Best Deal You Ever Got on Gear

XansNiceSweater · #1 07-10-2006, 01:10 PM

Like the title says, what's the best deal you ever got on a piece of gear?

For me, it was paying $600 for a near-mint 1982 MIA P-Bass,
or paying the same price for a Hartke Aluminum-Cone halfstack.

Soon, I hope, it will be paying $1000 for a mint Modulus Genesis 5.

How about you guys?

bmc · #2 07-10-2006, 01:13 PM

36 years ago, my grandmother bought a drumset for my brother from a couple of musicians. They had an old set of Ludwigs. Once she clinched the deal on the set, they asked her if she wanted a bass. Knowing nothing about basses, but being a supreme wheeler dealer, she asked how much. They said $300. She said too much. When asked how much she would pay, she said nothing more than $150. They accepted it.

For a 1969 Fender Precision.

XansNiceSweater · #3 07-10-2006, 01:17 PM

Zowee.

Also, I've picked up a 1987 Fernandes Gravity for $250 and a set of EMG Pickups for $80

all of these deals have been thru the same store, too.

Wesley R · #4 07-10-2006, 01:17 PM

in '72 a 3 day old fretless p w/case for $87.85 and a semifunctional showman head.

in '70 an Ampeg Baby Bass fro 50% of list

in '79 a dead mint Guild JSB2 w/case for $200
'79 a B15 with a D140 in it all functional and a 7 out of 10 cosmetics for $85, my buddy wanted me to talk the guy down.

Best of Luck,
Wesley R.

JPJ · #5 07-10-2006, 01:23 PM

$300 for a '77 Fender jazz in excellent condition, natural, maple board, white blocks & binding w/OHSC.

XansNiceSweater · #6 07-10-2006, 01:23 PM

Nice.
I recently picked up a 1964 Epiphone 5120 for $350 - lady wanted $500.

In retrospect, I got a raw deal. The bridge saddkes were held in place with tape, there's an irremovable grunge on the body, the trussrod is broken into a horrible upbow, and the E-string tuning peg was crooked, and after I straightened it, the knob snapped in half.

But man does it sound good.

loendmaestro · #7 07-10-2006, 01:23 PM

74 Rickenbacker 4001 for $200 in 1987

78 Rickenbacker 3001 for $350 in 1994

2003 NOS MIA PBass (in discontinued Inca Silver no less with the plastic still on the pickguard - UNPLAYED!) for $679 about 3 months ago.

Spencer! · #8 07-10-2006, 01:23 PM

I got my SVT3 Pro for $750 new in box, which is about what they go for used.

ingo62 · #9 07-10-2006, 01:24 PM

Hi,

I bought lots of stuff at ebay, a few very cheap (most of them offered in wrong category or with bad pics), i.e.

- My Warmoth fivestring Jazz with Seymour Duncan Basslines - 500,- Euros. Became my main axe.

- Palatino EUB VE-500 450,- Euros (new)

-Two electric guitars (a nice Fenix Strat with Rail-Hunbucker plus a Cort for 210,- Euro) ehm, during a soccer game (Germany vs. Argentina). I was more or less alone in German ebay when this auction ended..

Greetz

Ingo

XansNiceSweater · #10 07-10-2006, 01:24 PM

Hey, Loend Maestro, you're in Atlanta - ever been to Jennings' Music?

That's where I scored all this stuff except the Epiphone.

SuperDuck · #11 07-10-2006, 01:28 PM

1970's Ampeg SVT head w/ matching 8x10 - FREE

Game, set, match.

g00eY · #12 07-10-2006, 01:30 PM

my Backline 600 head and Backline 115 cab. $350 for both of them.

XansNiceSweater · #13 07-10-2006, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperDuck

1970's Ampeg SVT head w/ matching 8x10 - FREE

Game, set, match.

Pwned.

BigBadDaddy · #14 07-10-2006, 01:32 PM

Best Deal Ever was Propably-
Ampeg SVT ProIII
Korg DTR-1000
SKB 4 Space Rack
And A Pre Fender Buy out SWR Goliath III
all for......................................
$350 Bucks...Dude was moving and needed Cash.....

XansNiceSweater · #15 07-10-2006, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigBadDaddy

Best Deal Ever was Propably-
Ampeg SVT ProIII
Korg DTR-1000
SKB 4 Space Rack
And A Pre Fender Buy out SWR Goliath III
all for......................................
$350 Bucks...Dude was moving and needed Cash.....

Superduck, you've got some competition here.

lomer · #16 07-10-2006, 01:34 PM

SuperDuck, you can't say something like that and not tell us the story behind it. I mean, come on!

loendmaestro · #17 07-10-2006, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XansNiceSweater

Hey, Loend Maestro, you're in Atlanta - ever been to Jennings' Music?

That's where I scored all this stuff except the Epiphone.

Nope. Where are they at, I'll check 'em out. I'm an Atlanta Discount Music man myself....

XansNiceSweater · #18 07-10-2006, 01:43 PM

Up on Canton Road in Marietta.
You can get there from '75.
It's kinda near Town Center Mall.

or the club Swayze's.

jazzbo58 · #19 07-10-2006, 01:46 PM

I purchased a 1979 Alembic Series II with a modulus graphite neck and an Anvil flight case for $1200.00

Cheers,
Jim

XansNiceSweater · #20 07-10-2006, 01:51 PM

Loend:
Jennings currently has that Modulus I referenced

and for a while they had an Alembic from the mid-nineties.
It was number 19 of 50, don't remember the model - somewhat conventional looking, though.

And it was, like, $1500.

EVERYONE VISIT YOUR LOCAL TINY MOM-AND-POP MUSIC STORE, THEY HAVE SICK DEALS ALL OVER THE PLACE