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I am a bit late to the party as I have only just discovered this thread but I sold Ari a 5 String Sadowsky at the last bass bash and he paid on the spot and was a great guy to deal with. Steve

For me its anything by level 42. Great playing but I have never 'got' the songs. Steve

[quote name='Rich' post='288982' date='Sep 22 2008, 09:54 AM']Another +1.[/quote] And another. Very sad news. Steve

I have owned two albeit briefly. They are fantastic basses, great playability and look gorgeous. Not quite sure why I sold them actually - although I could say that about most of the stuff I have sold Have a word with Mark (poptart) at bassdirect he has one as his main bass and stocks them. There is also a Roscoe forum on Talkbass. Steve

[quote name='crez5150' post='277193' date='Sep 4 2008, 04:45 PM']I wouldn't necessarily agree about how good the band is thing.... I've seen a lot of god awful bands go out for a lot of cash and some excellent musicians get paid a pittance for a NYE gig.... it's all about marketing and selling your band. I think there are a lot of bands selling themselves rather short...... Come on guys it's the biggest party night on the calendar!![/quote] Agree with you in the main but what I am trying to say that is if your usual band charges £250 for a saturday night pub gig and you get £50 of that then as a rule of thumb you should expect about double for NY eve. As opposed to how good your band is maybe I should have said how financially succesful it is. Steve

Depends how good your band is. Double your usual charge is about right in my experience. Steve

Andy kindly purchased my F bass in a smooth and easy transaction. Very easy to deal with and highly recommended. Steve

[quote name='Apothem' post='264217' date='Aug 17 2008, 10:11 PM']OK, the provocation was: let's make the "For sale" section what it says on the tin. Anybody could have done opinion/tip exchange, price research and other soul-searching/mulling over in other sections BEFORE, so that when the axe is placed up for sale, the vendor has ALREADY clear in mind that the bass is DEFINITELY up for sale (first) and at what price (second). This is what the thread was about. In the "For sale" section I would prefer the brutal honesty of vendors stating clearly "if it does not sale within X, it will go back under the bed or to the 'bay". Please note this was a general comment and not with anybody particular in mind. Obviously the idea did not prove very popular (this is the mother of all the euphemisms...) and I take notice, no problems, simple as that. Thanks to you all for replying and letting me know I was an isolated voice.[/quote] Fair play for coming back and responding in this manner, Thanks Steve

[quote name='Apothem' post='264025' date='Aug 17 2008, 05:27 PM']"Oh, I have gigged it today and I have decided it is going nowhere..." "Oh, it was only a feeler, I was in two minds, so it is not up for sale anymore...." Nothing is more irritating than this!!! Reading between the lines: nobody offered what I had in mind, so I 'll have to stick with it for the time being, but I will use a silly excuse... It's free!! I can!! I would dare to suggest to moderators to charge a fee for putting a bass up for sale, e-bay style. No "feelers" allowed: either it is up for sale at a specific price or it is not. If you do not know what to charge, do some research first and avoid some embarrassment. I know this is a great community but the "For sale" section is the "For sale" section, not the smoochy-smoochy, "oh, lovely!!!! but I am skint " waste of bandwidth!!! Anywhere else you pay to advertise. If you DEFINITELY want to sell it, be prepared and that's it!! Too many "I will try here, or it will go to e-bay" transformed into "... well, after all, I did not know what I was doing....". Very well, maybe there should be a charge upfront, to clear in advance the mind of people just testing the water. Attracted buyers will visit the site anyway. In a few words: too many taking advantage of the (free) system. Please do not flood my mail box with comments, I will not reply. If you want to add something, please do in the open thread. And before anybody asks: yes I have sold a bass here, a cheap one, and if I had known in advance about all the timewasters begging to reserve it for them for the next week/month, only to disappear in the blue yonder, I would have done otherwise. Surely not again. All the best to convinced sellers that WANT a change and go for it!! Thanx[/quote] I am going to answer this as I feel it 'could' be partially directed towards me as I have withdrawn a bass from sale today AND I mentioned that I may eBay it. Firstly, When I wanted to sell it my thoughts were to sell it here and see what happened, To give the members here, many of whom I know, first shout on a fantastic bass. The price would, as always, have been negotiable and believe it or not I would rather sell to someone I know on here for LESS than I could get on eBay (within reason obviously). Had I got desperate I would then have either eBayed it or took it to the Gallery to sell for me. BUT and this is the main point if I had had interest or agreed to sell it to somebody or taken a deposit I would then have honoured this regardless and not withdrawn it. Not sure if you are annoyed as you have been part way through a deal that has fell through and if so then to some degree I can sympathise but your post looks like you just want to have a moan for the sake of it. You would probably win more friends and have more people listen to your gripes if you had made a few more posts before this one rather than browsing the forums, presumably to see what bargains you could get from the for sale forum As to your issue with the timewasters that is a real shame. If you stay around the forum you will get to know the forum and make good friends and know people who you can trust and I like to think there are a group of many members who I would hold stuff for. There are many people on here who I have met and would let have something I was selling before I have had any money back such is my trust in them so for every negative experience there is a positive one. I think people may have given you less of a negative response to your original post if you had contributed more to the forum and were a known member. Steve