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#19,721
MNAirHead said:
Axcellerator - Pickguard has been swapped... I'm ok with the bridge
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I had one bass with that bridge and really disliked everything about it. My favorite bridge is the ABM used on the Cirrus and there are folks who don't like them LOL

I had an Axcellerator 4 and an Axcellerator 6. The 4 was a nice bass but the 6 was a killer bass. 35" scale and....an ABM bridge. What a tone monster it was. I sold it to a local guy and he loves it. Yes, a Cirrus is better but I think I paid about $350 for the Axcellerator in the case...like new.
 
#19,722
58kites said:
If I remember right, he paid around $800.
The House of Guitars was/is a large independently owned music store that took in a ton of gear, they've been in business since around 1965.
Bob probably was the salesperson who took that trade-in and the HOG paid the customer way too little for it, and Bob was able to buy it as an employee for what they gave in trade. It was one of the few perks of working there.
Wish I had left there with something awesome, just did not occur to me at sixteen that I had a chance to pick up something that would be real valuable one day.
The new Gibsons and Fenders were pretty crappy during that time.
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Still not really cheap at $800, like a used car at the time. The return on investment is amazing. I'm sure he looks at that as a score of a lifetime! There are only 1500 or so '58-'60 bursts out there. 650ish from '59. I really liked music stores of that era. I worked at a couple that allowed me to get used gear for cost or cost +10%. That was a blessing and a curse for a young man in his 20s and 30s.
My first real look into gear was getting a 1978 Strat in 1980 for $400. That was still not chump change, but it has also done well if you look at it as an investment. It's also my first 'real' guitar so it's sentimental value is 3 times it's monetary value.
 
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bigtone23 said:
Still not really cheap at $800, like a used car at the time. The return on investment is amazing. I'm sure he looks at that as a score of a lifetime! There are only 1500 or so '58-'60 bursts out there. 650ish from '59. I really liked music stores of that era. I worked at a couple that allowed me to get used gear for cost or cost +10%. That was a blessing and a curse for a young man in his 20s and 30s.
My first real look into gear was getting a 1978 Strat in 1980 for $400. That was still not chump change, but it has also done well if you look at it as an investment. It's also my first 'real' guitar so it's sentimental value is 3 times it's monetary value.
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My first guitar at 12 or 13 was a piece-o-junk Univox that looked like the Danelectro or Mosrite guitar that would later become known as the Johnny Ramone guitar.
I think I paid about $90 new for it.
When I was 14, I bought my first "serious" guitar from a guy who was the rock god in a Rochester band.
It was a Pre-CBS powder blue Fender Mustang, I paid $65 for it, a much better guitar than the beat Stratocaster I bought next.
After I started working at the House of Guitars (on my sixteenth birthday) so many nice trade-in instruments passed through my hands in the next year or two it was crazy.
Instead of buying lots of guitars I built a record collection of a couple thousand albums.
I did not know enough to start collecting valuable Fenders, Gibsons, D'Angelico's etc....had no idea that people would eventually pay the stupidly high amounts that collector instruments fetch these days.
 
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58kites said:
My first guitar at 12 or 13 was a piece-o-junk Univox that looked like the Danelectro or Mosrite guitar that would later become known as the Johnny Ramone guitar.
I think I paid about $90 new for it.
When I was 14, I bought my first "serious" guitar from a guy who was the rock god in a Rochester band.
It was a Pre-CBS powder blue Fender Mustang, I paid $65 for it, a much better guitar than the beat Stratocaster I bought next.
After I started working at the House of Guitars (on my sixteenth birthday) so many nice trade-in instruments passed through my hands in the next year or two it was crazy.
Instead of buying lots of guitars I built a record collection of a couple thousand albums.
I did not know enough to start collecting valuable Fenders, Gibsons, D'Angelico's etc....had no idea that people would eventually pay the stupidly high amounts that collector instruments fetch these days.
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For sure, there was a fairly narrow scope of what was super desirable at the time, and the vintage market was pretty new and specialized. The Fenders and the Gibsons started to become more hit and miss in the early 70s vs hit in the 60s.
My first music store job was in the early 80s when I was 13/14. I still am amazed at the cool stuff that drifted through that place, despite being in a very small town in the high plains of Colorado.
 
