No Way, I bought the bass because he listed it at $150, but said he would drive it to me for an extra $20 bucks.
I was considering buying the “Squire Affinity” for $150, because it is not all that far off price retail, for an affinity ($179) unless you have to drive $30 in gas to get it, PLUS, they don’t make the Orangish Affinities anymore, if they ever did, and they certainly don’t make the MIM and players lines in the orange anymore, and that orangISH color is what caught my eye. the price tag was reasonable enough for me to inquire if it was available.
After finding it was available I forwarded to the ADD to Al, @Al1885, he saw immediately that it was NOT an AFFINITY, but a Classic ViBE.
To the-best of my knowledge, the classic vibe of that color sold for $399.99 before it was discontinued (the color)
Al told me "GET ON THAT THING, IF IT IS ANY GOOD AS IS LOOKS IN THE ADD, SNATCH IT UP, CUZ THE SQUIRE CLASSIC VIBE P BASES NOW GO FOR $479
So, @Paul thats why I bought it for $130, plus $20 for the gas.
Since the strings were so dirty and grimy, and had transferred all that gunk to the fretboard, I told him, first, I need to change the strings, and thats $20.
I told him that it was gonna take a while to clean it up, and do a set up, but I would do a set up on it even if it was clean, so I am not too worried about that, so I just offered him $130 for the bass, but still payed him the $20 for gas, like we discussed at first. He said, yeah, sure, I don’t play it ever, and yeah, the strings do look really bad, so sure, I will take $130 plus gas money.
And YES, I am stoked as can be with this bass.
I just don’t know what I am going to do with it.
If I keep it, I am going to black it out with all black hardware, but I may also test the waters and see if I can flip it for $350 or so, and make an extra $200 towards purchasing another bass, to flip, or keep and upgrade.
Plans if I keep it
Black Tuners and String tree
Black Bridge, probably black nut
Black knobs on it, maybe some black tape wound strings, for shits and giglgles,
And Pick ps.
If I keep it for sure, I will drop in eMG Geezer Buttler pick pups
If I sell it, I ma drop in some Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounders.
IDK tho, I am leaning towards keeping it,
BUT
I have this Ibanez beauty I just picked up as well, and I not too sure I need to keep both.
Guess I am gonna have to set them up stock, with new stings, and give them a play, and see which one I fall in love with first.
Al told me "GET ON THAT THING, IF IT IS ANY GOOD AS IS LOTS INT EH OEDHEKE
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