Post Your $100 Bass

[BioDriver]

$100 on SF Craigslist maybe 5 years ago - an early to mid sixties Kay hollow body with vintage rose wallpaper. One of a kind! Sounds sublime. Someone put Schaller tuners on it at some point. Affectionately known as the "Rose Bass"

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That is stupid cool!

 

[kodiakblair]

I've a bunch of Peavey Foundations and Furys cost £100 or less but there's nothing unusal with that

Going with something different. Peavey Zephyr 5. You folks in the US never got the Zephyr series,a few years before the Grind bass was released Peavey sold these semi-Cirrus passive models in Europe. Came in neck-thru and bolt-on.

This Zephyr 5 was £100 with a poor wiring repair job. I could fix the wiring or MOD

Shot wiring got change for a Tonemonster 2 band EQ. Pickups swapped for Warman Jazzbars (rehoused in rosewood covers) Tuners/bridge got changed to pretty golden Wilkinsons. Marshall knobs. Think that came another £100

End result was a beauty

 

[4sight]

Encore E83 (the same bass as the Sunn Mustang and Indian made Squier 2 I believe).

£40 from eBay, it's 10lbs 3oz of unadulterated P bass. Great pickups and neck, even came set up well. I'll chuck some flats on it, replace the pots and jack, then it'll be ready to rock.