I'm thinking of buying this used bass and...

[faelun]

I don't know what to offer for it. This guy bought it 6 years ago brand new (it's a warwick corvetter 5 btw) he's sent me picures of it and says there is a cosmetic marking around thee 12th frett and well i asked him a bunch of stuff and his answeres were more or less what i wanted to hear accept i forgot to ask about the body wood (it appears to be bubinga but im not 100% sure) but yeah what do you guys thing is a fair price to offer for this bass? i was at Long and Mcquade today and i was told a new one retails for 1300 CDN so would it be fair to offer him 800 or is that too little or to much? please aid me MX!!!

-Faeluin:chug:

[imnotamusician]

why don't you look in the musicman s.u.b. basses?

[Az_Holl]

why don't you look in the musicman s.u.b. basses?
Possibly because Corvettes are better and he obviusly wants one... just a guess thoguh.

[bottlerocket]

He wants a Corvette...so...let's answer his question. :p

I'd first ask him to make an offer. If it's around $1000, it's way too much. If it's around $650-850 it's reasonable. Try to settle on $700.

-Gav

[faelun]

ok, well wow where did the sub comment come out of? I do want a Musicman bass but i'd want a stingray not a sub. anyways yeah i have a picture of the bass and i can't tell if it's bubinga wood or ash and i've heard ash corvettes sub par to that of the bubinga ones ? i shall post the pic momentairily if someone would be so kind as to identify the wood for me? oh snap as i write this i've recieved en e-mail from him wow i 'd feel like an iddiot if he's read this which is a very likely possibility

[enim]

He wants a Corvette...so...let's answer his question. :p

I'd first ask him to make an offer. If it's around $1000, it's way too much. If it's around $650-850 it's reasonable. Try to settle on $700.

-Gav

Hes Canadian, dear.

[bottlerocket]

Hes Canadian, dear.

OK...so...700 USD = 994 CAD

1000 CAD should be OK, but I'm sure the price references in relation to each other in Canada are different than in the US.

Just food for thought, though. I tried. :(

-Gav

[faelun]

oh snap it is indeed bubinga and i will make the offer of 700 as sujested by you guys and go from there

[faelun]

OH **** man whaaat -_- i offered 700 cdn now i will look like an ***!! crap i didnt see gav's post ohhh man god i hope he does not reject the offer X_X and totaly way away i want this bass bad >< and gav FYI 700 usd =/= 944CDN the exchange reate is 1.1 cdn=1usd

700ud=770cdn

[nicatterberry]

I'm sure he'll just say no and you can make another offer. Don't worry.

[faelun]

it'd be awesome if he says yes >_<

[faelun]

YESSS!!! we've settled on the price of 750 cdn

[nicatterberry]

Congratz, I've been wanting that same bass!

[bottlerocket]

Congrats, man! :chug:

Even if that price was low, you could've offered him a higher price. :p

Regardless, nice snag.

-Gav

[Pluperfect_Arson]

That's excellent!

Have fun with the bass.

[FunkMetalBass]

P.I.C.S.

Congrats on the steal.

Shame it was a warwick.

[muthafunkabass]

Congrats!

Good buy, it was a great steal. But yeah:

http://dgrin.smugmug.com/photos/14326054-L.gif

[BrodieBear]

HAGGLE HAGGLE HAGGLE HAGGLE HAGGLE!! yes, £750 is probably a good price, but if it's a private sale, start at 600 and work up, try n keep him low, cos if you start at 750 and he says no, you gotta work up from there.

[Worrpigs]

nice man. i love warwick 5ers. im not to fond of the tone circuit on the vettes though, i like a little more variablility

[PERFECTXDARK]

nice! good work man!,where abotus do you live in canada?

[Led_Zeppelin678]

Nice buy! Corvette's pwn!

[nicatterberry]

HAGGLE HAGGLE HAGGLE HAGGLE HAGGLE!! yes, £750 is probably a good price, but if it's a private sale, start at 600 and work up, try n keep him low, cos if you start at 750 and he says no, you gotta work up from there.


Can you read?

[BrodieBear]

^^^^^^^

Did i miss something here?

[nicatterberry]

Yeah. Read.

[bottlerocket]

He already bought the bass. :p

-Gav

[BrodieBear]

i'm sorry, what?
i just mentioned that as long as he remembers to discuss the price, he can keep it low, so even if he's asked to pay a decent price, he could save a bit more money. fancy explainin what i've so clearly failed to pick up on man?

edit: ^^^^^^^
sorry, conveniently failed to notice that bit of the convo. :p

sorry folks!

[BrodieBear]

yeah, okay. have gone and read through entire thread again. my mistake. :p

[faelun]

hehe ohhh maaan am I ever giddy! ok soo heres the situation we've settled on the price of 750 CDN hes asking 800 and we've made a deal the reason i said 750 is because i wanted to keep 50 bucks for a new pack of wick strings right and hes like well i put the strings on 6 months ago so if i like the strigns on it i will pay 800 for it but if i don't hes fine with me paying 750. as for pics i am (as im typing) uploading thr two pictures he sent me of the bass. I belive my parents said they will take me tomorow afternoon to pick it up and at that time i will go camera crazzzy and take pics like madd. and yeah warwick tone is not as versatile as i originally had thought but that's ok I still have my Ibanez 5'er if i need it. ok pics are done uploading here we go

http://i6.tinypic.com/11jsy7m.jpg

and here is the second one he's sent me

http://i5.tinypic.com/11jt47k.jpg

i'm SOOOOO excited now i will have 1/3 permenent basses i want ( the other two are a Music Man Sting ray and my 3rd is TBD)

[BrodieBear]

not a warwick fan, but that does look real nice man.

[mutant!]

Nice buy.

[faelun]

:D i'll post more pics when i actually get it i'm soooooo happy i've wanted a wick every since i stared to play

[Jimbobntnr]

that's beautiful. Clean the fingerboard when you get it, though.

Congrats on the deal!

[FunkMetalBass]

i'm sorry, what?
i just mentioned that as long as he remembers to discuss the price, he can keep it low, so even if he's asked to pay a decent price, he could save a bit more money. fancy explainin what i've so clearly failed to pick up on man?

edit: ^^^^^^^
sorry, conveniently failed to notice that bit of the convo. :p

sorry folks!

What I was going to say is that he picked it up for 700CAD (roughly 338 GBP).

[The Forgotten Bassist]

Hes Canadian, dear.

Doesn't help when he doesn't say where he's from.

Not insulting you by the way, jsut to br safe

[faelun]

^^^ good sir please note i did made reference to the fact I was dealing with Canadian dollars

[faelun]

i can't sleep it's 1 am and all i can think about is going to pick up this beast tmrw! and by tmrw i mean in 14 hours