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Having sold a lot on eBay and having to fully refund a scammer once, I started another process for everything I sell wherever it is. It's a simple one : tons of photos in huge resolution of the item proving its real condition and photos of the packing. I then upload everything to Google Drive (or whatever you want) and send the link to these photos to the buyer just after having sent the parcel with insurance and tracking number. I sometimes even add and invoice stating that the condition is known by the buyer. Problem solved for years now. And if a video is needed before concluding the sale to prove the real condition, I'll make one. Call me paranoid : no simply knowing the human deep nature and protecting myself. Scammed once, not twice.

It's a 20 years old video at the Namm show. The are all playing the Steve Bailey Aria Signature basses in their different iterations. These were derivatives of the Avante series. Very good basses in the hands of people who, for once, are not showing off, especially two of them ... as Carol Kaye never shows off, but plays. Thanks for this @EssentialTension.

So, that's you. Congratulations !

Check this if you want to see ugly basses designed by a 5 years old child and sold at delirious prices : https://ctbasses.com/photo-collection/6-string-basses

This one is not badly placed at all : https://www.fodera.com/anthony-jackson-presentation-ii-2/ And I'm a huge fan of the guy himself.

Nail varnish remover is acetone, so will damage cellulosic finishes and plastics very badly.

French fries don't work. 🤣

This one used to be mine :

Lighter fluid is what I'm using since my studies in scientific photography in the mid 80's... It's the best traces or sticker glue remover as it doesn't harm the support. We used it to remove traces on high gloss photographic paper... and sticker glue.

This guy made me special ones with a 10 cm width even including one with special radius (39.37 " or 100 cm) for an extra 10 Euros per 210 mm sanding block : http://www.luthimate.fr/fr/recherche?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=cale&submit_search= It was in early 2019. I do believe he speaks English.

Too much tea, maybe ? 🤣

A butchered one. I got the inside cavity photo and it's just awful. The tuners have been changed for incorrect ones and the pickups are now AXY, with the dummy coil still under the badly glued and matched top. Everything that makes a Series One has gone... Get ready for a heart attack. https://www.bassic.de/kleinanzeigen/alembic-series-1-1975.9359/ The seller is active here on BassChat, but didn't put it here for sale...

Yeah, I know, but Switzerland is really a strange country, nice but strange...

I see that you're attracted by the myth saying you can get a (quite decent) double bass sound out of a fretless... To do so, you'll have to buy a fretless bass fitted with piezos and tweak the EQ a lot as no cheap bass will do the job with just a P-Bass pickup close to the neck. That said, as a fretless player myself, I can only encourage you to do the jump and buy one. The ones mentioned before are excellent basses for the money, but there are many others. Also check the ads here.

Yep, both ways. Costs a fortune. You'll have to pay for the VAT, customs duties out of Switzerland, customs duties in the incoming country and extra fee for the courier : that makes a lot of money. Better asking if the seller can send from Germany, France, or Italy. Don't worry, they are used to this (if they really want to sell abroad).

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Without the strings. 🤣

And as you must be a Kraftwerk fan, here it is just for you, and me, by the way :