Basses you hardly ever see for sale

[howdenspur]

1 hour ago, Rosie C said:

 

Bah! Already out of stock!

 

I shall comfort myself that I'd have preferred red. 

 

There's a red one at BassBros! 👍

[Boodang]

Overwater ‘C’ bass. Played one at a show, if I remember rightly a 36” scale tuned to low C. Another bass I regret not buying when I had the chance. 

[baldwinbass]

Burns Flyte Bass - I had a lovely silver one.

[Boodang]

Iceni Zoot bass fretless. Had a resin fretboard, absolutely gorgeous. Kind of like the Zon basses but made in Essex I think. 

[Boodang]

SD Curlee basses. Don’t know why but always had a thing for them even if they did look like they’d been hand carved with a rusty pen knife. 

[Leonard Smalls]

And you don't often see a Wishbass for sale either...

[Boodang]

Kramer aluminium neck. Again a very basic utilitarian look to the bodies but there was something about the necks that made me want one. 

[Boodang]

1 minute ago, Leonard Smalls said:

And you don't often see a Wishbass for sale either...

I think that’s mostly because they’ve all been turned into standard lamps. I remember reading a review on one, they don’t have truss rods so it was only playable under certain atmospheric conditions. So you could only play the gig if it wasn’t too hot or too cold. I’ve always thought about buying one in a lovely purpleheart, standing it in the corner of room and turn it into a bass guitar art lamp. 

[Boodang]

Carl Thompson, but mostly because no one would sell once they own one of his basses. Described by one reviewer as the Stradivarius of the bass world. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Boodang

[Hellzero]

41 minutes ago, Boodang said:

The delta metal fretless neck thru as well (rather than the current ‘money saving’ bolt ons). I was at the bass centre in Wapping many moons ago and had one in my hands but instead bought a Warwick, which, while not a bad bass, is not a Vigier. I do regret not buying it and now almost impossible to find. 

Mine looks like this, it took 20 years of chasing to find this very one.

 

 

[Hellzero]

30 minutes ago, Boodang said:

Kramer aluminium neck. Again a very basic utilitarian look to the bodies but there was something about the necks that made me want one. 

Not so rare, I had a few and sold them here before Breakshít.

[Hellzero]

23 minutes ago, Boodang said:

Carl Thompson, but mostly because no one would sell once they own one of his basses. Described by one reviewer as the Stradivarius of the bass world. 

Yep, they are rare, but not to the level they are supposed to be, think Wishbass with a truss rod, so a very expensive lamp...

 

And don't read what Ken Smith says about him, even if they shared the basement workshop for some time, I don't know who is the more selfish.

[Boodang]

22 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Mine looks like this, it took 20 years of chasing to find this very one.

 

 

Awesome! I’m drooling. 

[Boodang]

5 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Not so rare, I had a few and sold them here before Breakshít.

Maybe one the basses on my wishlist that’s more achievable than some others then. 

[prowla]

On 14/05/2025 at 14:22, oldslapper said:

Status Groove Basses. Best neck profile for my hands. Massive regrets selling mine. Never see them come up. 
 

All that aside….great to see Dave Grohl playing drums again. 😂

I've got a 5-er; it's a nice bass, if rather large.

It cost me an Epiphone EB0 plus a couple of hundred quid.

 

[prowla]

1 hour ago, baldwinbass said:

Burns Flyte Bass - I had a lovely silver one.

Aha! - mine needs a spot of doing up.

I think it might've been overpainted too.

 

[prowla]

52 minutes ago, Boodang said:

Kramer aluminium neck. Again a very basic utilitarian look to the bodies but there was something about the necks that made me want one. 

Oh boy - I'm on a roll!

This was a weird one - they did a short run of them with bits cut of.

I would like another model too.

 

[BigRedX]

1 hour ago, baldwinbass said:

Burns Flyte Bass - I had a lovely silver one.

 

No particularly rare, but almost always over-priced when they do come up for sale.

[Rosie C]

1 hour ago, howdenspur said:

There's a red one at BassBros! 👍

 

Ah, so there is. A decent price, and the Angus Young red finish with horns that I want!  💕💕💕

 

[BigRedX]

56 minutes ago, Boodang said:

Kramer aluminium neck. Again a very basic utilitarian look to the bodies but there was something about the necks that made me want one. 

 

Again not so rare depending on which model you want. I've owned 3 and the Hondo copy of The Duke. However these too are now starting to edge into ridiculous pricing.

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[prowla]

16 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

 

No particularly rare, but almost always over-priced when they do come up for sale.

I've only seen two IRL, including mine.

 

15 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

 

Again not so rare depending on which model you want. I've owned 3 and the Hondo copy of The Duke. However these too are now starting to edge into ridiculous pricing.

Yep - overpriced.

I've never liked The Duke - I don't get the point of doing a headless and then putting normal tuners are the arris end.

[Wombat]

I wanted a Zon Sonus but as they never come up for sale ended up with a Legacy instead. Lovely bass but just not scratched the itch…

[prowla]

I'd quite like a Gus; I had a go on @Happy Jack's some time ago - I think he said he acquired it from @BigRedX ?

[prowla]

23 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

Love that pic @BaggyMan 👍

 

And in answer to your question.....

 

Fretless Ric 4003

 

 

@ash sold a 4001FL on here a few months ago - I forced myself not to bite!

[Boodang]

And talking of aluminium necks, a Travis Bean would be nice. Saw one for sale recently and couldn’t believe the price!