Is this guy nuts?

[sputrelo]

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Saw this post this past weekend and my jaw hit the floor. Is the asking price even remotely close to the value of the bass?

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

Is the asking price even remotely close to the value of the bass?

Probably, Yes !! Pre- CBS instruments are the "Holy Grail" for Fender collectors and this is a rare colour as well...

 

[Vincent P]

Well it is the "coolest looking bass in the world".

 

[Geddy Claypool]

Compared to some early Fender eBay prices, that's actually not all that bad.

 

[GM60466]

I just saw a all-original '63 P Bass priced at $15.500. The bass in the ad is much cooler and probably under-priced. 10 years ago, a gold sparkle P bass sold for $20K

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[Bruce Lindfield]

Bad time to sell - given world financial crisis - otherwise it would probably be more...?

 

[Fender32]

That's only about 12,000GBP .

(*shakes piggy bank*)

Hmm, maybe not this week, but it's one hell of a P .

 

[bassman10096]

That's an investment bass. A shame, sort of... Nobody who owned it would dare take it out of the house for fear of damaging its value. As for the price - if it's a legitimate factory special color (I wouldn't know, but have never seen that color in an old bass) it might be a completely unique item. That can lead to astronomic valuation. But, as Bruce pointed out, this is the worst possible time to be selling a high ticket item whose value is based on how high a bidder is willing or able to go...

 

[Roadman]

Is it really worth the price difference between that and an original '63 Squier?

 

[BurningSkies]

Its supposedly Syracuse, but I've never heard of the town listed. If anyone is seriously thinking about purchasing, I'd be happy to do some leg work...

 

[One Drop]

It might be hard to establish the originality of that finish without some provenance, IMO. I'm not in any way challenging this particular bass, but it's not a purchase to made casually if I understand the extreme rarity of fender sparkle finishes, especially since there is reason to believe this finish was farmed out by fender to a third party, at least on occasion. it would have had to be a custom order and there don't seem to be many around at all.

 

[jmac]

Is it weird that it is on craigslist?