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Post Your $100 Bass
- Thread starter EatS1stBassist
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Not my photos because I sold them years ago. On the same day, from the same music store in Syracuse, NY I purchased a 1958 Kay Bass for $50. It was in pieces in a chipboard case, and missing the trapeze tailpiece. When I assembled it and found an original tailpiece it was perfection.
The second score was an old Sears Silvertone electric guitar with the tube amp built into the guitar case. Cost $75 and worked perfectly.
The owner said he had a stack of them in the attic that he would sell me for $50 apiece, but I was too broke at the time.
The second score was an old Sears Silvertone electric guitar with the tube amp built into the guitar case. Cost $75 and worked perfectly.
The owner said he had a stack of them in the attic that he would sell me for $50 apiece, but I was too broke at the time.
Just got it at the end of April. $100 exactly off Craigslist and it's seriously a decent instrument!
I think I bought this about 6-7 years ago. Wanted to buy a fretless, so I ordered two from Musicians Friend, an Ibanez SR300F and this Rogue LX200B. The Ibanez has it's ebanol fretboard which wasn't too keen about other than it might be "undestructable" for a fretless. The rogue I wasn't sure if I could get used to no fretlines. Unsure if the Ibanez would come with flat wounds (it did), I bought new flatwounds for the Ibanez and used the old Ibanez strings on the Rogue.
Fun part 1, the strings wouldn't fit through the Rogue bridge. Had to take a drill bit and auger it out slowly until the string would fit into the hole. Fun part 2, the Rogue has Mwah in spades compared to the Ibanez.
Of course, the Ibanez proved easier to play in both it's neck and the fretlines. Did decide to keep the Rogue anyway, worst case it could be used in trade for a set of strings or keep me alive if I needed to build a fire.
Fun part 1, the strings wouldn't fit through the Rogue bridge. Had to take a drill bit and auger it out slowly until the string would fit into the hole. Fun part 2, the Rogue has Mwah in spades compared to the Ibanez.
Of course, the Ibanez proved easier to play in both it's neck and the fretlines. Did decide to keep the Rogue anyway, worst case it could be used in trade for a set of strings or keep me alive if I needed to build a fire.
godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
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1980's mahogany body Peavey Patriot $99 ! Great playing and sounding bass, easily compares to a 2k Fender.
Got this for free from a guy I went to buy a Phil Jones Bass Buddy from. A 77 Aria Pro ll Precise Bass. He intended to use it as a project, I figured I'd dump some pickups in it and see how it sounds. Had no idea about this era of Japanese Basses until I researched them in TB when I got home.
This is how I received it
Had a route done, and dropped some DiMarzio model PJs in, with a MIM pick guard I had. Stacked pot with volume/tone and a blend pot. Owes me a few hundred now, but it's a great player!
This is how I received it
Had a route done, and dropped some DiMarzio model PJs in, with a MIM pick guard I had. Stacked pot with volume/tone and a blend pot. Owes me a few hundred now, but it's a great player!
$50 for the Squier and $20 for the pickguard.
Here's mine. I had to replace a one of the volume pots last month (after 2 years) so now I've got about $30 into it.
The body is from Chandler Industries in San Fransisco, the neck is probably a Japanese Squier (or similar) from 1984. Its hard to say for sure as most markings were sanded off at some point in its life; all that's left is the date on the heel and some stamped letters. I think the pickups are quarter pounders, but all the other hardware is unknown.
Its probably almost worthless in terms of $, but this bass is good enough to get equal playtime as my USA Fender and Lakland Skyline j basses.
The body is from Chandler Industries in San Fransisco, the neck is probably a Japanese Squier (or similar) from 1984. Its hard to say for sure as most markings were sanded off at some point in its life; all that's left is the date on the heel and some stamped letters. I think the pickups are quarter pounders, but all the other hardware is unknown.
Its probably almost worthless in terms of $, but this bass is good enough to get equal playtime as my USA Fender and Lakland Skyline j basses.
Bought in a pawn shop for $60 with one string missing, covered in black runny spray paint.
Added a bridge, tuners and pickups from Ebay, installed stack-knob pots to give tone and volume control for each pickup. Defretted neck. Seven coats of lacquer and about 20 hours of work later.....
Added a bridge, tuners and pickups from Ebay, installed stack-knob pots to give tone and volume control for each pickup. Defretted neck. Seven coats of lacquer and about 20 hours of work later.....
Guitar Center had an '04 Squier Standard P Bass Special in their used section for $99.00. It's the PJ configuration with the narrow 1 1/2" jazz neck. Anyway, this thing looked horrible...it was a dirty mess from tuners to bridge with old mismatched strings and by the looks had never been set up. Loose, scratchy pots and an ultra hot tone pot. Turning it to the right produce feedback and distortion from every amp I plugged it into. But the body was free from major dents or scratches. The frets were clean, smooth and even and from what I could tell, the neck was near perfect.
I haggled my way to $79.00 and the bass followed me home. My initial thought was to give it to my daughter, who is just starting to play bass. After a thorough cleaning and a setup with new Super Brights, it actually played and sounded really good! The tone knob was better, but still a pain.
I'd been following the Geezer Butler Pickup thread, but never pulled the trigger on the Geezers for another P bass I have. I just liked the tone of the stock pickups. But I ordered them for this Squier.
After a small amount of Dremel work on the J cavity, everything went into place with ease! This little Squier gives my American P a run for it's money! It plays really well, stays in tune and the neck is better than what most basses out there have. But now the tone is freaking awesome! I'm really liking the PJ setup! I put a set of flats on it and it's just as good as the rounds.
This one is definitely a keeper.
I haggled my way to $79.00 and the bass followed me home. My initial thought was to give it to my daughter, who is just starting to play bass. After a thorough cleaning and a setup with new Super Brights, it actually played and sounded really good! The tone knob was better, but still a pain.
I'd been following the Geezer Butler Pickup thread, but never pulled the trigger on the Geezers for another P bass I have. I just liked the tone of the stock pickups. But I ordered them for this Squier.
After a small amount of Dremel work on the J cavity, everything went into place with ease! This little Squier gives my American P a run for it's money! It plays really well, stays in tune and the neck is better than what most basses out there have. But now the tone is freaking awesome! I'm really liking the PJ setup! I put a set of flats on it and it's just as good as the rounds.
This one is definitely a keeper.
Korean Hondo 830 series. Got it for about $80 shipped from Heritage Auctions. has the original Dimarzio P pickup.
yeah, I bought it to be a wall hanger, not expecting much. then I played it. It's a killer Pbass and I've gigged it a ton since I got it.
