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Dave may well be right.

I have seen that in the UK, the promised big $$$ sales doesn't usually happen. With no exchange rate to work with (more against in this case with GBP!) people are nearly always looking for bargains there and it is a tough market to get maximum $$$...IMO.

And...as it has been stated before, it is a bass with limited appeal. It always has been, hence no chance of a reissue.

The winner may well come from this forum as this is where the largest group of people who want this bass are.

Saying that, the 68 I played had a wonderful neck profile and a real nice warm tone. It was wearing rounds and sounded quite versatile.
They are not for everyone, but if you want an hollow bodied bass you should get a 4005, and if you want a 4005, you should get this one...

I have Chromes on mine now primarily to not wear the frets down any further, but I used to always use XLs which sounded awesome.

hmmm, think I'll stick with my EB2s for that acoustic sound then - not that I ever find a place for it these days. nice bass though, that 4005.

I was thinking of bidding - but I just don't feel too good about bidding against newly registered, zero feedbackers. Didn't that happen on the first auction? Where are those guys now? Sorry for being so suspicious.

I think if Kelly's really serious about selling this, he needs to cancel those zero feedback bids? It's going to put off serious bidders. Sorry Kelly.

I agree Graham. It's kinda ironic. I think when he first listed the bass, the minimum bid was 3500 pounds, right where the bid stands today.

If he's concerned about getting paid and/or the bids are legit, he should clean it up.

FWIW the bidding has just reached the point that was my max. Oh well.... my fault for being so tight!

Well it's sold then?? So we won't see it re-listed then?? mmmmmmmm........

I doubt that bidder is for real. Funny, I would have paid $7500 for it originally, but it wasn't good enough for him. Sometimes money is lost by indecision rather than the wrong decision.

Uhmm...

Here's a quote from Kelly posting on the Ric forum regarding the sale on ebay:

"£4251 and I've been stiffed (high bidder says he/she won't pay and now won't answer my e-mails) As my wife says maybe I'm just supposed to keep it. Pretty frustrating to say the least.."

"Got one e-mail saying they won't pay, then no answers to my e-mails after that. Probably gonna re-list. This time no zero feedbackers allowed."

4th time lucky then? I think from the last 3 attempts to sell it, the current value is somewhere around £3,500. All Kelly needs to do now is accept that, when he re-lists. Each re-listing is just devaluing a great bass, IMHO. Good luck Kelly.