Why you should never defret a wenge neck Warwick

[ednaplate]

If that is the case he is stuck with it. Maybe having it professionally refitted would make it more appealing.

[radansey]

What a F**King ANIMAL - shouldn't be let loose into society without his carer!!! What a numpty

[warwickhunt]

'Quell surprise'... it's back again and the seller is warning others of some nasty buyer who either didn't pay or returned the item; can't understand why!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Corvette-FNA-Jazzman-fretless-bass_W0QQitemZ270386840742QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item270386840742&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Corvette-FNA...93%3A1|294%3A50[/url]

[Paul Cooke]

I'm sure I saw a thread in here about that same bass last time it came up on eBay some 18 months ago... the photos look strangely familiar...

[xilddx]

I've asked a question, see what s/he comes back with ..

Hello mate,

Probably unwelcome, but some friendly advice from a fellow W lover may be needed if you want to shift this.

Get it professionally refretted, the Bass Gallery in Camden would do it for around a ton twenty. [url="http://www.thebassgallery.com/workshop.html"]http://www.thebassgallery.com/workshop.html[/url]

The market is much bigger for fretted basses, and that is the worst defret job I think I've seen.

Sorry if this is not what you want to hear and I hope you take this in the spirit in which it's intended.

Good luck.
Cheers.

[xilddx]

The reply ..

Dear silddx,

Thanks for the email - I'll think about it. Cheers, Tom.

- moosteak

[josh3184]

lol, went down well then!

[Dubs]

To be fair to the guy, he's put enough clear pictures up for anyone who knows what they're looking at to make a fairly good judgement of the quality of the de-fret, and his BIN price is lower than what a fretted FNA of the same condition would probably go for - I'm not defending that de-fret job though

[xilddx]

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='484191' date='May 10 2009, 09:56 AM']To be fair to the guy, he's put enough clear pictures up for anyone who knows what they're looking at to make a fairly good judgement of the quality of the de-fret, and his BIN price is lower than what a fretted FNA of the same condition would probably go for - I'm not defending that de-fret job though [/quote]

I was outbid at the last second on a mint FNA fretless a month ago, went for £395.

[lemmywinks]

I saw an FNA corvette go for £276 a while back and a mint Proline recently went for £410. Also a really nice Fortress went for £390 the other week.

Personally i wouldn't pay over £250 for this, but then i am tight as a nun's proverbial.

Also he describes the de-fret as "a fairly professional job as far as i can tell"

[Rich]

What he failed to add after "a fairly professional job as far as i can tell" was "assuming it was done by a insane chimp with uncontrollable muscle spasms and hand-eye coordination problems, using a selection of blunt kitchen utensils".

[Dubs]

[quote name='silddx' post='484982' date='May 11 2009, 12:28 PM']I was outbid at the last second on a mint FNA fretless a month ago, went for £395.[/quote]
[quote name='lemmywinks' post='485006' date='May 11 2009, 12:51 PM']I saw an FNA corvette go for £276 a while back...[/quote]

The Warwick market really is f***ed then...

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='485055' date='May 11 2009, 01:43 PM']The Warwick market really is f***ed then...[/quote]


Not for me, i'll be buying one shortly!

[Dubs]

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='485143' date='May 11 2009, 03:56 PM']Not for me, i'll be buying one shortly![/quote]

obviously not for the buyer…