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PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:18 pm 
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http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-BASS-ELECTR ... _500wt_923

Check out the back of the Bass, I like a well played instrument as much as anyone, but this one is even too beat for me. Opening bid of 10 bucks, go crazy!

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:50 pm 
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Looks like it was left to die in a basement ot attic somewhere. Can she be brought back.Maybe but will take a true craftsman to do it way more than I can handle.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:14 pm 
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If it worked, I'd snatch it up and go straight to gigging it. But it doesn't work, so oh well.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:20 am 
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Rick must have gotten ahold of the listing and forced them to cancel it. They are great about that. Anything remotely resembling a Rick and they threaten ebay and ebay will cancel the listing. I have seen it with other guitars too.

Of course, this guitar more than just resembles a Rick!

It would have been worth it for parts. I didn't see ANYTHING about what was wrong with it and why it had to be sold for parts.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:45 pm 
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Some people would call this "heavily reliced"


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:48 pm 
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Its been relisted with a $275- starting bid.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:01 am 
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yeah, if it was a neck through version I'd try and save it....
looks like it went through a flood...

I offered the guy $40 for it... I could use the TRC and tuners, and maybe the electronics, but hard to say. I think $40 might even be too much...

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:02 am 
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Why would you list it without an explanation about *why* it is not repairable and is being sold for parts. Yeah, it looks rough. But, is the neck like a pretzel? I have seen guys here fix some really bad stuff - I am saying I have been impressed on what *can* be fixed. I have seen some pretty rough looking guitars that are perfectly playable too.

I am not a bass player so I am not going to buy it. I bet Ric will shut him down. If you want to contact him you had better get his email so you can reach him if they do. I had a copy once and I didn't even try to sell it on ebay for that reason. I think I wound up selling it on harmony central or one of those sites.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:12 am 
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wow, someone grabbed it up at that price!

if it get's restored, it'll definitely be a job :) I think worse than the neck repair one I did....
with the multi-layer body, and the formerly crushed control cavity area, it'll need some bondo....

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:12 pm 
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Did they? I looked in the sold items and didn't see it there. I looked it up and it said it was not available. I didn't see it in the sold section. So I assume Ric shut them down.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:44 pm 
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I've seen them remove an auction even after it was done...., and someone forced the seller to refund the money, and I had to send an email back to the guy stating I had received the refund....

the guy was already on their radar from the first auction...

there are ways around... I saw 5 that went through without incident... 8)

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