Why was this Fender so cheap?

Because it is still a fender? Doesnt matter what you to do it really. yes it has some good upgrades, but a lot of people care about playability as well,and if you dont like how a fender plays.. you wont like it.

Just my opinion.

 

This is an older USA Standard Long JHorn that had been refinished and had lots of work done to it.

If you're surprised it didn't sell for more, you should of bid more.

 

+1 Bid what you're willing to pay on Ebay.

 

Yeah, it's one of the early 90s ones with the weird horns.

 

The fact that the bass has mods means little. In my experience, mods add next to nothing to resale value. In fact, a modded bass should be a keeper because one almost never gets one's money back when the bass is sold.

 

Thats a really sweet looking bass, IMO and I dont think it went for more because its still a Fender. I wouldnt say it's a steal, really... but its definitely one of those good deals that you wish you had the money to jump on (well.. me, at least).

 

I would expect an early to mid 90s longhorn Jazz to be in that price range. I paid 700 bucks for mine new. Not only that, but many don't like the 'off' years when fender changed their standard shapes.

Nowhere in the description does it say that the work has been done by Sadowsky. The bass originally would have had the regular top mount output jack. The battery box in the back is new too. Right there are two mods that required some routing.

Beyond that:

-Different tuners, along with re-drilling/filling
-Respray of the headstock, and probably the body
-Different control box.
-Different bridge.
-Non original pickups


I'd feel lucky as a seller with that bid.

 

I was watching that auction and the price did jump a bit at the end (as usual). The other reason the price stayed low is that the seller only has one positive feedback from a buyer. The higher risk dictates a lower price.

I thought it was a nice looking "players" bass and I bet the new owner will be very happy with it for that price.

 

Seems like about the right price to me.

 

It's a Fender. An old one, with one feedback.

It's not a bass for the market. Many don't love those mods.

There are great basses to be had if you like the mods done to the bass, otherwise it doesn't help the value too much, and could even hurt it.

I got a mint condition Marcus Miller Jazz for $430 shipped with case because the neck was swapped. I prefer the new neck so frankly, I got an amazing deal on a bass better than the original, IMO.

 

those long horns ruin a great classic design

 

i had my eye on it cause my main bass for years was a '92 fender longhorn and now im into sadowsky. the main reason i didnt bid was it had a replacement neck and it was refinished and the body routed out. im also the one that asked him all the questions he had listed. the important questions i asked, he had no answer. he didnt know it was refinished and he didnt know it was not the original neck. he also didnt know where he got it or when???

 

May I ask how you know it's a replacement neck?

 

i compared a pic of my old bass and this one. the headstock stickers were different so i figured it was a different neck or repainted with new stickers added. then i looked real close at the pictures and the neck on my original just looked different. when i asked him about it, he said fender thinks it might be a replacment neck but he didnt know for sure.

 

boner horn, hehehehehe

 

Did you escape from a Warwick thread?

 

+1. I did alot of research into Fender decals lately for a neck project I'm doing and that one just doesn't look right. The decal looks to be an early '60's knock-off, a little different than any early-mid '90's decal that I've ever seen. But with re-issues, etc., who knows? That, plus unclear answers and low feedback would be more than enough to keep me away, and enough to keep the price down, IMHO.

 

I'm not surprised it's a (used) replacement neck. That would explain the extra screw holes from the old style tuners. The ones mounted are the originals.