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11-05-2012, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Santa Cruz, CA | | | 1964 Jazz Bass...is this for real?
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11-05-2012, 01:42 PM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | | Yes it's a hippie refin, it's also wearing a replacement 70's pickguard |
11-05-2012, 01:53 PM
|  | I have a custom user title. | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SoCal | | | And since the seller doesn't mention either of those things that Casa de Kick said, i would assume that the electronics are not original either. No decal on the headstock too. Could have rubbed off, but usually means the necks been refinned and likely on this bass. Might be a nice bass still, but "might" is the key word. |
11-05-2012, 02:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NC, USA | | | Pics are dated 2007 which seems weird too...For $3,800 I'd post some current pictures.
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11-05-2012, 02:10 PM
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Sales; ClearSonic Mfg. | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Munroe Falls, Ohio USA | | | How does a seller expect to receive $3000 of someone's hard earned cash if they can't even type more than a sentence for the description or take pics of the serial number and about 18 more pics in general. |
11-05-2012, 02:13 PM
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11-05-2012, 02:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Ireland | | | Buying a vintage instrument is tricky - establishing the level of originality and status, eg. is it stolen, is it an outright forgery - It's not something I'd do lightly, given how much it costs.
Ebay has it's scammers so I'd proceed with a lot of caution.
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11-05-2012, 02:15 PM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | No feedback on the seller - I'd let this one pass unless I could examine it in person, take the neck and pickguard off to check the dates, etc.
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11-05-2012, 02:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Santa Cruz, CA | | | Somebody made a minimum bid...can`t wait to see how it ends up. Pretty scary. although maybe he`s got a matching P Bass. |
11-05-2012, 02:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Highly suspect. 0 feedback, old pics, no info. I would only buy something like this given a personal inspection.
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11-05-2012, 03:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Scotland | | | $85.00 at your nearest friendly local Texas pawnbrokers.
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11-05-2012, 03:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: South Carolina | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Meddle  $85.00 at your nearest friendly local Texas pawnbrokers. | HA---I get it! |
11-05-2012, 03:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: Münster, Germany | | | Not enough photos for the auction of an expensive vintage bass.
I wouldn't buy it.
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11-05-2012, 04:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New York, NY | | | worth additional research... |
11-05-2012, 05:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chicago | | | IF it's only a stripped finish and replaced pickguard, $3k isnt TOO crazy, but the seller needs more pics. If all else was proven original, I'd throw down $3k. (although there is 1 bid, but the reserve hasn't been met...)
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11-05-2012, 05:57 PM
| | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pbass888 worth additional research... | Oh yeah there is. Zero seller aside...
Just taking this bass at face value; he's not asking for anywhere near an untouched original, he seems to be asking the ~appropriate going rate for a stripped finish bass.
The proper small pan head screws are present on the control plate and front pickup cover, and kinda explains why there are slotted pan head screws holding the bridge cover on (pickguard screws are too big and wont fit the non-countersunk early cover holes).
Would be an interesting resto project bass for a local buyer. |
11-05-2012, 06:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | | It's pretty hilarious how there is only one sentence. That would scare me unless I was an expert. The neck looks like clay dots - and the tuners should be good to go eh? If I knew more about 60's Fender basses I might bite - just to see what I would have in parts. I've bought enough vintage guitars and basses though on Ebay to know that such a short description coupled with (0) feedback can easily be bad news bears.
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11-05-2012, 06:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New York, NY | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by michael_atw It's pretty hilarious how there is only one sentence. That would scare me unless I was an expert. The neck looks like clay dots - and the tuners should be good to go eh? If I knew more about 60's Fender basses I might bite - just to see what I would have in parts. I've bought enough vintage guitars and basses though on Ebay to know that such a short description coupled with (0) feedback can easily be bad news bears. | Im no expert but that is no l series serial number in the "description"... Extra digit... Hmmm
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11-05-2012, 06:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pbass888 Im no expert but that is no l series serial number in the "description" | Yeah, that is pretty cracked out. Could be a fake neck plate. I've been seeing more and more of them around recently. There's a Duo Sonic guitar on Ebay right now that has a fake-o L-series - I told the seller twice...not sure if he has corrected it yet.
Or it could be a typo. No pic to verify. Could ask.
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11-05-2012, 06:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | That person should be set on fire for that horrible description, if you can call it that.
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