Go onto Gumtree and type "Bass Guitar", location Ashton-under-Lyne

[HeadlessBassist]

Go onto Gumtree.co.uk and type "Bass Guitar" into the search & "Ashton-under-Lyne" into the location box...

 

These are all legit basses from one private owner (who I met last week and bought a couple of basses from), who is trying to thin down a massive herd in order to retire and downsize his house.

 

Some lovely bargains here, from very reasonable Squiers to some high end stuff.

 

Apologies in advance for the forthcoming GAS. 🫣

[prowla]

Looked - nothing for me there, but others might find things of interest.

[Mudpup]

Tony Iles......he's on FB marketplace as well. A very legit guy 

[Killerfridge]

For those who don't want to search:

 

https://www.gumtree.com/search?search_category=all&q=Bass guitar&search_term_populated_by=input&keyword_correction=auto&search_location=Ashton-under-Lyne

[snorkie635]

50 minutes ago, prowla said:

Looked - nothing for me there, but others might find things of interest.

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[Stub Mandrel]

The Uberhorn is nice but 2k...

[Kev]

It's all top dollar for sure, but quite a collection!

[Clarky]

The Spector Ian Hill he has FS was sold last year as B stock by Bass Direct (I was following it and clocked the s/n) at about the same price, from memory. His pics don't clearly show the small dings/scrapes like BD's pics did. Not implying anything untoward here .. its still a very nice bass ...but, if I was buying a resold B stock bass, I would be after more of a discount.

[Grooverjr]

That is quite the collection but as others have said it's shop prices not private seller prices. That unbranded fretless P is very nice looking, though. 

[Terry M.]

He's not linked to https://www.sellusyourguitar.co.uk is he by any chance? Also in Ashton-under-Lyne 🤔

[Beedster]

A largely boring collection of basses photographed poorly 

[Mudpup]

55 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

He's not linked to https://www.sellusyourguitar.co.uk is he by any chance? Also in Ashton-under-Lyne 🤔

Different people I think. Tony Iles isn't a Director of those guys. I sold him something which he collected from my house. He's a nice guy and said he's just a bit of a collector, plays them for a bit for fun and then flips them when he's ready. Does a road trip every now and then round the country collecting basses and amps. My item is still listed and he's not making much on it tbh. He plays in a band and is a good bass player too. 

[Beedster]

17 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

Different people I think. Tony Iles isn't a Director of those guys. I sold him something which he collected from my house. He's a nice guy and said he's just a bit of a collector, plays them for a bit for fun and then flips them when he's ready. Does a road trip every now and then round the country collecting basses and amps. My item is still listed and he's not making much on it tbh. He plays in a band and is a good bass player too. 

That’s quite a nice way of doing things, he’d fit in well on Basschat 🙂

[HeadlessBassist]

1 minute ago, Beedster said:

That’s quite a nice way of doing things, he’d fit in well on Basschat 🙂

 

I was telling Tony exactly the same thing in person the other week!

[Shambo]

What the hell have I been doing with my life?

[Beedster]

33 minutes ago, Beedster said:

A largely boring collection of basses photographed poorly 

I was assuming it was a shop so please excuse that comment 🙂

[Burns-bass]

2 minutes ago, Beedster said:

I was assuming it was a shop so please excuse that comment 🙂

 

This collection reflects what a guitar dealer told me about the state of the guitar market. It's people with huge collections of average gear trying to sell it for shop prices. They kid themselves that these things keep their value, but he'll struggle to shift any of this at these prices. 

 

I'm sure the guy is a lovely fella and best of luck with it all.

[patrikmarky]

I bought my Warwick pro M 5 string off him and yes a great trustworthy guy to deal with ..

[HeadlessBassist]

Glad to see this thread is keeping you all busy... 🤔

[BassBiscuit]

Strewth...! That's some collection...!!

There more there than most dealers...

[Beedster]

This is what I call a collection.................

 

https://reverb.com/uk/shop/januszs-gear-depot-5

[HeadlessBassist]

Not bad, Beedster. Swedish prices are a little on the spenny side.

[Terry M.]

As has been stated before,great collection but not sure about the prices. There's 2 Yamaha TRB5ii basses currently on Gumtree. His one is £899 and the other one is £525. 

[Burns-bass]

3 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

As has been stated before,great collection but not sure about the prices. There's 2 Yamaha TRB5ii basses currently on Gumtree. His one is £899 and the other one is £525. 

 

I bought a boxed and brand new B-stock TRB for £600 a while back. 

 

We all know people who put stuff up for sale for stupid prices as a way to justify keeping them. Fair play to him. I'd swap them all for a couple of basses I actually used (and the space back, too).

[HeadlessBassist]

9 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

As has been stated before,great collection but not sure about the prices. There's 2 Yamaha TRB5ii basses currently on Gumtree. His one is £899 and the other one is £525. 

Maybe the £525 one is either someone desperate for the money, or it's a cheaper TRBX-5?