Recent pawn shop treasure

[bassdesiresEADG]

Thanks for the info! I love knowing where my gear has been. Cool name, btw. I just scored a Spector Legend 4 in holoflash black for $50. Generally, the gear I buy has been there forever, and they're willing to discount it just to get rid of it.

Oh yeah, forgot the pics again! Here's the Spector.

 

[Root 5]

So, I picked this Ibanez MC2924 up for $200 yesterday at a pawn shop. Great shape, and it was even still in tune! I can't find much info on this model, so what's the score here? Any advice or comments on it?

You basically stole that instrument. I've seen them in good condition in reputable stores at $1000+. The pawnshop didn't know what they had.

 

[Root 5]

I feel for the guy who sold it to the pawnshop.

No kidding. He lost hundreds & hundreds of dollars. [/quote[

That bass, in that condition, could go for $800 to
the right person.

Even more actually.

 

[Dan Bass]

Thanks. I'm just broke, that's why I rake the pawn shops so much. Just something I learned to do and have been doing since I was a kid. Maybe I'm just lucky. My first bad was a Kawai FIIB that my mother bought for $75 out of a pawn shop. Fool that I was, I sold it for $75 (don't judge, I was 18, and didn't know a damn thing). I got nostalgic a while back and after researching them some, realized what I'd done. To this day, I kick myself for that!

Oh, I hear ya, it always takes me so long to get anything, and when I do get something for my Bass or a Bass I'm like a kid at Christmas time.

 

[spectorfreak]

Yeah you're welcome. Those Musicians are great basses, very high level of craftsmanship that they put into those. I love Ibanez and any high end Japanese stuff from the 80's especially, my first bass back in the early 80's was an Ibanez Roadstar so I suppose I have an affinity for the brand, especially weird or rare, wish I still had my Ibanez Axstar. I just won a made in Japan TUNE on ebay last night, can't wait for that to get here.

 

[spectorfreak]

Here's the NOS 30th anni reissue that some dude is selling on ebay, I'd say you got the better price to enjoyment ratio on your deal.

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[GastonD]

Those are offered for around $1000 around here.

 

[Acoustic356]

One of the bass players in the rotation at our church plays one of these... killer tone!

Great find!

 

[bassdesiresEADG]

It's in really great shape, and I haven't had a neck through since my first (which I sold in '96), but I had no idea of how fortunate I was to get this, especially for that price. Funny thing was that I bought an Ibanez SRX-505, just to have a 5 string (never had one before). I decided I didn't like it, so I sold it (got that one for $50, sold it for $300), and decided to get another bass with it. The funny part is that I sold one Ibanez just to get another, albeit an even better score!

 

[DWBass]

Thanks. I'm just broke, that's why I rake the pawn shops so much. Just something I learned to do and have been doing since I was a kid. Maybe I'm just lucky. My first bad was a Kawai FIIB that my mother bought for $75 out of a pawn shop. Fool that I was, I sold it for $75 (don't judge, I was 18, and didn't know a damn thing). I got nostalgic a while back and after researching them some, realized what I'd done. To this day, I kick myself for that!

Don't feel bad. I had a Japan made Univox Badazz bass and sold it with original HSC for $25 in the mid 90's. While not as coveted as the Ibby, I still could have gotten some decent coin for it if I had known.

 

[bassdesiresEADG]

Ouch! I also had a really great Laney linebacker combo, 65w, 15" speaker. Sounded really great, but to this day, I've never been able to find anything like it, even online. Ah, to lament the gear we lost when we were young and stupid!