Way overpriced SX

JPrinos · #1 12-04-2011, 07:00 AM

SX Vintage Series 5-String Jazz Bass

I really like the SX basses. Great value for the money but $300??!!?? I don't think he's even modded it.

savit260 · #2 12-04-2011, 07:12 AM

The market will determine if the price is too high.

That particular bass has the old style headstock, which many prefer and is no longer available.

Yeah, seems kind of high to me, but if someone has GOT to have the old headstock, and can't find another one... well...

or more likely it just won't sell at $300.

It also says $300 OBO. Maybe the best offer will be $125

audiomitch · #3 12-04-2011, 10:29 AM

I see ads like this in Craigslist all the time. I'd like to think it's well meaning people who are just clueless about prices. But what the heck, CL ads are free

i_got_a_mohawk · #4 12-04-2011, 10:36 AM

It's up to the seller how much he wants to advertise the bass for.

For all we know his wife/gf wants him to sell off his basses, and this is his way of avoiding that

C.Linton · #5 12-04-2011, 11:22 AM

I always understood it to be common practice in private sales to ask for more than you actually expect to get. I'm sure he doesn't really belive he'll actually get $300, hence the OBO. He'll get what he'll get and probably be quite happy about it.

**nostatic** · #6 12-04-2011, 11:55 AM

According to conventional wisdom on TB, the SX plays/sounds as good or better than a boutique. So clearly it is way *underpriced*!

Crystalman85 · #7 12-04-2011, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JPrinos

SX Vintage Series 5-String Jazz Bass

I really like the SX basses. Great value for the money but $300??!!?? I don't think he's even modded it.

That guy is obviously a cheapskate. there is no way that guy is going to sell that sx bass at that price. this is just like that time I found an ad on craig's list on a dean ml metalman 4-string bass for $250. just like that guy who was trying to sell sx bass at that price, the guy who was trying to sell that dean bass at that price is a cheapskate. anywho, it's not worth it getting that at that price. you'd be better off purchasing an sx bass at rondo music or ebay.

lousybassplayer · #8 12-04-2011, 04:32 PM

Uh, its the vintage series. They just don't make them like that anymore. They really have nowhere to go but up.

i_got_a_mohawk · #9 12-04-2011, 05:03 PM

What's with the name calling in the thread?

With the change in CAD to US $ over the past few years, he may have bought it at close to that price. Knowing that it is no longer made, makes it a bit more valuable. The ONO means he is putting a high price on it because he knows he'll be talked down.

Seriously lads, grow up eh? Don't like the price? Don't buy it. Problem solved!

lousybassplayer · #10 12-04-2011, 05:06 PM

Where is the fun in that?

i_got_a_mohawk · #11 12-04-2011, 05:08 PM

I'm all for mocking idiocy, but this is hardly the *drah-mha* that was being made out

mb94952 · #12 12-04-2011, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nostatic

According to conventional wisdom on TB, the SX plays/sounds as good or better than a boutique. So clearly it is way *underpriced*!

EXACTLY ! +1
Just look at the overwhelming SURGE in popularity of SQUIER basses, both vintage modified and classic vibe.

This is a fact now - It is now COOL to own and play a SQUIER. I see more and more pro level bassists playing SQUIERs.

New, they are around $300 (Squier)

and the SX basses sound killer. The Chinese KNOW how to build basses now. We think of huts filled with kid labor. Just look at their structural engineering feats like bridges and skyscrapers. They are no dummies.

Just for the record, I am kind of a bass snob with my boutique, expensive basses, but I own a lot of SQUIER's and an SX.

I just used my Squier Classic Vibe on our latest CD. It sounds better than a "real" pbass, but for $238 clearance price, I scored.

I don't understand the "headstock-itis" that goes on in the bass world.

If it's a good bass, then it's good ...