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08-21-2011, 08:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | | '93 MIM P-bass ("is this a good deal?" thread)
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I wasn't looking for a new bass, but I decided to hop on Craigslist just to see if there were any crazy deals happening. A P-bass caught my eye. I am setting up a meeting to try it out, which is really what it all comes down to, but I still wanted to get opinions from you guys on the 'deal' aspect of this sale.
$200: " 1993 MIM Fender P Bass arctic white with a black American pickguard and electronics. Frets are 100% the neck is straight, very minor dings,nothing that effects anything."     
What do you think? Would it interest you?
Update: purchased
Last edited by Swampman Cory : 08-22-2011 at 07:53 PM.
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08-21-2011, 08:43 PM
| | | | I'd hop on it, definately. If you don't feel anything totally wrong with the playability or the actual feel of the instrument, then go sir! Go forth! |
08-21-2011, 08:47 PM
|  | Purveyor of fine sawdust | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: LaGrange, Georgia | | | Do it. My pawn shop MIM Pbass kicks butt. You Can't go wrong.
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08-21-2011, 08:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | | Exciting first two responses. A p-bass is the only other bass that I have any desire to have now, but I didn't want one enough to buy it until this came up.
The seller is an interesting guy too. Excited to potentially purchase from him. Heck, even if I don't like it, I might end up buying it and just turning it around myself.
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08-21-2011, 09:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Austin, Texas | | | I'd totally buy that. But if I wasn't stoked on it I'd try to sell it for $250 to $300. Nice photos go a long way on craigslist.
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08-22-2011, 07:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | | Bought it. Thanks for the opinions.
A previous owner took a power drill to the neck plate screws and one went in too far and bent the plate, but the neck didn't get hit by the screw and a luthier checked it out and gave it the a-ok. Also, the last owner was a smoker, and in his words he ate a lot of hot dogs and potato chips, so it's not the cleanest feeling instrument (and because of the cigarillos, it smells like a cross between smoke and a dog). The pots are scratchy but they still work, so it's good enough for me to play with until I take it to get cleaned and set-up! |
08-22-2011, 07:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Swampman Cory  Bought it. Thanks for the opinions.
A previous owner took a power drill to the neck plate screws and one went in too far and bent the plate, but the neck didn't get hit by the screw and a luthier checked it out and gave it the a-ok. Also, the last owner was a smoker, and in his words he ate a lot of hot dogs and potato chips, so it's not the cleanest feeling instrument (and because of the cigarillos, it smells like a cross between smoke and a dog). The pots are scratchy but they still work, so it's good enough for me to play with until I take it to get cleaned and set-up! | I'd love to punch every wuss who ever power drilled screws into a guitar or bass.
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08-22-2011, 08:05 PM
|  | Maximum bass across all frequencies | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada | | | nice man. an MIM P-bass can be great; I love mine. A good set-up goes a long way. A gotoh 201 bridge can go even farther, too, if you find you dig the bass enough to keep it.
All you need is white covers for the pick-up, paint the headstock black, and you're good for all the Paul Simonon you can handle! |
08-22-2011, 08:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sloppy_phil A gotoh 201 bridge can go even farther, too, if you find you dig the bass enough to keep it. | Noted. |
08-22-2011, 08:35 PM
| | | | I picked up a MIM p-bass for the same price a few months ago. Well worth it. |
08-22-2011, 08:38 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | I paid well over twice that for my main player- it has an Allparts neck, Nordy PU & no ciggie stank.  I love mine- totally changed my opinion of MIM Fender.
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08-22-2011, 09:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | | I decided to put in a movie and began a deep scrubbing with windex (who knew?). Wednesday I am getting some LaBella's from a friend to experiment with. Haven't played on flats in a couple of years, and never on a P.
Even though I love my gear, I know see why new bass day is exciting. |
08-22-2011, 09:19 PM
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