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Challenging build that Andy. In the immortal words of David St Hubbins 'I'm sure you'll pull through with great aplomb' Looking forward to seeing this develop.
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I recently bought one of their 'Cats Eyes' branded acoustic six strings, which is Chinese, and I have to say it's a belting instrument. Cost less than £150 IIRC. The precision in the link a couple of posts above is about £850, at todays exchange rate (which is very poor) an off-the-shelf Maruszczyk Jake is about £820. Does anyone have one of each? Which is the better buy?
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Nice looking bass, that Mick. Good price too. If those are eighties EMG's then they are probably worth the asking price on their own. A fine, manly pickup IMHO. GLWTS. -
Are these the sought after classic's of tomorrow I ask myself? An awful lot of bass here for next to nothing. Have a bump. GLWTS. -
I think it is and I believe I've already bought it....
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Bought Ed's Sting Precision reissue. Very good experience and a nice chap. Deal with confidence!
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Ahh, house insurance. I had a similar incident a couple of years ago with an acoustic. Tripped, dropped it, buggered up the bottom bout and the binding. The repair plus refinish came in at a rather unpleasant £900. My insurance company, fair play to them, settled very quickly. When I came to renew the next year I found my premium had gone up by..erm..£600 because of the claim...bit of a bummer really...insurance companies, you think they work for you because you pay them. Mmmmmmm.....
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That is a fine looking bass at a decent price. Very surprised it's not sold yet. GLWTS. -
The figure on that fingerboard is lovely. Great thread Andy.
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Jesus Christ. In 1983 I bought a no name precision copy which some enterprising previous owner had a: Lovingly hand painted a 'Fender' logo on the headstock and b: added a second pickup. This second pickup was a rather agricultural device, which looked- to my untutored eye at least- like a six inch nail with some copper wire wrapped around it. The tone it produced (when engaged by means of a light switch attached to the scratch plate), could best be described as challenging. Not in a good way. That was £95. There was nothing else to be had locally for less than £200, which was a lot of money back then. So here we are in 2017, and you can buy a bass of this quality, Japanese made, in good nick, for the same price £ for £. Quite astonishing. GLWTS. Lovely bass for someone.
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That is truly lovely. GLWTS. -
Also, it's worth noting that unless you are somewhere near Altrincham, he seems pretty set on collection only, which is a right pain, and should thusly be reflected in the price.
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Bloody hell. This one has legs!
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Glorious looking guitar that. GLWTS.
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Are there pictures?
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£811 with an hour to go. Thats me out....
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That, is some bass....
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[quote name='Shabbs' timestamp='1487682609' post='3241758'] Perhaps no 2nd chance offers because he's bidding with a second account? [/quote] Controversial.....I have to say though, that bit in the listing about 'checking notes with a scanner' is a bit mental. I'm sure buying secondhand basses is not organised crimes route of choice for passing counterfeit cash.
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Up to £700 already. Heading for the stratosphere....
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It will!
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[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1486512379' post='3232464'] That does sound interesting, I prefer the older brighter sounding pickups! [/quote]How come Gibson never managed to do this? It beggars belief.
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harley benton pb50, can it really be as good as the reviews?
W1_Pro replied to ribbetingfrog's topic in Bass Guitars
In 1983 I bought my first bass, from a music shop in Cardiff. It was a Precision 'copy'- and I use the term in it's loosest possible sense- which some enterprising previous owner had lovingly painted a fairly passable 'Fender ' logo on the headstock. Possibly the same enterprising former owner had added a second pickup near the bridge. The pickup looked remarkably like a six inch nail with some copper wire wrapped around it. It was £95. There was nothing else within £120 of this, and I had £100, which had taken me AGES to save. Thirty four years later, this is £85 and actually looks like quite a nice bass. Globalisation can't be all bad, eh? -
I must say. I can take or leave Spectors as a rule, but this is gorgeous. GLWTS. -
Lovely looking bass. GLWTS. -
[quote name='Maz LFC' timestamp='1487272905' post='3238582'] The seller messaged me today. It was won by a Ukelele dealer in Yorkshire who has failed to pay for it He asked if I was still interested. I declined, being very glad he didn't take me up on the £1k I offered originally.I told him why, as it is a Roadie and as such far too expensive. I've checked and the dearest Roadie of the 4 sold on eBay last year was £720. One only made £521 and a Series 2 Supernatural in lovely nick made £1119.(bargain). [/quote] The seller must be gutted, he must have thought he was on to a proper result. Those prices for secondhand Jaydee's sound about right to me- and as I said earlier I'm no expert- I would love to get my hands on a proper supernatural.
