is this electric bass worth salvaging?

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If he's offering it for free, take it. It most likely won't be fixable from your description (picture would help), but it most likely still has usable parts. IMO, every bass is worth salvaging, no instrument should ever be in the trash.

 

Agreed. Take the bass, take a picture and post it here so we can asses the situation better. Its hard to determine without a picture.

 

According to this, the bass body has a plastic front and wood back. It also has a piezo bridge, which is likely broken. If the guy has the pieces of the body that got broke off, you might be able to glue them back on, but if the piezo's have been damaged, you'll only have that neck pickup to use. I tired one in a shop and liked it, but that bridge pickup was a big reason it sounded good.

 

Whoa... Intriguing bass, never seen one of those before.

If it's free, you got nothing to lose. Take it.

 

it's really hard to say without pictures of the parts, but I would think it could be fixable. I'm sure it wouldn't be like a new one and it might be ugly, but with a little creativity I'm sure you could come up with something.

 

The most likely thing to do with it if cars ran over it is transfer parts to another neck and body. You will likely spend enough money and time on that project that it makes little sense unless you are already an instrument a do-it-yourselfer OR you want a real project to start with. If neither of those fits, I'd suggest you pass.

 

even if the body and neck are uselles, there is still parts in there, parts you can use
like the pup, the pots, tuners, and if the neck is usable you can experiment truss rod works in there and maybe the pup is great and you end up loving that pup that you may not see again so why not? its free

 

I think this is the big thing. Even if the body/neck/etc isn't salvagable, if anything can be salvaged, then it is worth getting for free. You never know when a spare potentiometer or output jack will come in handy, or when you might want to put a knob to good use.

 

This thread is also a great example of why you should always transport your bass inside of the car, and NEVER on top of it. It's not a canoe.

 

Go for it faefaex. Based on what you say, I think it could be salvaged. Even if the end result is mediocre, it can be a good learning experience at the very least.

 

No, but the bass in question contains about as much plastic as an ocean kayak.

Riis