phil_the_bassist Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/78-FENDER-MUSICMASTER-VINTAGE-WHITE-WONDER-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ130239769720QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130239769720"]What do you think?[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_the_bassist Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 [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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwater Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_the_bassist Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 [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!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwater Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Yeah, you're also forgetting that everything in the USA goes for peanuts anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaussie Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 (edited) [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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