Recent content by NicholasU

With some upcoming potential job loss I have recently offloaded a G&L L-2000, a custom shop strat and a StingRay Special. Ended up with more funds than I really needed so decided I'd get a new guitar. Bought three different Strats and each one had an issue so all went back so I figured I was...

Agreed, the molten finish is much more unique and is the one to have for me if I had the choice of either, I think they got them the wrong way round.

Looks like the new Specials are on sale now. 45 left of the liquid gold bass. Would like one as an art piece but that's a lot of money.

Congrats!

Had some potential redundancy on the way but turns out all is good so I went and had a look at this today (which I had reserved previously) with the idea of trading a Sandberg and a Special. I have to say that I really liked it, looks amazing and is obviously a quality instrument but for the...

Sweetwater really do get the best stuff from EB.

Gold one is stunning. I'm trying to sell a couple of basses to purchase this. Wife has a potential redundancy on the way so don't want to buy it unless I can shift some others.

I bet, I've never seen one let alone owned one. Congrats on that purchase. Do you expect to take a big hit on the BFR? I am guessing not

Fodera! Oh wow. How is it?

And on the subject of a use BFRs a stunner just popped up on reverb. Not sure how this equates to new in the US. After import tax and shipping to the UK it looks like a 10-15% drop in value roughy. Not too bad...

GAS is a real problem and needs to be spoken about openly. :laugh: Some of us indeed help managing the effects of such a problem and I agree is worth discussing. Resale values for sellers is good to talk about but also for buyers. I recently bought a Custom Shop for Strat for 50% cheaper than...

Yeah that's a nice bass. Don't see a lot of BFRs for sale in general let alone 2nd hand hence I asked the question. It would be nice one to have one of the top of the top basses from EB, especially at a discount.

Oh I agree on the buy it to play it but just wondering if a bargain can be had on the BFRs used.

DarkRay BFR question. Do you think one of the Grapes of Wrath would tend to hold value on the second hand market vs a normal StingRay? I know you can get some bargains on the specials (20-30% vs new) and I know it's unlikely to find a BFR 2nd hand but just wondering.

Same here, glad I got an amethyst when the chance arose as well as a grape crush. The Grapes of Wrath seems to be calling me at the moment though. Annoying GAS.