Has anyone any idea how much this bass would really be worth?

[Grand Wazoo]

I have no experience with Spector basses but I see this on ebay remaining in the "affordable" range, what do you reckon it's really worth or what would be the limit you would bid on for it?

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Thanks

[Raslee]

I reckon my limit would be around £550 ish (but i'm far from any expert on this)...nice finish on that bass.

[Pete Academy]

It's a Euro, so £500 to £600 sounds OK. Nice looker.

[OutToPlayJazz]

Quite why he'd want to take out the tone pump, I'm not sure. I'd have valued this at up to £600 fully intact, but without the tone pump you've got some work to do to get it back up to correct spec. I'd not be inclined to go over £500 for that. Perhaps best to ask if the tone pump can be included.

[davidmpires]

£500 would be ok when they were priced £1000 now they cost £1500 so that may be on the short side, I reckon that the reserve will be around £750

Just read that the tone pump is out so I'd take about £200 of my price which places it around the same as the others.

Edited June 1, 2010 by davidmpires

[Grand Wazoo]

forgive my ignorance on the matter, what does the tone pump do?

and God in Heaven, please can you permanently erase the thought of a breast pump from my head?

[davidmpires]

From Bass Player magazine

[u][i]"Spector calls its EQ the TonePump circuit. With 20dB of boost, the TonePump is a more powerful version of the aggressive 2-band 9-volt EQ Spector has used on its U.S.-made neck-through basses since the late '70s. I tend to favor instruments with pickup blend controls and 3-band EQs, but I found that the Euro LX's TonePump with twin volume controls offered plenty of flexibility and was easy to get used to."[/i][/u]

Some people don't like them I love it.