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07-01-2004, 11:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Grand Rapids, MI | | | Who here has gotten the best deal ever?
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I'm curious to know who on these forums thinks that he/she has gotten the best musical equipment deal in the history of deals. What, where, how, how much etc.
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07-01-2004, 11:06 AM
| | | | you mean like a string endorsement and prices on basses that you can only dream of ? ;-) |
07-01-2004, 12:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Boston, Taxachusetts | | Well, I 've gotten a bunch of stuff over the years for FREE because at the time it was considered worthless (then years later it became a desirable "vintage" item).
The only thing better than free is to get paid to take something  |
07-01-2004, 12:14 PM
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Wouldn't you like to know?! | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | | As a consumer, I once bought a Warwick Streamer Stage 1 5 for $799.00 @ GC. It was during one of those holiday sales. As an endorsing artist, I'm not at liberty to say. Sorry.
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There's a reason why women love us bass players.The tone is like Barry White's voice, and the strings are thick like Ron Jeremy's...well, you get the point.
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07-01-2004, 12:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | I think that $200.00 for a 1974 P-bass is a good deal, don't you. |
07-01-2004, 12:19 PM
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Wouldn't you like to know?! | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by A M N I think that $200.00 for a 1974 P-bass is a good deal, don't you. | DAMN good deal! A good friend of mine got a 70's era P Bass for $150.00! I hate him!
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There's a reason why women love us bass players.The tone is like Barry White's voice, and the strings are thick like Ron Jeremy's...well, you get the point.
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07-01-2004, 12:23 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Mesa/Boogie - Shop Manager/Tech, SF Guitarworks | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | I scored a 1969 Marshall Plexi head with a matching 4x12 with Celestion greenbacks in it for $50. Do I win? |
07-01-2004, 12:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Saunderstown, RI | | | I got a rock.
Thread over.
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07-01-2004, 12:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | I would think that Brad Johnson would win this, but I'm not sure. |
07-01-2004, 12:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Luis Obispo, California | | | Got a Hartke 410VX brand new for $250 shipped from Florida... |
07-01-2004, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: WA/CA | | | Benjamin, I'm trying to strangle you through the internet right now.
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07-01-2004, 12:53 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Mesa/Boogie - Shop Manager/Tech, SF Guitarworks | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Baofu Benjamin, I'm trying to strangle you through the internet right now. | ack! gasp! cough!! .... whew... Vader? |
07-01-2004, 01:27 PM
| | I wish I could sing like Rick Danko. | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Shreveport LA | | | Somebody I know got an old, beat up Yamaha bass amp for sex.
*Boom chikka wow wow* |
07-01-2004, 01:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Down South -----> In Georgia | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Squidfinger Somebody I know got an old, beat up Yamaha bass amp for sex.
*Boom chikka wow wow* | And people say that the world is going to crap....
+1 for the human race.
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07-01-2004, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyler Hole Got a Hartke 410VX brand new for $250 shipped from Florida... | That is not that good of a deal...
My friend got a 1974 Jazz and Fender Bassman 4x10 (Silverface) combo for $175...
But I've gotten good deals on things, not really amazing though... I bought an awesome amp for $20, 220W head... um... I got a Skyline 55-01 for around $275 in good condition, etc.
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07-01-2004, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott D That is not that good of a deal... | I'd say it was considering shipping woulda been a crapload. |
07-02-2004, 02:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: SoCal | | | Hmm, my deal of the week is Bill Bruford's Earthworks, "Footloose and Fancy Free" 2CD set, like new.
.75 cents
....but yeah, Brad'll probably win. Please tell all!
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07-02-2004, 04:17 AM
| | I call shotgun! | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia MD USA | | I needed an 8 space rack so I found an ad for a guy selling 2 of them for 60 bucks. I went over to pick them up and the guy was pretty cool. He threw in a dual 31 band eq free! I kept one rack, sold the other for $50 and the eq went for $100.
Then I got a Ken Smith bass for sex.
OK not really. Not yet.
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07-02-2004, 08:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Boston, Taxachusetts | | | A buddy got a mid 50s P-bass at an estate auction for $200 two years ago. |
07-02-2004, 08:42 AM
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Endorsing artist: Musicman basses, Hipshot products | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: New York City | | Ahhhh, my favorite story to tell. While walking out of Guitar Center one day my girlfriend said, "Joe. Isn't that a Streamer there that they're selling for $499.00?"  It was, indeed, a Streamer Pro M. Burgundy. The one I always wanted. The one that normally used to sell for around $1,400. It was brand new - I grabbed it and asked every salesperson in the store what was wrong with it. Nobody seemed to know anything about the bass. I checked it out. The gold hardware looked a little tarnished, the knobs were all loose, it needed a setup and the battery was half dead. I took it home and made love to it all night with my screwdriver, allen wrench, and guitar polish. Ever bit of dirt came off, the bass was absolutely flawless. My belief is that they simply couldn't sell it because it was too expensive and they never nurtured it the way a Warwick should be nurtured. Either that or an idiot manager mistook it for a Streamer standard when looking in his computer for a blowout price.
Anyhoo.... used it a couple of weeks, then decided I liked my Corvette better and sold it instantly to a very happy buyer for $1000. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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