Why are warning bells ringing...?

[phil_the_bassist]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/78-FENDER-MUSICMASTER-VINTAGE-WHITE-WONDER-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ130239769720QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130239769720"]What do you think?[/url]

[neepheid]

What's your beef with it? Lots of photos, 100% positive over 968 feedbacks, account in regular use. Some non-original parts. Not asking for crazy bank transfers.

[phil_the_bassist]

[quote name='neepheid' post='242717' date='Jul 18 2008, 01:59 PM']What's your beef with it? Lots of photos, 100% positive over 968 feedbacks, account in regular use. Some non-original parts. Not asking for crazy bank transfers.[/quote]

Isn't it a stupidly low BIN? I would've thought these'd go for £500+..? I don't know much about vintage Fenders, but it just seemed too good to be true!

[backwater]

I've seen quite a few late-70s musicmasters selling for £250-£400. Few seem to go much over that.

Try :
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-MUSICMASTER-ALL-USA-1978-VINTAGE-CUSTOM-PAINTJOB_W0QQitemZ170237919041QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170237919041&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318"]Musicmaster Bass[/url]



Andy

Edited July 18, 2008 by backwater

[neepheid]

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='242723' date='Jul 18 2008, 02:05 PM']Isn't it a stupidly low BIN? I would've thought these'd go for £500+..? I don't know much about vintage Fenders, but it just seemed too good to be true![/quote]

One UK one failed to sell at £300 recently. One sold for £430, but to be fair it did have a rather hefty looking flight case with it. A recent US one sold for £240.

Seems fair according to recent history.

[phil_the_bassist]

[quote name='backwater' post='242729' date='Jul 18 2008, 02:08 PM']I've seen quite a few late-70s musicmasters selling for £250-£400. Few seem to go much over that.

Try :
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-MUSICMASTER-ALL-USA-1978-VINTAGE-CUSTOM-PAINTJOB_W0QQitemZ170237919041QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170237919041&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318"]Musicmaster Bass[/url]



Andy [/quote]


woah!

fair enough, looks like I might be getting a slight case of GAS in the next 12hrs!

That's just stupidly cheap, you can't get a budget bass at my local shop for that sorta money!!

[backwater]

As an idea of value - Vintage and Rare have a 71 Musicmaster with a stripped finish and 1 changed Capacitor at £395. The value of the musicmasters seems to be very low currently (I've seen the Squier ones go for around the same price as a 70s Fender one!)

[url="http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/our-catalogue/Fender/Electric-Basses/item/3669"]71 Musicmaster - Vintage and Rare Guitars[/url]

Andy

[budget bassist]

Yeah, you're also forgetting that everything in the USA goes for peanuts anyway...

[bassaussie]

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='242723' date='Jul 18 2008, 02:05 PM']Isn't it a stupidly low BIN? I would've thought these'd go for £500+..? I don't know much about vintage Fenders, but it just seemed too good to be true![/quote]

Phil, it's a Musicmaster, and the auction is in America. It's really not that good a deal.

[Musky]

[quote name='backwater' post='242729' date='Jul 18 2008, 02:08 PM']I've seen quite a few late-70s musicmasters selling for £250-£400. Few seem to go much over that.

Try :
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-MUSICMASTER-ALL-USA-1978-VINTAGE-CUSTOM-PAINTJOB_W0QQitemZ170237919041QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170237919041&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318"]Musicmaster Bass[/url]



Andy [/quote]

This sold on ebay not so long ago, and I vaguely remember there being some kind of issue with it - a non-vintage body or something. Or maybe I'm just imagining that. Anyone else remember the auction?

Edit: Maybe it was just my imagination - there was a thread about the original sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6876&hl=musicmaster"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...;hl=musicmaster[/url]

Edited July 19, 2008 by Musky

[Stag]

I picked mine up for £200 from a local shop, but the finish had been stripped. So its sort of in the right ballpark I guess.