Dumpster find. Warning: Rogue content. How lucky am I?

[higain617]

Some trash finds need to remain there.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Cheese Louise!!

I did a whole lot better when I did my first defret job!
When will people learn that a fretless "rip"is a figure of speech?

I guess he DID rip the frets out with his teeth!

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

You could get a really cheap set of tuners off Aliexpress for the cost of one decent one. Looks like a fun risk-free project beater, I’d fix it up and flog on it.

Found this heap today. Looks like someone removed the frets with their teeth (not a terrible job really). Also came with what looks like milky white drip stains and cockroach eggs in the electronics cavity. Slight back bow on the neck, and missing tuning peg. Wondering how much effort I should put into fixing this monstrosity.
Is this my luck day?
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Go to the Goodwill Auction site and fine a cheap bass that has parts that will work on this one.
When the Goodwill bass arrives, chuck this back in the dumpster.

 

[Fender_Bender]

How lucky are you? Not at all to my way of thinking regarding this bass. Finding a $5-bill blowing around on the street is luckier.

Between about 98 and 2008 I found paper money outdoors no less than 6 times to the tune of about $175 including a high score of $110 one time. I don’t think I’ve found anything since then unfortunately. Very strange.

 

[Treebeard]

Ebay, 5$ starting bid, no reserve, buyer pays shipping.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Lol! I'm currently trying to get the copyright on this movie idea

I hope you’ll remember me when you’re a multi millionaire and send me a Jens Ritter Jupiter 6 in his Black Piano Finish and a Carl Thompson 6 with a scroll.

 

[RiZzBot]

I love reading the comments. Me and my hatchling roach babies have decided to refinish, and resurrect this bass to playing condition. Then at my next show smash it and set it on fire. That should get me banned from another venue here in the 210. Totally worth it though.

 

[beaglesandbass]

Found this heap today. Looks like someone removed the frets with their teeth (not a terrible job really). Also came with what looks like milky white drip stains and cockroach eggs in the electronics cavity. Slight back bow on the neck, and missing tuning peg. Wondering how much effort I should put into fixing this monstrosity.
Is this my luck day?
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I'm sure it's been said, but you can probably buy a new one for less than what it'll cost to fix up that one.

 

[Thumpin6string]

Take it apart and list the parts on Ebay. You could make up to $150 selling the parts. Another bassist near me does that and makes quite a bit of extra cash. He gets 2-3 times what they are worth as a complete bass.

 

[covermego]

Kill the roaches, use black leather dye on the fingerboard...... it'll semi-cover a plethora of "tooth marks". Now, get that muscle memory going on that toothless board.

Also, if you wanna send (PM) me a pic of the tuner's hind quarters, I probably have one. Free.

 

[OOD]

I would keep it out of the house if it truly has roach eggs. Don't want them moving in!

I would light it on fire to make sure.

 

[packhowitzer]

what a pile

 

[CB3UK]

Bad news OP....the owner wants his bass back:

 

[A-Step-Towards]

That bass is roached

 

[Gord_oh]

Wall art.

 

[btmpancake]

Lots of good jokes indeed. I had a friend take a beater and make a beautiful lamp. He said his time and about $90.00 for cheap parts for everything. BTW I remember he use an old heavy Atlas mic stand base for his guitar lamp support, but everybody don't have those laying around so creativity is the name of the game I guess. Just a thought passing by.

 

[guitar ed]

I say it's worth fixing, if only to learn how, or practice, some of the more difficult bits of the luthier arts.

edg

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

free firewood in the worst case.

 

[A-Step-Towards]

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[Old Blastard]

Fix it. Talkbass wills it. Dilly! Dilly!