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Warning: Vintage Bass Candy found in attic

#81
Tim Cole said:
Call me stupid, but I think the right thing to do would be to contact the original owner, and give it back to him. It's bad enough times got tough enough he lost his home, and he clearly would not have left this behind without it being a mistake.
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Isn't it interesting how honesty is always more complex than it appears? Of course Tim is right: how many of us had not thought the whole situation through and back to first base? Me for one! And why was the bass in the attic in the first place? Was it being stored for someone else again? That could explain why it was forgotten.

On the other hand, if the builder had advertised the bass for $500 for a quick profit, who among us would not have bought it if we had the chance?

Life is only simple once the music starts and the left hand is on the fretboard...that's the only time that I seem to know what's expected of me!!!
 
#84
No offer made yet. And I won't make an offer.

I might go visit him this weekend to help him clean her up.

But now I am wondering if I should.

This bass may or may not have been owned by the guy who he says owned it. He didn't even know what he had when he found it.

I didn't ask questions and didn't ask for real specifics. I wouldn't assume he got it on bad intentions. But I do know some dobros were found, too. Some real oldies.

Spinal Tapper said:
Any updates?

Did you offer the guy some cash?

Are you just gonna let him try and sell it and see what happens?
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#85
An attic is one of the worst places to store a bass or a guitar. It gets hot up there, real hot. At least it's a solid body.

If you get a chance to see the bass the first thing I'd do is check the heel of the neck. Sometimes (mostly on older basses with non-spaceage glue) excessive heat will soften the glue between the neck and fretboard, then the string tension bows the neck and the fretboard slides a little past the heel.

The new owner has nothing to feel guilty about. He legally bought a house and what was left behind is his; it's that simple.
 
#87
Bone said:
Average price of the last 3 that sold on ebay? about $1750.00
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This is amazing. You can buy a brand new P for about $1300, or $1750 for a P bass from 1972. Hmm...makes me think about vintage fenders for a moment.

I remember Jazz band in high school, I played a 1972 Fender and man that thing was so heavy, being quite young, I always felt it was obnoxious to lug that thing around and it just felt "old" and uncool (I was 16 at the time). However, from what I remember, it did have a nice deep sound, but a sound that I seem to relatively find on the newer Fenders as well.

I guess we all have a different sound in our heads, which we are trying to replicate.
 
#90
I don't know what foreclosures you all have been involved in but no one is kicked out of their house with a sheriff watching. That's not how it happens here. Anyone who is losing their house has plenty of time to pack and get out. Leaving stuff behind is just that---they didn't want it.

This is why so many foreclosures have huge holes in the walls or other damages. The homeowner, in anger, busts everything up. I've been in some foreclosures where the homeowner took copper pipes out, took light fixtures, took everything he or she possibly could to sell and left trash everywhere.

This bass wasn't a gem to the owner or he would have taken it. Plain and simple.
 
#91
PinkFloydDan said:
I don't know what foreclosures you all have been involved in but no one is kicked out of their house with a sheriff watching. That's not how it happens here. Anyone who is losing their house has plenty of time to pack and get out. Leaving stuff behind is just that---they didn't want it.

This is why so many foreclosures have huge holes in the walls or other damages. The homeowner, in anger, busts everything up. I've been in some foreclosures where the homeowner took copper pipes out, took light fixtures, took everything he or she possibly could to sell and left trash everywhere.

This bass wasn't a gem to the owner or he would have taken it. Plain and simple.
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Obviously you're right. Why the heck would someone recently homeless want a $2k asset?
 
#92
Didn't you see on Pawn Stars episode where a tow truck driver got a real 1965 Shelby Cobra bare body from a foreclosure. He was hired to haul the bare body out, and he notified the previous owner, and after the legal amount of time it became his.

They hauled the bare body over to Shelby's manufacuring plant where they verified it was a real one and valued it at about 65k.
 
#95
PinkFloydDan said:
...This bass wasn't a gem to the owner or he would have taken it. Plain and simple...
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I don't understand why someone would knowingly leave behind an item if he or she knew that they could get at least $1000 for this item.

I understand that you don't want to disrespect the current owner of the bass by lowballing him. That's admirable. But not much thought seems to be given to the guy who left it there originally. I don't really understand why that is, but I guess not everyone has the same worth for some reason.

Perhaps some thought could be given to the guy who left it, as it seems he is getting rather lowballed, having lost both his home and this bass?

John
 
#96
Tim Cole said:
Call me stupid, but I think the right thing to do would be to contact the original owner, and give it back to him. It's bad enough times got tough enough he lost his home, and he clearly would not have left this behind without it being a mistake.
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Tim I didn't notice your post untill it was quoted. I was thinking thew same thing and was gonna post it when I saw your quote. This old world would be a better place if more people thought like you.
No dis intended to the OP I would have reacted the same way getting caught up in the excitemnt of the find as most of us here are total gear heads.
 
#98
If the bass is a factory Natural, and not stripped....IF the pots and pickups are original...and it appears the pick guard has certainly been replaced at some point...the case appears to be mid seventies......Value about $1500 on the 'Bay........
 
#99
People that take advantage of other people are scumbags. Bottom line. And don't worry, if your a scumbag, you probably are in denial or too conceited to acknowledge it, so no damage done.

I'm kind of old school like that and proud of it.
 

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