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[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1492630074' post='3281867']
STill a bit over priced in my opinion - unless it's a shop with bills, staff, vat etc
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Thanks, it's a mate of a mate which makes the discusssion a bit trickier in some ways but he is a friendly chap so will see what comes when the decent pics arrive. It's a 200 mile round trip so I will want to be fixed in my mind regarding condition and price before I do it. Searching around I can seem to find any for much below £350 but that is as of today, doesn't mean there weren't twenty for sale at £200 last week or indeed next week for that matter, hence why I asked the immensely more experienced resource that BC is as I had no real clue beyond what they are new. I would prefer a precision anyway tbh so certainly don't want to pay a premium for a Jazz.

Had a search and found it's a 2003, after further discussion (it's quite a way from me so don't want to waste a trip) it's going to be around £350, he wanted £400, I suggested £300 if ok and he came back with £350 which seems reasonable from what has been said above if it's as described. Time will tell.....

Edit^^^^ beat me to it by a minute! Thanks anyway.

The serial number starts MZ317, does that help or do I need to,put up the whole number? Don't want to be rude to the guy selling as it's not mine and I don't know him personally.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1492611130' post='3281620']
Not all squiers are created equal

Neither are mex jazzes- suggest you post the serial number ?
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I have only seen a rough pic so far, will post up the number if I can get it. Having spoken to him again it would seem that he has a sensible idea of value that looks to fall broadly with above, well a little bit less actually so will have to see.

Thanks for all the help.

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1492603114' post='3281531']
£300?
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Is that a top value or what you would offer?

I have been offered a Mexican Fender Jazz, but asked to 'make an offer' (I hate doing that). It's white and reasonable condition, just in need of a setup and clean I understand.

Could anyone give a rough figure of what they usually go for? (I have searched the old Internet and found widely varying prices so after a ball park as opposed to down to the last penny). Also, are they ever copied? If so, any tips on how to check it's genuine.

You may have guessed that I am a Fender Virgin!

I can't speak for any of those, but was surprised by a friends combo which was identical to mine except for a cheap replacement valve. The tone was awful compared to mine, he has since switched to an NOS one and it sounds much better. So I would say 100% that quality of valves does affect tone. How that relates to these products I can't say though.

No luck sadly which is a shame, glwts.

Looks like it won't work unfortunately, but if you know better let me know.

I don't suppose you know if it works with a GP7SM250 do you? Had a search and can't find 100% either way.

I bought a TE combo and cab from Steve, absolute top bloke and I would have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone else.

Thanks again Steve.

To a very happy me, thanks mate, pleasure to do business with you. Just had a quick play and those TE Watts are worth a bit more than most, and that tone........

I am grinning like a twelve year old and that is just with the combo, can't wait to connect up the cab as well.

You are advocating mental/ physical abuse of people? It is never needed and is never productive, only the stupid would think otherwise.

No one needs bullying, it's a stupid way to go about things and very unproductive.

My first year at Uni was partly spoiled by the guy in the next room attempting to learn the entire Caster USM first album, it wouldn't have been so bad if I liked the album, still makes me shudder now if I hear it. He wasn't bad, just very very very very dedicated to his practice. I helped out a mate in the Battle of the bands (just moving kit and setting up) and we have a laugh about this guy. Unbeknown to us he was sat opposite and promptly went out with his band who played a couple of Carter USM tracks and one of their own - blatant rip off of USM as well. When he came back in he asked if we recognised the playing, luckily he was a top bloke with a great sense of humour who apologised profusely about the noise and bought us a pint, which was kind of him.

PM replied :-)

Great idea, I think you could market that concept.

PM sent

Don't let age worry you, as long as they have been looked after they will go on for ages.

I started on a Stagg which was pretty horrible but got me going and gave me the bug to want to play more, the only thing I would say is that when I then picked up a better bass I couldn't believe how much better my playing was instantly. The Stagg hadn't been set up and the action was very high. You don't have to spend a fortune to get a bass that will play well though, if you know anyone who plays then getting them to give a potential purchase a once over is worth doing.

