Wooks79 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/sandberg-california-bass-guitar/1016369347#gallery-item-full-2"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/sandberg-california-bass-guitar/1016369347#gallery-item-full-2[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 (edited) I don't do 4 Strings but that is just too much of a bargain. I can't believe that anyone with a bass of this calibre doesn't know the true value. In my area as well. Edited April 24, 2013 by BassBunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegatward Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I've just rung, it was actually Cash Convertors in Middleton. The guy told me it was on their website as well and went in 15 minutes . He asked me if it was a good price so I said he's undersold it by about 3-4 hundred God knows how much they gave the person who brought it in ! It was a rarewood finish with matching headstock as well, very nice indeed but I suspect the original owner is missing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Some Cash Converters have a resident "expert" on instruments and others haven't a clue. I saw a brand new Fender USA Telecaster with case in a CC for £325. It must literally have been "removed" from a shop as it was completely unplayed. A pal of mine got a really nice old Fender P-Bass from the same branch for £200 and after a bit of clean swapped it for a brand new Stingray 5 in a Manchester Music shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Cash Convertors, the only legalised fences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1366910768' post='2058994'] Cash Convertors, the only legalised fences [/quote] Police raided the branch in Stevenage about this time last year and allowed the Manager/ Assistant Manager to stay in one of their "suites" for a while...don't know the outcome though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 My stepson had all his fishing gear nicked from the back garden and sold it to Cash Convertors.He found it in there, police took 5 months to do anything about it as they knew who sold it.Went around his house months later, found no gear there(obviously) so they were allowed to sell it as there was no proof despite the bloke in the local fishing shop told them he sold it to the stepson.That is why i would never buy anything from them even if it is a bargain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegatward Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I wonder if this ended up on ebay. looks very similair but the piccies on the Gumtree ad aren't visible now. It has been withdrawn - guess the guy sold it at his shop. Bass Shack in Horsham. does anyone know it ?. Website has no bass gear currently for sale but a load of historic prices. Seems a little odd. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290907419738?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_310wt_1201"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290907419738?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_310wt_1201[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 [quote name='mikegatward' timestamp='1367324244' post='2064142'] I wonder if this ended up on ebay. looks very similair but the piccies on the Gumtree ad aren't visible now. It has been withdrawn - guess the guy sold it at his shop. Bass Shack in Horsham. does anyone know it ?. Website has no bass gear currently for sale but a load of historic prices. Seems a little odd. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290907419738?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_310wt_1201"]http://www.ebay.co.u...9#ht_310wt_1201[/url] [/quote] It isn't the same Bass Mike. I know who has just bought the eBay one you highlighted. The one on Gumtree had J/MM pickups and Gold harware and was a Jazz shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegatward Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Thank goodness for that. Small world though - 2 lovely sandbergs appearing within days of each other ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooks79 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 The one on gumtree wasn't a jazz shape mate, it was a P-shape with P and humbucker... Like the eBay one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 [quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1367327273' post='2064211'] The one on gumtree wasn't a jazz shape mate, it was a P-shape with P and humbucker... Like the eBay one. [/quote] Whoops my bad. I only had a quick look and 4 strings and gold hardware ended it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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