Recent content by telh

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    What do you all think of this $100 find

    ok they just got back to me here all they said if's a Japanese production in 1985 they have no record to check specs or any other details they only made them for a about 2 years do to cost and they have no record of how many they made it was not part of there regular production line... thats all...
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    What do you all think of this $100 find

    I'm still waiting for takamine to tell me something about it the first guy who emailed me back didn't know anything about it or that they even made one like that he contacted someone else with the serial number and they don't have record of it so he asked me to send pictures so I'm waiting to...
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    What do you all think of this $100 find

    I just email Takamine I'll let you all know what they say..:help:... I'll keep my finger cross they still have info on them... I would like to find an old ad on it too...
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    What do you all think of this $100 find

    rustynuts heres the serial number ...85110530 bassman1185 yep it's full 34" as for the red edge it's plastic inlay no paint only the black is paint all done over wood i most likely would have passed it up if it wasn't for the red outline there's something about
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    What do you all think of this $100 find

    no it's not cracked well not the wood at least just the paint where the neck meets the body.. the paint reheavy on there whole thing the paint and wood is chipped on the end of the V also alot of scraches and dings someone pladed it hard that's all I can say and the build up around the reeds my...
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    What do you all think of this $100 find

    yep I seen it and had to have it... it's just something about seeing it in person.. yep it real dirty I'll have to spend hours on it.. I like the comment about batman it really does look like he would play it lol... and the knobs are cool too... haven't got a chance to clean or play it maybe...
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    What do you all think of this $100 find

    just bought this today at the flea market for a $100 bucks couldn't pass it by what to see how good it sounded.. I jot to clean it up and tune it and then I'll see.. got it from some haitian lady that didn't even speak english It's made by Takamine no model number or anything.. I've been...
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    SHOW YOUR BLACK BASSES!!!

    Just bought this bass today at the flea market for 100 bucks :hyper: it's cool I never knew Takamine made these I thought they only made acoustics going to clean it up and see how it plays.. Has anyone seen this bass before.. or others like it.. i've been searching the web and can't find any...