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Super Pawn Shop Find

#61
danomite64 said:
I think you're on to it, but because the OP said it was made in 1980, it might be more like this GR-33B:

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I'm no expert on which models were made when, so this is just a guess.
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They're rare, and a lefty even more rare. I need another bass like I need a hole in the head, but if I ever get a chance to get a GR-33B with its floor unit in working condition at a reaonable price, I'd consider it. I heard someone playing one years ago and it's fantastic.
 
#64
Yea, buying a rare instrument out from under someone would be complete douchery.... I have had it happen to me before, on a univox bass that a pawn shop had for 90 bucks. A "friend of mine" knew that I was going to pick the bass up on pay day and he went and bought it before I could get my cash together. The thing wound up being a total turd, and he had the nerve to bring it to me to fix it. I guess he got "the deal" (which wasn't a deal after all) and I was a nice enough guy to fix the bass. Actually it was a good thing I didn't end up with it as after I fixed it and thumped on it a while, I hated the thing and thought it nothing more than good retro wall art.
 
#67
mike_v_s said:
While I whole-heartedly endorse the mocking of a "guess what badass thing I'm gonna get" type thread, if someone actually jacks this bass I'm gonna consider them a total piece of crap.

Mike
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Maybe I'm too 'pawn shop illiterate' to know - but if someone pawns an instrument and it becomes available for sale, doesn't that mean the guy who pawned it 'defaulted' and doesn't that make the instrument fair game?

I'm trying to understand the idea of 'jacking' here. I pop into pawn shops all the time to see what's hanging around and don't think twice about whether or not I'm gonna be 'jacking' someone.

If it's on the wall with a price - it's for sale.
 
#68
tZer said:
Maybe I'm too 'pawn shop illiterate' to know - but if someone pawns an instrument and it becomes available for sale, doesn't that mean the guy who pawned it 'defaulted' and doesn't that make the instrument fair game?

I'm trying to understand the idea of 'jacking' here. I pop into pawn shops all the time to see what's hanging around and don't think twice about whether or not I'm gonna be 'jacking' someone.

If it's on the wall with a price - it's for sale.
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that has all already taken place, the bass HAD to have been available to the public in order for the OP to even see it on the floor.

The issue here is the op saw it on the floor, came to TB and started bulding up the hype on it, and POSSIBLY someone figured out what it was and purchased it even the the OP said he was 'trading his squier in for it'.

Or, the OP got caught monologuing, which every super hero knows you don't wear a cape and you don't monologue.
 
#69
lamarjones said:
....and POSSIBLY someone figured out what it was and purchased it ....
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The person that said he bought it -
He didn't.

You wanna know how I know ?

2 Reasons:


1) The pawn shop didn't open till 9:30am Pacific time. He couldn't have bought it, since the pawn shop wasn't open for business.

2) Even though they answered my call a few minutes early, when I asked what basses they had, he gave me a list that included the Roland, so it was still there (if that is indeed the bass in question). Also note that I called AFTER the person said they "bought it" and BEFORE the store opened.


Just because someone jokes around about buying it doesn't mean it happened.
 

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