What high end bass(Fender, Erinie Ball, Warwick, etc)did u get at a very low price?

[bassplayer1494]

i would love to hear the type of bass that u guys purchased at a very low price. I only own a few basses, but my dad's friend purchased a 78' pre ernie ball musicman stingray 12 years ago for $150. I guess the guy he bought it off of thought that the neck was warped but all it needed was to be setup.

[Spinal Tapper]

Last April I snagged a 1962 P (slab neck, handwritten 2-62 on neck heel) for $950. Then, in July, I got a 1975 P for $600.

Both basses have been routed for Jazz PU, and the 1962 P is a refin, but both have original split PU's, neck, body, hardware.

Pretty sweet scores if I don't mind sayin' myself.

[godofthunder59]

'67 Guid Starfire II $200 bucks a few years ago '76 Gibson Thunderbird unbroken $800 last year.

[bassplayer1494]

Originally Posted by Spinal Tapper

Last April I snagged a 1962 P (slab neck, handwritten 2-62 on neck heel) for $950. Then, in July, I got a 1975 P for $600.

Both basses have been routed for Jazz PU, and the 1962 P is a refin, but both have original split PU's, neck, body, hardware.

Pretty sweet scores if I don't mind sayin' myself.

wow, those are great prices for those basses. whats the value of them?

[bassplayer1494]

Originally Posted by godofthunder59

'67 Guid Starfire II $200 bucks a few years ago '76 Gibson Thunderbird unbroken $800 last year.

very nice

[Big_Daddy]

2006 MusicMan EB stringray. I bought a fretless (factory made fretless) for 800$. Nice Kijiji find, IMO.

[VS]

95' Warwick Fortress Masterman 5 string in excellent condition for $750 I think. Great bass! -Luke

[Chrisk-K]

I bought a Warwick Thumb BO in excellent condition for $600. The seller said it was a Corvette and I told him it was a Thumb. He insisted it was a Corvette.

When I received it, I was puzzled because it had an ebody fingerboard and a bubinga body. It turned out that it was a limited edition. Only 150 of those were made

I kept it for a few years although I didn't fall in love with the Warwick tone. I eventually sold it for $1,450

[agreatheight]

Zon Sonus for $700.

[DevonWB]

A 1995 Fender P Bass for 50$ with a modified pick guard.

I guess that doesn't really count, because my brother needed some cash and did not want it anymore.

[Spinal Tapper]

Originally Posted by bassplayer1494

wow, those are great prices for those basses. whats the value of them?

I had the 62 appraised for about triple what I paid for it. Haven't appraised the 75, but it's my main road warrior. I'd say it's worth 2-3x's what I paid - maybe not in this economy though.

1962


1975

[BassAgent]

Got my Blade for about $530. They're $2240 new.

[rockstarbassist]

I got my old '86 Wal Mach I for about $2k. 'Bout the best deal I've ever seen on one.

[zachoff]

I got my Reverend in exchange for building Reverend's website back in 2000/2001.

[Beat Bass]

'65 P-bass for 200$ 15 years ago, beaten to hell. I had to spend another 300 refretting and installing new pickups (no originals)but I'm very happy with the result and now she is my main bass

[essentre]

I got my American Fender Jazz Deluxe for $600 and a 4HH Stingray for $825

[TolerancEJ]

August 2010 - I bought a new Warwick Thumb BO 6 from my local music shop for $1600. It was an older model which sat in their inventory for a long time. I walked in one day & said, "I'd like to take it off your hands if you can offer me a good price." The sales clerk made a brief phonecall to the admin office upstairs, hung up & asked if $1600 is a good enough price. (I totally walked in there expecting a lowest offer of $1800 if I was lucky.)

October 2010 - After saving & searching for a long time, I found a used Conklin GTBD-7 for $900 including shipping on CL. Upon receipt, the bass was in almost pristine condition, lik e it hadn't been played much at all.

[bassteban]

Although I don't really think of Fender as *high-end* I got my 96 MIA Jazz 5 for $425.

[kcole4001]

I got a '77 4001 for $400 Canadian back in the mid 1990s.
It needed the neck pup rewound, and I replaced the wiring totally and found a used bridge pup on ebay (had a Jackson J pup in there).

[57pbass]

60's Hofner Beatle Bass in brand new condition, an 60's Ampeg B 12 in very clean condition.....$200.

A 69 Tele Bass - neck and body...$75.00...the body was stripped of all electronics and hardware..neck was perfect.
I ordered all parts for the bass from Fender and found a 68 Tele Bass pickup at the NYC guitar show for $80.00. I had the Ken Fallon at Sadowsky guitars assemble this bass...