EssentialTension Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-1962-HOFNER-ARTIST-RED-BASS-/390233956309?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5adbc19fd5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-1962-HOFNER-...=item5adbc19fd5[/url] £695 I paid £30 in 1974!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tino Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='948638' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:03 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-1962-HOFNER-ARTIST-RED-BASS-/390233956309?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5adbc19fd5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-1962-HOFNER-...=item5adbc19fd5[/url] £695 I paid £30 in 1974!!![/quote] I paid £20 in 2009 Cuffley Boot sale and sold it for £320 on Gumtree that same week .....it was pants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 7, 2010 Author Share Posted September 7, 2010 [quote name='tino' post='948645' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:07 PM']I paid £20 in 2009 Cuffley Boot sale and sold it for £320 on Gumtree that same week .....it was pants [/quote] Mine wasn't pants, I wish I still had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tino Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='948646' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:09 PM']Mine wasn't pants, I wish I still had it.[/quote] Well yer best get your bid in ....................................you can get a sensible bass for that dough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 NKR Guitars have been trying to sell that for months - I corrected their original (very inaccurate) advert and dated the bass for them. That's a pretty good bass, nearly all-original, rare diamond pickups, very good nick for the age, with the desirable red vinyl finish that most Hofner collectors want to have an example of. It's not worth £695, though. He should get £400, might even get close to £500, but that'll be from a wealthy customer in the shop - not eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tino Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='948663' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:22 PM']NKR Guitars have been trying to sell that for months - I corrected their original (very inaccurate) advert and dated the bass for them. That's a pretty good bass, nearly all-original, rare diamond pickups, very good nick for the age, with the desirable red vinyl finish that most Hofner collectors want to have an example of. It's not worth £695, though. He should get £400, might even get close to £500, but that'll be from a wealthy customer in the shop - not eBay.[/quote] I agree...................................... However had it a toasted neck it would be worth thousands HERE I GO AGAIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 7, 2010 Author Share Posted September 7, 2010 [quote name='tino' post='948651' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:16 PM']Well yer best get your bid in ....................................you can get a sensible bass for that dough [/quote] Yes, well the point of the thread - I didn't realise I'd need to make it explicit - was that this is a very high price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 7, 2010 Author Share Posted September 7, 2010 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='948663' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:22 PM']NKR Guitars have been trying to sell that for months - I corrected their original (very inaccurate) advert and dated the bass for them. That's a pretty good bass, nearly all-original, rare diamond pickups, very good nick for the age, with the desirable red vinyl finish that most Hofner collectors want to have an example of. It's not worth £695, though. He should get £400, might even get close to £500, but that'll be from a wealthy customer in the shop - not eBay.[/quote] Ah, I hadn't spotted that it was the vinyl finish; but, like you say, still not worth £695. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tino Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='948695' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:42 PM']Yes, well the point of the thread - I didn't realise I'd need to make it explicit - was that this is a very high price.[/quote] OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH....handbags at 30 paces... Sorry ..Im off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 [url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=com-G15ES164"]http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars...ck=com-G15ES164[/url] cheaper one in glasgow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='948646' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:09 PM']Mine wasn't pants, I wish I still had it.[/quote] Still got mine, it's still pants paid £25 for it. It's worth at least that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 [quote name='LukeFRC' post='948837' date='Sep 7 2010, 09:23 PM'][url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=com-G15ES164"]http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars...ck=com-G15ES164[/url] cheaper one in glasgow[/quote] That's in unbelievably good condition for a 1963 Hofner Artist. I'm guessing that it's a re-fin and quite possibly a full restoration job. I have to say, it's also quite beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='948638' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:03 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-1962-HOFNER-ARTIST-RED-BASS-/390233956309?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5adbc19fd5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-1962-HOFNER-...=item5adbc19fd5[/url] £695 I paid £30 in 1974!!![/quote] What an almost coincidence! I paid £32 for mine - my first ever bass! - in '73, though my one had the two selector switches under the front pup. It came with a snakeskin Selmer case and that amazing smell that comes out of those cases has stayed with me ever since. Like a mug, I pawned it a few years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 [quote name='Stacker' post='952457' date='Sep 11 2010, 08:38 AM']What an almost coincidence! I paid £32 for mine - my first ever bass! - in '73, though my one had the two selector switches under the front pup. It came with a snakeskin Selmer case and that amazing smell that comes out of those cases has stayed with me ever since. Like a mug, I pawned it a few years later.[/quote] My first bass too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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