Interesting...

There is a trombone on eBay up for auction that is the same model that I have, the Yamaha YBL-613H. The auction for it seems ridiculous though. It's only a three day auction starting at $.01 with no reserve. Right now I think the bid is up to like $20.00 or something ridiculous like that. I'm curious to see what it would sell for...but at the same time, I don't want it to sell for something ridiculously cheap because the auction is set up retardedly. I was thinking about being shady and bidding like $500.00(approximately a THIRD of what I paid)for the horn because IF it does wind up selling for that price then I'd have one hell of a deal...but mainly because I'm evil and don't want to think that I overpaid(which for THAT horn I actually UNDERpaid by like $800)...so if on Thursday that horn is sitting there for like $400-$600 dollars then I'm going to buy, swap out the best parts from both horns(like the G tuning slide), then sell the other one HOPEFULLY turning a profit.

This horn looks to be in the same condition that mine is in...EXCEPT that it was a big dent in the bell and mine was customized to have the leadpipe be removable, plus this horn comes with the cheesy stock Yamaha case, while mine came with a $300 aftermarket case. The horn for sale is also missing the Gb paddle on the second trigger. That'd be one of those things that'd be a pain in the ass to get from Yamaha since it's a part you just can't buy off the shelf. There is also something pretty curious about the horn, on the bell it has the Yamaha engraving...but on mine it doesn't. I thought it was odd that Yamaha didn't engrave their logo on the bell, but I guess they do...interesting.

Ehhh...if anything, I at least got to see some more pretty pictures of "my" horn...

We'll see...

It is also interesting because along with this horn being up for auction, there is also a Yamaha YBL-613 for sale. The 613 is the preceding model to the 613H. The 613's starting bid is $1,750 which is pretty much what I expected to pay for a horn like that...it is also why getting my horn at $1,200 was a good deal, and probaly whatever price the other horn sells for it going to be ridiculous!!!

Here is the auction for "my" horn:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Yamaha-YBL-613H-Bass-Trombone-with-Case-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ7342291133QQcategoryZ16216QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here is the auction for the 613:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Yamaha-Bass-Trombone-w-Double-Trigger_W0QQitemZ7341073487QQcategoryZ16216QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And this is why I check randomly check eBay for stuff that I've already bought...