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Got my new Forum Plus in today! Unfortunately, one of the tuners is unoriginal, which neither the seller nor myself knew about before it got to me. Does anyone have a spare they might be willing to let go of? It's the later 90s style flat-top clover key tuners, like you'd see on a soapbar foundation, a soapbar forum, the later era fury's, etc... Whoever swapped it left the original bushing, so I just need the tuner part. Thanks!
 
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bigtone23 said:
For sure, there was a fairly narrow scope of what was super desirable at the time, and the vintage market was pretty new and specialized. The Fenders and the Gibsons started to become more hit and miss in the early 70s vs hit in the 60s.
My first music store job was in the early 80s when I was 13/14. I still am amazed at the cool stuff that drifted through that place, despite being in a very small town in the high plains of Colorado.
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I was there for 1975 and some of 1976 and Gibson and Fender were both producing instruments that were significantly worse than what was made before CBS effected Fender and Norlin effected Gibson. While I was there the owner put in in a huge order for Ibanez product which was an unknown brand to me.
In addition, he bought a bunch of Hondo, Aria Pro II, Greco, Fernandes instruments that were all copies of Les Pauls, Strats, Precisions and Jazz basses.
I left the music store and went straight into the music cabling/connectivity business for the next 15 years but just a year or two into that time we saw an explosion of new interesting new stuff come along at the NAMM shows of 1976/77/78/79/80.
Dimarzio, Schecter, Kramer, ESP, Dean, Charvel, SD Curlee, Travis Bean, Peavey, the Chapman Stick, the E-Bow, etc, etc all popped up to fill the void created by the stagnant giants who were asleep at the wheel.
 
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wild4oldcars said:
Got my new Forum Plus in today! Unfortunately, one of the tuners is unoriginal, which neither the seller nor myself knew about before it got to me. Does anyone have a spare they might be willing to let go of? It's the later 90s style flat-top clover key tuners, like you'd see on a soapbar foundation, a soapbar forum, the later era fury's, etc... Whoever swapped it left the original bushing, so I just need the tuner part. Thanks!
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Ummm...the ol' no pic no happen rule...?
 
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Bleecker said:
Ummm...the ol' no pic no happen rule...?
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So sorry, won’t happen again ;)
 
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Traded for nice Candy Apple Red,Dyna Bass,with original hard shell case. Should be here next week sometime? Have had couple of the Dyna basses in the past. Actually ordered one just like this one,back in 1985. I know the person who has the one that I ordered in 1985. So I am sure this is not the one! According to pictures of previous owner looks to be in decent shape. Will post more pictures once I receive.
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Tubehed said:
Just got my beloved '89 Dyna Unity back from the luthier after a 2 month wait. It had a bit of a ski jump at the upper frets and a few frets had lifted a little at other spots. He did a beautiful job leveling the frets and setting her up. Got the neck almost dead straight with really low action and no fret buzz. It's never played better!
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Love everything about this bass especially the fret marker inlays :cool: hope the bass serves you well :thumbsup:.

Chrome Dome said:
Traded for nice Candy Apple Red,Dyna Bass,with original hard shell case. Should be here next week sometime? Have had couple of the Dyna basses in the past. Actually ordered one just like this one,back in 1985. I know the person who has the one that I ordered in 1985. So I am sure this is not the one! According to pictures of previous owner looks to be in decent shape. Will post more pictures once I receive.View attachment 4120032 View attachment 4120033 View attachment 4120034
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I'm such a sucker for the Dyna bass/Foundation look I love them :drool: looking forward to seeing more pictures :thumbsup:.
 
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Shawn Luckman said:
Love everything about this bass especially the fret marker inlays :cool: hope the bass serves you well :thumbsup:.


I'm such a sucker for the Dyna bass/Foundation look I love them :drool: looking forward to seeing more pictures :thumbsup:.
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Thanks Shawn! I love those oval inlays too. They are on the Dyna Bass Unity LTD models. A bit more bling than the standard Unity. ;)
 
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