Outrageous auction on a 92 SR4

[Caca de Kick]

First off, I have no affiliation with the seller...
But am I missing something about this SR4?? I will admit it's minty, but all I see is a 'regular' SR4, I really don't see anything unique, as trans blueburst pops up pretty regularly. It's up to $2400 dollars and still two days left to go. That's defenitely the most $$ I've seen bid for a normal production EBMM StingRay.

1992 Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray Bass Trans Blueburst - eBay (item 280199608966 end time Feb-16-08 16:33:45 PST)

 

[ekb16b]

i have no idea why it costs so much, but all i can is it sure looks pretty. i miss that colour

 

[Aussie Mark]

At first glance I assumed one or both of the newbie bidders pushing up the price must have been shill bidders, but on closer inspection both of the newbies have been bidding on items from other sellers as well. So, they must both have woodies over the condition of the bass and the rarity of the color.

 

[midopa]

yow that bass is in excellent condition.


A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

[TSanders]

I saw another Ray in that blueburst color go for WAY more than I thought it would, IIRC.

 

[Moondog]

I saw that too, wth ?!

One would, however, have to pay me more than that to
take my minty 1992 Trans-White from me, a lot more . . .

 

[shamus63]

Talk about a return on your investment...and the auction's not even over!

 

[Big Poppa]

Hey Kids from my perspective it is great to see som e of our older stuff go up in value. Those were the good old days...birdseye like running water and we probably only made about 14 instruments a day back then. THere cant be too many of these and it is perfect.....what can you buy an assembled Fender copy *(wink wink) for?

 

[Psycho Ward]

If it were a lefty I wouldn't even blink, it would be mine!

 

[Figjam]

Very minty! personally, I like my basses with lots of player wear and mojo on em, but dang is this a nice piece!

price is pretty nuts but if they have the money, of course theyd go for it.

 

[oli@bass]

Hilarious yes, but maybe they simply live outside the U.S. Used SR4 go generally for about double the price in Europe compared to the U.S. And you wouldn't want to know what a new SR4 costs in some European countries, but you can get an idea if you check out some German online stores. One of the bigger ones is the discounter (!!!) Thomann Cyberstore. Search for StingRay and click one. Check out their price and the list price.


Or they are just in for the great colour in mint condition.

However, I still find it puzzling that this one goes for more than other rarities, say a 100th NAMM Anni, or a mint 20th Anni.

 

[the unrepentant]

Hilarious yes, but maybe they simply live outside the U.S. Used SR4 go generally for about double the price in Europe compared to the U.S. And you wouldn't want to know what a new SR4 costs in some European countries, but you can get an idea if you check out some German online stores. One of the bigger ones is the discounter (!!!) Thomann Cyberstore. Search for StingRay and click one. Check out their price and the list price.


Or they are just in for the great colour in mint condition.

However, I still find it puzzling that this one goes for more than other rarities, say a 100th NAMM Anni, or a mint 20th Anni.

3 EQ SR4 over here, £1200 brand new easy. That's $2400 to you yanks, see why some of us brits envy you? $900 for a SR4? that's crazy money for a ray to us! that's mexican fender money!

 

[beej]

Wow, poplar Blueburst. Beautiful. It's like a bass Morse (except for the zillion pickups).

 

[Caca de Kick]

see why some of us brits envy you?

Well, it goes both ways. There was a brand of bass from England that I wanted for a long time, cheaper for you, too expensive and less available for me.

 

[the unrepentant]

aye, but how often does that happen? lol

 

[word]

I bet you see a couple more of those pop on ebay over the next couple of weeks!

Nice bass but I like my basses to show some love.

 

[RobertB]

Yeah, I'd been watching this one too. Interesting phenomenon. Maybe isolated, maybe not. Time will tell.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

At the time, I would have taken my SR5 in that colour but ended up getting trans-white instead.

 

[rhythmCity944]

I've always wanted a stingray in the blueburst color but the price has to be reasonable and I would much prefer a rosewood fret board...the bidders on that item might be friends of the seller which I have seen a lot so the price goes higher

 

[Brim]

My dream SR5 is a single H pacific blue burst, white pickup, black pg, maple neck.