Jim Harley jazz for £70...

[BassJase]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jim-Harley-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ380190649229QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item588520eb8d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jim-Harley-Bass-Guit...=item588520eb8d[/url]

[tazza1]

[quote name='BassJase' post='781056' date='Mar 20 2010, 07:08 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jim-Harley-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ380190649229QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item588520eb8d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jim-Harley-Bass-Guit...=item588520eb8d[/url][/quote]

Might be worth putting in an offer because it's been listed at least three times now.

[skankdelvar]

I'm always very twitchy about giving money to people who use the Conjurer's catch-phrase 'Hey Presto!' in a non-ironic sense, as in:

[quote]I plugged this one into an amp and heypresto it worked[/quote]
Well, it's [i]meant[/i] to work if you "plug it into an amp". It's utterly f***ing useless if - heypresto - it [i]doesn't [/i]work. Frankly, I'd have been more impressed if they'd written:

[quote]I plugged this one into an amp and heypresto the card you chose which I never saw - and we've never met before tonight ladeez an' gennulmen - is inside your wallet!!!! How did it get there? It's MAGIC![/quote]

Edited March 21, 2010 by skankdelvar

[tom1946]

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='781320' date='Mar 21 2010, 01:43 AM']I'm always very twitchy about giving money to people who use the Conjurer's catch-phrase 'Hey Presto!' in a non-ironic sense, as in:


Well, it's [i]meant[/i] to work if you "plug it into an amp". It's utterly f***ing useless if - heypresto - it [i]doesn't [/i]work. Frankly, I'd have been more impressed if they'd written:[/quote]


You crack me up Mr Devlar

[Annoying Twit]

What's the advantage of buying a "Jim Harley" jazz bass for £70 + £15 p&p, when if you wait around a bit, you can get an Aria STB Jazz bass for a similar amount of money? Is Jim Harley a known quality brand? Or is it the SD pickup (just one?) that makes this a notable bargain?

There was another thread with no-brand Jazz basses, factory seconds, for £50 + £20 p&p. I can't see the point of buying a no-brand when you can get an Aria for a similar price (one sold for £50!), and the Aria has, from what I read, a decent rep. Someone on here owns one, and told me that he'd rate it above a Squire Affinity, but below the Classic Vibes and Vintage Modifieds.

Edit: Here's an Aria STB Precision bass for £69.99 starting bid plus £10 p&p. Past experience suggests that it's feasible that it might go for the starting bid. There are others BIN for up to £110, £139 etc. (more than they were new), but there always are. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ190382149384QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2c53a90f08"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-BASS-GUITAR...=item2c53a90f08[/url]

Edit again: STB Jazz bass sold for £50 + £10 p&p. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-STB-Jazz-Bass_W0QQitemZ140387253679QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item20afbb7daf"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-STB-Jazz-Bass_W...=item20afbb7daf[/url]

Oh, and the previously mentioned STB Precision bass previously garnered no bids @£69.99.

Edited March 21, 2010 by Annoying Twit

[BassJase]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='781352' date='Mar 21 2010, 07:42 AM']What's the advantage of buying a "Jim Harley" jazz bass for £70 + £15 p&p, when if you wait around a bit, you can get an Aria STB Jazz bass for a similar amount of money? Is Jim Harley a known quality brand? Or is it the SD pickup (just one?) that makes this a notable bargain?

There was another thread with no-brand Jazz basses, factory seconds, for £50 + £20 p&p. I can't see the point of buying a no-brand when you can get an Aria for a similar price (one sold for £50!), and the Aria has, from what I read, a decent rep. Someone on here owns one, and told me that he'd rate it above a Squire Affinity, but below the Classic Vibes and Vintage Modifieds.

Edit: Here's an Aria STB Precision bass for £69.99 starting bid plus £10 p&p. Past experience suggests that it's feasible that it might go for the starting bid. There are others BIN for up to £110, £139 etc. (more than they were new), but there always are. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ190382149384QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2c53a90f08"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-BASS-GUITAR...=item2c53a90f08[/url]

Edit again: STB Jazz bass sold for £50 + £10 p&p. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-STB-Jazz-Bass_W0QQitemZ140387253679QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item20afbb7daf"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-STB-Jazz-Bass_W...=item20afbb7daf[/url]

Oh, and the previously mentioned STB Precision bass previously garnered no bids @£69.99.[/quote]

Yeah I put the other link up for the seconds Jazz basses for £50 up too.
I was just trawling ebay and thought that some people might wanna but them cheap to use the bodies or necks for projects, seeing as battered up Jazz bodies can sometimes go on here for a decent price.

Didn't realise I could get someone so upset and uptight by trying to possibly show a couple of bargains for someone..... (?!?)

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='BassJase' post='781407' date='Mar 21 2010, 09:43 AM']Yeah I put the other link up for the seconds Jazz basses for £50 up too.
I was just trawling ebay and thought that some people might wanna but them cheap to use the bodies or necks for projects, seeing as battered up Jazz bodies can sometimes go on here for a decent price.

Didn't realise I could get someone so upset and uptight by trying to possibly show a couple of bargains for someone..... (?!?)[/quote]

Eh?!?!?! I'm not upset or, I believe, uptight in the least. I'm not too familiar with the bass market, and was just sounding out what people thought of the other cheaper basses versus the Arias. I'm open to different suggestions, and to hear the advice/experience of others. E.g. if they're for projects, maybe someone would say that the original body doesn't matter apart from basics such as wood types, as the whole thing would effectively get remade in the "project" stage.

On searching on "Jim Harley" basses, I found some guitar reviews suggesting the instruments were made in Korea. I wondered if they had a bit of a rep. over and above random no-names. And I presumed that if they did, someone would correct me. (In a good way).

I think this is a classic case of disconnect due to the difficulty of reading tone into straight ascii text. I'm not upset or uptight, but am very happy, eager even, to hear a range of different opinions on different sub-£100 basses. On looking at my post again, I think you may have taken some of my direct questions ("What's the advantage of a Jim Harley bass over an Aria bass?") as rhetorical questions. I'm not saying that there is no advantage, I'm asking what advantages there may be. The JH does look a bit better IMHO.

Edited March 21, 2010 by Annoying Twit