Anybody here play bass guitar? Need help with pricing...

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MuFu

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My dad has decided to sell his 5-string fretless and I said I'd stick an ad up for him (on various classified ad sites). Here is is...

Stingray-style, 5-string fretless bass guitar. Hand-crafted in West African Zebrano hardwood by Stuart Moore, Luthier to Chappell of Bond Street.

Satin oil finish. Status Graphite neck with edge dot markers. 6 bolt neck fixing. All hardware by Schaller. Seymour Duncan Basslines Stingray-5 pickup with STC-3M4 3-band, 4-pot active EQ. Under a year old and in immaculate condition. This is a totally unique and beautiful instrument that plays like a dream.

Pics here and here.
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Talking it up a bit, nV-style (lol), but it really is a mighty fine instrument. Thing is, I have absolutely no idea what price to sell it at. I don't know what the component cost was, but obviously this is something that is worth alot more than the sum of its parts.

Any ideas, just based upon impression? How much do s/h Musicman Stingray's go for?

MuFu.
 
it seems like a respectable bass and it may be worth more than the sum of its parts to someone; but generally a musical instrument is like a car in that it looses a lot from its original price and will only appreciate if kept very nice and held onto for a long time. a real Ernie Ball Stingray can be had new for about 1400$, what you can get out of a used replica basically depends on how badly someone wants it. i couldn't see spending more than 800$ on it, but even then i would have to play it and it had better soundand feel like the real thing for that price.
 
It does hinge on convincing someone of its worth, I agree. It's just that knowing my dad he'll tot up the component cost, add about £10 and give somebody the bargain of the century! I'm not that generous. :LOL:

I was thinking £750 for starters, so you saying $800 max is encouraging ($~£, of course). I guess the design brief was that it be a superior replica of a Stingray-5. Pretty confident it is superior to many £1000+ basses, but as you said that's just our opinion, which essentially counts for nothing.

I have a fairly good grasp on this kind of thing already, having bought/sold numerous drumkits over the past few years. Prices don't half fall through the floor in the short-term! :?

Cheers for the input,

MuFu.
 
Do you have a trustworthy music store in your vicinity? Maybe they put it on sale for you - that's what I and some friends of mine did with several guitars and basses in the past. (www.klangfarbe.com - these are really cool guys! :) ) Even if they won't do that, maybe they would at least appraise it for you.
 
kyleb said:
MuFu said:
($~£, of course).
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but it is 1 gbp ~ 1.6 usd, so more like 500£. i was trying to be incorageing but not that incougageing. ;)
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Nah, it's £~$. That's the way things work. 9700 Pros are ~£250, for example. £512MB PC2700 is ~£65, E.B. Stingray 5's are £ 1350 etc... don't ask what we pay for cars! :rolleyes:

Yeah, we have a couple of pretty good stores near us. Not sure they'd want to sell something without taking a cut though. =\

MuFu.
 
ya i suppose there is more to the economy than exchange rates but a stingray 5 for 1350 £ is just absurd; i am sure you could get a cheap flight to the states and bring one back yourself for a bit less than that.
 
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