Phrases to watch out for in Ads….

[iconic]

"Punches above it's weight"....are there any that ever haven't. 😉

 

"Says Fender on the headstock but, I don't know anything about guitars"....it's a Glarry with a waterslide. 

 

"Extensively modified with a unique take on bridge location"...anything by Mr Philips. 

 

 

[Waddo Soqable]

The classic.. "Bedroom use only" 

[Rayman]

21 minutes ago, iconic said:

 

"Says Fender on the headstock but, I don't know anything about guitars"

That’s another classic

[snorkie635]

15 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

The classic.. "Bedroom use only" 

Oo-er Bishop!

[Paul S]

'If you are reading this you already know...'

 

I'd still like to be told, though.

[snorkie635]

First to buy will see. ☹️

[Waddo Soqable]

5 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

First to buy will see. ☹️

An interesting reversal of the old Exchange & Mart favourite.. 

[snorkie635]

1 minute ago, Waddo Soqable said:

An interesting reversal of the old Exchange & Mart favourite.. 

see will buy to first?

[Waddo Soqable]

1 minute ago, snorkie635 said:

see will buy to first?

Just stop, now.. This will go all anagrams.. And I can see "fist" in there for starters.. 😁

[snorkie635]

4 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Just stop, now.. This will go all anagrams.. And I can see "fist" in there for starters.. 😁

Yarooooo!

[Waddo Soqable]

1 minute ago, snorkie635 said:

Yarooooo!

"Willy" is also on the table, so to speak... 

 

[mr4stringz]

To expand past ‘the phrases’, it always makes me smile when the weather picks up and, instead of on manky bedspreads, basses are photographed in the garden instead.  

 

“Only selling to fund a new mower.”

Edited April 15, 2023 by mr4stringz

[Waddo Soqable]

A cute dog or cat will sometimes be seen in the pics too... 

[paul_c2]

23 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Just stop, now.. This will go all anagrams.. And I can see "fist" in there for starters.. 😁

 

You're not doing it right if you can see the fist.

[Earbrass]

Not so much for basses, but "xyz is wrong with it, but it's an easy fix" - if it's so easy, get it fixed first, then put it up for sale.

[snorkie635]

'This is a super-rare much sought-after model' - so bad, only a few were made and fewer ever sold.

 

Also, the biggest con of all - 'vintage', whatever that might mean. 🤬

[Jackroadkill]

"These are getting rare now", as if girt chunks of wood covered in three mm of poly somehow just fade out of existence.

[Waddo Soqable]

Selling for my son / daughter who is going to uni... 

Selling for my son / daughter who has upgraded to guitar... 

Bought for my son / daughter to learn on, hardly ever played.... 

[bass_dinger]

For sale. Guitar, wooden. 

 

Usually in local Facebook groups, where the seller is genuinely clueless that the photo already told me that it was a guitar, and that 400 years of tradition and experience resulted in luthiers settling on wood (rather than stone, slate, metal, or animal bones).

 

[Dan Dare]

"If you know about these..." followed by a load of tripe.

[Waddo Soqable]

Then there's the one entitled "base guitar".... with a photo of a cheap Strat copy, or in extreme cases a tatty 6 string acoustic / classical

[Boodang]

"Good condition... for year" = old and knackered!

[Burns-bass]

“Rare prototype”

 

”Transitional model”

 

”only a few made”

 

All = so bad the manufacturer decide tk

move in another direction.

[Doctor J]

"Classic era" when which always happens to be whatever year their thing was made.

 

The magnificent "lawsuit era" which rarely corresponds to an actual lawsuit.

 

If the ad doesn't have all of  "original", "vintage" and "rare" then count me out.

 

I do like when the factory is called out, too, so I can stroke my chin and think "Oooh, that sounds like quality to me"

[Paul S]

2 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

"Classic era" when which always happens to be whatever year their thing was made.

 

The magnificent "lawsuit era" which rarely corresponds to an actual lawsuit.

 

If the ad doesn't have all of  "original", "vintage" and "rare" then count me out.

 

I do like when the factory is called out, too, so I can stroke my chin and think "Oooh, that sounds like quality to me"

 

These are my favourites, too - where the seller tries to assume a position of knowledge but gets it all wrong.  'Lawsuit era from the legendary Matsamoki (sic) factory'.  Etc.