A choice of 2 - which one will you buy ?

[edstraker123]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/396162049597?_skw=bass+guitar&itmmeta=01JNVC7M38F1KPSW8MJH6EJ8HV&hash=item5c3d19263d:g:GOYAAOSwPylnm36B&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dTeGShRczIfuB4eBEINqVO55TaPueoTdsmOtBSAP4wIuH10W4Cruq%2FUaXk3%2BC2OtLicvt73qhHzT7IfUMOsgYravXGv2uuJosRP978tx3Z83cboq7QmjHLtfY7Q%2FerRXk9SM%2BtkDvXHcSqYi8V%2B4TGe0VYuUbtyV5wJ3X5Dk7a0jxTgfNRMLHg3TxoN8zW4oTrSCGkVHd9iPWyf8Xk%2BSXX%2FTrUuqa3JNxm3ePbI%2FZAb3joyhr0US3GAVww5%2B%2FkRYg3NYQ7BAnYqo%2BH5GGOKwwyfe07Llnahh8JHGaC1KPmDg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_LBnuyuZQ

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/396168958750?_skw=bass+guitar&itmmeta=01JNVC7M38FSJWA9M4JSC6Y94F&hash=item5c3d82931e:g:ryUAAOSwZcBnm32f&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fBfncWdWxjtpU1KeMIdI970IssmViYibp3WBVrm91EHpEpp%2Bhkxg0pCVAedjjyNqo%2FZyMu9CuoV7pqIYb%2FGfaPVCLvcaHbcoPAOGp6GhdQYWYqI1Tj%2F9HS%2FZ1QT%2FGV0xDVEgcW7Gt7oUZk8dE%2BPrfh59ua5uPvMfvO57NWYR%2FAeL48ANHevOXCx0it7BBWn9gBTt48r6xnDjAl6QkjM26qSlZM522PnNFBd8BPiZaz70enq1--PdmCXBYgfJxkgZs%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_LBnuyuZQ

[tauzero]

One is new and the other used, so going by the "somewhere around 50%" rule of thumb that applies, the used one is considerably overpriced.

[rwillett]

Decisions, decisions, decisions....

 

Tough call here....

[paul_5]

Neither; even Jaco needed four!!

[alyctes]

Collection only?

 

Imagine...  you'd have to bring a tarpaulin, so as not to be seen leaving with it.

[Maude]

Would burning it and just posting the ashes cut down on courier costs? 

If so I think I might drop them a message. 

[rwillett]

I think somebody ought to make the ultimate sacrifice and buy both. They can then hide them by burying them, a bit like Jumanji. 

 

This way we can make sure nobody else ever buys them by mistake. 

 

What could possibly go wrong?

 

Rob

[Beedster]

I'm a big fan of the use of the word 'quality' as in the ads, i.e., 'two quality pickups'. Very poor quality is, after all, still a form of quality 👍

[Paul S]

Maybe its my eyes but the bodies seem to be made of bubblewrap.  Looking for positives, are they less likely to be damaged in transit?

[Beedster]

Just now, Paul S said:

Maybe its my eyes but the bodies seem to be made of bubblewrap.  Looking for positives, are they less likely to be damaged in transit?

Someone will be along soon to tell us that bubblewrap has acoustic properties similar to alder and better than ash 👍

[Paul S]

Tonebubbles, the new argument!  Big bubbles vs small bubbles?

[Si600]

3 hours ago, rwillett said:

I think somebody ought to make the ultimate sacrifice and buy both. They can then hide them by burying them, a bit like Jumanji. 

 

This way we can make sure nobody else ever buys them by mistake. 

 

What could possibly go wrong?

 

Rob

If you did buy both, do you expect to get two objects?  I'm assuming the joke being that it's the same thing listed twice.

[Count Bassy]

On 12/03/2025 at 08:36, Beedster said:

I'm a big fan of the use of the word 'quality' as in the ads, i.e., 'two quality pickups'. Very poor quality is, after all, still a form of quality 👍

Indeed. A bit like getting "a result".

[petecarlton]

Can't believe no-one here has asked "how much does it weigh?"

[Grooverjr]

Apparently they are 'bespoke', which means either the seller doesn't know what bespoke means or somebody specifically asked for two very similar impractical instruments that look like the first efforts of the YTS kid at the BBC FX department in 1975....and then backed out of buying them.