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1963 Jazz bass on ebay..

#61
SMASH said:
He might not expect to get $30k, but is interested in the free advertising and any contact from potentially serious buyers.

Let's face it, any reasonable person would spend the extra $1000 or so to visit in person and have a qualified person assess the condition, authenticity, and value. Any eventual sale would happen off of eBay.

That said, I think some of these do sell, but never on eBay via blind auction as others have noted.
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Kinda what I was getting at on a post up the thread a bit. I've yet to see one of these close in a sale. I suspect they are trolling for collectors who will make contact and buy off-line.
 
#64
Got to be kidding.... save your money!

Pay 10's of thousands of dollars for a 'vintage' P-bass? I totally doubt that when someone actually DOES go thru with such a deal, the buzz never comes that they expect it will. I guess if someone like Flea or other wealthy pro can afford to play such a obvious theft-risk, they can/will, as they have guitar techs and stage security to watch their gear all the time, but for others, I think the motivation is more just to possess something differant and possibly as a mere investment to be sold to the next starry-eyed profit-taker. A $30,000 Fender P-bass sounds exactly like the 1992 Precision sitting in "Squid Music" in Stanton, Ca. next to the railroad tracks, listing for $625. Take a blindfold test, take the studio test... sounds no differant at all.
 
#66
I just left Barns & Noble where I bought John Entwistles book on his bass collection.... one word! AMAZING!

That man has one of the first 5 P-basses produced, and some 50 other Vintage Fender basses in everything from worn, to mint condition.. he's also got vintage Strats (worth close to $50K for a anyone owned, much less Entwistle owned).. and others stuff.. Mostly Fender, then Warwick, Alembic, and Rickenbacker.. in that order.. What a collection!.. prolly worth millions..
 
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#70
Apparently now some of the guys on FDP are questioning the "originality" of a few things..

1) color is being claimed to not be available in 1960
2) serial number dates back to 1957 (not confirmed)
3) Case interior color was not available in 1960
4) Pups are not stock
5) bridge is not stock

so price may be a bit high, even if the wood is 46 years.. old, but it sure looks nice either way.
 
#71
SMASH said:
Some people make much more than $30k per day, and for them it'd be no big deal to play it or even knock baseballs around with it. It's all relative.

I don't believe these will necessarily always go up in value. When the collector's kids inheirit them, perhaps during a bad economy, they'll flood the market.

You want to make real arbitrage? I'd suggest looking at whatever syths and turntables, etc. are used in techno/rap/etc. That's what the rich of the future will have nostalgia for music-wise and gear-wise.

IMO.
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I heard Bernie Eccelstone earns like 10 grand a minute.
 
#72
Rattman said:
Got to be kidding.... save your money!

Pay 10's of thousands of dollars for a 'vintage' P-bass? I totally doubt that when someone actually DOES go thru with such a deal, the buzz never comes that they expect it will. I guess if someone like Flea or other wealthy pro can afford to play such a obvious theft-risk, they can/will, as they have guitar techs and stage security to watch their gear all the time, but for others, I think the motivation is more just to possess something differant and possibly as a mere investment to be sold to the next starry-eyed profit-taker. A $30,000 Fender P-bass sounds exactly like the 1992 Precision sitting in "Squid Music" in Stanton, Ca. next to the railroad tracks, listing for $625. Take a blindfold test, take the studio test... sounds no differant at all.
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don't give me that man, if it was that simple we would all be playing squires.


Dave
 
#73
SamJ said:
Apparently now some of the guys on FDP are questioning the "originality" of a few things..

1) color is being claimed to not be available in 1960
2) serial number dates back to 1957 (not confirmed)
3) Case interior color was not available in 1960
4) Pups are not stock
5) bridge is not stock

so price may be a bit high, even if the wood is 46 years.. old, but it sure looks nice either way.
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If that is an early one, then it's had a refin and a bunch of other stuff. It doesn't appear to have the right screw holes for the string mutes, covers etc. That color looks to be nothing I've seen offered either....Wouldn't an early Jazz have a brown tolex case?
 
#74
SamJ said:
Apparently now some of the guys on FDP are questioning the "originality" of a few things..

1) color is being claimed to not be available in 1960
2) serial number dates back to 1957 (not confirmed)
3) Case interior color was not available in 1960
4) Pups are not stock
5) bridge is not stock

so price may be a bit high, even if the wood is 46 years.. old, but it sure looks nice either way.
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Sam, you are very observant. I too, question the color. Not sure "metalic blue" was offered in '60. I'll check my Fender book when I get home tonight.
 
#75
So then the question becomes how much does the re-finish (not to mention hardware and case issues) kill the price of a 1960 stack knob?? I'd say by at least 60-70% of it's otherwise all original price.. which I would guess is closer to 35-40k is all original and clean.
 
#77
SamJ said:
I just left Barns & Noble where I bought John Entwistles book on his bass collection.... one word! AMAZING!

That man has one of the first 5 P-basses produced, and some 50 other Vintage Fender basses in everything from worn, to mint condition.. he's also got vintage Strats (worth close to $50K for a anyone owned, much less Entwistle owned).. and others stuff.. Mostly Fender, then Warwick, Alembic, and Rickenbacker.. in that order.. What a collection!.. prolly worth millions..
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Of course, he doesn't have 'em any more. Most were auctioned off by Sotheby's after his death. I still have the auction catalog and it was an amazing collection.
 
#79
muggsy said:
Of course, he doesn't have 'em any more. Most were auctioned off by Sotheby's after his death. I still have the auction catalog and it was an amazing collection.
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I never heard that.. Hope the Family made out well then.. :)

Do you have any prices on some of the rarer pieces? I know that Gibson Holy Trinity must have gone for better than 1/2 a mil, no?
 

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