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It got relisted but instantly taken down, hopefully that bid was the seller getting a mate to get the ball rolling and nobody has actually ended up paying £350 for that.

They're still making the cheaper (and also fretted) version of the bass I want so I guess they've found a price point where it's sustainable.

Sold for £350, oof.

Ha, sounds like Ibanez need to ditch the habit of making cool stuff then discontinuing it!

One of those cracks looks to go a little deeper than the lacquer: Either way it's about £100 more than you need to spend on one of these and has cosmetic damage all over the headstock.

DV247 have changed theirs to late March now so who knows, might be worth emailing Ibanez so you know what your options are. I'm currently waiting for a very specific discontinued bass to appear on the used market (also an Ibanez) for a non ridiculous price and it's a bit frustrating!

Might be worth looking at 1.8" zif SSDs as well if you're opening up an iPod classic.

Ahh this is rubbish, especially as you've been searching for one and can't just get a direct replacement or buy one elsewhere. Are Ibanez going to do another run of them or have they been quietly canned? As already said it's good that the finish came off in big chunks, hopefully Muziker will give you enough of an incentive to keep it.

Just had a look at those G4M LPs, really nice. Up to £160 now like.

Ah see I'm a sucker for spalted wood! Prefer the more subtle examples though rather than the 90% resin ones.

The resin thing isn't a new idea (been used on furniture before guitar builders caught on) and is actually quite cool IMO, looks very striking if done properly. Execution on that RockBass is poor though and it's only been done to disguise the jack rout, who knows what else it's hiding.

If you were going to do this to a Jack Casady then surely you'd pick the gold one?

Is the bridge centred correctly?

This one also has it, looks like an '04 same year and model as the one in the OP: Every other one I've seen (including my old single pickup 5er) had the regular Warwick style one with the access cover and model name.

Seller knows it's some sort of Rockbass. Interstingly (actually not that interesting but whatever) some of the early Rockbass Streamers did come with that truss rod cover and were changed to the German style ones later so that's most likely not aftermarket.

And the scrubbed off RockBass logo with the fake truss rod cover, it's intentional deception. I've asked the seller if it's a proper Warwick or a RockBass, will see what the reply is.

I quite like the Marcus Miller ethos where he has some input into the design of the Sire basses and Markbass amps, ok it's basically selecting eq points but in both cases they've resulted in a better product I think. The basses were designed as a solid, low cost platform for students, not as his own personal signature model which is something I can get onboard with. Although somewhere I do have a signature Jimi Hendrix strap I bought for next to nothing in a rush as I needed a cheap strap, still look at it and think "why?"

Ghost building is a real thing, I would be surprised if the signature production guitars (Fender etc, not posh brands) used by artists aren't outsourced or masterbuilt by an entirely different (and more costly) set of hands than the ones we scrubs can buy. If the late Ed Roman was telling even 5% of the truth (big stretch but bear with me!) then it's always been smoke and mirrors.

There's a bid on it so I reported it as someone is gonna get stung here.

It's a disguised gen 1 Rockbass. Truss rod cover is fake (original had a clip on truss access cover), there's no rout for a 2 piece bridge so that means it could only be a German Streamer Standard Bolt On or a 1st gen Rockbass. Neck is maple so not the German SSBO so will be a 1st gen Rockbass with the large Fender-style jack rout sneakily disguised by the epoxy modification. You can buy German Streamer Standard Bolt On for that much which will have an ovangkol neck and was built in the Warwick factory. This is worth £150 tops. EDIT: Also has the RB serial number so that's a bit of a clue! 🤣

Will do.

Yeah that's the one I was looking at, seems like it's gone now. Very nice looking basses.

I would get the used MTD, is that the one that's been floating around on FB for ages? A lot of bass for the money and less of a gamble although I suppose the new basses could be returned.

A decent gigbag is always appreciated, something that will protect the bass but also be easy to transport. The TGI Extreme ones are reasonably priced: https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/TGI-Extreme-Series-Bass-Guitar-Gig-Bag/2WP4?origin=product-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQiAiJSeBhCCARIsAHnAzT82y_TUXZ6_Cwqz6-8_GQyfV2zZHjrjdkNTnX9CE3RdOlLSqTLN8IYaApI3EALw_wcB Also decent cables that will last decades are a good buy, quality doesn't have to mean expensive: https://www.designacable.com/musician-leads/instrument-leads.html/jack-to-jack/designacable-custom-shop-premium-braided-guitar-cable-van-damme-neutrik.html

Puzzling that such work has been done on a bass so cheap to just replace like for like, maybe the owner who had the work done really loved it?