I went to guitar center to noodle around on some basses. I saw some dude walking around the store with a bass and thought nothing of it. When I left he was in the parking lot and he approached me and asked if I wanted to buy a bass. I'm kinda suspicious about those kind of things, but I decided to play along. I asked whadda ya got and whadda ya want? He handed me his bass. It was a Sterling Musicman sub series with the dual HB pups. I said let's go inside and try her out. I had one of the GC guys look at it and asked him it it was legit or fake. He told me it was legit and that they had a used one just like it for sale for $349. So I noodled around on it for a few minutes, neck is straight, set up is low, intonation is good, all the buttons work, preamp works. I asked the guy ok, how much? He said $220. I told him give me your rock bottom drop dead take it home with you now price. He said $140! I asked what's going on, he told me he was going through some tough life issues. So, I now own a Sterling StingRay 4HH sub series in Chopper Blue! I didn't need it, nor was I looking for it, but it was too good to pass up. That guy gave me a little gas! Gas pains are gone, now I'm just a grinnin' like a villin. Oh, and no extra charge for the strap and fender rubber strap locks!
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NBD, kind of.
- Thread starter Lowlou17
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Okay hold up, had he just bought it minutes before selling it to you? Or was he inside with it, trying to sell it? Why does it still have the tag on it? More questions than answers here..
So did the guy he bought it from.
Do you actual think there are fake sub series? Really?
SOMEthing is sideways regarding the narrative. A GC hang tag and GC staff thought nothing of THAT?
Same questions. Why does it have a GC tag? I'm reading that he was trying to sell it to GC...
I'm reading it, that some dude was walking around the store, with a bass in hand.
$5 says he pulled a Jedi mind trick on the guy GC hires to say 'Hi' and 'Bye' to customers, telling him, 'This is not the bass I'm taking out to the parking lot.'
So the other way I'm reading this is the guy stole a tagged bass, sold it to OP in the parking lot, but not before they walked back into the store to try it out and ask the stoners who work there questions which they answered and either were too clueless to care or just didn't give a sh1t?
So you bought a stolen bass and no one cared? Or Guitar Center wouldn’t take the bass back so he sold it to you?
Fun story! I offered a dude more than the guitar center employee did one time and the GC dude threatened to kick me out. Some people take their crumby job to seriously.
Fun story! I offered a dude more than the guitar center employee did one time and the GC dude threatened to kick me out. Some people take their crumby job to seriously.
I have four theories about what's going on here. They are below in order of decending likelihoodness. If that's a word...
One:
OP's significant other is mad at him for buying yet another bass. He concocts some story to deflate the amount of money he paid for it, so they are less angry with him.
He posts the story here, then points his partner to the thread and says. "HERE. I even told the TB guys about it! Crazy, huh?!?" Yeah, guy....at least ask us before you use us to get you out of the dog house.
Two:
OP straight up stole a bass from GC, then fabricates a story to post here in the hopes that when the cops come knocking that it will create some kind of alibi.
Three:
OP bought a hot bass off a dude in the parking lot and is either too dense to realize it, or know exactly what just went down. See theory two above.
Four:
OP is full of #&%!.
One:
OP's significant other is mad at him for buying yet another bass. He concocts some story to deflate the amount of money he paid for it, so they are less angry with him.
He posts the story here, then points his partner to the thread and says. "HERE. I even told the TB guys about it! Crazy, huh?!?" Yeah, guy....at least ask us before you use us to get you out of the dog house.
Two:
OP straight up stole a bass from GC, then fabricates a story to post here in the hopes that when the cops come knocking that it will create some kind of alibi.
Three:
OP bought a hot bass off a dude in the parking lot and is either too dense to realize it, or know exactly what just went down. See theory two above.
Four:
OP is full of #&%!.
