xilddx Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Warwick Bass Guitar (Owned by Stuart Zender) [b]"selling on behalf of Stuart Zender"[/b] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260383124598"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260383124598[/url] What are your opinions of this? Esp. price? I might be interested in it as it's pretty much what I'm after, but the description doesn't even mention it's a fretless, very little useful info, making a big deal it belonged to Zender, and the seller probably thinks it's worth more because it was. I couldn't give a guppy's anus that Zender apparently owned it. The starting price is a bit of a joke I reckon and it's got a even higher reserve, gawd knows what though. Would you touch it, albeit with a barge pole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tischbein Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 It´s just a wick Stage II with an ebony fretless neck and schmancy led´s.... who cares if it was owned by Stuart Z. Price ain´t bad if it´s in good condition and it is unique.... very little info offered by the seller. Arrogant d**k !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 [quote name='tischbein' post='446101' date='Mar 26 2009, 03:36 PM']It´s just a wick Stage II with an ebony fretless neck and schmancy led´s.... who cares if it was owned by Stuart Z. Price ain´t bad if it´s in good condition and it is unique.... very little info offered by the seller. Arrogant d**k !![/quote] Pretty much exactly my impression too, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleal Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 It looks like it's been defretted & filled with a colour matched filler to me, i like warwicks but that just looks wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockworkwar Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I tend to prefer ebay sellers that show more pics aka inside the battery compt. and also a heck of alot more detail that what he is giving. I agree it does look pretty weird the neck does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tischbein Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I think Stuart had enough dough to have a custom job made.... but those songs mentioned don´t sound fretless to me. Even though, there is quite some distortion, so who knows?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh3184 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 i can't decide if there's a slap bar at the base of the neck or whether its just a contour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tischbein Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 It´s neck-thru... that´s how the neck ends on neck-thru wicks.... all is well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh3184 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 all I meant is the shine at the base of the neck looks like a fret... then again warwicks do use bell brass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I saw a similar sale about 16 months ago,it also said that you could meet stuart when you bought the bass,times must be hard for zender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LukeFRC Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 i'll sell you my stage one for that price and even throw in some free frets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tischbein Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Stage II is a bit more expensive.... I sold my Stage I for €1000,- that´s how much in pounds ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh3184 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 about £950 these days, though half a year ago more like £650/700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Off to the ebay section I fink.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 It's probably worth a grand Zender or no Zender, an old Streamer like that. Surprised to see the reserve is set higher than that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 [quote name='tischbein' post='446149' date='Mar 26 2009, 04:19 PM']I think Stuart had enough dough to have a custom job made.... but those songs mentioned don´t sound fretless to me. Even though, there is quite some distortion, so who knows??[/quote] I've read an interview where he said he originally played Manifest Destiny on a fretless but they scrapped it because JK had a hard time singing against it. Could be the bass on the scrapped track I suppose. FWIW, whilst the OP might not care if Zender played it there are probably people out there who do; he has a lot of fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 As a Stage II fretless with LED's it should be worth over a grand all day long BUT in the present market! I'd say the bass started life as a fretless mainly because that doesn't look like a wenge fingerboard (which a fretted would have had), too smooth which does look ebony and my eyes might be off but I can't see any fret filler (though I concede it could be colour matched). The thing that I do find odd is that the serial number on the back of the neck suffixes with 94 which would indicate it was made in 94 and the prefix looks to be a G which means that it was made in July. Now if that is the case then Zender may well have had to do some Space Cowboy style travelling without moving (see what I did there ) as the preported recordings were released in 94, so I'd have thought they would have been physically recorded earlyish 94! I'm not saying the time scale isn't plausible and it certainly isn't impossible but if someone knew a bit of JK or Zender history they should be able to say when stuff was recorded. Thinking about it... Zender may well have literally just taken delivery of the bass during recording sessions and felt the need to try and include it on JK tracks, so it may be correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 As far as I knew Manifest Destiny was played with a fretless Alembic. It's certainly not on Travelling Without Moving, that's for sure, it's on Return of the Space Cowboy. Bit of schoolboy error considering it's an auction for one of Zender's basses, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Not one bid. After contacting Stuart with my Qs he told me the reserve is set at £1100 and "the Fret's (sic) are on the side". He meant the leds which are apparently yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) Relisted: Look at that baby go [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260397268645"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260397268645[/url] I was having a chat with the guy selling it. I offered £650 cash, Mr Zender rightly said put it back on the bay. I really wanted this bass but I ain't paying more than £800 for it. It had no bids yesterday morning and as I type, it's at £1,040. I'm after the Kopo now, let's not bid against eachother, eh? Edited April 28, 2009 by silddx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Have you noted on the relist that the 'Zender' bass is no longer offered with a letter of authenticity... Hmm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Dunno what the fuss is about. He's been crap since leaving PSV, did nothing at Chelsea or Liverpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 There are a lot of blokes who look like stuart zender as well bald headed funky types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 jesus, £1,220?? I'm surprised with the way the market is at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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