Al Krow Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Just had a quick look on the Bass Gallery website and the prices of the sold Sei basses seem to range from around £1,800 to £3k. Hard to tell whether they were new when sold or not, but they look pretty mint. So maybe prices aren't a million miles from their old price list? Quote
Woodinblack Posted January 19 Posted January 19 I think most of them are already sold. I found it pretty hard to get answers from them by email when I was asking about my sei 1 Quote
Al Krow Posted January 19 Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Woodinblack said: I think most of them are already sold. I found it pretty hard to get answers from them by email when I was asking about my sei Ah excellent, hadn't appreciated you're a Sei owner! What's your detailed thoughts on how it stacks up against your Ibby SR Premium for tone and playability? That will give me a very decent benchmark for a bass I know well. Quote
Ruarl Posted January 19 Posted January 19 10 hours ago, Al Krow said: The basses look great! Can any of you excellent Sei owners give me a steer on what they cost new these days, ball park? I spoke to Martin maybe 2 years ago about the possibility of a new build. I only got a vague hint on price, but it sounded like for something that didn't deviate too much from their standard build (headless, 4-6 strings, one of their standard body plans) would be around £2.5k-£3k. I guess things may have gone up a bit since then? 1 Quote
Sibob Posted January 19 Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Al Krow said: Just had a quick look on the Bass Gallery website and the prices of the sold Sei basses seem to range from around £1,800 to £3k. Hard to tell whether they were new when sold or not, but they look pretty mint. So maybe prices aren't a million miles from their old price list? They would almost certainly be used basses, I don’t think Sei are in the habit of building basses for stock. Si 1 Quote
Woodinblack Posted January 19 Posted January 19 22 minutes ago, Al Krow said: What's your detailed thoughts on how it stacks up against your Ibby SR Premium for tone and playability? That will give me a very decent benchmark for a bass I know well. Probably not a good comparison. It does bass bass better, but then it would do, it is tuned down to f# standard at the moment! I would say it feels more solid than most of the ibanezes (with maybe an exception of the 5005), playability would be fine if I had longer fingers! 1 Quote
eude Posted January 19 Posted January 19 9 minutes ago, Ruarl said: I spoke to Martin maybe 2 years ago about the possibility of a new build. I only got a vague hint on price, but it sounded like for something that didn't deviate too much from their standard build (headless, 4-6 strings, one of their standard body plans) would be around £2.5k-£3k. I guess things may have gone up a bit since then? My estimation is that they would be in line roughly with Overwater's pricing these days, I expect you could probably a bit more than that in 2026. Quote
Owen Posted January 19 Posted January 19 3 hours ago, Woodinblack said: it is tuned down to f# standard at the moment! Yummy! With a D tuner for E? Quote
Woodinblack Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Not sure at that pitch you would hear the difference! Quote
Russ Posted January 19 Posted January 19 15 hours ago, Al Krow said: The basses look great! Can any of you excellent Sei owners give me a steer on what they cost new these days, ball park? I think a basic Sei starts at about £3500 these days, and upwards from there. It's still only a £400 deposit though - he's kept that price the same since the 90s! And you'll have 18-ish months to save up the rest. The two 6-strings I had been planning on ordering would have ended up costing about £5k a piece, so I've had to shelve that idea for the time being. 2 Quote
Owen Posted January 19 Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Woodinblack said: Not sure at that pitch you would hear the difference! It's all about the feels! 1 Quote
Mrbigstuff Posted January 19 Posted January 19 7 hours ago, Al Krow said: Just had a quick look on the Bass Gallery website and the prices of the sold Sei basses seem to range from around £1,800 to £3k. Hard to tell whether they were new when sold or not, but they look pretty mint. So maybe prices aren't a million miles from their old price list? TBG seem to change the pricing on their site once a bass has sold from basses I’ve been following. I don’t know if it’s to do with sale minus commission and they record that value on the site. Quote
Killerfridge Posted January 19 Posted January 19 4 hours ago, Russ said: I think a basic Sei starts at about £3500 these days, and upwards from there. It's still only a £400 deposit though - he's kept that price the same since the 90s! And you'll have 18-ish months to save up the rest. The two 6-strings I had been planning on ordering would have ended up costing about £5k a piece, so I've had to shelve that idea for the time being. That's about right - I was in the shop last year and they gave me a new price list that starts around £3.5k 2 Quote
Russ Posted January 20 Posted January 20 22 hours ago, Killerfridge said: That's about right - I was in the shop last year and they gave me a new price list that starts around £3.5k I think their Jazz/FSO-type basses come in a bit cheaper, £3k or so, but an Original or Flamboyant will be £3.5k upwards. 1 Quote
FlatsOff Posted Sunday at 16:57 Posted Sunday at 16:57 I think this is correct! This week I got quoted roughly 3-3.5k for a 5 string fender shaped object if I were to order it Quote
tauzero Posted Sunday at 21:54 Posted Sunday at 21:54 4 hours ago, FlatsOff said: I think this is correct! This week I got quoted roughly 3-3.5k for a 5 string fender shaped object if I were to order it What sort of build time? Quote
FlatsOff Posted Sunday at 22:38 Posted Sunday at 22:38 12-14m but that was me just asking for basic, orientational quote - line in the sand if you will. I imagine this gets adjusted from there based on magnitude of bespoke adjustments within the order (never been through full custom order process myself m, I wish I was :)) Quote
Russ Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago On 25/01/2026 at 17:38, FlatsOff said: 12-14m but that was me just asking for basic, orientational quote - line in the sand if you will. I imagine this gets adjusted from there based on magnitude of bespoke adjustments within the order (never been through full custom order process myself m, I wish I was :)) For a FSO-type Sei, the basic options will include body, neck and fingerboard woods, pickups/circuit and hardware colour. The quickest way to bump the price up is to add exotic woods, LEDs and expensive pickups/preamps. Not sure what the "base" level pickups are these days, it always used to be Kent Armstrongs. 1 Quote
Owen Posted 57 minutes ago Posted 57 minutes ago 54 minutes ago, Russ said: The quickest way to bump the price up .......LEDs I had been saving up for my one bass to rule them all. I got on the train with all my specs sorted to go and comission my very own J5. No way was I going to have LEDs. So vulgar. So useless. When asked if I wanted side LEDs I could not say yes fast enough. 2 Quote
Owen Posted 53 minutes ago Posted 53 minutes ago I sold it. Would I buy it back? Yes, yes I would. Quote
Russ Posted 50 minutes ago Posted 50 minutes ago 6 minutes ago, Owen said: I had been saving up for my one bass to rule them all. I got on the train with all my specs sorted to go and comission my very own J5. No way was I going to have LEDs. So vulgar. So useless. When asked if I wanted side LEDs I could not say yes fast enough. Mine has side and front LEDs. Because being in a band is showbiz. Quote
Owen Posted 47 minutes ago Posted 47 minutes ago 2 minutes ago, Russ said: Mine has side and front LEDs. Because being in a band is showbiz. I am older and wiser by now. Fabulous!!!!! Quote
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