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Are these any good? I like the reverse 'burst on the four, but I don't need it and wouldn't play it. OTOH, the fiver might be more my thing.

It's hideous... I think someone here should buy it, as that means it's less likely to show up again

Slot-load bridge. (Hat tip: fretmeister.) All other "features" are optional, IMO.

Crude routing previously hidden by a scratchplate, I think.

The Portamento and the Spectorcore are the only basses I GAS for...

Taking the picture, I expect.

Alternatively you could have a try for this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192699937826?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l5999&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI192699937826.N36.S1.R1.TR1 Not as pretty, I grant you.

If that had come up three years ago I'd have had it without a second thought. These days I have less money. The sense doesn't seem to have altered much though. If it's like its Fury cousins (Fury and Fury II) it has a neck skinnier than a cigarette paper.

Not many of these out there. TBH, I'm not surprised. It's very ugly and seriously overpriced (no surprise from that seller). But an interesting bit of history, I suppose. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Burns-Weill-RP2G-Super-Streamline-bass-guitar-1959/292793545637?hash=item442bdaf3a5:g:8r4AAOSwMjpb1v4U (It's also misnamed. "Streamline", my armpit.)

I would definitely prefer them as standard, personally.

Score

Never seen one of these before. (It's not a double bass, obviously.) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Italian-Contrabass-3-4-1800s/142988257944?hash=item214ac3aa98:g:6AsAAOSwteFb0Yzx#shpCntId I like it

They do say there's no smoke without fire, but I hadn't realised this would be such a draw.

Might be worth asking the organisers if they have a list of shops?

They weren't terribly consistent about these things, IIUC... but agreed, if it's active it shouldn't be a 301.

Yup, I was the guilty party.

If I didn't have too many basses already, that would be on the list.

Might just save the image, see who buys it and tries to flip it.

themanwhocan... shouldn't.

Philip Glass, Dracula.

This Enigma is very similar to the fiver I was offered way back when: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Enigma-Through-Neck-Bass-Guitar-with-Stagg-Hard-Case-in-red-and-natural-wood/323508702563?hash=item4b529f0d63:g:Tp8AAOSw0NlbosVG