lojo Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 http://andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=1046 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 very nice but 16grand nice, i dont think so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 Yeah , wonder what price someone would pay though ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburstjazz1967 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 It was 12k last time, 9k before that, it got slagged off at nine and sold months later for 12k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1457371904' post='2997897'] I've seen that up for sale before somewhere. Not sure it was quite that price tag then. [/quote] It's got the usual Andy Baxter "add 40% to what it's actually worth" thing happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmettC Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I would buy it if I had £15K to spare, but I'd want to play it, so it would only be worth a few hundred next time it was sold..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 For that money I could buy a 2005 Maserati. What to do, what to do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titchfieldrelic Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Would it have been strung with flats or roundwounds when made by MusicMan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayDownThaFunk Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 [quote name='titchfieldrelic' timestamp='1457375398' post='2997942'] Would it have been strung with flats or roundwounds when made by MusicMan? [/quote] Flats. GHS Brite flats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 £16000 seems somewhat pricey when you could pick up any number of 50's / 60's Fender's for a good deal less, still it doesn't worry me, much as I love the look of the bass the sound just doesn't work for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverinebass Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1457373317' post='2997916'] It's got the usual Andy Baxter "add 40% to what it's actually worth" thing happening. [/quote] Ha! Total genius! 😃 Completely agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'm no collector, but I would have thought with its pedigree that would be one of the most collectable basses around, so, relatively, well worth the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1457376926' post='2997970'] I'm no collector, but I would have thought with its pedigree that would be one of the most collectable basses around, so, relatively, well worth the price. [/quote] It's got to be a sound long term investment, there will presumably always be collectors willing to pay a premium for a pretty important bit of Leo Fender's legacy, especially as it seems to be in near pristine condition. You'd have to be seriously wealthy to buy it and gig it though. Edited March 7, 2016 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 [quote name='Cato' timestamp='1457377597' post='2997979'] It's got to be a sound long term investment, there will presumably always be collectors willing to pay a premium for a pretty important bit of Leo Fender's legacy, especially as it seems to be in near pristine condition. You'd have to be seriously wealthy to buy it and gig it though. [/quote] I'd agree with that. There is always going to be someone out there that wants it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Surely it's the 1000th bass made... shouldn't #1 be B000001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 I wonder what the rise in price will be by sticking under the bed for another 20 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbass Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 What an amazing piece of (expensive) history, though personaly I love to see them well worn etc. I owned a black early 1977 B No model thoughout the 80's...but it was a dog, heavy as hell and I could never get the classic gnarly tone out of it. Iconic basses though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) I've thought this when it has appeared before but it really ought to be in a museum (if there is such a thing for guitars). B001000 means it's the first numbered bass off the production line but pre-production ones are around numbered X00etc - usually (or always in natural). The bass owned by Sterling Ball on which the 40th Anniversary model is based (Old Smoothie) is B001027 - Strings and Things also have one of the first 10 production ones, which was on their stand at last year's LBGS. That bass at Andy Baxters looks particularly nice though - the woods look fabulous. From the photos, Forrest White's initials are on the neck and neck pocket so presumably he had a hand in assembling it - as one of the partners of the company that's some provenance for an instrument, and a real piece of history. Edited March 7, 2016 by drTStingray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlungerModerno Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 It's worth £16K and a lot more, as long as someone is willing to pay for it. It's not worth anywhere near 16K to me - but I'm not a collector. As an instrument it's pretty - Based on the soundcloud clips it's a good player . . . And all the evidence points to it being a worthy museum piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I've never seen that shop before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I need a fretted four... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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