[quote name='Shambo' timestamp='1492509977' post='3280758']

I don't think the scenario you have described is the buying and selling for profit and no fault has been implied. That sounds like a very normal situation. Buy a 2nd hand instrument instrument, enjoy it (or not), then move it on... perhaps its gone up in value, hopefully it hasn't dropped.
Speaking personally and for nobody else, I wouldn't want to purchase an instrument here from another member of the 'community', who [b][i]only [/i][/b]bought the instrument to move it on quickly for a profit... and not even with the good manners to try and flog it somewhere else. I think such behaviour is damaging to the forum.
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You have summed up perfectly what I was trying to get at.

^^^^^ but with extra emphasis on the try before you buy. I am pretty new to this game and some stuff that the Internet claims is wonderful wasn't for me and some more budget stuff works for me. As an example I tried a Gibson thunderbird because I loved the look and sound, but the feel and position was something I knew I just wouldn't get on with long term. I have several basses but my 'go to' bass is an 80s Aria that is well worn and bought cheap, it just works for me.

So try as many as you can and don't forget that they will sound a lot different through a £2k rig in a shop than a £20 second hand practice amp or similar.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1492505406' post='3280701']
Just bought one second-hand and it may sound stupid but I can't work out how to open the battery compartment. Have tried various combinations of pulling, pushing, sliding, etc but with no luck. Sadly, the user's manual doesn't go into that much detail. Could someone give me guidance?
[/quote] Mine just has a little clip you move to one side and it pops up. It's at the opposite end to the jack.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1492469586' post='3280587']


are you talking about other forums or BC specifically? Because if it's here, I don't agree... everybody here has the same opportunity, there's no 'early disclosure' for select members or anything.

It is frustrating when I've been after something fir a while, only to find I missed out by a few hours, but it is irrelevant whether the buyer is another regular member or somebody who is actively trading to make a profit: the person who gets there first has the advantage. If you want to improve your chances, then check often. I don't know, I never felt I had anybody else to blame despite my disappointment.

I do prefer to sell to a regular member as well, but in the end, if I have a buyer, I have a buyer and what they do with their stuff is not my business.
I did get annoyed once when I sold a guitar I had advertised on gumtree to a local guy. He came over, saying it was a present for his son, asked if I had any extras... he seemed nice and I loved the story he told me about his son wanting a guitar just like this one but not thinking he could afford it etc etc... I ended up bringing the price down a bit (it wasn't an expensive guitar, I went from £120 to £100) and added a gig bag, a nice strap, a decent cable... I had lots of spares.
Within the week, it was back on gumtree at a higher price. Birthday present my arse...
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No not specifically about BC at all, in my first post I pointed out that I have found it an issue on forums generally. If I was to be specific about one in particular it would be a motoring one I used for a long time. Three characters used to continually watch the classifieds and jump on any interesting/ cheap items and then relist them within a day at vastly inflated prices. Most members refused to buy off them in public, but when you need 'that' part to finish a restoration there is a lot of pressure to PM them if no one else has it.

Someone else said that forums aren't 'utopias', I know that, but that doesn't mean we can't work together to make them as close as possible. My experience of BC has been 100% positive (I tend to nose around a forum for a while before I join so wouldn't be on here if I didn't like the atmosphere) and as such my comments should only be taken as general reference to previous experience and not specific to BC unless stated. Also in my experience forums are very much a sum of their members, good people make good forums and in the few months I have been on here I have had excellent advice from many members and have several people I now count as friends.

[quote name='GuyR' timestamp='1492464676' post='3280539']
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The genuine punter, as you describe them, needs to be a bit more on the ball when it comes to responding quickly when a well priced item is advertised. The dealers don't have advance warning. I agree that if you were to ask a buyer whether they intended to sell on, it would be dishonest not to respond truthfully, but you always have the recourse of leaving bad feedback. I wouldn't be interested in what a buyer were to do with a bass I sold them.

It'd be boring if we all had the same opinion.
On a related subject, about a year ago, a U.K. Ebayer was listing what was obviously a very nice early 60s sphagetti-logo precision as a 1970s one. It went for £1200 as I remember. The seller obviously ignored the many warnings he must surely have received from the bass-playing community that he had grossly underpriced his bass.
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But the dealers make a living out of dealing so can have the sales sections of relevant forums on watching, whereas most of us mere mortals have to do inconvenient things like working which means we can't always be so 'on the ball', it as I said, it's up to the individual whatbthey wish to do, but to me I feel that the way a lot of dealers work on hobby forums undermines rather than supports those hobbies.