To buy or not to buy?

[Blood_mountain]

Not a pedal question, but I found a made in Japan fender squire p bass at a local thrift store for $65 Canadian. It looks a bit banged up and has had the frets removed at some point, but otherwise is in decent shape. Should I buy it? I don’t know a ton about basses, but am in the market for one just to bang around on. Should I buy it or leave it?

[Gone Fission]

Unless obviously fucked up (broken or beyond repair truss rod, twisted neck), I would put that as a buy, assuming the cash is no issue.

[crochambeau]

I'd buy it.

[Blood_mountain]

I’m going back to test it out, make sure the neck is ok and it’s not total garbage in general, and if it’s half decent i’ll probably pick it up.
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[dubkitty]

oh hell yeah. if you use filler on the fret slots and then sand it down you'll end up with a lined fretless fingerboard...that's what Jaco Pastorius did with his Jazz Bass.

[Blood_mountain]

The neck had a pretty good bow to it and the electronics sounded pretty sketchy, so I passed on it.

[Seance]

Not a pedal question, but I found a made in Japan fender squire p bass at a local thrift store for $65 Canadian. It looks a bit banged up and has had the frets removed at some point, but otherwise is in decent shape. Should I buy it? I don’t know a ton about basses, but am in the market for one just to bang around on. Should I buy it or leave it?

I just went to a semi-local music store and they were selling a set of three 3" cables for $54 Canadian.





With tax, that comes to $61.02 (or to $61 if you pay in cash, since pennies only exist within the
digital realm in Canada anymore).

So... even if the neck and electronics were wonky, $65 for a P-body and tuners and strings might
have been worth it, especially if you were looking to totally refinish it into a Franken-P-bass monster.

[jirodreamsofdank]

Looks like a neck from Stratosphere is $170 so you're still in cheaper than a new Squier so I'd probably do it.

[BetterOffShred]

I believe the time has come and gone on this one fellas

[Blood_mountain]

Thanks for all the feedback. I decided to focus on other musical purchases that I don’t need instead!

[Seance]

I believe the time has come and gone on this one fellas

That's definitely not how my gear regret works.

I still vividly recall an incident from 17 years ago when I had $40 in my pocket and as I was
just about to leave a thrift store I saw a hollow-body electric guitar on the counter that
was on sale for $27. I didn't recognize the brand, but it looked to be in relatively good
condition and the natural finish on it (maybe maple?) looked pretty sweet. But for some
stupid reason I convinced myself to just keep walking because I already owned a guitar
and I needed to get some groceries and pick up some beer for the coming week.

The time for regret may have come, but it is never truly gone.

[comesect2.0]

Sounds absolutely reasonable and with a clean head on shoulders.

[BetterOffShred]

Yeah I regret a lot of gear I passed up at ridonk low prices when I worked at guitar center. Mainly amps .. Super Reverb for like $450.. back when Silverface stuff wasn't very sought after. .. Ah well

[Blood_mountain]

I don't regret not buying it. It will go to someone who needs it at that price more than I do and has the time to dedicate to getting it back into fighting shape!

[BetterOffShred]

Psh... that's what losers say .. nah jk