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I’m sure this would sell in minutes if you added postage? 

Bloody lovely bass.. wish I had £2500 right now.. it’ll only go up in value.. sadly I haven’t.. have a free bump.. GLWTS

4 hours ago, Sammybass said:

I have nothing to send it in safely 🤷🏼‍♂️

It’s a problem I appreciate that.. but with the cost of petrol now anyone more than 40-50 miles of you is going to be put off.. that’s a lot of buyers.. if you have a good relationship with your local guitar shop they may well have delivery boxes out back just waiting to go for cardboard recycling.. my local shop gets rid of loads every week.. for a small donation to their biscuit fund you might be in luck?? 

This would probably sell straight away if you added post/courier? Lovely bass. 

Frankly astonished that this is still here.. a beautiful example of Mark’s custom work.. if anyone fancies buying my USA Telecaster off me I’d have it.. 

Sadly a full tank of fuel away and back for me which is another £100 these days (bloody cost of fuel!) … GLWTS

Is it still not open to UK buyers or has that changed?

It’s Mike Dirnt’s birthday today apparently.. heard that on Planet Rock.. wish I had £850.. bargain.. GLWTS

Having owned a Bravewood previously I’d be in like a shot…!  if only I currently owned a Stingray.. GLWTS

Do you have the original E tuner? 

Where are you Mike? 

Niiiice 👍🏻

I enjoy being on Bass Chat for a number of reasons but one of my original motivations for joining was the ‘For Sale’ topics. 
 

I generally check 2-3 times a week to see what’s been posted but yesterday I didn’t (Mother’s Day, visiting in-laws etc) … today I saw my dream bass in the ads, but already sold within 24hrs!! 😮 listed and sold before I even saw it!! genuinely a bit gutted.. 

I will now be checking EVERY day!! 

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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