NickA Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 https://www.ebay.com/itm/193628307622 Nuts, quite nuts. Flipped by someone who already paid over the odds on reverb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Damn! He may not ship to the UK ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickA Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Happy Jack said: Damn! He may not ship to the UK ... I know .. gutted. Was going to paint it black and flip it back at £25k.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaussie Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Educate me here. I know Wals command big prices on the used market, and I know that new they're quite pricey, but what's the selling point here that warrants the huge mark up (or at least, what does this guy think the selling point is)? Is it that he's providing a readily available bass that would be otherwise impossible to find? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JottoSW1 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Already showing as unavailable on eBay so I guess someone had 15k dollars burning a hole in pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickA Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) It went for around $9000. ! The mark up is due to the price of and long wait for a new one. prices "start at" £6050, £6350 for a mk 3, but there's a 3 year order backlog .. When demand surges (Tool have an album out, someone from Rush kicks the bucket) people want one and want one now. Then people see how quickly they're gaining value and the collectors and chancers step up. Nice basses, not £15,000 nice ... but up there with Alembics and Foderas I suppose. Weird thing is, equally special basses ( Smith's, ACGs, maybe Overwaters and a few others) can't command a fraction of the price and lose value as soon as they're played. Bill Wyman's Wal is up for auction right now, expected cost £40,000+ and there's a £10k offer in. ..https://www.julienslive.com/m/search?page=1&view=list&sale=undefined&catm=any&order=timeleft&live=no&hybrid=no&timed=no®ular=no&buynow=no&makeoffer=no&xclosed=no&featured=no&lotnum=894 Edited August 21, 2020 by NickA link added 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Yes, because Wyman is always associated with Wal basses through his long career with the Stones. Oh no ... wait ... Edited August 18, 2020 by Happy Jack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickA Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Hey! He touched it ok! Worth gadzillions 😄must be 🤣 🙂 Edited August 18, 2020 by NickA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JottoSW1 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 4 hours ago, NickA said: It went for around $9000. ! The mark up is due to the price of and long wait for a new one. prices "start at" £6050, £6350 for a mk 3, but there's a 3 year order backlog .. When demand surges (Tool have an album out, someone from Rush kicks the bucket) people want one and want one now. Then people see how quickly they're gaining value and the collectors and chancers step up. Nice basses, not £15,000 nice ... but up there with Alembics and Foderas I suppose. Weird thing is, equally special basses ( Smith's, ACGs, maybe Overwaters and a few others) can't command a fraction of the price and lose value as soon as they're played. Bill Wyman's Wal is up for auction right now, expected cost £40,000+ and there's a £10k offer in. Was it over the age of consent ?😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaussie Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 12 hours ago, NickA said: It went for around $9000. ! The mark up is due to the price of and long wait for a new one. prices "start at" £6050, £6350 for a mk 3, but there's a 3 year order backlog .. When demand surges (Tool have an album out, someone from Rush kicks the bucket) people want one and want one now. Then people see how quickly they're gaining value and the collectors and chancers step up. Nice basses, not £15,000 nice ... but up there with Alembics and Foderas I suppose. Weird thing is, equally special basses ( Smith's, ACGs, maybe Overwaters and a few others) can't command a fraction of the price and lose value as soon as they're played. Bill Wyman's Wal is up for auction right now, expected cost £40,000+ and there's a £10k offer in. I think you've summed this up well - some instruments seem to have this mythical quality to them that people respond to. And really, at the end of the day, the price of any instrument is based on what the market will bear. If one sells for 15k, or 40k, or whatever else, so be it. You look at the guitar world, and there's plenty of examples of instruments where the price is purely based on the fact that there's a queue of people lined up that outnumbers the instruments available on the market - 50s Les Pauls, Explorers and Vs, and more close to home for this site, Zemaitis guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickA Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 In fact it DIDN'T go for $9000; that was the highest bid and he pulled it. Now back on reverb at $9700 which is where he bought it for $6500 a few weeks back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 That's really sad. Don't you hate it when someone's dreams fade and die. Or, in this instance, bwahahahahahahahaha!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Happy Jack said: That's really sad. Don't you hate it when someone's dreams fade and die. Or, in this instance, bwahahahahahahahaha!!! I'm sure it couldn't happen to a nicer chap 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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