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Nice.. do you have individual prices in mind? 

Ooh… 👍🏻

Absolutely beautiful bass.. fingers crossed for my Euromillions ticket tonight.. I won £3.20 last week so only need another £1596.80 this week!! 

John once refinished a genuine ‘68 P bass for me and his work was simply superb. I wish I’d never sold it. GLWTS.

35 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

It's only a modification if it can't be readily put back to stock. Stating as such it is fair warning to the buyer to consider the value to them and potential resale.

An upgrade may or may not involve modification. Again the buyer is free to consider the value.

Yes, you’re right, there’s definitely a distinction between ‘bolt on’ removable modifications and permanent alterations (routing etc) although even a change of tuners is likely to leave ghost holes. Although it’s also true to say that it’s rare that the original parts get included in the sale, more often than not, so unless you (as the buyer) are prepared to go and source original parts to restore it back to standard you’re still left with a modified bass. As I say, I’m not totally against modifying.. I just dislike calling every single alteration an upgrade.

Incidentally I also loathe the phrase ‘essential mods’… as I said, I’m into motorcycles and one of the most common questions on every bike forum these days is, “Hi I’m new here, what are the essential mods for this bike?”….. it drives me nuts! 

A new word… hmmmm… perhaps ‘ruinated’ or ‘meddlef****d’….?

I think the word ‘Upgrade’ has been overused by people who really mean ‘modified’…

Modifications of course are fine, some improve things and others don’t, I have no problem with experimenting and trying new things. But ‘upgrade is subjective.
 

My son is currently trying out different pickups on a cheap (£80) Squier affinity strat for example… just for fun and he’s learning about maintaining and repairing his guitar along the way (which is great) but any changes he makes will be a subjective change.
 

For example.. adding a set of £300 pickups to a £250 bass is probably an improvement (although still subjective and not necessarily so) but adding a £30 eBay high mass bridge to a £600 bass may not be.. neither sonically or visually. Beauty is in the eye (or ear) of the beholder (listener).
 

I think my real issue is when it’s used in a ‘for sale’ ad.. if you change something and you like it that’s great and it’s totally your call to do that to your bass… but to call it an ‘upgrade’ and add to the asking price is questionable. Almost always modifications devalue second hand stuff. Certainly if you start modifying a high end bass significantly and irreversibly you will devalue it.

My other passion in life is motorcycles and the secondhand bike market is full of the same… stuff listed in for sale ads as ‘upgraded’ when really it’s been ‘modified’.. not always for the better.

Just to be clear.. I’m not anti modification.. trying different stuff and experimenting and making small changes can be cool… but modifying isn’t always upgrading.. often the reverse. 

Are you in Washington in Sussex or a different Washington..? (Assuming not the USA..!!)

Lovely bass. Do you mind my asking why it was B stock when you bought it? 

3 hours ago, MattW said:

Price drop to £800 for this weekend.  Otherwise am going to withdraw for now and buy the new bass on the credit card!

Good luck, these Limelight’s are just sublime.. I wish I had a spare £800 right now.. 

Surprised this is still on here.. seriously good bass.. 

Is it’s 3EQ with a vol pot for each pickup?? 

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Oooh 😎

P with a J neck… bass nirvana.. GLWTS

I have the 200 and it is a thing of joy.. bargain.. glwts 

Thank you for all your replies… turns out it’s a scam.. hope nobody else gets one of these and get taken in. 

9 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

There's a big warning on his page...

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/ScottsBassLessons

 

 

Thanks mate… thought it looked scammy.. 👍🏻

Is this legit or is it a scam?? Turned up on messenger… what do you guys think? 

I was recently looking at Reverb and a beautiful Taylor acoustic bass caught my eye.. I was about to reach for my bank card but then I saw the wood grain on the back!! Always best to check the grain before building an instrument. I’ll say no more and leave the rest to your imaginations. 

Oh my goodly goodness..! 

You have so many nice basses on here for sale.. I need a lottery win! 

*buys EuroMillions ticket! 

1 minute ago, wateroftyne said:

Beautiful. Is that charcoal frost on the left? More pics please!

Yes the Charcoal Frost on the left.. the camera doesn’t really show how different it is.. it’s the colour of the Sean Hurley P.. here’s a few closer pics when they came out of the cases earlier.. 

Just now, Ander87 said:

 

Gorgeous! What are the differences between them?

Thanks mate…
 

From the left…

1. Charcoal frost paint.. jazz neck.. strung BEAD for down tuning.

2. Black paint, jazz neck.. regular tune.. a straight ‘63 spec (my no.1)

3. Olympic white.. jazz neck.. (backup bass) ‘63 spec again

4. Olympic white over Candy Apple Red.. P neck with matched headstock and.. standard tune.. 70’s black scratchplate for when I’m in a punk mood! 
 

All medium to heavy relics.. I just need a stack nob Jazz to go with them now..! 🤔

Just moving these into my new studio space and couldn’t resist a pic.. four of the best basses I have ever been lucky enough to own.