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Music Go Round deals

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90's Les Paul bass...essentially T-Bird pickups with a Les Paul body. Not everyone's up of tea, but these are pretty cool and sort of rare these days...$699 + shipping isn't bad:
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Gibson Explorer bass in sunburst...quite rare, but again, not everyone's cup of tea. Fair price of $800 plus shipping:
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90's Gibson Tobias Renegade for $400 plus shipping could be a very good deal for a USA made bass with Bart pickups. States that "neck has a slight warp and is not easily adjustable so action is a bit high." The neck on these are quite easy to adjust, as long as you have a 1/4" female hex. The question is, does the store have one, or are they even aware of this? I have found the sales people at Music Go Round to often be quite ignorant about the stuff they get in...had a guy tell me that a German made Warwick had a none original bridge because he had never seen the two piece German bridge and tailpiece before, just the import Warwicks with Fender style bridges. Anyway, it may be an extremely easy fix if someone lives in the Virginia Beach area and has the proper tool. (BTW...this is the same tool that older USA made Guild instruments used.)
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This seems to be a fair price for this bass, but it sure is a nice looking version of the bass, and these are really nice basses! Everyone that I have played, plays wonderful Carvin BB75 for $800+shipping:
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Epi Les Paul 5 string. These are wide spaced 5 string Epi's that look and play really nice. This one has had the pickups, and possibly the preamp, changed (and, probably upgraded.) Has EMG-HZ pickups and "normal" preamp. I state normal as these came with twin volume knobs, one tone knob and a 5 way switch that ran the pickups back and forth (single coil, parallel and series) in a number of different combinations. The idea was that with the two volume knobs and the switch, you could use the pickups in every combination possible (15 different sounds, I believe.) The "normal" preamp probably is just a standard passive wiring or possibly, a T and B control. $370+shipping is about what they go for (though sometimes you see these real cheap if you look for them.)
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purpleflyhunter said:
Not sure if this thread was setup (open) to discussions but does anyone else feel their prices are (generally) surprisingly high?

Maybe they’re big on negotiating?
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Their prices tend to be high, but every once in a while, there are great deals. I haven't been able to negotiate a lot with them, and I've also noticed that their shipping prices are all over the map. I bought a Kurzweil synth that was "as is" and had undisclosed problems, so I'm more wary of buying there (in comparison to GC used) but still keep an eye out.
 
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MGR stores are franchises, I don't know if that means the store has more or less pricing discretion than Guitar Center and the like. Shipping always seems high. I would need to check anything out first hand before buying. The return policy at Guitar Center is tough to beat. OTOH the MGR nearest me usually has something cool, also a few bizarre things I've never imagined which are sometimes cool. Prices range from slightly higher than I've seen elsewhere to a good bit lower, not counting the prices on things I've never seen anywhere else. It's worth keeping an eye on the one closest to you, sometimes worth the trip for me even if it's an hour +. Just traded a bunch of cool stuff I hardly used for a couple of cool things I'll probably hardly use.

Never tried negotiating, I'm not going to drive up there if the price isn't acceptable on whatever has me making the trip. Every place that takes trades always asks "How much are you looking to get" to which I always reply "As much as I possibly can."
 
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NecroticImbecil said:
MGR stores are franchises, I don't know if that means the store has more or less pricing discretion than Guitar Center and the like. Shipping always seems high. I would need to check anything out first hand before buying. The return policy at Guitar Center is tough to beat. OTOH the MGR nearest me usually has something cool, also a few bizarre things I've never imagined which are sometimes cool. Prices range from slightly higher than I've seen elsewhere to a good bit lower, not counting the prices on things I've never seen anywhere else. It's worth keeping an eye on the one closest to you, sometimes worth the trip for me even if it's an hour +. Just traded a bunch of cool stuff I hardly used for a couple of cool things I'll probably hardly use.

Never tried negotiating, I'm not going to drive up there if the price isn't acceptable on whatever has me making the trip. Every place that takes trades always asks "How much are you looking to get" to which I always reply "As much as I possibly can."
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I've bought several things on musicgoround and no none of them would negotiate, at least on line they might in person. I have been able to get them to reduce shipping on everything usually about $20 dollars.
 
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I think they have a 90 day policy, once past 90 days they will start being flexible with price, at least that is what I have been told by a couple of stores.

A few years ago they were flexible on most items a little, and like GC, shipped stuff really cheap. Got some good deals in those times.

Some deals are still to be found...just have to look for them, or watch for them. Also, if one takes into account that shipping a bass usually costs $40 or more, their $60 charge isn't that bad if the instrument price is good.

I am in no way connected with Music Go Round, just making observations in the same way I defend buying quality art supplies instead of cheap stuff to my students.
 

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