evilLordJuju Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-parts-1973-1974_W0QQitemZ250365580601QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item250365580601&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-parts-19...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I'm up for a £10 scre....oh, [i]oh[/i], [b]that[/b] kind of screw...ah, righto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I posted about this guy in the overpriced listings thread, but it seems that his first attempt has been cancelled. I might just list a screw from my '74 P bass at a bit below his asking price, just to wind him up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I'd be amazed if anyone is actually enough of a tw*t to actually buy that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 With the pound so weak against the dollar and Euro those prices will seem like bargains across the pond ... Must get mine up on Ebay whilst it lasts 62 P Pickup anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 He's only listed that item to encourage people to email him about the other 73 Jazz parts which he's selling at very high prices (and on which he clearly doesn't want to pay ebay fees). Some of his other listings are factually inacurate so I wouldn't want to buy from him at the prices he quotes. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 [quote name='Beedster' post='395965' date='Jan 31 2009, 09:39 AM']He's only listed that item to encourage people to email him about the other 73 Jazz parts which he's selling at very high prices (and on which he clearly doesn't want to pay ebay fees). Some of his other listings are factually inacurate so I wouldn't want to buy from him at the prices he quotes. Chris[/quote] By the last sentence I meant that even if I were really desperate for the part he was seling I wouldn't be entirely confident in his expertise re. vintage basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 [quote name='Musky' post='395951' date='Jan 31 2009, 08:56 AM'] I posted about this guy in the overpriced listings thread, but it seems that his first attempt has been cancelled. I might just list a screw from my '74 P bass at a bit below his asking price, just to wind him up. [/quote] Brilliant idea and very tempting , but I think we'd be better off just ignoring this kind of thing. Here in the real world we can come on these forums and talk about playing and gear and crack nob gags. Guys like this belong in another world that has little to do with any of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitchy64 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 This bloke is taking the piss, and hoping someone is daft enough to buy it. Amazingly, someone will proberbley buy it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 You can see his point though. Say you had a 1973 Jazz Bass which was all original except for one pickguard screw that you lost back in the day. Technically, this instrument isn't all original, and if you had one more period correct screw then you'd surely be able to advertise it as such. Of course, we can argue the merits of having the bass with exactly the same parts as when it left the Fender factory, but in essence it would be an all-original 1973 Fender Jazz Bass, and therefore could be advertised as one. It's a bargain IMO, if it'll increase the selling price of the bass by £5-600 then a tenner is nowt to pay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Guys, you're missing the point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 [quote name='Dr.Dave' post='395981' date='Jan 31 2009, 10:04 AM']Brilliant idea and very tempting , but I think we'd be better off just ignoring this kind of thing. Here in the real world we can come on these forums and talk about playing and gear and crack nob gags. Guys like this belong in another world that has little to do with any of that.[/quote] Yeah, just joking there - I wouldn't have the brass neck to advertise a screw for that kind of money. [quote]You can see his point though. Say you had a 1973 Jazz Bass which was all original except for one pickguard screw that you lost back in the day. Technically, this instrument isn't all original, and if you had one more period correct screw then you'd surely be able to advertise it as such. Of course, we can argue the merits of having the bass with exactly the same parts as when it left the Fender factory, but in essence it would be an all-original 1973 Fender Jazz Bass, and therefore could be advertised as one. It's a bargain IMO, if it'll increase the selling price of the bass by £5-600 then a tenner is nowt to pay.[/quote] Thing is, like Kev pointed out in the overpriced listing thread, how could you ever prove it was genuine? I'm sure umpteen million of these things were turned out and it wouldn't surprise me if Fender used different suppliers for screws. So even if there was a way of identifying an early seventies screw there would be no way of knowing if it had ever been near the Fender factory. I'm sure there's something in what Chris says though. I originally clicked on the listing because it said Fender parts, not a solitary screw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 [quote name='Musky' post='395997' date='Jan 31 2009, 10:31 AM']Thing is, like Kev pointed out in the overpriced listing thread, how could you ever prove it was genuine? I'm sure umpteen million of these things were turned out and it wouldn't surprise me if Fender used different suppliers for screws. So even if there was a way of identifying an early seventies screw there would be no way of knowing if it had ever been near the Fender factory.[/quote] That's true, but presuming it was a genuinely identifiable Fender 1973 screw, it'd be a steal! I've seen original neckplates and the like go for £300+, which to me is a justifiable sum for the value they'd impart to a period instrument (although their provenance is a lot easier come by) Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Musky' post='395997' date='Jan 31 2009, 10:31 AM']Yeah, just joking there - I wouldn't have the brass neck[/quote] Is that the pre CBS brass neck?? I'll sell you one. James Jamerson gave it me and Jaco wrote 'this was mine - honest' on it in felt pen. 5 grand to you , pal , and I'm cutting me arm off One serious point - when I went to stay with my mate in NZ , he has a 1950's tele which he paid the world for. The switch button wasn't an original though so rather than buy his wife a bunch of flowers for having me etc I got him the real deal off ebay. It was only 15 USD but it sort of illustrates one of the points made here as it's made his pride and joy all original - at least in a period sense. Me. Well , I sold the chrome knobs off my 73 on ebay for nigh on seventy quid. They were jacobsed , that's why I sold them. I got nice new ones from Q parts for a fiver. I was happy - doubtless the buyer was happy - but I'd rather be my kind of happy !!! Edited January 31, 2009 by Dr.Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 If someone had £20.88 in their PayPal account, they could buy it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 He does say "feel free to ask any questions!", so I'm tempted to ask what "Im am parting out a 1973 / 1974 jazz bass" means & if the screw says "Fender" on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ednaplate Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 This is the best by far. Can anyone beat it? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120367273169&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT&refitem=180275895145&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=active_view_item&usedrule1=StoreCatToStoreCat&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&_trksid=p284.m184&_trkparms=algo%3DDR%26its%3DS%252BI%252BSS%26itu%3DISS%252BUCI%252BSI%26otn%3D4"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...52BSI%26otn%3D4[/url] What a stupidly long link too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) Good grief! You can buy a new one for less than the postage. I asked the screw seller if theres any discount for multiple purchases. Some people really are complete knobheads. really. Edited January 31, 2009 by Al Heeley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 [quote name='ednaplate' post='396510' date='Jan 31 2009, 10:52 PM']This is the best by far. Can anyone beat it? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120367273169&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT&refitem=180275895145&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=active_view_item&usedrule1=StoreCatToStoreCat&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&_trksid=p284.m184&_trkparms=algo%3DDR%26its%3DS%252BI%252BSS%26itu%3DISS%252BUCI%252BSI%26otn%3D4"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...52BSI%26otn%3D4[/url] What a stupidly long link too...[/quote] You could probably buy an entire '62 strat for that money. That's insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I can understand his logic. He wants the ad to stay on eBay but is advertising what he has in the title as opposed to the screw man who is advertising a full bass in the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 MB1. Blimey!....Guaranteed to start a new trend amongst Collectors!.........Bank Vaults full.... of old Scratchplates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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