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Would you buy a bass blind?
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His cash flow problem is his cash flow problem, don't make it your problem. Buy elsewhere.
I've bought several basses sight unseen. My SUB bass, that was off ebay, and that turned out to be my best purchase ever 
I bought a G&L L-2000 tribby sight unseen, again, a nice bass, but i sold it because i didn't use it, i had a musicman
I traded the G&L for my reggie sight unseen, and that turned out to be a very nice bass too, but not entirely my thing. By buying second hand, if you don't like what you buy, you only really lose out on postage, and that's if you don't sell it for more... Win win?
I bought a G&L L-2000 tribby sight unseen, again, a nice bass, but i sold it because i didn't use it, i had a musicman
I traded the G&L for my reggie sight unseen, and that turned out to be a very nice bass too, but not entirely my thing. By buying second hand, if you don't like what you buy, you only really lose out on postage, and that's if you don't sell it for more... Win win?
I traded an amp to a store (12 years ago)for a fretless Peavey Foundation that I knew had been hanging there for a long time. Great, great axe. Down the line it occurred to me that I should ebay me a fretted version. I have over the years bought 5 more, 3 of which I still currently own. First a 5 string ( boy was I surprised! never mentioned it in the ad, I didn't look too carefully) that was OK but not what I wanted.Needed to have its neck reset so the strings would line up evenly on the neck. Eventually strung with a high C, its slightly too narrow string spacing made it a tad uncomfortable. Next, I looked more carefully and grabbed a beautiful sunburst maple neck. Great sound but the truss rod was frozen. My guitar tech said that it was a risky operation but he was able to free it up and I tweaked it out and it replaced my Fenders.Saw another and grabbed it and it turned out to be a mahogany body. Strung it with flats. But I was still greedy. At $40 a string, this wasn't a major investment. Went for a red rosewood neck and it just didn't feel right. Pickups weren't superferrites but not the soapbars that replaced them. It was a later body and as such just didn't feel like the earlier ones. Even after I put Nordstrand big singles in it, it just wasn't doing it for me. Put it up here on TB and after selling it went back to the 'bay and waited for exactly what I wanted: a match of my fretless. Pulled the trigger on a black, rosewood neck ( black headstock) Foundation that was spotless. Gem condition.
Sooooo, you takes yer chances with anything thats not in your hand. I gambled 5 times:2 didn't stay, 3 needed additional work, three are left ( + the fretless that started this whole mess makes 4). If you know how to adjust a bass, are willing to expose yourself to risk, go for it. If not, try before you but is still the safest policy.
Sooooo, you takes yer chances with anything thats not in your hand. I gambled 5 times:2 didn't stay, 3 needed additional work, three are left ( + the fretless that started this whole mess makes 4). If you know how to adjust a bass, are willing to expose yourself to risk, go for it. If not, try before you but is still the safest policy.
I would certainly not take this deal. Having not seen or played the bass beforehand is not such a big deal, but not being able to return it if it doesn't suit you is a deal breaker. I have never nor will I ever buy something from an actual store or retailers that tells me I can't return something under any circumstances.
I bought all three of these based on the websites I purchased them from. Buyer beware always applies, but I have been fortunate with reputable dealers:
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Did it twice, wound up satisfied both times. Of course, I did a lot of research beforehand, and I could also just be lucky.
People shell out large dollars for custom basses. They are built to order, so there is no way to play it before ordering. Scary, risky, but we choose our bass builders based on what they have already built, which is what inspires us to have them build one for us!
Yes.
If you've played that kind of bass before (and love it) and you have faith in the quality control of the manufacturer then worst case scenario is that you'll need to get a setup.
I've done it twice with a 74 Ric and Fender Jag. Love both.
If you've played that kind of bass before (and love it) and you have faith in the quality control of the manufacturer then worst case scenario is that you'll need to get a setup.
I've done it twice with a 74 Ric and Fender Jag. Love both.
I don't know... Some brands you know will likely be good, some are inconsistent. Either way, you best be ready to suck it up if you don't like it (or better yet -just don't do it!)
Depends on the bass?
If it a "high end, name" bass. (MTD, Roscoe, Sadowsky, Lakland)
SURE...
I'll buy anything, Just ask my wife?
ive bought all three of my basses unseen. its the curse of being a lefty in a fairly small town =/
the one bass that took me the longest to like was my mtd kingston artist. i researched the hell outta it, and decided it was the best option for the money ($600 for it, shipped). it was also my second bass (my first was a hot rodded p bass). and the kingston is completely different from my p. so at first, i couldnt get over the thinness of the neck, too small. then i couldnt figure out the pickup and electronics, was to thin, to mid rangey.
so i set it aside at first, then came back. three months later (plus a ton of fiddling with the pickup and action) and i am playing it more then my p.
ive also bought a tech 21 SA blind but i had heard it played and liked the sound.
so basically in my experience id say as long as you research you probably will like your purchase
the one bass that took me the longest to like was my mtd kingston artist. i researched the hell outta it, and decided it was the best option for the money ($600 for it, shipped). it was also my second bass (my first was a hot rodded p bass). and the kingston is completely different from my p. so at first, i couldnt get over the thinness of the neck, too small. then i couldnt figure out the pickup and electronics, was to thin, to mid rangey.
so i set it aside at first, then came back. three months later (plus a ton of fiddling with the pickup and action) and i am playing it more then my p.
ive also bought a tech 21 SA blind but i had heard it played and liked the sound.
so basically in my experience id say as long as you research you probably will like your purchase
I've done it with variable results. My last was successful. I bought my L2500 sight-unseen (tho factory new from a dealer) without having played an L2500 before, as a backup for my L2000 which I was just shredding the fingerboard on with roundwounds (and it also has a slight problem).
It turns out it's so exceptional, it's actually replaced my L2000 and is my main bass.
The rest of my sight-unseen buys have been failures.
I wouldn't recommend doing this (I just happened to get lucky this last time, tho I was already sort of familiar with what I was going to end up with).
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I just did last night. Ordered a Modulus Q5 chechen/chechen from Bass Central! 
Of course I played a lot of Quantums in the past (never owned one though) so I'm pretty confident I know what I'm getting. It just got shipped today so I'll have to wait and see how it plays. They have a pretty good return policy - 48 hrs with a 5% restock fee unless I trade it for something else they have.
Of course I played a lot of Quantums in the past (never owned one though) so I'm pretty confident I know what I'm getting. It just got shipped today so I'll have to wait and see how it plays. They have a pretty good return policy - 48 hrs with a 5% restock fee unless I trade it for something else they have.
+1 I thought that it's a legal obligation to refund in a limited time period if the product is not wanted. If seller wants to avoid this, it has to be in writing at time of purchase. If he just verbally says he can't to returns, he hasn't got a leg to stand on.
I do it all the time, but I wouldn't do it with a special order I couldn't return for a full refund.
If you're going to do a deal like this, just do it with an online retailer and eliminate the middleman. Your guy doesn't seem to be anything else in this deal.
