numptydumpty Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 This has been on the bay at least twice with zero interest.Can it really be that bad? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200430628720"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200430628720[/url] Quote
waynepunkdude Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 [quote name='numptydumpty' post='723568' date='Jan 24 2010, 09:22 PM']This has been on the bay at least twice with zero interest.Can it really be that bad? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200430628720"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200430628720[/url][/quote] You mean you started it at 99P but no bidders? Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with it apart from not being particularly fashionable at the moment. Quote
Bassassin Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Looks like he's listed it twice previously & then cancelled the listings. No idea why, but presumably not to consult a dictionary for the correct definition & usage of the word "idyllic". I'd never buy a used bass from somebody who doesn't know what "idyllic" means. Jon. Quote
Paul_C Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='723639' date='Jan 24 2010, 10:25 PM']Looks like he's listed it twice previously & then cancelled the listings. No idea why, but presumably not to consult a dictionary for the correct definition & usage of the word "idyllic". I'd never buy a used bass from somebody who doesn't know what "idyllic" means. Jon.[/quote] quite right too. Quote
mazdah Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Looks OK. Great basses, had one, played as good as my '62 US Vintage. Quote
john_the_bass Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 It hasn't got any brass buttons or lapels and it would look terrible with a pair of chinos Quote
Bassassin Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 [quote name='mazdah' post='723831' date='Jan 25 2010, 08:45 AM']Looks OK. Great basses, had one, played as good as my '62 US Vintage.[/quote] They are - made by Fujigen Gakki alongside MIJ Fenders. It'll do fine if he just lets it run. Grammar notwithstanding. J. Quote
Rich Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 And he's put a two space gap between AND and IT. I would never even consider buying anything at all from anyone who didn't know how to use a space bar properly. Disgraceful. Quote
OldGit Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 I've contacted the bowls club and an Ibanez Blazer [b]is[/b] acceptable but only in the bar. Quote
Bassassin Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 [quote name='Johnston' post='723917' date='Jan 25 2010, 10:51 AM']I've been looking for something cheap and 33" to see if its any easier on my dodgy hands. Sent a message asking what scale it was. Got back 'regular scale thanx' What is regular scale ????[/quote] It's a 34". It's doing it no disservice to describe it as a slightly restyled Precision copy. J. Quote
Bassassin Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 [quote name='Rich' post='723848' date='Jan 25 2010, 09:09 AM']And he's put a two space gap between AND and IT. I would never even consider buying anything at all from anyone who didn't know how to use a space bar properly. Disgraceful. [/quote] I'm castigating myself (very vigorously, believe me!) for not noticing that. J. Quote
skankdelvar Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) [quote]IBANEZ BLAZER BASS SERIES. ANYONE [b][color="#2E8B57"]HERE[/color][/b] [color="#FF0000"][s]THAT[/s][/color] [b][color="#2E8B57"]WHO[/color][/b] KNOWS THEIR RETRO BASS GUITARS [s][color="#FF0000"]HERE[/color][/s] [b][color="#2E8B57"]WILL[/color][/b] KNOW[color="#FF0000"][s]S[/s][/color] [b][color="#2E8B57"]THAT AT WHICH [/color][/b][s][color="#FF0000"]WHAT[/color][/s] THEY ARE LOOKING [s][color="#FF0000"]AT[/color][/s]. THIS IS A 1982 MODEL. [b][color="#2E8B57"]IT IS[/color][/b] BASED ON THE [color="#FF0000"][s]IDYLLIC[/s][/color] FENDER PRECISION BASS. THE SOUND IS SOMEWHAT FATTER AND DARKER THAN A PRECISION. [s][color="#FF0000"]AND[/color] [/s] IT FEELS VERY SOLID AND [b][color="#2E8B57"]AS[/color][/b] INSTANTLY PLAYABLE AS [s]ALL[/s] [b][color="#2E8B57"]ANY[/color][/b] GOOD INSTRUMENT[s][color="#FF0000"]S[/color][/s] [s][color="#FF0000"]SHOULD[/color][/s]. IT IS EXTREMELY WELL MADE AND SOUNDS IMPECCABLE [s][color="#FF0000"]AGAINST EVEN [/color][/s] [b][color="#2E8B57"]COMPARED TO [/color][/b]THE SMARTEST BASS[s][color="#FF0000"]EST[/color][/s] [s]IN[/s] [b][color="#2E8B57"]AT A[/color][/b] MUCH HIGHER PRICE [s][color="#FF0000"]BRACKETS[/color][/s]. THIS BASS PUNCHES