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moongerm
Advanced Member
Username: moongerm

Post Number: 278
Registered: 8-2013
Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 7:23 pm:   Edit Post

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=281801970119&alt=web
bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 2451
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 10:31 pm:   Edit Post

Well, for 25 grand, you'd THINK it would come with strings !

Joey
moongerm
Advanced Member
Username: moongerm

Post Number: 279
Registered: 8-2013
Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 2:39 am:   Edit Post

With strings, 30K! Lol.
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4682
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 4:56 am:   Edit Post

Hmm, highly optimistic. We have seen many alembics on ebay over the years with inflated prices and they just stay there for ages then disappear, only to return later. and who knows what happens to them. When I see prices like that now I just think the seller does not really want to part with it.
fc_spoiler
Senior Member
Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 1792
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 7:03 am:   Edit Post

This one does have a great story :-)
Also there's a "make offer" option, someone might get lucky...

"I admit I felt guilty for not playing it so much after that and have finally come to grips with letting it go to someone who will hopefully appreciate it and play it."
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 6230
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 7:13 am:   Edit Post

Serious extra $ for the provenance of being played with Clapton? Maybe if it had been Jack Bruce's.

Bill, tgo
fc_spoiler
Senior Member
Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 1793
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 7:23 am:   Edit Post

Yeah 25K is crazy...
But I presume NE is not in need of big $$$, so if someone offers something around 5K it might get accepted...
gtrguy
Senior Member
Username: gtrguy

Post Number: 926
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 10:30 am:   Edit Post

Sounds more like an ad for Nathan East than a bass for sale.
hammer
Senior Member
Username: hammer

Post Number: 750
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 10:34 am:   Edit Post

I'm with Bill on this one. I wouldn't pay $1 extra for provenance unless the provenance included the instrument actually being played by the famous musician him/herself.

If this sells for anywhere near the asking price Jimmy should consider placing at least one of his up for sale. Given their more recent birthing I'm thinking that pricing somewhere in the neighborhood of the cost of a new sports car would be appropriate. And a VERY expensive one at that.
bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 2452
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Friday, September 18, 2015 - 10:39 pm:   Edit Post

You see this on EBay from time to time, but it gives me the willies when they're selling a bass/guitar, and it's un-strung. WHY is it un-strung, and more importantly, WHAT will it do when it's strung up? Admittedly, this is less of a problem with solid bodies instead of acoustic instruments, but I've never understood why you'd picture and/or sell an axe with no strings . . .

BTW, even at full MSRP, a brand-new duplicate to this axe (with new/current electronics and DS5R) would run around 18 grand, and certainly a used equivalent would be a fraction of that asking-price (and remember friends . . . . . asking AIN'T getting !)

Joey
sonicus
Senior Member
Username: sonicus

Post Number: 4493
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Saturday, September 19, 2015 - 1:07 am:   Edit Post

Joey , I was thinking all the same thoughts as per your post !

Wolf
rockerdebassman
Junior
Username: rockerdebassman

Post Number: 24
Registered: 8-2015
Posted on Saturday, September 19, 2015 - 1:26 pm:   Edit Post

You know with the premise they are operating on, if I played it for a year it should be worth another $5,000.:-)

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