nu_mike

Welcome to all readers. It is my unhappy duty to try to find a buyer for a very specialised bass guitar made for a friend shortly before he died. The guitar is an Iceni Zoot Boudicca, five string fretless bass together with a Hiscox flight case. Pictures are attached, please forgive the quality as they were taken with my son's phone camera. I believe it has an active pickup which can be coil tapped. Unfortunately, I don't know what woods were used in its manufacture As stated he had it hand made and took delivery two days before he was diagnosed with abdominal cancer which spread rapidly to his brain. His wife said that he only took it out of the case once. We have documentation to prove that the purchase price was £1750.00 , and the case cost extra - but the invoice for that has gone missing. I was fortunate enough to be able to contact Mike Walsh who made it, and he advised me to use the facilities of this site to find a consensus of expert opinion as to its resale value - so if you don't want to buy, could you please be kind enough to give me some idea of a ballpark figure. We are in N.E. Essex and I think it would be both difficult and expensive to try to find a carrier who would transport it and insure it for its full value at a reasonable price. I'm sure interested purchasers would be able to try it before committing themselves to buying - but by appointment only. Please address all communications to: [email protected] with Iceni Zoot in the subject box, so it doesn't get routed into junk mail. (n. All the reflections in the guitars finish are from the roof of the conservatory where I had to photograph it to get sufficient light. Thank you for your interest. 9th July. I've been contacted by the Site Moderator and asked to put a firm price on the bass. After a lot of advice from other members, together with my friend's widow, we'll try for £1200 or near offer. However, you must be prepared to convince the lady that she wouldn't get a better price.... Many thanks. Mike.