Another from the "Good Thing I'm Broke" file...

[lowend1]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Thunderbird-II-Bass-Non-Reverse-1966-Cherry-NICE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1205Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a0Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem260333509155QQitemZ260333509155QQptZGuitarQQsalenotsupported

[godofthunder]

Wow another one ! I am so tempted to take a loan out of my retirement for this one !

[gearHed289]

That's been up for quite a while. The original BIN was like $12,999. He's gradually coming down. It was 10, now 9. How low will he go?

[Dave W]

Not low enough for me to afford.

He's got a long way to go before it's even reasonable.

[EvilLordJuju]

He's got a long way to go before it's even reasonable.

That's still a reduction on recent asking prices. I wonder what he'd take if you walked in with a pile of cash

[Dave W]

Probably less. Unfortunately for him, people with piles of cash seem to be getting rarer.

[eb2]

A nice example of how things start to get fun in a global economic downturn.  The vintage guitar and bass market has always been based on speculation and panic (of the "get it before you can't afford it" kind).  And cool basses really got driven up by guitar collectors as opposed to bass players.  Now that people are calling in their notes, and losing their shirts, it is becoming a buyers market with lots of panic - of the "sell it while you can get anything for it" kind.  I think anyone would want this but what is it going to move at?  There are more cool and rare guitars and basses going on the block every day.  I don't have the scratch, and truth be told I am not really anxious to spend what I have on an old bass now.  Unless it was $200. 

[TBird1958]

I can't afford it.............

Regardless of price, its still a beauty. I wish it were mine.