Burns-bass

It sounds wonderful and I think we’d all like to see it. If you asked me when I bought my Barefaced 1x10 cab I’d have no idea, and that was a few years ago.

Thanks Mark. The inside of the case had all perished and whenever you put it on the bass it left it covered in a cost of sticky residue. It was quite disgusting and so I binned it rather than having it in my house! Apparently the bass has been to I did and the extreme heat had done it a real damage. And yes, I’m loving the bass actually. What strings did you have on yours? The ones on there at the moment are OK, but I’m looking to upgrade when I get the cash. Would love you TE cab as well so I need to get saving.

That assumes the factory producing the pots delivered them to the factory in the same month they were manufactured, which is possible but unlikely.

This is precisely what it is. As well as getting a kickback for arranging the loan, the car dealer can also add a percentage on top. (Let’s say you were approved for a loan at 5%, the dealer arranges it at 7% and can pocket a bigger commission.) This is going to be another mis-selling scandal. Which details here: https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/car-finance-fca-investigation-what-you-need-to-know-a4eXb5u8VeBy When I went to buy my car, I asked for a cash discount and I got £50 off a £9000 car. We had a good chat and the guy told me that was because the fuel was low, and when I checked, it was.

What people say and the reality can often get very mixed up. I’d discount almost anything a seller told me and use the latest part dates as a guide (as someone here suggested). There’s little difference between a 75 and 76, but I know people have a preference for the larger Precision logo.

I have to agree with this. In recent years my business has lost substantially more than the sums here by two people who commissioned work, used it and never paid. Their behaviour was worryingly similar to that of a John here and I think that he is (again) leading you on a merry dance and at some point will come back to you and explain how his “mental health problems have stopped him from delivering the bass and that he’ll make you a priority etc.” It seems to be his way of working.

This is sort of a joke, but I hate to see anyone ripped off by dishonest people like Jon. I recently had my kitchen done and the guys took no payment at all until it was done and we were happy.

If it got really bad then I’d buy some of his basses off Reverb totalling the value of yours, pay with a credit card, enact a chargeback and see what happens.

Especially given the massive rise on online fraud. It’s a sensible option.

Sounds like half the listings I read for vintage Fender. ”All original apart from new pots, rewound pickups, a new nut and a swapped scratch plate…”

Yes I’d offer what I thought was fair. I encourage others to do that and it’s rare I’ve sold things at the price advertised. As long as it’s done in a polite and positive way and the person is interested in a sale, why not?

That’s just the light where it was pictured. They’re both tort guards. Definitely worth messaging them.

I said “I think” - could even be others before that date I guess.

I think they started in 1970 but in very small numbers.

I saw this a few days ago and it seems like a reasonably priced vintage bass in great condition. https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/fender-precision-bass-fretless-natural-gloss-1973-pre-owned/ I reckon if you’re buying for investment purposes this would be a good shout.

Cheaper to build a Time Machine. The price is just insane.

I did the same today. Pre gig: and post gig:

Hi Rabbie, I think this is what I’ll have to do. I’m at a gig now and it really doesn’t fit into a 3/4 case. It’s sort of swims in it.

There’s a fair price and an idiotic one! The rule of the internet is: if it appears too good to be true, it probably is. (I say this as someone who was recently contacted by the Police and accused of handling stolen goods!)

When I did have stuff to sell I was a bit cheeky and asked Bassbros what they’d offer me as trade in and used that as the basis for sale prices. If I hadn’t sold them in a week or two, I would have traded them in. For context, I was offered £350 by BB for a 1970s Mexican jazz (block inlays one). I sold it for £375 which was, give it take, what I paid for it. I have seen them for sale on eBay and here for over £600 which seems mad to me.

Yes I think secondhand retailers have an influence on prices. We’re still experiencing a covid hangover where people assume that whatever they’re selling is hugely desirable. We’re all teaching mass “stuff” and with the economy as it is, I expect a fair old correction. Personally, I sold off 85% of my bass gear and did so through eBay for the speed and simplicity. In most cases I specified collection only and it worked out. I’m now well on my way in my mid-life crisis savings pot.

Agreed. Let's take a bog-standard US Musicman Stingray. I've seen these for sale used in shops from between £1400-£1500. Private sellers are trying to achieve the same prices without considering the costs of new strings and set up, delivery costs, credit card fees (2-2.5%), a small profit for the retailer.

I’m with you on this. Before picking up bass I played keyboard and guitar (and failed). My dad said “you pick something you want to do and you pay for it” - so I did. Played for hours and hours every day to get it right, and since then he’s been a hugely supportive fan.

People can obviously advertise things at whatever prices they wish. But when you’re trying to get £500 for a Fender Player Series jazz bass I’d take it as a sign you maybe have priced things a bit too high and save the exasperated posts.

As I’ve said before, a guitar shop owner told me the used market is “a lot of people which not very desirable items trying to charge shop prices then getting upset when they don’t sell…” The whole used market is due a reset. Too many people trying to charge what shops do with none of the benefits. The stuff that hangs around (there are some listings here that get bumped every week with no change to price) are pretty much all over-priced items that are common.