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07-05-2010, 03:08 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Manhattan | | | The Most Ridiculous Deal On a Bass You Ever Made..,or MISSED!
I have two --
The first was back in 1999 when I found a 1985 62' Re-issue at a garage sale. (So it's now a vintage instrument of a vintage instrument. : ) )
It was dirty so I got them down to 175 bucks. lol
And back in 1990, I found a 1978 4001 maple blond Rick in a record store! MINT. Ricks had totally fallen out of favor by that time, so the value wasn't real high Got it for $225.
The miss -- When I first started playing back in the 80's I had a chance to buy a 1964 Hofner for 50 bucks. I passed. 
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07-05-2010, 03:13 PM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | i think that my best deal was my all original '62 seafoam green p bass (my avatar pic) in 1975 from its original owner for $250.00. i still have it, and it's the best p bass that i've ever played (and i've owned more than 50 of them).  |
07-05-2010, 03:14 PM
| | | | Got a '01 American Fender V for free at an open mic...dude got pissy drunk, and left with his girlfriend...I was visiting out of state. Took it back across the State Line......That's the Man Act!
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07-05-2010, 03:16 PM
| | | | I bought my 5 string Yamaha (RBX375) for £60. It's an absolute monster of a bass x3 Very high output pickups and I get the tones I need x3 |
07-05-2010, 03:17 PM
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07-05-2010, 03:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northfield MN | | | I got my Roscoe Beck V for $500. I've never found a suitable replacement for it.
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07-05-2010, 03:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dallas-ish Texas | | | It wasn't me nor was it a bass, but my ex-singer picked up what we thought was some cheap import guitar for $150 and it turned out to be a handmade custom guitar from a luthier named Mike Rowan that would normally go for about $3K.
A little work and we could turn it into a super short scale bass.
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07-05-2010, 03:20 PM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | another good deal that i got was that in 1974 bought a '68 Hofner beatle and a '70 Hofner beatle together for $125.00. i kept the better one (the '68) and sold the '70 for a $150 two days later.
still have the '68. IME, you could buy hofners for 'peanuts' in the mid 70's.  |
07-05-2010, 03:28 PM
| | | | Warwick P-Nut I $1899. Normal sale price $3899. Music 123 had a typo on their website one day. Right place at the right time. They honored the advertised price. I bought it after wanting one for over a year.
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07-05-2010, 03:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: glasgow (on the 16 bus) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnk_10  another good deal that i got was that in 1974 bought a '68 Hofner beatle and a '70 Hofner beatle together for $125.00. i kept the better one (the '68) and sold the '70 for a $150 two days later.
still have the '68. IME, you could buy hofners for 'peanuts' in the mid 70's. | johnk...
can i ask a favour
can i see more of your basses.
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07-05-2010, 03:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | I got a Fender American Jazz V for the price of a MIM....the pawn shop didn't know the difference! 
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07-05-2010, 03:40 PM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy johnk...
can i ask a favour
can i see more of your basses. | which ones? |
07-05-2010, 03:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands | | I had a couple of amazing deals.
I bought my Blade for about $500, where they normally go for about double that. 
I bought my former Yamaha BB300 for $95, and they normally go for about $400. 
And yesterday, I got a Yamaha BB400S fretless for $100. 
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07-05-2010, 03:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | I got a '78 Stingray for $350 in about 1995. Someone had done an absolutely horrible refinish on it-it's just a clear coat, but they apparently took off the original finish with an electric sander and then globbed it on with a brush, but for the price I didn't care. It plays and sound great and looks fine as long as your at least 10 feet away. |
07-05-2010, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by johnk_10 which ones? | as meny as possable
your p-bass is so pretty it makes me wanna weep
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07-05-2010, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Nashville | | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnk_10 i think that my best deal was my all original '62 seafoam green p bass (my avatar pic) in 1975 from its original owner for $250.00. i still have it, and it's the best p bass that i've ever played (and i've owned more than 50 of them). | OH MAN is that ever a GORGEOUS bass!
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07-05-2010, 04:18 PM
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07-05-2010, 04:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Nashville | | Quote:
Originally Posted by HeadyVan Halen Got a '01 American Fender V for free at an open mic...dude got pissy drunk, and left with his girlfriend...I was visiting out of state. Took it back across the State Line......That's the Man Act! | Please tell us you made an attempt to get it back to the owner? If not that's stealing in my opinion!
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07-05-2010, 04:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bergen County NJ | | | I bought a 1974 P bass from a friend, with a little 1X12 kustom amp for 200 bucks. He was going to college and needed the dough.
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07-05-2010, 04:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | A 1960 P bass that had the finished stripped but is otherwise original for $400
(probably 20 years ago)
A few early & mid 70's P and J basses for $200 each
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