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Would this not bother you?

#81
Even if it wasn't, I've seen the entire rosewood fretboard section from the nut to the trussrod cut, removed, and replaced with a new piece. Albeit, on a more expensive vintage neck ( late 70s Jazz that didn't have the truss rods in that location). It would have needed a microscope to spot the repair. Guy that did it wasn't a luthier either. Just took his time, and 20 bucks for the wood and supplies.
 
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Considering a MIM used runs $250-350. In good shape. I value this one at $39.99 literally. It's from the early 90s so it more than likely needs the frets reshaped if not replaced. $150-250 job. Even if this bass was given to me I wouldn't spend the money to have fret work done.
 
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I guess I assumed people would read the text of the CL ad.
In the ad the seller says

"It's in great condition....except for a homemade nut (not made by me, I bought it this way). You can easily order in the part and redo it for cheap. It never bothered me so I kept it, but it would make a sweet upgrade if you did make the switch"

That statement amazes me and I was asking if having that nut on your bass would bother you?

Personally if that bass entered my house, the nut would be removed within 5 minutes
 
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Engle said:
I had to share this ad on Craigslist in Vancouver.
Squire Precision Bass by Fender with hard shell case

It might be a nice bass otherwise, but can't believe this person expects to get $400.
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That's a little steep for a Korean Squier with issues, but you'd be surprized what people ask for things - its pretty routine to see Squiers my way with asking prices as high as or higher than new. I pretty regularly scan the ads for Danelectro stuff and some people ask foolish prices for things - $100 for pedals you can still get new or NOS for less. $600 for guitars that were never that new and aren't old or rare enough to have appreciated.
 
#87
Worldeeeter said:
He's in Canada. I think CAN$425.00 is about US$57.62. :D
Seriously, he did mention "throwing in" a practice amp - maybe that's his plan to get that much. Or, maybe he knows how CL works, and people are going to offer him 20% of his asking price. I effing HATE selling on CL.
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:rage:I take offense to that as a Canadian - $425 Canadian is nearly $75 American these days - it went up. :D
 
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jd56hawk said:
You guys must've missed this.
Comes with silver lightening guitar strap and amp cord. Plus, a beautiful hard body case covered in 90's rock stickers
I mean, the silver lightning guitar straps are rare compared to the white or yellow lightning straps and the 90's rock stickers? Wow!
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I just got a quote on the silver lightening guitar strap. $1,301.99 street price. This is a steal! They're selling like hot cakes over in Dumbai!
 
#91
I look at it this way. It's their bass to sell for whatever they feel they can get for it. If it doesn't sell, they'll either decide to keep it or reduce the price with the hopes it'll sell. Either way, its their right to ask whatever they want for it. If you're worried about somebody getting ripped off by purchasing it for that price, I get that. However, again, one should always do ones homework before pulling the trigger on any deal. It's really easy to check out the going prices these days thanks to the world wide web. So in reality, their are no accuses for paying too much unless you really want it!
 
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blubass said:
Okay, we're bashing the nut, I get it. It looks like a hack job.

Moving on to the actual repair of it. There's a groove on those necks that the OEM nut sits in. The groove is intact. That guitar nut is glued in at an angle, and the wood shim there looks like it's just sitting atop the leading edge of the groove. Easy fix. Sandpaper, files, and 2 hours of work and it's back in business. 400 bucks for the whole thing- I wouldn't pay it. If it were a more desirable instrument for a better price- yeah, I'd pay it and fix it.

So again, no, it doesn't bother me. I can tell there's some people who've never worked with a typical Fender/Squier style nut though.
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Including the person who installed this nut. Replacing a Squier nut with a preslotted one is not that difficult. You have to wonder why the "repairman" did it this way. Are you sure about the groove being intact?
 
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Engle said:
I guess I assumed people would read the text of the CL ad.
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Wouldn't it be great if people always read things carefully before commenting on them? It would be a very different world (well, at least a very different internet).

I'm not claiming I'm any better about this. Most of the time, I'm as guilty as anyone else.

Reid
 
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fhm555 said:
I always thought MIK squires were considered to be really good, and like MIJ fenders, somewhat collectable.

Shows what i know about "vintage" basses
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It depends on specifics. Some of the MIKs are highly prized, others are dismissed as junk. For now, that is. 30 years ago, 1970s US-made Fenders were dismissed as "CBS crap", and now they're "vintage instruments", so who knows?

Reid
 
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Engle said:
I guess I assumed people would read the text of the CL ad...
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I did read the CL copy. I then assumed the question was about the price of a well used Squire bass being so high and would that bother me to charge so much? It didn't help matters any that the bulk of all the replies up to that point had been comments on the price.

Sorry if I misunderstood your intent, but a mangled $5.00 nut is not something that would bother most people who know so little about stringed instruments they would think a bass that generally goes for less than a C note is worth $450.00.

So they are either clueless and assumed after a casual search their bass was worth way more than it actually was, or they are an opportunistic wannabe scam artist looking to rip off some unsuspecting individual who did a quick search and thought the bass offered was worth at least $450.00, or they were simply asking a lot in hopes of making a little more than they normally would by starting high. The first rule of selling used is you can always come down but you can never go up, so start too high and allow yourself to be talked down. You generally get more that way and the buyer feels like they got over as well so it's a win/win all the way round.
 

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