FAR [s][color="#FF0000"]HIGHER THAN[/color] [/s] [color="#2E8B57"][b]ABOVE[/b][/color] ITS WEIGHT AND WILL DO SO FOR MANY YEARS TO COME . IT WAS MANUFACTURED [s][color="#FF0000"]IN[/color][/s] [b][color="#2E8B57"]AT[/color][/b] A TIME WHEN IBANEZ HAD SOMETHING TO PROVE AND [s][color="#FF0000"]THIS GUITAR[/color] [/s] PROVES THAT THE BLAZER IS A FORCE [b][color="#2E8B57"]WITH WHICH TO BE RECKONED [/color][/b][s][color="#FF0000"]WITH[/color][/s]!! I HOPE SOMEONE HAS AS MUCH FUN [b][color="#2E8B57"]WITH THIS BASS[/color] [/b]AS I [s][color="#FF0000"]DID[/color][/s] [b][color="#2E8B57"]HAVE HAD [/color][/b][s][color="#FF0000"]WITH THIS BASS[/color][/s]! GOOD LUCK![/quote] 2/10. Write out Hamlet's Soliloquy 20 times and present your completed work to Mrs Lupin by the close of School Day. Edited January 25, 2010 by skankdelvar Quote
phil.i.stein Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) [quote name='skankdelvar' post='724107' date='Jan 25 2010, 02:33 PM']2/10. Write out Hamlet's Soliloquy 20 times and present your completed work to Mrs Lupin by the close of School Day.[/quote] nooo ! she'll probably bite your head off. go see Mmlle.Lapin instead, she's much more cute and cuddly. [attachment=41072:lapin.jpg] edit - on second thoughts, she works for CNN, so she's probably a ferocious rabbit with pointy-pointy teeth.. Edited January 25, 2010 by phil.i.stein Quote
FlatEric Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 [quote name='numptydumpty' post='723568' date='Jan 24 2010, 09:22 PM']This has been on the bay at least twice with zero interest.Can it really be that bad? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200430628720"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200430628720[/url][/quote] Good day, oh happy band of musicians, I have the answer! Whilst the good lady was watching something that hadn't really got my attention, I thought I would have a quick shufty, on t'internet. I have a couple of the Older Blazer basses and a mate of mine fancies one in a big way (big fat sound). Anyway, in trying to help him out, I came across this with a Buy it Now of. . . . . . 99p!!!!! So I bought it and. . . . paid for it! Seller wasn't too happy and listed it up again - [i]after[/i] I had bought it! It was me who asked him to remove the listing and I tried to sort something out and made a [i]very fair[/i] offer but in the end decided to back away gracefully after my offer was declined. So, as I said at the time - if something looks too good to be true, it probably is! Cheers. Quote
skankdelvar Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 [quote name='phil.i.stein' post='724155' date='Jan 25 2010, 03:23 PM']she's probably a ferocious rabbit with pointy-pointy teeth..[/quote] Then you'll be needing The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. Quote
phil.i.stein Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 [quote name='skankdelvar' post='724260' date='Jan 25 2010, 04:42 PM']Then you'll be needing The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.[/quote] nah, i'm sure that CNN reporters 'in the field' probably get better armour than your average squaddie. nothing short of weapons-grade plutonyblairium for her.. Quote
KevB Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 If the original seller put the bass (or any other item) up with BIN at 99p and then refuses to sell he should be drummed off eBay. The other people that get my goat are the ones who are too cheapskate to put a reserve on something (cos it increases your selling fees a bit) but then pull out of a sale when it doesn't fetch what they wanted. Ban the lot of 'em. Quote
Bassassin Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 [quote name='numptydumpty' post='724304' date='Jan 25 2010, 05:29 PM']What's it worth then?[/quote] If I was flogging it I'd probably expect £150 - £180. J. Quote
KennysFord Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 It's not the prettiest of Blazers eh !! Quote
Musky Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='724313' date='Jan 25 2010, 05:33 PM']If I was flogging it I'd probably expect £150 - £180. J.[/quote] Yeah, but you manage to list your stuff without meaningless hyperbole, crappy pictures, stupid mistakes or pulling the auction before the end! Quote
bigsmokebass Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 [quote name='OldGit' post='724164' date='Jan 25 2010, 03:33 PM']For Idyllic read Iconic.[/quote] yeah, i thought that too but more so for "idol" see? still.... his grammar was crap but i think its worth it, possibly worth more in future to a hardcore collector Quote
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