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It would need to play & sound utterly sublime to justify that price tag for a bass in that condition.

 

I get mojo, I get roadworn, I get "has lived a life", but that bass looks as if it was used for target practice. For grenades.

 

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1 hour ago, Happy Jack said:

It would need to play & sound utterly sublime to justify that price tag for a bass in that condition.

 

I get mojo, I get roadworn, I get "has lived a life", but that bass looks as if it was used for target practice. For grenades.

 

But look at that lovely label Jack ... 🤩 😁

That's what people are willing to pay for. Doesn't make it a better bass obvs, just pure lust and (unjustifiable) cool factor!

Personally, I think it looks cool as flip. The tailpiece and saddle stink I agree ... but largely fixable. Neck break is a shame, but more have that than don't. The table is right where it should be, no sinking ... that's one crucial thing.

As long as the neck is at a good angle too...

 

£2.5k is a reasonable-ish price for that old dawg.

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Unusually for a UK bassist, I started on a borrowed Kay in my teens. It belonged to the local fiddle organisation in Dunoon, they had two Kay basses and at least one cello. I don't know how they got over here, but I'd wager it was connected to the US submarine base that was on the Holy Loch for decades. 

I had no idea at the time that they were considered anything special. I struggled to get the sound I wanted out of it, but that could easily have been down to me or the strings that were on it. They were round nylon wound on the G and D and round metal wound on the E and A, and had off-white cores with looped ends that could have been gut or a synthetic material. 

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