if a bass cost $171 new in the 70s, whats it worth now?

Can you be a little more specific about what bass you're talking about?

 

Accounting for inflation, about 755. But, if you take into account that 70's fenders were American made, the American made ones now cost around 1000 new, maybe a bit less. Instrument valuation would make quite a difference.

 

Could be a lot.... could be nothing - there are some cheap basses that nobody wants to buy now and quality control wasn't as good in the 70s as it is now... Might be a lemon?

Bottom line is - what does anybody want to pay for it!!??

 

if we could see pics, we might be able to identify it and help asess a value.

 

Yep.

 

Yeah, it's easy to suggest that with inflation, it would be worth x dollars if bought today. But the value of intruments varies so much that it's not at all a good indicator of value. We'd need pics and more info.

 

It could be anywhere from nothing to $10,000. An instrument's original value has little relevance to it's value in the used market, and the older the instrument gets, the more this becomes true.

The only way to get an idea of it's value is to post a picture on here, with the brand name, model name, and as much information as you can provide.

 

Right now your bass is worth nothing to us. Why? No information about it. Like the others have said, brand, model [if available], pretty much any information about it would be nice. If you can provide pictures of the full bass, head stock shots, and pics of any markings/words on the bass it would help out a tremendous amount. Why? Because with just that much information, we could just google it and normally find out at least something.

Take it easy.

 

OK! Now we're talking.

Based on what I could find, somewhere between $100 (what some dude paid at a pawn shop in 2003) and $300 (what some other dude was trying to sell one for on guitar-forum.net in early 2004) would be a fair offer. It definitely falls into the "Cool-Funky" retro category that's becoming more popular.

 

it looks sweet,

lowsound

 

Hey, Dan (MUTA from UG here).

Based on a pic and knowing it's a small 70s brand that wasn't customs or anything, I'd say from 150-200 bucks depending on the cash you have.