I spotted a Mexican P-Bass I liked in the "GC Used Gear" thread here, and bought it, so thanks Gorn for posting it. I ordered it from the Shreveport, LA GC on the 19th of February and the price was $249.99. All up and delivered to my CG in Pasadena, CA it came to $284.02. That's cheap for a [decent] Mexican Fender Bass as Gorn pointed out in his OP. So I was a bit worried. But the photo of it sucked me in. She's black with a maple neck which I'm partial to as I had an American Standard P-Bass in that configuration for a while but I had to give it up (long story.)
The delivery date was pushed back due to all the bad weather last week so it took 7 business days to arrive here in California and I picked it it up this morning. (I figured I was a cinch for that 20% off coupon they give you when they don't make delivery in 4-5 business days.) I've been in, not many, but a few different GC's and the Pasadena, CA one isn't too bad so before whipping out my paperwork I walked around a bit. The Rumble Room was empty so I stood there and took it all in.
"Okay man, just pack it all up, and send it to my house, here's my credit card." Is what I was thinking so I beat it the hell outta there real fast. There were three people in line including a guy purchasing a flat black P-Bass clone of some sort for $79 and we were talking about how frigging wicked it looked. Then the guy working the register called for a manager so I wandered off again.
There was a fellow playing a Strat off to the side and I stopped to listen because he was good. He had the volume low as he didn't need it, and it was beautiful. I'm going to get me one of those multi-string high sounding guitars someday, lol. I gave him a smile and big thumbs up, not only because he deserved it, but because I was trying to up my GC Karma for when they handed me my new sight unseen used bass guitar. I got back in line and a young fellow asked if he could help me. I handed him my paperwork and only said, "New bass day!" And he laughed and said, "Very cool, come with me." He disappeared into the back room and shortly came back with a Fender box and he laid it down so gently I wanted to hug him.
Paperwork done I whipped out my Buck knife. The Shreveport GC packed it well and I completely unzipped the padded Fender gig bag so I could open it and take the instrument in all at once. (Is this starting to sound weird?) My eye went to the first blemish I saw and it was on the pickguard. Until I realized it was the plastic still on the PG.
She's an early 2009 Mexican P-Bass with that serial number that went MZ9 plus six digits.
I've had her for a day now and she sounds wonderful. The grain in the maple neck looks like coffee stains in some areas, but that's to be expected. The pots are solid and the neck is straight and and everything else is workable. I was so happy I forgot to ask about my 20% discount . . . !
Coffee stains.
What I thought was a blem is the plastic still on the PG.
The delivery date was pushed back due to all the bad weather last week so it took 7 business days to arrive here in California and I picked it it up this morning. (I figured I was a cinch for that 20% off coupon they give you when they don't make delivery in 4-5 business days.) I've been in, not many, but a few different GC's and the Pasadena, CA one isn't too bad so before whipping out my paperwork I walked around a bit. The Rumble Room was empty so I stood there and took it all in.
"Okay man, just pack it all up, and send it to my house, here's my credit card." Is what I was thinking so I beat it the hell outta there real fast. There were three people in line including a guy purchasing a flat black P-Bass clone of some sort for $79 and we were talking about how frigging wicked it looked. Then the guy working the register called for a manager so I wandered off again.
There was a fellow playing a Strat off to the side and I stopped to listen because he was good. He had the volume low as he didn't need it, and it was beautiful. I'm going to get me one of those multi-string high sounding guitars someday, lol. I gave him a smile and big thumbs up, not only because he deserved it, but because I was trying to up my GC Karma for when they handed me my new sight unseen used bass guitar. I got back in line and a young fellow asked if he could help me. I handed him my paperwork and only said, "New bass day!" And he laughed and said, "Very cool, come with me." He disappeared into the back room and shortly came back with a Fender box and he laid it down so gently I wanted to hug him.
Paperwork done I whipped out my Buck knife. The Shreveport GC packed it well and I completely unzipped the padded Fender gig bag so I could open it and take the instrument in all at once. (Is this starting to sound weird?) My eye went to the first blemish I saw and it was on the pickguard. Until I realized it was the plastic still on the PG.
She's an early 2009 Mexican P-Bass with that serial number that went MZ9 plus six digits.
I've had her for a day now and she sounds wonderful. The grain in the maple neck looks like coffee stains in some areas, but that's to be expected. The pots are solid and the neck is straight and and everything else is workable. I was so happy I forgot to ask about my 20% discount . . . !
Coffee stains.
What I thought was a blem is the plastic still on the PG.
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