Best bass sold on ebay for less than £50

[Annoying Twit]

I'd like to issue a challenge. Who can find the best bass on ebay, gumtree, basschat classifieds, etc. that sold for less than £50.

In theory, this should be a bass where it looks as if the postage is low enough so that the bass could have been bought for the sale price cash on collection. So, this Vintage Advance Jazzer is a bit borderline with £30 postage.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-bass-guitar-/141038448509?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20d68bef7d

And the bass should be in the UK.

So, for my entry, I'm going to go for this Yamaha fretless. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/yamaha-bass-guitar-Fretless-/231032606776?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35ca9dd038

Dunno if anyone will find this interesting enough, but at least with the strong words from the head honcho about keeping discussions polite there's minimal likelihood that someone will follow up just to call me a c***.

[Sercet]

Crafter acoustic.
99p
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/crafter-left-handed-acoustic-bass-/221267523583?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item33849277ff"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/crafter-left-handed-acoustic-bass-/221267523583?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item33849277ff[/url]

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='Sercet' timestamp='1376922542' post='2180903']
Crafter acoustic.
99p
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/crafter-left-handed-acoustic-bass-/221267523583?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item33849277ff"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item33849277ff[/url]
[/quote]

My cynicism was founded. It has been relisted, and is currently more than £100. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/crafter-left-handed-acoustic-bass-/221267530803?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3384929433

[itsmedunc]

Left handed acoustics shouldn't count...

[Phil Adams]

In the last 2 months I have bought a Dean Edge 1 for £35.00 and an ESP B-204 FM for just under £55.00 from the Bay.
Both near mint and for the money are pretty good. The ESP needed some tweaking, it had been kept in the guy's garage but the Dean was pretty much spot on.
Happy bunny.

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1377173843' post='2184282']
In the last 2 months I have bought a Dean Edge 1 for £35.00 and an ESP B-204 FM for just under £55.00 from the Bay.
Both near mint and for the money are pretty good. The ESP needed some tweaking, it had been kept in the guy's garage but the Dean was pretty much spot on.
Happy bunny.
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Pics? NBD thread?

Edit: I quickly searched for cheap Dean Edge basses. There are these 'three'.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dean-Edge-Four-string-bass-Soft-Case-/121149569634?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c3513ba62"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1c3513ba62[/url] Sold for £49.66

There's this one, sold for £40.01 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dean-Edge-Four-string-bass-Soft-Case-/121155019860?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c3566e454"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1c3566e454[/url]

And, there's this one, currently going for £35.01. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121161578373"]http://cgi.ebay.co.u...em=121161578373[/url]

The problem is, they are all the same bass being sold by the same seller. Is this a seller having a lot of trouble with non-paying buyers, or is it a seller who needs to set the starting bid at the lowest that they'll accept?

Edited August 23, 2013 by Annoying Twit