:

 

 

Of course you can take a look at the bigger side:

https://www.isbworldoffice.com/bass-sell.asp

One had an asking price of 100 k$.

It'll never sell without saying what the string spacing is at the bridge - amateurs I say

[E sharp]

30 minutes ago, 4000 said:

http://www.alembic.com/prod/prices.html

And got to buy a case for it separately  .

[chris_b]

1 hour ago, itu said:

Ned Steinberger's prototype is on sale at Reverb now for 32 400 €. First asking was 37 k€.

 

That's more than my first house cost!!

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I'm going to list my squier SS Jaguar on ebay for one billion pounds - then I will be the owner of the most expensive bass. mwah ha ha ha (rubs hands together as if applying hand sanitizer)

[paul_5]

36 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I'm going to list my squier SS Jaguar on ebay for one billion pounds - then I will be the owner of the most expensive bass. mwah ha ha ha (rubs hands together as if applying hand sanitizer)

Let me know when you do and I’ll try low-balling you!

[Hellzero]

This one is not badly placed at all : https://www.fodera.com/anthony-jackson-presentation-ii-2/

And I'm a huge fan of the guy himself.

[Raymondo]

3 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

This one is not badly placed at all : https://www.fodera.com/anthony-jackson-presentation-ii-2/

And I'm a huge fan of the guy himself.

I would argue that it belongs in the Ugliest Guitar thread ( I won't say bass as it has too many strings) 😁

[Woodinblack]

5 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

This one is not badly placed at all : https://www.fodera.com/anthony-jackson-presentation-ii-2/

And I'm a huge fan of the guy himself.

I am not a fan of the asthetic of foderas (I have no idea what they are like to play, I assume they are good), but that one is not actually too bad, as it doesn't have any knobs to be scattered randomly all over the place. But why does that XLR have to be just dumped there like they threw it at a dartboard?

I love how ritter put their sockets on the back, it makes so much sense

Edited June 16, 2020 by Woodinblack

[Thunderbird]

5 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

This one is not badly placed at all : https://www.fodera.com/anthony-jackson-presentation-ii-2/

And I'm a huge fan of the guy himself.

Thats one ugly bass lol

[fiatcoupe432]

3 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

I am not a fan of the asthetic of foderas (I have no idea what they are like to play, I assume they are good), but that one is not actually too bad, as it doesn't have any knobs to be scattered randomly all over the place. But why does that XLR have to be just dumped there like they threw it at a dartboard?

I love how ritter put their sockets on the back, it makes so much sense

Cause that's how Anthony Jackson wanted it👍🏼

[Hellzero]

Check this if you want to see ugly basses designed by a 5 years old child and sold at delirious prices : https://ctbasses.com/photo-collection/6-string-basses

[Woodinblack]

6 minutes ago, fiatcoupe432 said:

Cause that's how Anthony Jackson wanted it👍🏼

Fair enough, I guess that is the point. I suppose they are not really in the market of having to make it look good.

[Thunderbird]

20 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Check this if you want to see ugly basses designed by a 5 years old child and sold at delirious prices : https://ctbasses.com/photo-collection/6-string-basses

Omg they are gross don't think a 5 year old could design something that bad lol

[chris_b]

Many years ago I played several very expensive Fodera's at Bass Gear. They were wonderful. You could feel the quality and the tone just oozed out of the speakers. I was very impressed.

In spite of being the best I'd ever picked up, the feeling I got after playing those basses, impressive as they were, was that my music and playing was Fender shaped, so my souped up "Fenders" were the best choice for me.

Reading reports from Carl Thompson players he builds basses that are unique, very idiosyncratic and of very high quality.

[4000]

2 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Check this if you want to see ugly basses designed by a 5 years old child and sold at delirious prices : https://ctbasses.com/photo-collection/6-string-basses

I like CTs. I think they look way better than a lot of boutique basses (Ritter look like a 5 year old’s drawing of a CT IMO.

Played a CT once, many years ago, in the Bass Centre in Wapping. It was really nice. 
 

 

[4000]

1 hour ago, chris_b said:

Many years ago I played several very expensive Fodera's at Bass Gear. They were wonderful. You could feel the quality and the tone just oozed out of the speakers. I was very impressed.

In spite of being the best I'd ever picked up, the feeling I got after playing those basses, impressive as they were, was that my music and playing was Fender shaped, so my souped up "Fenders" were the best choice for me.

Reading reports from Carl Thompson players he builds basses that are unique, very idiosyncratic and of very high quality.

I’ve played several very expensive Foderas and the best of them I thought was not bad. The rest I didn’t like at all. I’ve much preferred the Seis and Alembics I’ve owned/played. In fact there was one at Bass Day a few years back and Paul Everson’s stand was opposite. I played one of Paul’s basses that absolutely blew the Fodera out of the water IMO. 

[Nicko]

I was going to say I never got that excited by a bass, and realised that's not what this thread is about.

I'll get my coat.

[Kevsy71]

$150,000