warwickhunt

[quote name='Truckstop' post='1246030' date='May 26 2011, 06:34 PM']If someone were to buy mine off me, it would have to be at least £500. They're great basses, are made just as good as the CIJ RI's, sound just as good and look the nuts and they regularly go for around £500. Why should a '51-'54 RI be any less?[/quote] It's back to the age old debate of 'value' v 'worth'. You can value an instrument at any price you like BUT it's worth is what someone is prepared to put their hand in their pocket and pay!

There's a one just sold on ebay for less than £300 (check the ebay section of BC), so I don't think the lower figures quoted are far wide of the mark! However, something is only worth what someone will pay; I recently offered over £400 for a MIJ P bass and got knocked back, so certain buyers are holding out for the right buyer which is fair does.

Hmmm! Don't know the dimensions of an Epi 3x10 but I have this for sale. I'll measure it up for you but I have to say it is not light as it is full flightcase spec! Massive casters make it a breeze to push around but light it is not... cheap it certainly is though; £25 + delivery.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1242404' date='May 23 2011, 10:45 PM']If the seller doesn't send the item it's barely any hassle to claim your money back through Paypal, i'm more than willing to sacrifice a few minutes of my life if i can get something i want for much less than i'd usually pay.[/quote] The problem occurs when the seller does send it and it's a POS and you are out of pocket returning it and potentially in the process the seller tries to rip you off by denying the item has been returned... Did that seem a little bitter and personal?

[quote name='JPJ' post='1241369' date='May 23 2011, 11:47 AM']Suffice to say that at the stage volumes we play at (ask Warwickhunt, but remember to speak up as I think we damaged his delicate hearing ), our sound guy has problems controlling the bottom end hence the big bass cut on the low end of my amp The proximity of the side wall to my rig probably also contributed to the overall bassiness of the sound, but hey thats pub rock![/quote] WHAT? Can't hear you as JPJ's band are playing down the road! You lot are seriously loud though; so that SWR isn't a luxury... it's a necessity!

[quote name='Delberthot' post='1240978' date='May 22 2011, 10:42 PM']Doesn't it cost about 6p to put a reserve on? People like that are the ones that gives us Scots a bad name for being tight with money[/quote] The reserve premium is dependent upon the reserve price so the higher the reserve the higher the cost to the seller... saying nowt about tight Scots as I'm not that far South of the border and I'm as tight as a gnat's chuff!

This same seller sold one of our own BCers a bass recently and he's pulled the sale of this rig several times that I'm aware of. As has been said, he wants to avoid putting a reserve fee which will bump his costs but he's leaving himself wide open to a major warning off ebay and at least a neg strike for not selling. Oddly enough despite it being a piece of expensive quality kit I genuinely don't believe that last minute bids would have bumped that price up even if he didn't have that warning of not selling it for less than £900!

[quote name='kerley' post='1238364' date='May 20 2011, 04:31 PM']May not be totally representative. Would you give £300 to a seller with low feedback and not 100% at that. The question is does the buyer actually ever get the bass or just a load of hassle and eBay/Paypal claiming![/quote] You missed the main reason that it didn't go any higher (aside from it's a Warwick)... it's BLUE!

[quote name='mart' post='1236605' date='May 19 2011, 08:36 AM']Fixed one tiny detail for you. [/quote] Ooops! Very true, nearly dropped a major clanger.

Buy ANY non-budget Warwick now and glory in the fact that you'll have a cracking bass that seriously can't dip in value any lower than it presently is but rest assured WILL be worth more in years to come!

[quote name='wrinkleygit' post='1234961' date='May 17 2011, 09:39 PM']Well ????????????????????????????????????????????[/quote] Sounds sweet in the house through my house amp, can't wait to get it up to volume with the band. My memory must be going though because I do seem to recall that these heavy (109) LaBellas were higher tension but these feel fine!

[quote name='jonthebass' post='1234906' date='May 17 2011, 09:18 PM']I tried one at New Kings Road Vintage Guitar Emporium a few years ago. It was an ex-Bob Daisley example and was up for £2,000.[/quote] [quote name='noelk27' post='1234931' date='May 17 2011, 09:27 PM']Mine sold on eBay around six or seven years ago, for less than a grand.[/quote] I'd guess from just those two quotes alone that you can pluck a figure from thin air and it might be close! If it is genuinely from the Fender Custom Shop (I've no idea if they did produce a 100 certificated items), then it's got to be at least greater than the lowest quoted figure... but what do I know as it doesn't begin with 'W'.