Options for finding Used Basses

Shopgoodwill.com

 

Facebook marketplace. People seem to use that more than CL these days

 

Guitar center used bass
Got some great deals...they don’t always know what they’re selling plus having the item shipped to the store location closest to you rather to your home is a great option
Music go round.
Music 123 open box

 

GC used I've bought a lot that way, nation wide search have it shipped to your local store (it's the cheapest shipping) 45 day returns ... latest find a Peavey T45.

 

Garage Sales....you have to go early and go often.....about once a year you will find something worth the wait

 

Music Go Round is my No.1
One in Stockton.
One in Elk Grove.
(I don't know which is closer to you)

 

No kidding and I seriously doubt you find something worth having once per year. Maybe you find a bass once per year...if you are lucky.

 

Local sales apps like 5miles, Letgo, Offerup.

 

Never occurred to me to check out goodwill, but by gosh they got quite an inventory. Most appear to be more budget lines, but they give you all kinds of good pics and it's a bidding system. I'll have to put this on "puter rotation" - just may find a steal there someday.
Thanks for mentioning this!

 

On line mgr

 

Not really a website, but local auction houses. They typically post photos of items online before the auction (I guess that part is a website). People who go to auctions (at least around here) rarely know anything about music equipment (unless they are selling a ton of it at the same auction). Have bought several items over the years this way. Best deal was when I bought an Ampeg B2R for $6. The downside of auction houses is that I have also seen clueless people pay way too much for music equipment over the years. Particularly around tax refund season... crazy how that works.

 

Facebook's version of classifieds has had some great deals on amps, but "wishful thinking" high prices for basses. Not sure why. My #1 is the Guitar Center online used section. 7 out of the 10 basses I currently own came from there. 3 out of 4 heads. 4 out of 6 cabs.

The shipping's not bad, and if you get a dud, well, it's still way cheaper than renting and you've got 45 days to return it to the store.

 

That's how I got my Allen Woody. It was like new.

 

I pretty much hold myself to TB, GC and Reverb. Otherwise, for the type of things I’m mainly interested in buying these days, I go through Elderly and Norm’s.

And boy do I ever miss Manny’s in NYC.

 

Along those lines, might want to look for a online auction site in your local area. We have a couple here that conglomerate anywhere from two or 3 to 15 auctions a night. The only real drawback to them, is you have to go the night before the auction to the pick up site if you want to view the item in person. I picked up a brand new Yamaha BB 425X for $100, turned out the bridge pick up doesn't work, I'm still trying to get that sorted, but the neck pick up on it is just glorious sounding. The nice thing is you can just search for bass or guitar off the main page of the auction site and it'll give you the results for all the auctions that are listed, easy to check and see if there's anything worthwhile keeping an eye on.

 

I have a local pawn shop with which I am friendly...

 

Yes. Pawn shops are sometimes good places to check.