I'm speechless.

Started by 66Atlas, February 01, 2016, 01:26:44 PM

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Bionic-Joe

#15
February 02, 2016, 09:03:29 AM
It would be better to just make a new body. I'd say go for it IF....the neck wasn't busted...

Basvarken

#16
February 02, 2016, 09:36:03 AM
Quote from: Baz Cooper on February 02, 2016, 09:03:29 AM
It would be better to just make a new body. I'd say go for it IF....the neck wasn't busted...

Agreed.
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gearHed289

#17
February 02, 2016, 09:42:53 AM
90% feedback rating.  :rolleyes:

godofthunder

#18
February 02, 2016, 10:23:59 AM
   I'd be into it for $500-$700 max.
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amptech

#19
February 03, 2016, 01:56:59 AM
Quote from: gearHed289 on February 02, 2016, 09:42:53 AM
90% feedback rating.  :rolleyes:

Yeah.. the price does not scare me, but 90% and only 8 transactions...

If he had good feedback, more transactions AND the neck was all good I'd jump into it!

Alanko

#20
February 03, 2016, 06:09:46 AM
Seller has one negative feedback rating, which has bumped him down to 90% due to the low number of sales. Apparently the contested sale was of a 'Vintage 1960's Marco Polo Dreadnought Electric Acoustic Guitar Made In Japan'. The listing is still viewable, and it looks basically like a hilarious POS shortscale acoustic, very possibly intended for nylon strings, with a Goldfoil pickup added down at the bridge and two Strat knobs for controls. It sold for $41, and the buyer claims it was a case of Bait 'n' Switch.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1960s-Marco-Polo-Dreadnought-Electric-Acoustic-Guitar-Made-In-Japan-/321948229302?hash=item4af59c1eb6&nma=true&si=UHYSn8gVsGmawMVdbNNvQKO4cDI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I have no affiliation with the seller at all, so I don't have a horse in this race. However Ebay does tend to, apparently, swing in the favour of a buyer and not necessarily get instrument sales and the various nuances and ramifications involved in buying gear sight unseen. At the end of the day the seller has a 90% feedback rating because of a single shitty transaction over a $41 instrument. Bid with confidence?

uwe

#21
February 22, 2016, 12:05:31 PM
Banjo players shouldn't be let near old Gibson basses.
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

lowend1

#22
February 22, 2016, 12:54:59 PM
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uwe

#23
February 22, 2016, 02:27:56 PM
 :mrgreen:

Most entertaining tapped bass solo I've heard - ever!
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

nofi

#24
February 23, 2016, 01:03:30 PM
and he's dressed all authentic and shit. longest 1:25 i can remember. :P
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Bionic-Joe

#25
February 23, 2016, 01:41:36 PM
He Shore Got a Purty Mouth!!! Now SQUEAL LIKE A PIG!!!!

uwe

#26
February 23, 2016, 01:43:19 PM
A movie quote that obviously left its mark - and not just here too!
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

66Atlas

#27
February 23, 2016, 05:55:41 PM
The movie didn't do much for the north Georgia mountains tourism trade.  I live an hour away and have no plans to visit. :o

Pilgrim

#28
February 23, 2016, 07:15:05 PM
My buddy and i saw that movie and then planned a 30-mile canoe trip down lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho for that spring. We had a good time and no banjos were heard.
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