I have the same bridge on my Kay 4001 copy. Fun bass, but I wish it had a different bridge. Score for $40 I think!
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I want the blue thing that looks like a deco radio off to the left! Bet it even has a shortwave band on it if it is a radio.
Old radio tech rules!
Either way, even if you can't make that bass playable it'll still look good as a wall decoration in your studio or music space.
Actually looks like a pretty nice Goodwill, the presentation, anyways...
... our local is most often equipped with characters straight off of, 'The Island of Misfit Toys', incomplete decks of cards, rusty pots and pans labeled as camping gear, and all sorts of other valuable commodities...
... and yet, I still feel blessed.
Ours is about the same. And the staff doesn't always seem to understand what Goidwill is there for.
But it is what it is - and it's better it's there than not.
So true, 40... my only regret is no camping trip for the family, this year, and the weekly poker games are postponed, until further notice...
man that clock in the upper left is giving off an eye of sauron vibe.
A rather nice score. However, A new bridge is necessary (as well as fresh strings). A good clean up as well and you got yourself a ~200$ bass.
Cool bass, cool price...my local Goodwill thinks they are running a Target or Kohl's with their pricing.
A bass like would be priced at least $100.
A bass like would be priced at least $100.
That's a great score! I just had a flashback:
Imagine that bass plugged into a Univox solid state amp with an Acoustic 215 cabinet.
Cranked and playing Supernaut in the school gym!
Imagine that bass plugged into a Univox solid state amp with an Acoustic 215 cabinet.
Cranked and playing Supernaut in the school gym!
True here in L.A. as well. Many goodwills are "re-branding" as high-end thrift. Lots less of partial sets of glasses, maybe working boom boxes and old golf clubs and a lot more non-stained clothes and decentish furniture.
The brother of the guitarist in a band I was in back in the '70's had a bass just like that one. It was a Kent. I had just gotten my '76 P bass and used to laugh at his. I remember calling it "kindling" instead of Kent. He hated that. The stings were so far from the neck they had to call a cab to get there. Pitiful. I hope yours is in better shape. Anytime you pay less for a bass than you do for the strings you're putting on it, you're miles ahead. Good job!
Please do share more pic's and possibly audio sample. I would probably have bought it for what they were asking and ran out immediately before they changed their mind, nice score.
Update:Thanks for everyone's feedback and welcoming me onto talkbass. I tested it out and it doesn't sound that bad for the condition it's in. It's definitely a keeper. Here's a clip of me messing around on it with some friends.
Yeah. Same here. Short of going into NYC overnight ($$$) a few weeks ago to see Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters at B.B.Kings (feels a little weird now that Jim Mouradian has passed on and is no longer filling the bass slot) that's it for our vacation plans this year too. Just too much going on right now to get away or spend money just running around.
So it goes. Alex and I have our health and each other, so it's all good.
Yeah. Same here. Short of going into NYC overnight ($$$) a few weeks ago to see Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters at B.B.Kings (feels a little weird now that Jim Mouradian has passed on and is no longer filling the bass slot) that's it for our vacation plans this year too. Just too much going on right now to get away or spend money just running around.
So it goes. Alex and I have our health and each other, so it's all good.
Again, well put... so important.
