yorks5stringer Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) I have a brand new HK Spalted Maple Veneer 5 String Bass for sale here for only £90 delivered! On the basis "if it's that cheap, it's too good to be true", there must be a catch and there is: I will be making full disclosure! First the good points: it has a really nice neck profile, is lightweight (4kg) and I think looks quite distinctive. It has a decent sound from both pickups and the pots are nice and quiet too. The neck is 45mm at the nut. The finish is pretty good too but obviously not to Squier standards. Now the issues:it arrived in an undamaged box but with a number of small marks/dints all over the neck, as per the photos. Most will sand/steam out without affecting the neck profile but a couple "under" the 2nd fret will need filling. As the neck is like the current Squiers and very pale, if I was keeping it I would tint and True Oil it too. Just reviewing the photos, I have tried to capture the damage from different angles so many of the highlighted areas are duplicates on the next photo.There are around 10 marks, I'd say only 2-3 need filling, the rest are superficial. Because of the cost of postage, the Seller has suggested I sell it on eBay as damaged and he'll sell me another undamaged one. I thought I'd offer it here first, these retail on German eBay at £150 although similar ones branded Stellah go for around £135 I think. At this price I am losing money on what I paid for it, but the seller has agreed to cover my costs. It will come packed in the box in the photo which I will wrap in another layer of card/bubble wrap too. [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/689/s5001185e.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us.../s5001185e.jpg/[/url] [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/689/s5001184.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us...9/s5001184.jpg/[/url] [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/204/s5001183.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us...4/s5001183.jpg/[/url] [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/338/s5001182.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us...8/s5001182.jpg/[/url] Any questions, don't hesitate to ask! if anyone wants to collect it, I'll take £10 off. I just bought it as a cheap back-up to my Kbass but don't go thinking this is a rubbish bass, i've been quite impressed with it sounds and playability. Have been authorised to drop it to £90 delivered UK, or will do 3 payments of £33- need to move it on! (0% APR) Edited January 18, 2013 by yorks5stringer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFitzgerald Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Any pics of the full instrument ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Yes, sorry had usual problems uploading photos so had to go to a hosting site and forgot to include ones of the actual Bass! [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/43/s5001180.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/43/s5001180.jpg/[/url] [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/201/s5001181.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/201/s5001181.jpg/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Quite a pretty bass. Until you drew all over the neck with a red marker! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clashcityrocker Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I'm quite tempted purely to hang it my wall,looks lovely! But we both know how my long my last 5 string journey lasted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 "........Until you drew all over the neck with red marker" You clearly have not got kids!! Here's the eBay listing: [url="http://www.ebay.de/itm/HK-5-Saiter-Bass-in-Spalted-Maple-Top-Nur-wenige-/390521405981?pt=Gitarren&hash=item5aece3c21d"]http://www.ebay.de/itm/HK-5-Saiter-Bass-in-Spalted-Maple-Top-Nur-wenige-/390521405981?pt=Gitarren&hash=item5aece3c21d[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 [quote name='clashcityrocker' timestamp='1358277208' post='1936234'] I'm quite tempted purely to hang it my wall,looks lovely! But we both know how my long my last 5 string journey lasted [/quote] You could use it to hide any red felt tip marks..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) Bump for new price and payment options. So a 1 off payment of £90 (£10 prompt payment discount) or 3 of £33 at monthly intervals. Edited January 17, 2013 by yorks5stringer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatsausage Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Would it be available for collection by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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