Kev

eBay sellers do this to avoid having to pay a listing fee twice. You will often see sellers raising the price of an item to something ridiculous, say £1000 for a guitar pick, so no-one will buy but the listing can stay live. Then, reduce back down when it is back in stock. It is against eBay rules, so report them.

Lovely basses! However, is it the picture quality (or my monitor) or do the SSII body wings not really match i.e. one side is much lighter than the other?

Nice! The serial number will be on top of the headstock, however it is usually difficult or impossible to see on these old high gloss finish models. Certainly not a standard Streamer

I'll take the 3 middle ones please Awesome basses, but of course da lolphin rulez.

Ahhh, and I was about to offer £10 for a broken pedal

[quote name='nick@ibassmag' timestamp='1406832375' post='2515185'] Hi Kev, thanks for the heads up. We're having some problems with Google and the Android App - they won't let us drop the price below 50p. Maybe they are worried about losing their cut. Back issues we have on the Apple Newsstand are now free, but Google seem to be digging their heels in. We're working on it. Nick [/quote] In the meantime, I'll steal the girlfriends iPad

How do we get these, Nick? Had a look on the Android app and the only option is to buy?

Would still love to try a Chunk, not made anymore so chances of having one are slim!

The JAN system is superb and I really wouldn't downgrade to a standard unadjustable nut; the bridge and nut setup is on of the Warwick plus points for sure. Buy a Tedur(plastic, basically) Just-A-Nut III and have that fitted? If you have £60 odd spare, the brass Just a Nut III could be yours, too, as fitted to all German top-end Warwicks now If you have to go non-Warwick, please don't put a white nut on!

....and get a second hand SSI

One thing that I don't think has been pointed out: I really wouldn't go into this thinking about spending a certain amount. Get down to a bass shop, try as many basses as you can, find basses that you like and basses that you don't, and then and [i]only[/i] then look at the prices and see if you can afford to buy new, second hand or neither. Appreciate this wont be possible for harder to find basses, but I think its the best way of finding what [i]you[/i] want, not what we think you want

1. I regret most selling a cheap six string, made by Hudson and it was built in the same factory as a Cort Curbow, only this was made of wood with a spalt maple top. Was really, really nice and I can't remember why I sold it. Only £200 odd too.... 2. OLP Musicman copy. Awful bass, side by side with a real Stingray 5 really showed it up as a stinker.

T'was, I emailed him before you posted on here and someone was already booked in to try it. Never mind!

[quote name='JJW' timestamp='1406211643' post='2509370'] Its definitely not something you see everyday, [url="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=221502654821&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg"]http://rover.ebay.co...&mtid=824&kw=lg[/url] [/quote] What is unusual? Headless? Fretless? Graphite?

Already sold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UYMnzXQEtw

[quote name='BijouDrains' timestamp='1406354338' post='2510822'] With Warwicks, are the German made basses the only ones to go for (if you can afford it)? Thanks for your help. [/quote] I honestly cannot recall Warwick Germany making short scale instruments, if they did they will be hard to come by, Check out the price of these corvettes from Thomann: http://www.thomann.de/gb/warwick_short_scale_basses.html