this deal showed up for sale last night. pretty good looking bass, great price with case
https://offerup.com/item/detail/1056671036/
and this one just dropped in price to a crazy amount, I can’t believe it was not bought a few $100 ago
https://offerup.com/item/detail/999806009/
I am not looking to buy, but if I were, I would walk into that pawn shop today with $800 and try to walk out with that 40th anniversary BFR Old Smoothie for sure.
Wow, you’d never see those appear for sale here in Seattle… or for those prices.
a friend of mine had a red Buell. incredibly fun.
Love this band - this album in particular caught me for a whole summer. Listened constantly whilst touring around in a big white van:
Play it now! I have that bass and it’s amazing
Not that I am in the market for a used bass in Southern California, but that offerup page is just giving me a real hard “no-no” when I try to click on those links, for crying out loud 
Same here…
This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.
It’s working great: you can’t be attacked if you can’t be reached 
Yep, Brian! America First I guess 
Yeah, they work for me, I was not sure who they would work for.
So for those of you that can’t open the link, this is what is in the 2nd link.
The 2nd link is to the bass that Low End Lobster made a cheap copy called the Mold Smoothie and then compared them.
Here is a review of the actual bass
I checked Reverb. there are 3 available, 2 new, and 1 like new. Starting at $2700 plus about $250 shipping and going up from there
So this bass, in like new condition is the 2nd link I posted, at a pawn shop here and I bet $800 would take it, if not, $1000 will for sure.
I will get a screen shot of the first link for the rest of you to see
so the first link is to this. it is not the GEM that the Old Smoothie is, but for $900 with a case all in good condition, just need a good cleaning and probably a new set up, but heck, price is nice, I am really surprised this one has not sold yet.
I have seen worse ones go for a couple hundred Higher in less time, when I was trying to buy one, and actually missed out on a couple because I was not quick enough.
Now when I don’t want any more, they are falling off trees left and right
These are the only 3 picks, if I were serious about it, I would ask for the serial number and more pics, or just go the 8-10 miles away to look at it / play it.
but I am not looking to buy at all, if I was, I probably would have two new basses today
Yeah, but the pandemic is really starting to affect people i think.
I have made out good, and made profit off buying low and selling high, or buying a package deal, keeping the bass, and getting it for free or $50 after selling the amp and cab etc…
The first deal that I actually made a good amount off in the end, I bought right when the lockdown started and was expected to be about 2 weeks long, last early April or late march when I bought, and I have been fortunate to score a few deals that helped fund my keepers, or offset the cost pretty significantly.
and back in June, or July I bought a beautiful, extremely good quality and condition SBMM Ray34 the honey roasted burst from around 2010-2013.
It had been sitting in a pawn shop for almost a year, and the price started at $900, then dropped to $800, and by the time I was looking for one and found it, it was marked down to $650, and I walked in with $400 cash and walked out with it.
it is beautiful, but I am actually going to sell it, for a profit, and it will almost pay for the Slo Special I got, cuz I paid $950 for it. It was listed for 2 months and started at $1200. When I learned about the neck, and knew I wanted it more then the Sterling Ray34, I bought it, with plans to get the money back by selling the Ray323, which I am listing today or tomorrow. I don’t expect it to go right away, like the pattern, but I expect to sell it because it is hard to find one idendical, compared to all the black and black on black ones and natural ash and white ones, this one I have with matching headstock, it is special enough that it was a score, and will be taken by somebody for $900 at some point in time. I am gonna list it higher, but I would take $900
So yeah, the prices are super low for Seattle, and for here even, but I think it is the state of the world dictating it, and there are too many people willing to let too many cool toys go cuz they need money, that I bet if you looked hard enough, you would find some gem deals like this
Pics don’t do it justice, but here are some of my Ray34. It is cleaned up but cuz of the high gloss, it is hard to get the lighting right to get good photo’s with my iphone camera, so pics are hard to do it justice, but it is gorgeous, and I am not much a fan of burst finishes , but this one does it for me.
photo’s do not do justice to the headstock or the fretboard detail, or justice to the combo of the body with the fretboard and headstock, it was impossible to get any better light without getting sharp glare ing light and reflections anywhere on the body and headstock
and SUPER LOW ACTION, this is on the G string side, but still, it is super low
I will miss that one, and it is bad ass, but that shows my attachment to my Ray4 (yep, the $299 one with a $119 pick up upgrade) and my EBMM Slo Special. I am happy enough with them that i can let this one go,
and
the Stingray4 Natural.
and the Ray4HH
but I never cared much for it. It looks really cool with the olive color and maple fretboard, but , but I did not like playing it, so that on is not that hard to let go, but this one , won’t sting so much, because I don’t like playing it as much as my Ray 4 and SLO Special, so it is not gonna sting, its just a bummer I don’t have space and money enough to be able to keep it on the wall and look at it for life,
yes.
tomorrow then 
The first 2000 dollar bass is the hardest… it gets easier after that 
I don’t even want any more basses and I am ogling a $1k bass that is significantly less versatile than my current bass but still tempting because idol worship, and a $1500 bass that is basically just a slightly more upscale version of my current bass. Because shiny.
'Nuff said 
