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should I do it?

enormungus

enormungus

Aug 24, 2009
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Rock Hill, SC
#1
I went into the local pawn shop today and they had a Hondo fame series 830 with a $200 price tag on it. Whoever owned it last put a bunch of looney toons stickers on it and put little streaks of cheap glitter paint on it which makes it look like its all scratched up at first glance, but it isnt. The neck has a couple nicks on it but its straight and the headstock has a small chip. Aside from the glitter and paint, the only real issue i noticed it that the posts on the E/A string pickup were sunk into the cover a little and when i plugged it into an amp the E and A string were, as expected, quieter than the D/G strings. But this seems like an easy fix. Anyway, the guy went down to $100 and then to $80 when I showed him the pickup issue. i dont really need a 3rd bass but figure I might be able to make a little profit off it if I clean it up and fix the pickup issue or, if it ends up sounding good, I might keep it and sale one of my other basses. btw, the bridge saddles are brass and the body is string through.
What do you guys think?
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#4
any particular reason why? Ive read a lot of good things about it when I searched online. From what people say, the pickups are supposed to be pretty good. This one has grover tuners, a solid string through body, brass saddles and a straight maple neck. what would bad about it? Im not trying to argue or be a know-it-all, I really want to know before spending any money on it. I figure i can clean it up, set the pickup right and get $50-60 profit. It isnt much of a profit but its something i can do when not working on projects for school to make some change(Im a senior in college with no time for a job at the moment). Even though the E and A strings were fairly quiet and I only had it plugged in for a couple seconds because they were trying to close the store, I did like how it sounded.
 
#7
I would not do it unless you want to keep it. In this economy you will be hard pressed to make any money on that bass. I see plenty of inexpensive instruments sitting around on my local CL even after the price has been lowered. Lots of stuff isn't selling on EBay lately plus you have to figure in the fees.

You might get a good price if someone gets their hands on it to try and really likes it. The problem is that lots of folks are bargain hunters like you or me. If I was shopping and I saw a Hondo bass on CL priced in the triple digits, I would not click on it. Priced at $50-80 with a pic and I would take a look. It would have to be clean in the pic for me to call or email and I would be looking to pay $50. Still, I might pass because it could be hard to sell. In the current economy there are too many better known and higher end basses going for only a few dollars more.

Just my two cents, worth what you paid for it...

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#8
Thanks, that really helped. I think i kinda wanted to get it not only to sale but to have a project bass if it didnt sale. although really dont 'need' it. Ill probably let it go.

Jason P Bass said:
"Should I do it?"

Yes, you should name the thread with something that DESCRIBES WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

Best of luck with that pawnshop thing.
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Thanks for the good luck wish. But, did you really click on the thread and post just to say the thread name sucks? seems like a waste of time. plus if you hold your curser over the thread title it shows you part of the first post without clicking on it. also I failed to see this kind of response to any other vaguely titled thread(including another with the exact same name). i just think posting without really contributing is kind of a waste. oh uh, now im wasting MY time responding to your time wasting post. uhg, i think we both lose:scowl:. but again, thanks for the good luck wish:hyper:
 

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