How much of a price hit would you take on a repaired bass?

You might try this in the luthier forum?

 

In general, any bass that has had a structural repair goes for quite a bit less than otherwise. As an example, I have 2 Roscoe Beck Vers. One was ultra-clean and I paid 1200, the other had a hairline crack abutting the B tuner that was well-tended to by wicking some super glue. It was otherwise in the same shape as the 1rst one, except it came without the original case-I paid 750 for the 2nd one. IMO you can expect around 33% less than usual market value.

 

It's all about what the market will bear and what you're comfy with. Start a little high, see what you can get, and don't sell if it does not cross your own personal threshold of comfort.

I almost didn't sell a cosmetically rough, though very nice, axe recently because it was worth more to me than what people were willing to pay. Then GAS set in and Pickebass caught me in a weak moment...

 

I did once find a great deal on a short scale acoustic Alvarez bass. It had a crack in the top that had been repaired. Since it didn't affect the playability, it didn't bother me. You couldn't even see it.

so essentially, my answer would be... if the price is right...

And since your reputation proceeds you, IbanezCollector, I think I'd buy a repaired bass from you - over someone else, any day.

 

IMO, if a repair has been skillfully done it wouldn't lower the value further than its current used market pricing. Especially if the repair is, in effect, hidden from view, which seems to be the case with your axe. You have the skills to make an expert repair so I'd hold out for market used pricing, although somebody will probably try to hold the "repaired" tag over your head to get it cheaper .....

 

I bought my Dean Edge 4 improv new w/ hsc a few years back for around $750--they are a very nice bass and not very common but don't fetch much used on ebay--I think you'd be doing great to get $350. Dean seems to be recognized more as an entry level or heavy metal bass. The improv is equivalent to euro spectors IMO. I'd hang on to it as a good quality active backup bass.

 

Yessir, I understand that, but the odds of finding people who have sold these sort of repairs might be better in that forum.
ymmv;
alan

 

How much did you pay for it? if you don't mind me asking!

 

it does for me. theres no way i would pay the same used price when we're talking production instruments. id just wait around for one to pop up that wasnt repaired.

 

I would find out what the range of the selling prices on e-Bay and ask the middle of the range and settle for the low end of the range. The instrument is actually stronger now than it was before.

 

+10 to everything he said.

I love my Improv 5. Great basses but not worth much. You'd probably be better off to keep it.

 

They're relatively rare basses. They don't pop on ebay often and even then are usually snagged up by people on the Dean forum as noone else usually wants them.

 

yup--I watched for them on ebay for several years--pretty rare for them to pop up--when they did, IIRC, $350 w/ hsc. Maybe you could post on the above-mentioned Dean forum?

 

Nice family pic! That Dean is a dern good looker!

 

Here's mine in blue

here's a bluebook I found on them:
http://books.google.com/books?id=ER...&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result