I have to tell someone

[fiveoffour]

Also, to whoever asked, it's a Christopher, not a Shen.

 

[wvbass]

Wow. Just saw all of these replies.
The bass plays like a dream, and sounds amazing. The neck is just out of this world.
For those wondering what that is on my humidor, it is a horse head mask. You filthy perverts.

I thought it was a Trump wig.

 

[ubernator]

That bass was $1000 new in 98, not $700. I bought one. And I shopped around (and haggled) a lot at the time. Remember $1000 being the lowest I could get, but managed to work a case into the deal.

Warwicks, however, never having had any resale value for reasons unknown, also re-sold dirt cheap up until the late 2000s. I picked up a Fortress One for $440 around 2006. I remember seeing Corvettes go for $500 and less regularly - though that doesn't happen much any more. I'm gonna guess whoever sold it got a great deal, and then and then either just passed that deal along, or never followed up on the bass's worth.

My biggest Warwick score was as Stremaer Pro M at Guitar Center for $500. It was new, brand new but needed strings, batteries, and the knobs needed tightening. Whoever ran that store was an idiot. I bought it, and immediately resold it for $1000.

Great score! Congrats!

Well if it was truly $1000 (street, not "retail") in 1998, then there was a price drop in 2000. They were less than $800 at guitar center, corvette standard bubinga with passive electronics. Active version did cost more, but most of them on the wall were passive in 4 and active in 5 (the 5 active was $999 in 2000).

I stand firm on that, I was there. (But not looking at Warwicks yet in 1998) I guess since the thread is about a 98, talking about just 2 years later might have been assumption on my part. My info is.accurate for 2000 ay least, both of my 2000 FNAs were so cheap because of a GC receiving mistake based on the price of the corvette standards