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Sort of a bump, You bought this from me not Sibob, it is gorgeous, I built it Good luck Alex.

[quote name='bassaussie' post='626076' date='Oct 14 2009, 03:07 PM']I don't know if this info will help, but I'll add it anyway. The Bantam line was introduced in Australia around 1984 or so. Thing is, I can remember a guy buying a regular one (single neck) either in 1984 or 85, and I can still remember the price, which was AU $800. Reason I remember the price is that I was absolutely mesmerised by the original Steinberger bass around that time, and that was selling for $2400 in Australia. When the Bantam came along, and also the Riverhead version, they were both priced around the same area, $800 or so (the Riverhead was a bit more expensive, say $900) and I was stunned that they could give the same features for 1/3 of the price (I didn't know a lot about basses back then!! ) . I can also remember the price for a Hondo Alien, another attempt at a headless design, and that was around $450. So, I checked on the Reserve Bank of Australia website, and for 1984/5, the Aussie dollar to GBP fluctated between 70p down to 50p. Which gives a range for the bass of £400-£550. This is probably not a bad guestimate for the UK value, as UK would've reflected similar import duties and taxes as the Aussie price. Since Bassassin's RRP from the US indicates that the double neck was around 50% more, that would suggest a price range of around £600-£800. Now, how any of that will impact the current value, I don't know (and to be quite honest, I don't really think it has any bearing at all), but I think it might help in guessing what the original value might've been. I've seen a few of the single neck basses sell in the US over the last few years, and they don't come along all that often. Thing is, even though they're rare and people are always interested in them, they don't command huge "vintage value" prices. Here's a few from Talkbass, they were easy enough to find by doing a search. [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=549491&highlight=bantam"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...ighlight=bantam[/url] [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348656&highlight=bantam"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...ighlight=bantam[/url] An actual double neck. Started at $1250, down to $1000. [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=290444&highlight=bantam"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...ighlight=bantam[/url] I hope this helps. If this post in any way contravenes forum rules, I'kk happily remove it.[/quote] That is fantastically helpful, mate! I think if I were to start the bidding () on this I'd kick off at about £300 as a fair offer.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='626043' date='Oct 14 2009, 02:31 PM']I thought I'd already posted these but clearly I was hallucinating again: [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/washburn/catalogs/bantam.html"]Washburn Bantam dealer slick[/url] No double-neck but hardware & spec will be identical. [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/washburn/catalogs/84_pl/84_pl_pg3_web.jpg.html"]US 1984 price list, including double neck[/url] This might clarify the 1984 rrp controversy if anyone knows the exchange rate from 25 years ago, can guess the Ripoff Britain markup, and thinks a new price from a quarter of a century ago has any bearing whatsoever on current secondhand value. Personally I think there's every likelihood that if Washburn's UK importer had sold 6 of these at a £1100 rrp, there's a very strong possibility that they'd have ordered in a few more. Jon.[/quote] Great info, and excellent points, thanks Jon.

So what do you want for it then? Stop playing games and give it a value you think is fair. There are two of these on here for sale and as far as I can see there has been little interest in either, probably because the owners are vastly overvaluing them bacause of rarity. TBH, you haven't really given much information out and most of my questions to you went unanswered. Are you expecting the people on BassChat to do all this for you? Be a gentlemen and chuck a number on the table.

[quote name='4000' post='625722' date='Oct 14 2009, 08:45 AM']I remember playing one of these doublenecks when they came out. It was pretty good, and I nearly bought it. It wasn't anything like £1000 though, I think it was about £500 or thereabouts....[/quote] That sort of tallies with what I have heard too.

[quote name='Spoombung' post='625125' date='Oct 13 2009, 03:51 PM']Fab instrument. Should sell, I reckon.[/quote] It will only sell if there's a price. I think this would have turned into one of those famous vitriolic BassChat bidding debates, but there's obviously not enough of a market for what is a very niche instrument. I reckon the offer I made was a good one, but I am not going to say what it was