Interesting looking jazz, and cheap

[Mr. Foxen]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass_W0QQitemZ120544386337QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c11015d21"]Stripey.[/url]

[Annoying Twit]

The same seller previously sold the same bass for £87, plus £17 p&p. Now it's up for £175 or best offer.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/exotic-wood-bass_W0QQitemZ120540776088QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20100310?IMSfp=TL100310131001r12267http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/exotic-wood-bass_W0QQitemZ120540776088QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20100310?IMSfp=TL100310131001r12267"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/exotic-wood-bass_W0Q...310131001r12267[/url]

[throwoff]

[quote name='eBay seller']Decent pickups, not the ceramic ones found on most sub £400 guitars and basses[/quote]

Correct me if I'm wrong but is he saying ceramic magnets are inferior?

[BassJase]

He's had this for sale on Gumtree for the past few weeks for around £190, how comes he hasn't flogged it yet?!

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='BassJase' post='777483' date='Mar 17 2010, 02:56 PM']He's had this for sale on Gumtree for the past few weeks for around £190, how comes he hasn't flogged it yet?![/quote]

Possibly because, as in the previous time it was auctioned, nobody wants to pay more than £87 for it?

[Mr. Foxen]

[quote name='throwoff' post='776918' date='Mar 17 2010, 07:18 AM']Correct me if I'm wrong but is he saying ceramic magnets are inferior?[/quote]

Think it is the same generalisation as valve vs. solid state etc. where the cheapest examples of one are used vs. the other that usually appears only in midrange and above. You get ceramic pickups that are a magnet hot glued to the back of a coil with steel slugs.

This guy also makes the mistake of thinking the 'worth' of something is related to what you spent on it.

[Moos3h]

The neck/body joint is flawed too - take a look at the pics from the original auction listing.

[throwoff]

[quote name='Moos3h' post='777569' date='Mar 17 2010, 04:53 PM']The neck/body joint is flawed too - take a look at the pics from the original auction listing.[/quote]

Good spot!



That gives home builders a bad name

[throwoff]

I think to technically describe this bass it can only be done one way -

Its f****d.

[Bassassin]

It's a badly put-together bitsa - I'd expect a cheap & nasty neck & hardware - including the pups.

Looks to me like the pocket/heel area's been roughly reshaped - I think that fancy grain's probably hiding a multitude of horrors!

£87 was probably about right...

Jon.

[Annoying Twit]

Is this a Katie Price bass? On first glance, the body looks very impressive. But, the more you find out about it, the more you realise that it's just horrible.

[gafbass02]

christ i so nearly clicked to buy that monstrosity!

[tazza1]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='776803' date='Mar 16 2010, 11:19 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass_W0QQitemZ120544386337QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c11015d21"]Stripey.[/url][/quote]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/jazz-bass_W0QQitemZ120546156029QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c111c5dfd"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/jazz-bass_W0QQitemZ1...=item1c111c5dfd[/url]

It's back again - will he regret not selling for £87?

Edited March 21, 2010 by tazza1

[WarPig]

[quote name='gafbass02' post='781136' date='Mar 20 2010, 08:29 PM']christ i so nearly clicked to buy that monstrosity![/quote]

+1

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='tazza1' post='781295' date='Mar 21 2010, 12:39 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/jazz-bass_W0QQitemZ120546156029QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c111c5dfd"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/jazz-bass_W0QQitemZ1...=item1c111c5dfd[/url]

It's back again - we he regret not selling for £87?[/quote]

My suspicion, for what it is worth, is that he'll get a bite before his dropping price gets down that far. With his new, specially selected, photos that don't show the problems so much, IMHO someone will think it worth a punt well before the price gets down to £100.

How outraged the buyer may feel when they receive their bass is of course another question.