....er....say what????

[ricksterphil]

Maybe a tad over egged?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224986613473?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ErmajAvtTSy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=_IZf9qi7SWa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE

[prowla]

Haha:

• "Sounds great looks stunning and is already a collector's piece."
• "I recently had it evaluated  and the guy said he was almost too scared to handle it as it is such a lovely example."

[alyctes]

Overpriced by somewhere about 200%, IMO.

[Woodinblack]

Unfortunately just the way now that things that were cheap things now become expensive just because they were old.

To be fair, the westones were amount the first actually good basic basses, as good as something costing £300 today, but older, so it not like people paying silly money for one of those old firewood instruments, like a kay or equivalent (where silly money is something over a fiver)

[Bassassin]

Very nice example. Overpriced to the tune of about £1000 though.

 

I mean - these are excellent instruments & the through-neck Thunder IIs & IIIs have appreciated, but Westones were never regarded as sought-after or pro instruments. This is getting on for double what you'd pay for something like an SB1000.

[MungoBass]

On 14/08/2022 at 08:34, prowla said:

Haha:

• "Sounds great looks stunning and is already a collector's piece."
• "I recently had it evaluated  and the guy said he was almost too scared to handle it as it is such a lovely example."

 

I wonder what the guy that evaluated said?  Perhaps the seller misheard the valuation! 🤔

[Doctor J]

Perhaps it was "too hot to handle" and muttered by a guy in Cash Converters?

 

Edited August 22, 2022 by Doctor J

[prowla]

On 17/08/2022 at 14:04, MungoBass said:

 

I wonder what the guy that evaluated said?  Perhaps the seller misheard the valuation! 🤔

Perhaps the seller scared him into it.

[Eric.C.Lapton]

Cheaper than this one 😄

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185527067204?hash=item2b32466244:g:TyYAAOSwthhi0~LM&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoKbyW%2FJlSdUSNoclMbuMTjJHo9UoAIrRY70xXlMTojWhLXSVBimR%2BdwEdqsuYmdV42bSXXsjeY%2Be6n%2Fgg2DMx8sk1lh0eJif5besbenY6eNRqSJIjjib5%2FY6Vu%2Ffeog2nAn58r4Zrtr2RmIVHB4qRX%2F1N7TpZ5I7Y98YREeeIkHYL093HzwmS%2FTTYHmjLGH027NMe7Vd9t8btCNqda49LTI%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5qr-OHbYA

[MungoBass]

10 minutes ago, Eric.C.Lapton said:

Cheaper than this one 😄

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185527067204?hash=item2b32466244:g:TyYAAOSwthhi0~LM&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoKbyW%2FJlSdUSNoclMbuMTjJHo9UoAIrRY70xXlMTojWhLXSVBimR%2BdwEdqsuYmdV42bSXXsjeY%2Be6n%2Fgg2DMx8sk1lh0eJif5besbenY6eNRqSJIjjib5%2FY6Vu%2Ffeog2nAn58r4Zrtr2RmIVHB4qRX%2F1N7TpZ5I7Y98YREeeIkHYL093HzwmS%2FTTYHmjLGH027NMe7Vd9t8btCNqda49LTI%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5qr-OHbYA

 

Woah!  That must mean the first one is a bargain!  😀

[prowla]

1 hour ago, Eric.C.Lapton said:

Cheaper than this one 😄

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185527067204?hash=item2b32466244:g:TyYAAOSwthhi0~LM&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoKbyW%2FJlSdUSNoclMbuMTjJHo9UoAIrRY70xXlMTojWhLXSVBimR%2BdwEdqsuYmdV42bSXXsjeY%2Be6n%2Fgg2DMx8sk1lh0eJif5besbenY6eNRqSJIjjib5%2FY6Vu%2Ffeog2nAn58r4Zrtr2RmIVHB4qRX%2F1N7TpZ5I7Y98YREeeIkHYL093HzwmS%2FTTYHmjLGH027NMe7Vd9t8btCNqda49LTI%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5qr-OHbYA

Well, it is "stunning"!

(Those things are heavy, so I guess a whack on the head with one would stun you, though...)

[lowregisterhead]

On 16/08/2022 at 15:59, Bassassin said:

I mean - these are excellent instruments & the through-neck Thunder IIs & IIIs have appreciated, but Westones were never regarded as sought-after or pro instruments.

 Whaddayamean? Henry Thomas used one on Rock School on the telly in the 80's! 🙂

Edited September 8, 2022 by lowregisterhead

[Bassassin]

4 hours ago, lowregisterhead said:

 Whaddayamean? Henry Thomas used one on Rock School on the telly in the 80's! 🙂

 

And all of us ignorant little brand-snob scrotes went - "What??? Westone are cheap rubbish!"

[Woodinblack]

Not me, I had a westone guitar and it was fantastic. I went to get something else from Telecoms in portsmouth and they just had some of the first westones there - they played so well, everyone loved them. They were like the first actual budget guitar that I saw that actually played very well.

I modded it so heavily and I would say it was my first useable guitar, replacing my Kay Pine Strat POS edition.

[prowla]

£1500???
I've got two Thunders - I'll happily sell the pair for half that...

...any takers?

No, I thought not!

[Woody1957]

I'll give him £20 for the sock but only if he throws the bass in with it...