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Guitar Center used site
- Thread starter rizzo9247
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I grabbed it the other day, just now seeing this post about it. It should be here today, I'll let you guys know what it is.
I took a gamble on a $59 one a few months ago and it was dogpoopie, lol. Unbranded Rogue copy. Hopefully this one is actually usable!
The neck looks like it is one piece, no seperate piece for the fretboard. Might be a good older neck.
The neck looks worth the price you paid.
Plus the bridge is worth $10.
Tuners look older and okay.
Pickup could be worth nothing or something, depends on what it is.
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that neck almost looks like a 50s Classic style with the heel truss adjust and one-piece neck...
50s Classics are a lot wider at the nut, and the tuners would have a lot more threads on them, as would any modern reverse tuner I've seen. Those tuners look like they are from the 60's to me. Bushings are super narrow, though, not Fender looking. Interesting.
Dude...could it be? I think you might have just stumbled onto...the best bass for metal!?!?!?!
Seriously, odd bod, nice neck. Fender headstock shape. Great find.
Not bad! Definitely looks like it'd be worth what you paid. How does it play / sound? Mahogany body?
Scooped this off the used site the other day for just over 4 bills. When I called the guy straight up told me he has no idea what they sell for.
They sell for a bunch more than that.
They sell for a bunch more than that.
One piece neck with reverse tuners, strap button on back (hole near tuner), and slot truss adjustment at heel looks like a Fender 50's RI, or some aftermarket trying to copy a 50's RI. Those are all traits of 50's P basses.
According to The Fender Bass book, the hootenany button didn't show up until 1960. I've had a couple Mexican Classic 50s reissues with no button, but my 62 reissue did, not sure about the 57 or 58 reissues. I've never seen a button so close to the tuners, either. It looks to me like maybe someone got "out of their depth" drilling the string tree hole and went all the way through? Also, the tuners aren't mounted perfectly straight, probably a home hobbyist install. Didn't see any tuner bushings this narrow in the book. But the tuners still look pre-1965 to me, even though most older tuners seem to have a longer shaft than what we see here, could just be the photo?
Today I made my first ever Guitar Center purchase off of their used site. A Hartke LH500 head.
$175. That's the best price I've seen. With Shipping and sales tax it came out to $217.
I hope it's a good one.
$175. That's the best price I've seen. With Shipping and sales tax it came out to $217.
I hope it's a good one.
Pull the neck on that BC copy and see if its an actual Fender neck or just one of a billion copies.
