TheGreek Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Unlikely to be genuine but who knows - £1800 http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/wal-mark-1-4-string-bass-guitar/1006228033 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 It will be genuine if the seller does not give you a cocknbull story about now living in the Hebrides....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Horton Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Anyone nearbuy that could check it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I didn't think fake Wals even existed! I guess that shows what I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 [quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1358432993' post='1939022'] I didn't think fake Wals even existed! I guess that shows what I know. [/quote] Don't see many fake Wals but plenty of fake adds...as Y5S says they're normally in the Hebrides.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierreganseman Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 i don't believe in this... why would any one price it like that when they go usually easy between £2500 and £3000.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Hmmm ... not convinced about your prices Piet. We're in the middle of another sudden, sharp fall in prices for high-end basses, in the UK anyway. We've just seen a Mk.III 5-string sell on BC for £2250 which is 20% down on what I would have guessed a year ago. This Gumtree listing may just be "priced to sell". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalMan Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Looks nice, and cheap assuming it's not offshore. Say "built Nov 2010", so one of the new builds then and they are "[url="http://www.walbasses.co.uk/Ordering%20and%20Pricing"]Prices from £3650[/url]" so someone is potentially taking a mahoosive loss!! Saw an old Custom in a shop in Brighton that is seriously relic'd - for which read beaten up with gigging not a sander - and no original case, and they are asking a snip under £3k. Anyone who pays that will be plain mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 The bass is apparently in Kelso, Northumbria - not in London - says that he had no interest locally so advertised it where he hoped there would be more.. He's given me an address which is genuine - anybody who is local and/or interested can contact me or the seller.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1358686860' post='1943256'] The bass is apparently in Kelso, Northumbria - not in London - says that he had no interest locally so advertised it where he hoped there would be more.. He's given me an address which is genuine - anybody who is local and/or interested can contact me or the seller.. [/quote] Isn't kelso in scotland? Anyway - close for anyone going to the moffat bass bash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'd be very wary, the last dodgy one that was on was a similar modus operandi. It was advertised on Bournemouth Gumtree and ended up being in the Scottish Isles. The guy never once spoke to me about the Bass, just how he wanted payment. When I suggested someone looking at it, he got very jumpy. He had an eastern european name which may/may not have been genuine. I was never interested in the Bass, just how the scam would work, The photos were the same ones from a previous scam according to those who know these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Reminds me of the £1500 Martin D-45 that was advertised last year on London Gumtree. On asking to view, seller said they had relocated to the Shetland Isles. "No probs" said I," I'll just hop on a 'plane! Gimme your address?" Response came there none! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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