Music Man Old Smoothie StingRay - 40th Anniversary £1750 - *SOLD* £1900 Harrow

[Eldon Tyrell]

On 15/05/2023 at 17:48, Chiliwailer said:

Last price drop of £1750, that’s the lowest I’d go folks  

Surprised to see that no one has gone for this beauty yet. £1750? That's almost £1k less than what The Bass Gallery is currently asking for the same model on Reverb (£2720). Great bargain! 

 

GLWTS 👍

[MM Stingray 62]

I was thinking the exact same thing I can’t believe this is still here especially at that price.

[Chiliwailer]

17 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Surprised to see that no one has gone for this beauty yet. £1750? That's almost £1k less than what The Bass Gallery is currently asking for the same model on Reverb (£2720). Great bargain! 

 

GLWTS 👍

Cheers guys, I think I’ll put the  price back up as this seems more a reflection on the market than the bass, and I’m not selling for cash flow reasons. 
Maybe time to withdraw and relist later in the year? 

[Eldon Tyrell]

I guess everyone is just broke at the moment. Maybe Basschat.co.uk should be rebranded to Brokechat.co.uk 😉 

[zranyard]

Yeah I believe this bass is easily worth what you're asking and then some. Unfortunately I think it is a tough time to selling. 

[lowregisterhead]

I keep coming back to this. My first Stingray was slab bodied, and I ended up getting a 'belly-cut' put in it when I had it refinished, so probably not the bass for me, but it ticks a lot of boxes. I really can't understand why it's still here.

[Chiliwailer]

5 minutes ago, lowregisterhead said:

I keep coming back to this. My first Stingray was slab bodied, and I ended up getting a 'belly-cut' put in it when I had it refinished, so probably not the bass for me, but it ticks a lot of boxes. I really can't understand why it's still here.

Having contours put in crossed my mind a few times… was never brave enough to do it in the end. 

Cheers 👍

[Henrythe8]

It's still here because of Brexit, that's all.

[Normski]

2 hours ago, Henrythe8 said:

It's still here because of Brexit, that's all.

And how true this is! 

[Chiliwailer]

3 hours ago, Henrythe8 said:

It's still here because of Brexit, that's all.

 

12 minutes ago, Normski said:

And how true this is! 

Cheers guys. 

The market seems so down at the moment. For the last few months I’ve had a great Stratocaster for sale at a really good price and it’s not shifting either, yet would have flown out the door much quicker last year I reckon. 
 

Luckily I’m not financially desperate for a sale, but it’s a real pr*ck tease having a bass here that I love to bits but find too hard to play 😤😂

 

[Chiliwailer]

£1900 ono 

[Chiliwailer]

Might now also part trade for a Custom Shop Precision, or a US reissue or US Standard Jazz Bass, or Mexican Roadworn or Flea Jazz Bass. 

[Chiliwailer]

Back to £1750, final price drop 😉

[Bassman]

hello, PM  

[Chiliwailer]

Back up for sale 16th June. 
 

I had a deposit from an overseas buyer, but repeated payment issues stopped the sale happening 🙆🏻‍♂️

[ped]

14 minutes ago, Chiliwailer said:

Back up for sale 16th June. 
 

I had a deposit from an overseas buyer, but repeated payment issues stopped the sale happening 🙆🏻‍♂️

 

Might I recommend Transferwise for overseas payments? Works really well and is super quick. 

[Eldon Tyrell]

22 minutes ago, Chiliwailer said:

Back up for sale 16th June. 
 

I had a deposit from an overseas buyer, but repeated payment issues stopped the sale happening 🙆🏻‍♂️

Hope you will find a buyer here in the UK. I recently sold a Stingray Timmy C to a buyer in the US. Well, the local depot here in the UK wanted to know if I had a CITES license. I could convince them that there was no need for one. I also had to send them the commercial invoices again as they somehow had managed to lose them. I only found out about the "missing" commercial invoices after checking the tracking info online where it said that they were waiting for the forms and that they had contacted the seller (i.e., me). Well, they obviously did not contact me and I had to chase them up. 

