For sale 6 String Rob Allen

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A month or two ago, someone put a Rob Allen 6 string up on Ebay. I think
the opening bid was $1800 and the buy-it-now $2800. It didn't sell.

I saw it again here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2553293807

where it sold at a surprisingly low price. The winning bidder says it
looks like a hijacked account. However, I would guess that the first
posting was legitimate, because the pricing seems realistic. That means
it might still be for sale. Does anyone recall anything about the
original listing?

This is for my bass teacher, who is currently very happy with a 6 string
fretted Rob Allen that she got from Bunnybass. She's itching for a
fretless, and it would be silly for her fretless to be more "electric"
sounding than her fretted. Rob Allen says he's only made 7 6-strings. He
could make her one for $3500, but if I could find the guy who wants to
sell his anyway, she could have it defretted and save a bundle.

Any advice on other appropriate basses would be appreciated as well. She
plays jazz and loves the light weight.

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Neither one was legit. Whoever put up the auction did not answer to a slew of us. One of the guys who won was local to where it was and never got a response.
 
Originally posted by lamarjones
Neither one was legit. Whoever put up the auction did not answer to a slew of us. One of the guys who won was local to where it was and never got a response.

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm glad I didn't get her hopes up. Still, I wonder if they stole the image from some small store that does have one for sale . . .

Rob's price for a 6-string is $3500, which she can't afford.

She got the urge for a fretless after not playing one for many years when she played my recent acquisition, which was actually made by Mark Garza. I was looking for a used Rob Allen 4-string fretless and ran across this (from Frank Wilson):

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It's a similar style, and she found the sound to be just like her Rob Allen (fretted). Mark says that he can make her a 6-string for around $1900. That's actually less than she would expect to pay for a used Rob Allen.

I don't know why he charges less, but it's certainly not because of poor quality. Anyone else who's been chasing after one of the existing 7 6-strings that Rob made might want to check out his stuff:

http://www.garzguitars.com/

I'm in NYC if anyone wants to play mine for comparison.
 

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