The Heads Up Thread

Hoggles said:
Damn....total score dooderz! Congrats! Looks to be in great shape. Tabs are gone from the JAN2, which means the strings have been changed at least once in it's life :p And also, it has a pretty unique "W" on the headstock. Must just be the pattern of Abalone...but that middle part is so light, it's almost invisible in the pic. Cool beans!
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Tabs are intact, "W" on headstock is just a weird piece of abalone but not damaged or anything, and not a scratch on this thing. Not one single flaw I could find. Frets aren't even very tarnished, let alone green like some of them I've seen over the years.
 
avionix543 said:
Tabs are intact, "W" on headstock is just a weird piece of abalone but not damaged or anything, and not a scratch on this thing. Not one single flaw I could find. Frets aren't even very tarnished, let alone green like some of them I've seen over the years.
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Oh nice... Intact JAN2 is worth the price you paid alone ;)

Wow, total minty score. Well done.
 
Hoggles said:
Oh nice... Intact JAN2 is worth the price you paid alone ;)

Wow, total minty score. Well done.
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A thousand thanks, kind sir. New Yellow Labels should be here shortly and then I'll get it all polished up and prettified for a photo shoot ;)
 
Lovely ocean mammal up for sale on the Bay. It's got some wear and needs some work apparently...but doesn't seem too bad.



EDIT: Confirmed, strings have never been changed.... Fully intact JAN2!! Worth every penny of that $2900.
 
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Hoggles said:
Lovely ocean mammal up for sale on the Bay. It's got some wear and needs some work apparently...but doesn't seem too bad.



EDIT: Confirmed, strings have never been changed.... Fully intact JAN2!! Worth every penny of that $2900.
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That's is a stupidly high price for something that the seller admits he didn't really take the best care of.
 
boston asphalt2 said:
That's is a stupidly high price for something that the seller admits he didn't really take the best care of.
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Yup. The good news is, if you can sell Dolphins at that price, I'm potentially rich.
I'd prefer to buy them cheaper and keep'em, so I'm poor for real. :-)
 
Henrythe8 said:
Yup. The good news is, if you can sell Dolphins at that price, I'm potentially rich.
I'd prefer to buy them cheaper and keep'em, so I'm poor for real. :)
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Yeah, I've noticed Thumbs seem to be selling for quite a bit more than just a year ago. It's kind of bitter sweet....as you want your Wick's value to increase, but you don't want them to be too expensive to buy.
 
Hoggles said:
Yeah, I've noticed Thumbs seem to be selling for quite a bit more than just a year ago. It's kind of bitter sweet....as you want your Wick's value to increase, but you don't want them to be too expensive to buy.
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I'm not worried about my warwicks going up in value, but it it nice to see a new Warwick retain more resale value than it used to.
 
What do you guys make of this '87 Streamer? I feel like I've seen this before, but can't find any evidence of it online, except for this ad. Seems like a good deal at $1400, even with the odd knob and painters tape on the back :rolleyes:

Warwick Streamer 4-String Bass White 1987 (s031)

Little bit of a head scratcher when I first saw it. I guess the pups were replaced with MEC's. As I thought MEC pups were introduced sometime in '88. And no "Warwick" stamped on the bridge. I thought all one piece bridges in '87 had that stamp. '84, '85, part of '86...no stamp. Interesting. Fun stuff :)

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I believe that is a 4-string Jimmy Earl model. Correct me if I am wrong but I believe the Jimmy Earl version has a 2-band in it.
 
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