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Post subject: Would you sell your vintage guitar?
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:36 pm
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Lately I have been noticing the rising values of 1970's Fenders. My Precision is probably a 1972 model, which I still use. I am sort of attached to it, but at some point I might not need it anymore, and am wondering if these going prices will increase for these CBS era guitars.

Are most of you holding on to your older basses, and Strats?

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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:49 pm
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I've got a 72' Musicmaster that's in reeeally rough shape. Still plays though, and sounds good. Picked it up in a pawn shop about 13 years ago for 50 bucks. In really good shape they're going for anywhere from 3-500, which ain't bad considering what they were to begin with. Chances are I wouldn't make that much off it, but something just won't let me sell her. Now and then, when I'm stumped when writing a line and I just can't seem to work it out on my P's I pick her up and zone out. Soon after I just "play" the perfect thing. That little monster has mojo for days...I don't think I could part with it.

As far as the vintage market goes, it's all gotten pretty ridiculous. I suspect it'll keep climbing for awhile. Pretty soon, it'll be pointless though. Most high quality vintage instruments in really good shape are already out of the reach of the working musician. Sad, really.


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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:22 am
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If you have one , keep it. If you dump it you'll regret it. Like the last post said, they're out of reach for the majority of people.

I had a 67 Jazz, a 69 Precision, a 63 Strat and one of the first 73 Custom Telecasters. Kick myself all the time.


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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:45 am
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I wish I had kept the guitars I had in the 70's. My oldest guitar now is a 1986 Fender MIJ '72 RI Strat and it is going nowhere.

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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:31 pm
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Yup ... keep 'em!

Currently use a '77 fretless Precision and dont ever see the day when I'd sell. (I'm currently looking very longingly at the Tony Franklin model, but doubt that I'd ever sell the '77).

In the very early 70s I played Gibsons (sorry about the bad language, guys :shock:) My EB0 and an EB3 were both mid/late 60s models and I kick myself every day for selling them.

KEEP THE VINTAGE P's.

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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:34 pm
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If you have any attachment KEEP IT! The only vintage guitar I don't regret selling was a 60's Gibson Melody Maker. It played horrible and I felt like it was too fragile to play out. I doubt the general vintage guitar market will ever drop, so your CBS bass will probably just become more valuable.


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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:52 am
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i have a 73 precision and a 73 jazz, the precision is just the finest thing i have ever played, have had it since 1975, i have even had a guy open his check book after a show and tell me "just fill in the blank, i will pay for it!" it really is that good, last year i bought a squier 5 string, precision body and jazz pickups, and WOW what a fantastic bass!!!!! one of my kids just bought a squier, hey for the money, the value, they are unbeatable....and if they get stolen, a fear i have of taking the old guitars out, you arent crying.


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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:06 pm
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KEEP IT!!!

I have a 72 P bass.. that is without a doubt.. THE BEST Bass I have ever played..


will never let it go..


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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:37 pm
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I have an '83 Precision Elite II...one GREAT axe! As far as I know it was the first P-bass with 2 lace sensor pups, active electronics, and a fine-tuning bridge. Neck pup for the Jazz growl, bridge pup for ear-splitting treble, both for the warmest J-P hybrid sound. I will never part with it. I learned my lesson letting a '69 EBO get away.

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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:03 pm
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astra wrote:
KEEP IT!!!

I have a 72 P bass.. that is without a doubt.. THE BEST Bass I have ever played..


will never let it go..


I have a 76 P Bass that I used to feel the same way about, that is until I bought an Alembic. The difference is like night and day. My P Bass has only been out of the case twice in the past 2 years. The Alembic is much better made and as a result has better feel, better tone. Don't get me wrong, I love my P Bass but I would sell it. There are so many of them available that I could always buy another one if I wanted to.


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Post subject: Til Death Do Us Part... me and my 67 P-Bass
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:00 pm
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Hello All

I will never part with my 67 P Bass. I've bought and sold Steinbergers, a Rickenbacker 4001 (kicking myself there), Jackson/Charvels, but I will never ever let go of my first bass... a 1967 P Bass that I've been playing for 30 years. I figure when I'm too old or infirmed to play, I'll give it to a player I really respect with the requirement that it never be sold but only given away to another great player when he is done with it.

I've even got it in my will that the bass is to go to another player (unnamed here!) with that requirement!

I'll never let it go...


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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:40 pm
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I would never sell my 1978 Precision. She was my "baby" before I had babies! If anything ever happened to her, I would probably cry and then kill the person who caused her harm.

I love my Fender....now the Ibanez...that's a different story!


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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:57 pm
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I have a love/hate feeling about the vintage market and the collectibility thing-if you're attached to it and enjoy playing it, why sell? And how much would it cost to replace it if you wanted it back? On the other hand, if it's collecting dust in your closet, then selling is a thought-but just a thought.

I've had vintage guitars/basses that I got rid of over the years. I don't miss them (that's why I sold them), but what can you do? I don't own a climate controlled storage unit.


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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:53 pm
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twangee wrote:
I have a love/hate feeling about the vintage market and the collectibility thing-if you're attached to it and enjoy playing it, why sell? And how much would it cost to replace it if you wanted it back? On the other hand, if it's collecting dust in your closet, then selling is a thought-but just a thought.

I've had vintage guitars/basses that I got rid of over the years. I don't miss them (that's why I sold them), but what can you do? I don't own a climate controlled storage unit.


This bass gets played occassionally. But I am thinking about buying a decent used Squire or a 5 string to save on further wear for my 72 model. If I ever played out again, I would sure like having the vintage Precision to show off. It is not likely that I will sell it until I am too old to play.


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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:31 pm
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Like everyone else said, don't do it!! Even if the debt collector is at your door.
I used to own a 1960 and sold it, then a 66 and sold it. Ever since I have been looking for something that is as good and just can't find it. I too kick myself at least once a week for selling them.


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