exmando Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 After having an extended loan of my mate's 1970 P-Bass I now have the opportunity to buy it... it's been refinished and has had some mods ( xlr on front, hipshot tuner) - plays brilliantly and it is an excellent bass - but I have absolutely no idea of value - any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 [quote name='exmando' post='462203' date='Apr 14 2009, 03:15 PM']After having an extended loan of my mate's 1970 P-Bass I now have the opportunity to buy it... it's been refinished and has had some mods ( xlr on front, hipshot tuner) - plays brilliantly and it is an excellent bass - but I have absolutely no idea of value - any advice?[/quote] In the 'modified' state, less than you'd expect, unless the mods are reversible. Others would know better than me, but, depending on mods, quality of re-finish, maybe £500-1000. Well, that's what I might pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 [quote name='skankdelvar' post='462205' date='Apr 14 2009, 03:18 PM']In the 'modified' state, less than you'd expect, unless the mods are reversible. Others would know better than me, but, depending on mods, quality of re-finish, maybe £500-1000. Well, that's what I might pay.[/quote] +1 ...that sort of price range. A re-finish (no matter how well done) will reduce the value of a vintage guitar by half. That's the law of the vintage guitar jungle. And every further mod (or non-original part) will reduce the value further unless they are easily reversible & leave no permanent marks/damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 If you use the search facility to scan through the Basschat sales section only, you'll get an idea of how much 70's P basses have been going for and you can then adjust the value according to the advice above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmando Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Good advice - I had previously scanned the for sale section but somehow managed to totally miss the many 70's basses that are in there We have agreed a price and all is well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 [quote name='exmando' post='463319' date='Apr 15 2009, 07:11 PM']Good advice - I had previously scanned the for sale section but somehow managed to totally miss the many 70's basses that are in there We have agreed a price and all is well[/quote] Good news - you can't beat a nice early 70' Precision... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisyjon Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 How about some pictures of it for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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