This is not a liquid commodity market. He's not selling sugar or petrol, not even a Fender. This is something special so it has to wait for a special desire and of course it must be well presented as such.
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Bass brands with bad resell value
- Thread starter Neal Brakey
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Well.. I am selling a fender as well, but even that won't sell for what I was hoping for
There is no hoping what a Fender will sell for. They sell every day. A simple look at sold items on ebay tells what they are worth now. You can know this before you buy them.
I just looked them up and [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. I wouldn't sell that!
No, I don't want to buy it, not in my price range, nor in my country…
You know what you're doing. I know I would regret selling something I like. You know you won't, so you do. At least you're not stumbling over dozens of unused guitars you couldn't let go…
I only want two brands.
Warwick and Spector.
More or less I have a warwick I just need a Spector
I'm going for features. I wanted to try a 5-string and see what it brings. I combined it with different pick-up types from my 4-string and also got a different string type for it (tapewound). One day I hope to get my hands on a fretless and make something tolerable out of it. That last part ought to keep me busy for a while.
Right now someone is offering me a doug wimbish Spector euro lx for my fender.
Dunno if I should take that or sell my fender and get a NS-2J or this steamer stage 1 I saw
I would just like to point out that I still play the first bass I got a decade ago, and it's my main player, I know all the nooks and crannies of this bass and since I can do all the maintenance myself, that too is cheap.
It's an SX jazz.
I have bought and sold spectors, fenders, some handmade instruments and so on, but in the end, I always come back to the first bass I ever got. My hand is perfectly accustomed to everything it has, even though I recon if I were in a market for a bass today, I'd change quite a few things, yet whenever I buy a new bass, I just don't see value in it, especially if a $2000 spector or a $600 fender doesn't feel 20x or 6x better than my SX jazz.
My advice to everyone is basically - learn to maintain your own instruments, and by that I mean all the way to fret leveling and rewinding pickups. If one can do this, then it suddenly becomes much easier to get a great instrument because you can turn almost any into one. You can still continue buying and selling used basses, to figure out things you'd like or maybe hope to find a keeper, but in general, once you learn to work on your own guitars, you have way more options.
It's an SX jazz.
I have bought and sold spectors, fenders, some handmade instruments and so on, but in the end, I always come back to the first bass I ever got. My hand is perfectly accustomed to everything it has, even though I recon if I were in a market for a bass today, I'd change quite a few things, yet whenever I buy a new bass, I just don't see value in it, especially if a $2000 spector or a $600 fender doesn't feel 20x or 6x better than my SX jazz.
My advice to everyone is basically - learn to maintain your own instruments, and by that I mean all the way to fret leveling and rewinding pickups. If one can do this, then it suddenly becomes much easier to get a great instrument because you can turn almost any into one. You can still continue buying and selling used basses, to figure out things you'd like or maybe hope to find a keeper, but in general, once you learn to work on your own guitars, you have way more options.
I agree totally with this post!
I buy basses as a collector. As such, if its listed less than $1,100.00 or so, I pass without looking because I know it's not US and it's not a valuable piece. I only buy American or German built basses. It's my money and that's what I like. Most people buying a bass are probably looking for a good bass for playing, not collecting. I assume, at $400.00, most folks pass simply because most basses in that price range are in bad shape and I think they would rather buy a new Mexican Fender for $800.00. If your beautiful looking LB70 is in great condition, I advise raising your asking price to $750.00. That's what its worth in my opinion and even though you may have to wait a bit, I think you'll walk away happier and have learned something of patience.
This looks better on the website. Plays beautifully
and sounds even better. Couldn't get much for resale. But I didn't buy it for that. Be patient my young friend and you'll get a much better price.
I know it takes patience, but the last few posts might be on to something... sometimes posting a higher price stands out, saying "I'M WORTH IT GD IT!!!"
thing thing you have going against you is lack of info on you LB70's specs... If you can pin that down, you might have more luck.
The other angle is to play completely stupid. Act like you don't know what you have AT ALL so that at $470, people think they are getting a steal (or start at 500 and let them barter it down)...
thing thing you have going against you is lack of info on you LB70's specs... If you can pin that down, you might have more luck.
The other angle is to play completely stupid. Act like you don't know what you have AT ALL so that at $470, people think they are getting a steal (or start at 500 and let them barter it down)...
I am going to order a Kiesel at the end of the month. I realize it won't have a very good resale value. I plan on using it a few years then passing it down to my grandson when I no longer feel like playing it. I hope it turns out to be a good keeper.
You're going to like it. The 18v preamp is really nice with the sweepable mid control if you go that route. Definitely get their version of the p pickup. That pickup absolutely rips.
I think a lot of what constitutes bad resale value is what the bass says on the headstock and not the quality or sound of the instrument. A vintage Fender with nice original paint will always have a high price tag simply because people go bananas over them even if the instrument is not a particularly good specimen in playability.
Soooo... basically any instrument will have poor resale value unless you get it for a steal or it's a vintage popular brand that lived in a case for most of its life.
A lot of folks will run away from an instrument that had its neck swapped IME unless it's dirt cheap...that's the problem with the Fender IMO.
I would also suggest opening up "other" payment options on Reverb...someone might not have the cash but would be willing to pick it up on credit through Affirm...and there's more people who won't touch PayPal with a 30-foot-pole than you would believe.
My $0.02 only...
Except, we are talking about a Carvin which are well known for having probably the worst resale value of any American built basses. So, you can think you are going to list it higher and trick someone into thinking it's something special, but in reality you'll just be kidding yourself because it's still a Carvin.