Then the US counterparts asked me to fill in a toxic substance control act declaration (TSCA, I guess because of the fretboard glue!), a manufacturer's affidavit (actually this should have been filled in by EBMM but I put in the info myself and I also attached the original invoice from EBMM. Interestingly, after some googling I found out that a manufacturers affidavit is normally used for shipments over $10,000.00. Well, the Timmy C is a great bass but not not THAT expensive ; -), and a foreign shipper declaration. The buyer was also asked to fill in an import declaration and a TSCA form (importer single entry). Looks like these checks came into place as the bass returned to the US where is was made and because the value was above $2500. All in all a lot of hassle, costing me time and energy. So, in short, my advice to you - if someone from the US wants to buy one of your bass that was made in the US (like your Old Smoothie) and that is worth more than $2500 (yours would be slightly below that threshold but I am not sure if shipping costs are part of the value, which could potentially get you over the threshold), then kindly decline it (unless you don't mind filling in several forms and spending lots of time emailing custom officials and people working in depots ; -).  

[Chiliwailer]

7 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Hope you will find a buyer here in the UK. I recently sold a Stingray Timmy C to a buyer in the US. Well, the local depot here in the UK wanted to know if I had a CITES license. I could convince them that there was no need for one. I also had to send them the commercial invoices again as they somehow had managed to lose them. I only found out about the "missing" commercial invoices after checking the tracking info online where it said that they were waiting for the forms and that they had contacted the seller (i.e., me). Well, they obviously did not contact me and I had to chase them up. 

Then the US counterparts asked me to fill in a toxic substance control act declaration (TSCA, I guess because of the fretboard glue!), a manufacturer's affidavit (actually this should have been filled in by EBMM but I put in the info myself and I also attached the original invoice from EBMM. Interestingly, after some googling I found out that a manufacturers affidavit is normally used for shipments over $10,000.00. Well, the Timmy C is a great bass but not not THAT expensive ; -), and a foreign shipper declaration. The buyer was also asked to fill in an import declaration and a TSCA form (importer single entry). Looks like these checks came into place as the bass returned to the US where is was made and because the value was above $2500. All in all a lot of hassle, costing me time and energy. So, in short, my advice to you - if someone from the US wants to buy one of your bass that was made in the US (like your Old Smoothie) and that is worth more than $2500 (yours would be slightly below that threshold but I am not sure if shipping costs are part of the value, which could potentially get you over the threshold), then kindly decline it (unless you don't mind filling in several forms and spending lots of time emailing custom officials and people working in depots ; -).  

Ouch! 👍

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

42 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Hope you will find a buyer here in the UK. I recently sold a Stingray Timmy C to a buyer in the US. Well, the local depot here in the UK wanted to know if I had a CITES license. I could convince them that there was no need for one. I also had to send them the commercial invoices again as they somehow had managed to lose them. I only found out about the "missing" commercial invoices after checking the tracking info online where it said that they were waiting for the forms and that they had contacted the seller (i.e., me). Well, they obviously did not contact me and I had to chase them up. 

Then the US counterparts asked me to fill in a toxic substance control act declaration (TSCA, I guess because of the fretboard glue!), a manufacturer's affidavit (actually this should have been filled in by EBMM but I put in the info myself and I also attached the original invoice from EBMM. Interestingly, after some googling I found out that a manufacturers affidavit is normally used for shipments over $10,000.00. Well, the Timmy C is a great bass but not not THAT expensive ; -), and a foreign shipper declaration. The buyer was also asked to fill in an import declaration and a TSCA form (importer single entry). Looks like these checks came into place as the bass returned to the US where is was made and because the value was above $2500. All in all a lot of hassle, costing me time and energy. So, in short, my advice to you - if someone from the US wants to buy one of your bass that was made in the US (like your Old Smoothie) and that is worth more than $2500 (yours would be slightly below that threshold but I am not sure if shipping costs are part of the value, which could potentially get you over the threshold), then kindly decline it (unless you don't mind filling in several forms and spending lots of time emailing custom officials and people working in depots ; -).  

Yep, been there. Not an experience I'm in a hurry to repeat.

[Chiliwailer]

46 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Not an experience I'm in a hurry to repeat.

Exactly this pal. 

[RoverWolf]

Hey !

 

I finally got thru the gate... phew