SurfBandBill
Joined: Mar 15, 2006
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San Francisco
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Posted on Oct 11 2006 06:50 PM
Holy friggin' crap. You gotta be kidding me. You can't honestly believe that someone would pay two large JUST for a case. Jeeeeez. That case is supposedly "worth" more than any single guitar that I own.
~B~
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Surfabilly
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 852
Connersville, Indiana, USA
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Posted on Oct 11 2006 06:56 PM
SurfBandBill
Holy friggin' crap. You gotta be kidding me. You can't honestly believe that someone would pay two large JUST for a case. Jeeeeez. That case is supposedly "worth" more than any single guitar that I own.
~B~
It's definitely more than the current price for a Jaguar or Jazzmaster, at Musician's Friend! If I happened to "just have" $1900.00 laying around, right now, I think I'd be buying me a Jazzmaster. How many people do ya know that play their guitar case? Save for maybe the folks that own vintage Silvertone amp-cases...and then there's a gutiar in the mix, somewhere.
Matt
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SurfBandBill
Joined: Mar 15, 2006
Posts: 1487
San Francisco
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Posted on Oct 11 2006 07:23 PM
indianasurfguitar_
It's definitely more than the current price for a Jaguar or Jazzmaster, at Musician's Friend! If I happened to "just have" $1900.00 laying around, right now, I think I'd be buying me a Jazzmaster. How many people do ya know that play their guitar case? Save for maybe the folks that own vintage Silvertone amp-cases...and then there's a gutiar in the mix, somewhere.
Matt
Even then.... I picked up one of those not too long ago, with a NOS speaker and everything in it (plus the guitar, of course) all for $300. Hell, if I had $1900 laying around, I'd buy a couple of guitars... or another REALLY nice Mosrite. And it would come with a hardshell case, dammit!
~B~
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
Posts: -180
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Posted on Oct 11 2006 08:43 PM
cannot tell you anymore than anyone has posted. i messed with one for a few months back in the late 60s because jack bruceused one during the earlydays with cream. he switched to the sg style basses by creams 2nd album. the thing was an oddball axe, action was decent but it was not my trip. too many switches and crap. also saw the dave clark 5 use one on the ed sullivan show. yes it did squeal when the amp was cranked. don't care to mess with another one.
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
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Posted on Oct 11 2006 08:46 PM
yeah we did call them the fender iv bass. thought it needed blood or something.
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WR
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3832
netherlands
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Posted on Oct 12 2006 03:28 AM
I think we had a thread on expensive pickguards on teh yahoo list once, I rember a post form Dave wronski that explained how if you had an original guitar sans original guard, the value of the guitar would increase more then the $1000+ for the guard, so it was a fair price.
I guess the same goes for the case. Someone should "ask seller a question" though, asking whether he thinks it would fit a Kramer guitar.... just to see it pop up at the block below the auction. 
WR
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Wraydar
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 265
San Antonio, TX
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Posted on Oct 12 2006 06:57 AM
WR
I think we had a thread on expensive pickguards on teh yahoo list once, I rember a post form Dave wronski that explained how if you had an original guitar sans original guard, the value of the guitar would increase more then the $1000+ for the guard, so it was a fair price.
That maybe so, but the pickguard is still not worth that much. The guy is probably parting out his Bass VI. To me that's greedy and ruining a rare guitar.
WR
I guess the same goes for the case. Someone should "ask seller a question" though, asking whether he thinks it would fit a Kramer guitar.... just to see it pop up at the block below the auction.
surfdaddy
yeah we did call them the fender iv bass. thought it needed blood or something.
I still don't understand this post.  You called what a Fender IV Bass? It needed blood?
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WR
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netherlands
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Posted on Oct 12 2006 07:15 AM
Wraydar
surfdaddy
yeah we did call them the fender iv bass. thought it needed blood or something.
I still don't understand this post. You called what a Fender IV Bass? It needed blood?
dude, even I got that, i.v. ... intra-venous ... what, you never watched E.R. ? 
what I don't get is that iv is 4 in roman numbers, not 6...?
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Wraydar
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
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San Antonio, TX
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Posted on Oct 12 2006 08:14 AM
Hell, I always read roman numerals as numbers not letters... I guess I still shoulda been able to figure out, though.
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WR
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netherlands
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Posted on Oct 12 2006 08:35 AM
Wraydar
Hell, I always read roman numerals as numbers not letters...
I think that's the corrects way 
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WR
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netherlands
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Posted on Oct 12 2006 08:38 AM
back to topic - what do you guys think of the hybrid design of the bass IV, with the strat-upper-horn?
I always thought it ugly, but now, I see the baritone jag and the jag-bass, and I think something's just wrong with the design. mental imprint of standard original designs I guess.
WR
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Wraydar
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
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San Antonio, TX
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Posted on Oct 12 2006 09:12 AM
What's this Bass IV I keep hearing about?
I like the horn, it makes the overall body shape look rounder. Looks nice with the lower jag horn. I also like the strat/jag pickguard.
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Bong-O
Joined: Mar 04, 2006
Posts: 139
Massachusetts, birthplace of Dick Dale
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Posted on Oct 19 2006 04:38 PM
One of the Fender VI's greatest appearances:
The guitar Niegel Tuffnel says "not to touch, don't even look at it." when he's giving Rob Riener a tour of his guitar collection in Spinal Tap. And it's a seafoam green with matching headstock (find another!) -- still got the tagger on it, too.
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D22
Joined: Apr 20, 2006
Posts: 2054
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Posted on Oct 19 2006 04:51 PM
I played the Custom Bass VI @ NAMM last year throught a Twin 15' and it sounded good. Unfortunately, they were demo-ing the Supersonic next to me with a thousand dudes standing around ---so, hard to hear myself play but I liked it. I wish they were cheaper. At the price they charge they must make them one at a time. I mean, they must get a plank of wood and hand-carve the thing. $3K+ ??? Wow.
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eddiewagner
Joined: Aug 12, 2006
Posts: 77
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Posted on Oct 23 2006 05:07 AM
for all my bass/baritone needs a squier custom2 with baritone strings tuned b-b does good things for me. i bought the guitar in a rush and found out that i did not like it as much as i thought i would. i recorded all the stuff for my band with it and a complete christmas album. its actually the best 10 euro mod that yu can do to a guitar that otherwise will be collecting dust. imho ymmv
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Sonichris
Joined: Mar 06, 2006
Posts: 1899
Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Nov 05 2006 09:39 PM
Here's a photo of my BassVI Jaguar - mostly I'm posting it as a trial to see if I can post aphoto successfully....
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Chris
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Dane_Brammage
Joined: Jun 14, 2006
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Posted on Nov 09 2006 07:01 AM
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SurfBandBill
Joined: Mar 15, 2006
Posts: 1487
San Francisco
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Posted on Nov 09 2006 01:11 PM
Sonichris
Here's a photo of my BassVI Jaguar - mostly I'm posting it as a trial to see if I can post aphoto successfully....
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Chris
Chris,
The Jag BassVI and the Mosrite both look pretty shabby -- I think you should just give them to me
Seriously, those are some beautiful guitars.
~B~
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krupanut
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 492
Austin Texas
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Posted on Nov 09 2006 02:25 PM
SurfBandBill
Sonichris
Here's a photo of my BassVI Jaguar - mostly I'm posting it as a trial to see if I can post aphoto successfully....
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Chris
Chris,
The Jag BassVI and the Mosrite both look pretty shabby -- I think you should just give them to me
Seriously, those are some beautiful guitars.
~B~
I'll take the J-200
What is that Chris a Tokai?
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