What basses will be worh $$$$ 30+ years from now?

[B-Mac]

Hey folks,

I haven't started a thread in a while. And this got me curious:

What will be "tomorrow's Pre-CBS Fender basses?" We all wish we had a time machine that would take us 30+ years back in the past, so we can buy 1, 10, 50 Fender basses, play the chit out of 50% of them, and store the other 50% for future purposes and/or collector appeal.

What would YOU guys buy up at like, say, $500-$1500 range and store for the future? Or perhaps it's the $200-$500 range we should look at? (I know, very likely, a 10 grand Fodera may be worth 50 grand 50 years from now. That's interesting and good information, but "a given.")

Cheers,
Sean

I don't have the answer, she might

 

[5StringBlues]

Sunburst P with tort and flats.

 

[rockdoc11]

It occurs to me that with the evolution of the ebony market, basses with dark unstreaked ebony fingerboards might become the equivalent of today's "highly flamed" vintage Gibson Les Pauls.

 

[two fingers]

Virtually none of them. Most will be hanging on the wall of Cracker Barrel and Hard Rock Cafe restaurants. Nobody will care.

 

[wheresmyric]

I highly doubt this will ever lose money. On the contrary, I believe it's worth a good sum more than purchase price, if you want this mint one.

 

[tjh]

I will be long gone, but I cannot imagine that there will be anything beyond a memory of live music as we know it today … I wouldn't be surprised if my slabs of wood are gone too, probably used as firewood …