Nice '64 Hofner Senator on ebay

saltymonkey · March 10, 2014, 08:09:58 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=151250767620&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160

ilan · March 10, 2014, 12:38:21 PM

Too bad about the tuners, otherwise looks great. Correct knobs are easy to find on eBay, the teacups look out of place.

The tilted bridge is because of the black nylon strings. With a set of TI Jazz Flats the bridge angle will be different.

They are great couch basses. No need to amplify, with a set of flats (preferably TI's, don't even think about rounds) they sound SOOOO good acoustically. Much better than the small-body "Beatle" basses, and the f-holes help too. They are feather weight, and very comfortable. If I didn't already own one...

saltymonkey · March 10, 2014, 01:59:03 PM

I've spent way too much on instruments in the past few months. But I'll keep an eye on it and see how high it goes. Would definitely love to own one. Describing it as a great couch bass doesn't help at all.

Dave W · March 10, 2014, 08:22:09 PM

It's in nice shape all right. Reasonable opening bid.

drbassman · March 11, 2014, 08:55:29 AM

Oh my, I was thinking about bidding on that one if it stays low!

godofthunder · March 12, 2014, 07:18:26 AM

She's a beauty, good luck Bill!

drbassman · March 12, 2014, 08:09:19 PM

The BIN is a bit high. $:-\$

Dave W · March 12, 2014, 11:08:11 PM

Quote from: drbassman on March 12, 2014, 08:09:19 PM
The BIN is a bit high. $:-\$

Whoa! I see he revised it on 3/11. The original listing had no BIN and the $700 opening bid didn't have a "reserve not met" notice.

ilan · March 13, 2014, 03:42:14 AM

His new $1,650 BIN is unrealistic, I think. I bought mine (same vintage, 1964) off eBay on July 2012 for $500. It needed a neck reset and a pickup rewind, but was still significantly cheaper.

saltymonkey · March 13, 2014, 07:52:13 AM

When I first saw it and started this thread his opening bid was $995 and there was no BIN. That seemed reasonable to me. If it went up a couple hundred from that I thought it'd still be a nice score.

Pilgrim · March 13, 2014, 11:16:25 AM

That's one time when an early bid as a placeholder isn't a bad idea. If someone had bid, he would have been unable to change the auction terms. But that bird has flown...and it sounds like the $995 was on the high side to begin, anyway.

ilan · March 13, 2014, 11:28:26 AM

Quote from: Pilgrim on March 13, 2014, 11:16:25 AM
That's one time when an early bid as a placeholder isn't a bad idea. If someone had bid, he would have been unable to change the auction terms.

He could still pull the item and then re-list it.

ilan · March 13, 2014, 11:53:43 PM

And now he has lowered the BIN to $1,500. The guy is undecided.

Dave W · March 14, 2014, 01:03:42 PM

Quote from: saltymonkey on March 13, 2014, 07:52:13 AM
When I first saw it and started this thread his opening bid was $995 and there was no BIN. That seemed reasonable to me. If it went up a couple hundred from that I thought it'd still be a nice score.

When I first saw it, 12 hours after you posted, it was definitely $700 with no reserve. So he lowered it, then added a BIN and reserve, and now he's lowered the BIN. Four different prices in four days.

I'd be very wary of dealing with anyone who can't make up his mind what he wants to sell it for. If you win, he likely wouldn't follow through with the sale or would try to make you pay extra to get him to ship it.

saltymonkey · March 14, 2014, 01:14:04 PM

He does have perfect feedback though, with 114 transactions in the past year. Maybe we'll just see this one go a few rounds before he realizes what the market will bear.