Hi all,
I don't know if I'm posting this in the right place, please do move it if I"m wrong.
I saw the following advert on Craigslist London -
"It's the PB 1839.
The construction is Shedua facings. Fretted Rosewood, 4 strings, 21 frets.
It has the full active elect ron ics, volume (pulls up for pick attack), pick up pan and two tone controls with the push pull/boost facitities.
Neck is the usual Wal multi laminates of maple / hornbeam / mahogany.\
Built in 1981 and signed off by Ian Waller and Pete (The Fish) Stevens himself in control cavity.
The bass is in excellent condition, only used in the studio."
The bass was for sale for £1800, which seemed far too cheap for what that instrument is, but I thought an email might be worth a shot. I sent through a mail asking if the bass was for sale and if I could get some more pics. The person replied saying that there are more photos and gave me an email address to reply to so we could chat further. They also stated that they're in the Shetland Islands so I'd have to either go there to collect it or do everything via post.
Being a bit of a bass nerd, I've known about the Wal database of serial numbers and bass owners for a while now so I thought I'd do some digging. The serial in the advert matches up with an owner on there, so I got on google and found him. I've since been in touch with him and he tells me he sold the bass via ebay in 2008-09 to the drummer from a pretty big metal band in the states, and it would seem that the photos I've been sent are all taken for the original ebay listing. I'm willing to bet that the text from the Craigslist advert is copied and pasted from the original ebay listing too.
I've googled the serial number a little further and I've found a posting on a Yahoo chat forum from 2010 talking about the exact same advert and suspicious email behaviour.
I've asked the seller for his/her name and who they purchased the bass from but the emails have gone quiet.
I've posted to a couple of forums and I've even managed to find a few poor guys that have fallen for it and lost a lot of money.
Be safe out there
Jimmy Sims
I don't know if I'm posting this in the right place, please do move it if I"m wrong.
I saw the following advert on Craigslist London -
"It's the PB 1839.
The construction is Shedua facings. Fretted Rosewood, 4 strings, 21 frets.
It has the full active elect ron ics, volume (pulls up for pick attack), pick up pan and two tone controls with the push pull/boost facitities.
Neck is the usual Wal multi laminates of maple / hornbeam / mahogany.\
Built in 1981 and signed off by Ian Waller and Pete (The Fish) Stevens himself in control cavity.
The bass is in excellent condition, only used in the studio."
The bass was for sale for £1800, which seemed far too cheap for what that instrument is, but I thought an email might be worth a shot. I sent through a mail asking if the bass was for sale and if I could get some more pics. The person replied saying that there are more photos and gave me an email address to reply to so we could chat further. They also stated that they're in the Shetland Islands so I'd have to either go there to collect it or do everything via post.
Being a bit of a bass nerd, I've known about the Wal database of serial numbers and bass owners for a while now so I thought I'd do some digging. The serial in the advert matches up with an owner on there, so I got on google and found him. I've since been in touch with him and he tells me he sold the bass via ebay in 2008-09 to the drummer from a pretty big metal band in the states, and it would seem that the photos I've been sent are all taken for the original ebay listing. I'm willing to bet that the text from the Craigslist advert is copied and pasted from the original ebay listing too.
I've googled the serial number a little further and I've found a posting on a Yahoo chat forum from 2010 talking about the exact same advert and suspicious email behaviour.
I've asked the seller for his/her name and who they purchased the bass from but the emails have gone quiet.
I've posted to a couple of forums and I've even managed to find a few poor guys that have fallen for it and lost a lot of money.
Be safe out there
Jimmy Sims
