vmaxblues Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 (edited) Hi guys, Totally original Musician bass in the lovely pearl white, in great nic with a couple of odd marks here and there as you would expect from a 20 plus year old bass, but nothing detrimental. It also has it's original hard case in good order. You all know about these, superbly made basses, all top quality woods and components, incredibly versatile and very collectable, these instruments were over a £1000 over twenty years ago, and good examples are getting thinner on the ground. I will post some pics later tonight, in the meantime here is a pic of one. [url="http://www.guitarcrazy.com.au/IbaMusician_1982.htm"]http://www.guitarcrazy.com.au/IbaMusician_1982.htm[/url] [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Bass/product/Ibanez/Musician+Bass/10/1"]http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews...ician+Bass/10/1[/url] Looking for £ 395 delivered, bargain price Cheers Stuart Edited July 26, 2009 by vmaxblues
mic mac moe Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 Can I say buy with confidence from this guy.Had a deal last month for a Boss ME50b. Top BC'er
vmaxblues Posted April 28, 2008 Author Posted April 28, 2008 Thanks for the endorsement MMM, you are a gent
Phil Mann Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 Now there's a good buy.....these things fretless are a great play.
Shaggy Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 [quote name='vmaxblues' date='Apr 28 2008, 08:17 AM' post='186976'] these instruments were over a £1000 over twenty years ago, and good examples are getting thinner on the ground. ???? This is the only bass I that ever bought brand new, £240 from Hessey’s of Liverpool in 1979. Had to live off beans on toast and pot noodles for an entire year to afford it, but it was worth the mild dose of scurvy. I guess that’s at least a grand in today’s money, mind. Utterly brilliant bass, about the best you could get at the time short of an Alembic series 1 – contemporary Wals, MM’s, Kramers, Arias etc included. This one should be nicely played in by now.
vmaxblues Posted April 28, 2008 Author Posted April 28, 2008 Wow, sounds like a heck of a deal you had! I have always been told these were mega expensive and I have just dug up an old 80's us price list which shows it around 7-800 dollars mark, which usually translates £1 - $1 as it does these days, very rough calculation, but I stand corrected. [url="http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/price/1980/Jan/p03.jpg"]http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/price/1980/Jan/p03.jpg[/url] But you will struggle to better the quality of these instruments. Cheers for the input though :-)
vmaxblues Posted April 28, 2008 Author Posted April 28, 2008 Yeah I know the exchange rate, what I mean is usually something that sells in the US for $250 often sells in the UK for £250, go figure.
bass_ferret Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 When I bought my first proper bass in 1980 they did 3 models, Roadster, Studio and Musician. I got a Roadster RS924 for about £250. The Studio ST924 was about £500 and the MC924 was about £700.
Gray Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 [quote name='bass_ferret' post='187475' date='Apr 28 2008, 07:09 PM']When I bought my first proper bass in 1980 they did 3 models, Roadster, Studio and Musician. I got a Roadster RS924 for about £250. The Studio ST924 was about £500 and the MC924 was about £700.[/quote] You have pm Cheers Gray
vmaxblues Posted May 7, 2008 Author Posted May 7, 2008 Quick bump before this lands in my mates music shop...
Wullapache Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 i highly endorse this seller, excellent person to work with! gd luck with the sale
vmaxblues Posted July 23, 2009 Author Posted July 23, 2009 The white one is long gone, but i have a fretted and a fretless in the natural wood finishes.
vmaxblues Posted July 23, 2009 Author Posted July 23, 2009 Pictures for interested parties The Fretted version The fretless version Looking for £395 each Cheers Stuart
silverfoxnik Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Those are just fabulous looking basses!! Can't afford one myself at the moment but just wanted to BUMP them up as they deserve it..
doctor_of_the_bass Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 A lovely pair of musos!!! Just for info - the fretless appears to have Schaller replacement machineheads - ala Wal! Cheers! Nick
Chris2112 Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Bugger, I'm really thinking of buying the fretless there...
vmaxblues Posted July 25, 2009 Author Posted July 25, 2009 The fretless tone is gorgeous and this is a pukka one not a defretted. Thanks for the comments and bumps guys!
Bassman Rich Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Just to add to the pricing debate, I bought a white mc924 fretted one in early 1984 from scheerers in Leeds, I was too awestruck and nieve to bargain them down from the £428 price tag. Its been ok for a while, but I now play a 1981/3 Fender P (wide neck one 45mm nut) which cuts the mustard, and would have been cheaper to get a new P in 1984!!!
LeftyJ Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 (edited) The fretless does look like it's had its fingerboard replaced at some point. The fretless MC940 had small position markers on the treble side of the fretboard, and the fretted MC924 had dot position markers in their regular positions. I don't see either on yours. Or ar the tiny markers hidden underneath the G-string? Edited July 29, 2009 by LeftyJ
MB1 Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 MB1. ....What have you got hidden under your G string?....
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