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Greatest deal you've gotten on a guitar or bass?

boppa
Posts: 63
I got an almost new Mexi Jazz, amp, hard case, tons of books, tuner, and cable for four and ahalf. My challenge was finding a good lefty. I am happy with the deal.
LoudLon [moderator]
Posts: 1938
I used to rent an ESP LTD bass back in the ‘90s from a place called the Doo Wop Shop in Louisville, KY; I’d rented it for two months, at ten bucks a month. Then my big sis decided she wanted to get into bass playing but couldn't afford one, so I asked Doo Wop how much to buy it outright. They told me $140. So I got a $400 bass for basically a hundred sixty bucks. Pretty good deal, I'd say.

That my sis only played for a month and then sold it to someone else is neither here nor there.
linkinpark232
Posts: 1593
LoudLon that's funny! Shoulda bought it from her
Clearly Doo Wop didn't do their research……….. But let's not tell them that.
Also on a totally different note, I almost scored a practically brand new .270 hunting rifle for $80.
I almost got an Ibanez Fieldy signature K5 for $200. The guy who had it didn't like it. I went over and looked it over and told the guy to give me 5 minutes to go get the money from an ATM and I would be back to get it. I come back and the bastard sold it before I got there.
I did, however, score a 200 watt half stack with amp head for $20. Guy was getting rid of it because he couldn't get it to turn on any more. Took it home, popped the back off and seen a short in the wire, re soddered it and bam! Now I have $700 or $800 worth of equipment for $20.
Youri
Posts: 125
My first bass, the brand went bankrupt so I got the bass with a 10W e-wave amp, a cable a free pack of strings and a crappy bag for 70euros, the bass was new and was worth 120 alone.
linkinpark232
Posts: 1593
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I almost got an Ibanez Fieldy signature K5 for $200. The guy who had it didn't like it. I went over and looked it over and told the guy to give me 5 minutes to go get the money from an ATM and I would be back to get it. I come back and the bastard sold it before I got there.

That's fucked up. Fieldy used to be my favorite bassist back when I saw Korn in May. And what stack was it
It was an Ampeg or sonething like that. I never really look at the brand. I'm happy with it so I could care less about who made it. I think the head is a Randall. I'll have to go and look in my shop. Parents won't let me keep it in the house

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