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Club Fbass (Part 11!)

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Tom7 said:
Wow.

First, there's that booty shakin' groove! Nicely done!

Second, what a great slap tone. Ash body, 70s pickup placement, rosewood fingerboard, George's craftsmanship... that is one really nice combination!

I've listened to it a few times now; I really like that tone.
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Thanks Tom .... The tone is definitely what sold me ... My original bigg redd bass was a BN5, so I knew that George's craftsmanship & the playability wouldn't be an issue ... I've always been a fan of ash/rosewood, 70's but never found the right axe, until now. Before this, the closest that I came to the slap tone in my head was the Heartbreaker (the alder/walnut top/rosewood/70's Alleva Coppolo that I sold to Tom a few years back). I'm sure she's treating you right. I'm really psyched at the sounds that i'm getting from this VF5 and look forward to more exploration. Thanks again for the kind words.
 
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I may be selling this beauty for my buddy who is seriously ill and has asked me to liquidate his bass collection. Does anyone have any idea on what it could be worth? I know what he paid, do you think because of it's uniqueness it may be worth more than the purchase price?

It is 1 of 10 made and is 1 of only 3 that is midi equipped. It is signed by both Alain Caron and George Furlanetto.
 

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hodge1 said:
I may be selling this beauty for my buddy who is seriously ill and has asked me to liquidate his bass collection. Does anyone have any idea on what it could be worth? I know what he paid, do you think because of it's uniqueness it may be worth more than the purchase price?

It is 1 of 10 made and is 1 of only 3 that is midi equipped. It is signed by both Alain Caron and George Furlanetto.
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First, I am very sorry to read about your friend. That is terrible -- both to be that ill and to have to "liquidate" his bass collection.

Second, I know this bass well, I have #7.

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Third, which serial number is the one being sold?

As for your questions...

I highly recommend you contact George Furlanetto ([email protected]) and let him know this is for sale. He may well know someone off the top of his head who wanted one and didn't get one. Also, he may list it on fbass.com for you. Heck, for all we know, Alain is wishing he had another for a backup.

As for the bass, be very careful about the advice you accept on it. I've been ripped off twice trying to be the nice guy selling basses to fellow talkbass members.

If you need a quick sale, then I would sell it to George (at Fbass), or Donovan (at Fretspot.com) so they could resell it. They have the ability to list it and wait for a fair market price.

If you don't need to sell it quickly, don't be afraid to have it listed for a long time.

High end inventory moves slower -- it's just a rule of markets. If it doesn't, then it was probably underpriced. For example, there is a $30 million house in our area up for sale. It will be listed for much longer than the $300,000 houses, simply because the group that can purchase the high end is much smaller, and you have to wait for one of them to be in a need to buy.

If this was a normal BN6, then I'd advise you to search and see what BN6s have been selling for lately and price his accordingly.

However, this is a limited edition run, AND it is a replica of Alain's bass, which tweaks conventional wisdom about the bass. The pricing becomes much more subjective, as you know.

For example, I was able to sell my Fodera Yin Yang, Victor Wooten's signature model, for MORE than I bought it for new -- precisely because it was a limited edition replica.
 
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Tom7 said:
.......Fair market price.

If you don't need to sell it quickly, don't be afraid to have it listed for a long time.

High end inventory moves slower -- it's just a rule of markets. If it doesn't, then it was probably underpriced. For example, there is a $30 million house in our area up for sale
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You live in an area with 30 Million dollar homes? Dude ... You're my hero! :rolleyes: :D
 
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GRoberts said:
You live in an area with 30 Million dollar homes? Dude ... You're my hero! :rolleyes: :D
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There's one of those in my area. They pay just over $1,000 a day in property taxes, and California doesn't have especially high property tax rates (that's one reason why our school systems are 49th in the nation). The house has 9 bedrooms and 13½ bathrooms - 26,700 square feet.
 
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hodge1 said:
I may be selling this beauty for my buddy who is seriously ill and has asked me to liquidate his bass collection. Does anyone have any idea on what it could be worth? I know what he paid, do you think because of it's uniqueness it may be worth more than the purchase price?

It is 1 of 10 made and is 1 of only 3 that is midi equipped. It is signed by both Alain Caron and George Furlanetto.
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Well, I'm sorry to hear about your buddy and hope that everything starts getting better for him. I'm a huge Alain fan, and wasn't able to get in when they first sold these basses, but would be interested in seeing if I could maybe get this one, so if you could keep me in the loop about it, I would be truely grateful..... Thanks!!!
 
#72
bassman10 said:
Well, I'm sorry to hear about your buddy and hope that everything starts getting better for him. I'm a huge Alain fan, and wasn't able to get in when they first sold these basses, but would be interested in seeing if I could maybe get this one, so if you could keep me in the loop about it, I would be truely grateful..... Thanks!!!
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+1. I'm pulling for you!
 
#73
All,
Need a bit of help here.. I am in the process of doing a trade of my Ritter for a BN6.
But, I am still a bit undecided between the Brownburst NPF and the Natural NPF. I am pretty certain about going natural. But, the brown is still interesting to me.

Does anybody have a good pic of both? maybe side by side? I see a lot of the Brown. but not a lot of nat around..
 
#74
mp40smg said:
All,
Need a bit of help here.. I am in the process of doing a trade of my Ritter for a BN6.
But, I am still a bit undecided between the Brownburst NPF and the Natural NPF. I am pretty certain about going natural. But, the brown is still interesting to me.

Does anybody have a good pic of both? maybe side by side? I see a lot of the Brown. but not a lot of nat around..
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Here's a link where you can see a whole lot of basses and there are a couple of BN'S in stock..(Natural)....

http://www.fbass.com/instock
 
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hodge1 said:
I may be selling this beauty for my buddy who is seriously ill and has asked me to liquidate his bass collection. Does anyone have any idea on what it could be worth? I know what he paid, do you think because of it's uniqueness it may be worth more than the purchase price?

It is 1 of 10 made and is 1 of only 3 that is midi equipped. It is signed by both Alain Caron and George Furlanetto.
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How much do you want for this one?
 
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