Show us your bass with terrible resale value that you love anyway!

billiam5billion · #1 01-10-2011, 12:56 PM

Lotta talk on TB about resale value. Lot of wheeling and dealing and GAS and mods and whatnot.

Almost finished with my Jazz build (only lacking the painted headstock and lollipop tuners), and it came to mind that my bass has virtually zero resale value as a unit. i could part it out and get more.

It's a no-name cheapo body, MIM neck (complete with cigarette burns on the headstock), and some slightly upgraded hardware and electronics.

So I thought about it, and we need a thread with those basses that you own that have terrible resale value but you'd never sell anyways. Instruments that have been modded to the point that they'll only suit you.

Diogenes · #2 01-10-2011, 01:00 PM

As seen in many other threads here... the one I reach for the most:

Lowbrow · #3 01-10-2011, 01:10 PM

Danelectro Rumor modded with Sperzel tuners, DiMarzio Model P p/u, Hipshot B-style bridge. Built-in chorus effect disconnected.

This one and its red sibling are the two best-sounding, best-playing basses in a collection that includes two 2008 MIA Precisions and a vintage G&L L1000.

bassist4dalord · #4 01-10-2011, 01:15 PM

I sold the SX fretless. However, the two Squiers were $100 and $150 used, and the Fender acoustic was $100 used. Combined resale is probably around $250. But I love them all!

Achtane · #5 01-10-2011, 01:22 PM

Hondo P-copy, no idea of the model name but I assume it was made in the late 70s.

It has a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound and a GFS MM-style pickup...which I'm really satisfied with. $30 and I love it! The bridge is from my Jaguar Bass. I "routed" it with a wood chisel and am considering a pickup ring but dunno if it would even fit across the big gap. It doesn't look that bad from a few feet, I promise! Doesn't bother me, personally. Actually I'm considering a pickup cover but I like being able to pluck right over it...dunno yet.

The metal thing is from the inside of my first car's door. The strap is also the driver's side seatbelt.
The most important mod though is the logo that only one other person has been able to identify. It gives me the ballsy tones.

seungkoo · #6 01-10-2011, 01:28 PM

wish i can get what i paid for some of them...

s_mcsleazy · #7 01-10-2011, 01:28 PM

wouldent sell it for the world

plangentmusic · #8 01-10-2011, 01:41 PM

Yep, the Squiers. Worthless, yet in some ways, the most valuable. The J Deluxe records better than anything I've ever used -- and that includes the MusicMan and a Fodera.

Mugwump · #9 01-10-2011, 01:41 PM

"It has a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound and a GFS MM-style pickup...which I'm really satisfied with. $30 and I love it! The bridge is from my Jaguar Bass. I "routed" it with a wood chisel and am considering a pickup ring but dunno if it would even fit across the big gap. It doesn't look that bad from a few feet, I promise! Doesn't bother me, personally. Actually I'm considering a pickup cover but I like being able to pluck right over it...dunno yet.

The metal thing is from the inside of my first car's door. The strap is also the driver's side seatbelt.
The most important mod though is the logo that only one other person has been able to identify. It gives me the ballsy tones."

Radio Birdman, it was the first thing I noticed.

DanNowhere · #10 01-10-2011, 01:46 PM

'82 Fullerton '57RI P Bass - V0001xxx serial number. I got it for about 200 bucks back in '91 or '92, and it was my main bass. I beat the hell out of it, stickered it up, etched things into the body with an x-acto knife. Before I realized it had any value, I had it refinished from CAR to black, and replaced the gold guard with a plastic one. I wasn't going to ever sell it anyway, but now it's probably worth at best half of what it could be if I'd left it alone. It's still my main bass.

Datsgor · #11 01-10-2011, 01:57 PM

This....'84 neck and Warmoth Alder body.....

and this...1985 Squier w/'88 Warmoth birdseye and ebony neck.

topcat2069 · #12 01-10-2011, 01:59 PM

Both Warmoth and I knew I'd get hosed for resale when I built them.... Fortunately I love them both.... no sale here

FunkMetalBass · #13 01-10-2011, 02:01 PM

ITT: An extreme lack of Carvin owners.

Achtane · #14 01-10-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mugwump

Radio Birdman, it was the first thing I noticed.

perfektspace6 · #15 01-10-2011, 03:24 PM

I wouldn't consider any the basses posted to have terrible resale value. If you buy it cheap it will resell for cheap. That doesn't mean you are taking a big hit.

Buying a new carvin with all the bells and whistles? Now that is a resale disaster. ESP and Ibanez don't hold well either.

Nightsblood · #16 01-11-2011, 02:27 PM

The king of poor resale. The Peavey TL-5. These things were like $1800 when they were new. I think resale is around $450.Of course you have to think...poor resale or the biggest secret in bassdom? Although, the secrets getting out. I love this thing. Closest Ill get to a Smith for awhile.

FunkMetalBass · #17 01-11-2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightsblood

The king of poor resale. The Peavey TL-5. These things were like $1800 when they were new. I think resale is around $450.Of course you have to think...poor resale or the biggest secret in bassdom? Although, the secrets getting out. I love this thing. Closest Ill get Ill get to a Smith for awhile.

Gorgeous. Do they make a 6-string model with that finish?

Nightsblood · #18 01-11-2011, 02:47 PM

Yes they do.

http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/msg/2127689015.html

Ive seen them in green, blue, sunburst and the black. I think that it but Im not sure, I dont play 6ers so Im not sure.

Murphys Law · #19 01-11-2011, 03:34 PM

How about self built?
With all the tools and stuff this build cost me about 700$...

Floyd Eye · #20 01-11-2011, 03:38 PM

Got mine used for around 6 beans. LB76.