Gotten is not only a word, it is used correctly here due to being preceded by "have".
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Value of a Modded Squier?
- Thread starter Byrinthion
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I could've worded the sentence better though. It was early. I should've said "I have recently become more interested in guitar..." rather than use a questionable word like "gotten." It's like the word "funner;" though a word it may be, it sounds unprofessional and wrong. It is a word, just not a very good one. Honest mistake.
Also, after twelve hours of thought, I've decided to keep the damn guitar and buy a Tele from Sam Ash on a finance plan, and pay $200 out of pocket(it is tax return season after all), paying the remaining $300-400( after a little back and forth barter and haggle of course) over the next six months. Shouldn't be a problem. Thanks everybody! Maybe the Jazz Bass will come back around and turn out to be more useful in time. And it makes a heck of a conversation piece at the moment
Thank you again,
Nick
Thank you again,
Nick
I'm thinking... about $250. Sorry. What have we learned? Buy used. If you mod then sell there will be a loss. Better to remove mods restore the bass to original then sell it as stock. Keep mods for future bass or sell them off individually. Learn from this minor loss and then over time it is really not a loss, just a hard lesson.
Any bass or other item one person is selling is worth exactly what someone else is willing to pay and the seller is willing to accept.
Fun can be a noun or adjective. Get is a verb.
Past tense of get is got. Past participle of get is gotten as in "had gotten" or "have gotten."
The clear path from fun to funner doesn't exist.
There is nothing questionable about "gotten" if you believe the word "get" is legitimate.
The problem is the word "got" became used as a slang word in the present tense. For example someone saying "I got good grammar" instead of "I have good grammar."
Im not sure its been said who made the fretless neck....but I see that bass complete as it sits being worth $300 to the right buyer. Thats not a affinity body, its a nice VM body, nice grain, nice duncan antiquities and a badass II with a decent looking fretless neck, seems worthy of $300. Im sure the original neck and pickups could bring $100 and im not sure if you are counting the case but thats another $50.
Regardless parting it up maybe faster but parting out basses takes a lot of time. Ive sold many basses and I use to part out 20% of them, but now maybe 5% or less. Its time consuming.
I think selling it as a SQUIER will be shooting yourself in the foot. Whats even squier about that now? just the body. Id list it as a parts bass, just the word play could turn more buyers on, then list the parts and then state VM squier Body, Badass II etc
Regardless parting it up maybe faster but parting out basses takes a lot of time. Ive sold many basses and I use to part out 20% of them, but now maybe 5% or less. Its time consuming.
I think selling it as a SQUIER will be shooting yourself in the foot. Whats even squier about that now? just the body. Id list it as a parts bass, just the word play could turn more buyers on, then list the parts and then state VM squier Body, Badass II etc
As much as I love them, unfortunately anything with the name Squier will have a tough time getting much above $300 used. Yes, there are some that are great instruments, but because it's a budget brand, the name carries a stigma.
^^^This^^^
When I upgraded mine, I shopped around for a used Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickup, for $40.
I kept the stock ceramic, which wasn't actually all that bad, and if I ever have to sell it I'll keep the QP.
Of course I only paid $80 without a bag (bought one of those for $20) and I think I could easily get my $100 back out of it.
Well, I'm upgrading a Squier and the only original part left now is the body (which isn't bad, actually); in the true spirit of Trigger's broom, I hope to replace that too, and then it'll be like new!
When I do that, I'll reassemble the Squier and offer it on, or start over again...
Probably less than $500. Here's my example:
I bought a Squier VM Precision for $75 (SWEET). I modded the hell out of it, getting a new MIM P maple neck, AVRI'63 pickup, BAII......the parts themselves cost me $300. I would value the modded bass definitely more than $75, as the pickup and neck alone cost more than double the cost I got the stock VM P for. I would value it as around $300-400...400 is pushing it. I'd value it the same as a typical used MIM Fender you see on Craigslist or EBay or the Classifieds.
I won't sell it, since 1.) it's my only bass right now 2.) it plays beautifully 3.) It looks beautiful 4.) I love its tone and sound.
I agree. You'll get more money out of doing this method. Sometimes, the parts alone are worth more than the actual stock bass, believe it or not. See my example above, OP.
Unless you plan on keeping it forever! High cost basses never appealed to me...the lower end ones always stuck with me for more than a year.....the high end ones never last 6 months.
Hey everybody, OP here; some stories start poorly, and end well. This is a good one. I bought the Tele here( a 2017 mim standard) for $70 and a Getzen Trumpet. And the best bit my friends, I get to keep the Squier. All's well that ends well I guess. Thank you everybody, it's been fun!
Your humble OP,
Nick
Your humble OP,
Nick
