jonno1981

The seller does state it is a consignment instrument with price on request. I'm guessing there is a more reasonable price he has in mind and is trying to encourage an off ebay purchase once he engages in a dialogue with someone. I played one of these once and didn't think much of it either!

Instrumental prog rock! I find the TI Jazz flats have plenty of bite and can cut through as well as rounds, at least in my musical context.

This was my first experience of this show and I had a fun day out! The masterclasses were excellent. Guy Pratt was typically hilarious, Wojtek was terrifying, the surprise for me was Andy Irvine. His videos for Warwick irritate the hell out of me but he gave a really engaging, passionate lesson. I think I took more away from that 40 minute session than anyone else I saw. The main hall was a mixed bag throughout the day. There were plenty of moments when I really had to whack the earplugs in but it really wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. One frustrating bit was seeing Yolanda Charles on the elixir stand properly grooving away with a live drummer but her vocals were completely inaudible. I got to meet/catch up with the guys at Simms, John East (in his english professor brown coat again), the two Daves from Aguilar, folks from Yamaha, ashdown, goto, westside, lots of guys who I haven't seen for ages which was cool. Yamaha had a great stand with pretty much the whole bass range on display. Everything from the RBX's to the signature Jap made stuff. The Fender stand wasn't great. The colossus in the bass world had very few instruments on show for such a big company, I usually see more choice in the bigger dealers which was a shame. They had a decent array of some of their valve amps which is something you dont typically see but I would have expected a good 20-25 basses at least. The Warwick stand had some great stuff and it was laid out really well. Plenty of space to move between the instruments. Just a shame that they have priced themselves out of the market for the most part in the UK. The quality of the German made stuff was fantastic but then you see the 3-4-5k + price tags. Didn't think much of the WA300/600 but then again it's near impossible to try stuff out in an environment like that. The Andy Baxter stand had some amazing looking instruments but the overall display was very rough and ready. He was just hanging the basses from the stand using wire round the headstocks with plenty overlapping/touching each other. That sort of thing annoys the hell out of me. He had more vintage gear in one place than I think I have ever seen but it would really put me off seriously buying one. Great to see the guys at bassgear being so busy over the day too. Having a stand outside of the main hall was a very good call. It did feel a lot more relaxed and the headphones only rule made it possible to have a conversation right on the stand even with 3-4 guys tying stuff out. Overall I would say the show was a real success, it's not every day you get into a lift and a beaming Nathan Watts walks in :-)

G&L have always been regarded as the superior brand to Fender in terms of consistency, build quality etc but the second-hand value is a pittance. Fender is just the brand most people aspire to. If you decide to go with G&L it's really worth looking around as you can pick up ridiculous secondhand bargains. If you buy new, don't expect to get back much more than half of what you paid for it! At least with Fender you have a solid second-hand price if you decide to move it on.

I think it's capped at £75 for private sellers, so you don't pay more if your item sells for anything over £750. For business sellers it's 10% of the total regardless which is a right pain in the backside!

Should be 10% of the final value. If the buyer uses paypal then a further 3.4%. If you log into ebay, go to my ebay select the listing, then edit the listing at the very bottom it should show you the final value fee.

It's a fantastic shop with fantastic people, well worth the trip!

I had a similar thing a few weeks ago. I saw ad for a tele at a silly price with a mobile number attached. - Called it and left a message and I got this a text and then email through a day later: [b]Don't know if it's been long since you've emailed, I've been out so couldn't follow up on my text message. Can't promise anything but visiting my mum shortly, wouldn't mind making a drop off . If you'll send me your postcode I can check out on my satnav the distance to yours. Reasonable price and accurate description, it's worth the money, no bad surprises. I won't go any lower. Can be reached on 07973=425=052 low signal strength area but check emails regularly. Ta, Stacey. P.S. Will take cash only.[/b] I then tried to arrange to meet up locally but the seller never confirmed, I then got this message: [b]Unfortunately I've just got called into the office (i get sent countrywide with less than 24hrs notice) so very busy till next week. Back at work we have some shipments for large items with parcelforce all week long. Just thought it would save you time and hassle if I'll send it along with them free of charge company benefits . I asked around and it seems you can pay cash upon delivery/inspection. It's quite simple since they're able to wait for you to check it out, if not as described they can just void the shipment with no extra charge. If that's alright with you I'll need a name, address, contact number and also date&time suitable for the delivery. Working long hours so If you want to pop in and pick it up you'll have to wait till next week or so when hopefully I'll get my head around Let me know either way. Stacey.[/b] The english is well written and fairly believable but is definitely a scam. Around half of all the adverts I see on gumtree are clearly scams or turn out to be fake. There are some genuine sellers out there but ALWAYS call the person and speak to them to get a feel for whether they are trying to rip you off and ideally meet them to examine the goods in person.

I'd be really interested to know if he did take it to a music shop and which one he took it to. Thats assuming he wasn't fully aware he was selling this poor guy a fake.

Anyone have an email address for this guy?

I saw this on gumtree too and messaged him to say its a rebranded import instrument with a dodgey logo on it. The varnish, logo, slab board, string tree location etc etc are all wrong.He MUST have known he was ripping someone off.

Just spotted this on the Ibanez site. http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/Series-ATKPremium I always wanted to pick up one of the original basses after seeing the Offspring back around 1998 but this version looks great. Hats off to Ibanez for recording the sound/video clips too. The bassist is a beast too - I've listened to all the clips and the playing is pretty awesome. http://www.ibanez.com/atkSoundSamples/index.html No idea on UK pricing or if it will make it here, they quote $749 so I would hope it would be around £500, in which case I want it!!!

That looks pretty suspicious. For a company based in London to only have prices in Euros on the website looks very dodgy straight away. Everything they have listed is below market value and they only offer payment via bank transfer. Some of the English is a little questionable too. I could be wrong but there are plenty of concerns there that would put me off spending big money with them,

Agreed. Alan and Peter at Synergy are top guys. It's worth asking them to see what kind of price to expect from a dealer before going down the import route.