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'72 Mustang Bass Fretless Japan Yahoo Auction!
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Author:  glefty5 [ July 30th, 2011, 9:49 pm ]
Post subject:  '72 Mustang Bass Fretless Japan Yahoo Auction!

http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d119220944
No bids & 1 day to go, ¥70,000 is about $850-900 for a '72 Mustang. Good deal?

Author:  slybass3000 [ July 30th, 2011, 11:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '72 Mustang Bass Fretless Japan Yahoo Auction!

I'm not an expert but I suspect that the fretless job is not original. You still can change it back to fretted if need it. My main concern would be the intonation on a short-scale fretless because of the narrow space between notes. Playing good fretless is already hard enough on a regular scale of 34" and mixing scaling between fretted and fretless is not ideal in my book. Just my thoughts on this. I used to have a 75 that I wished i kept.

Author:  Carmine [ July 31st, 2011, 11:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: '72 Mustang Bass Fretless Japan Yahoo Auction!

Hey Glen, how you been? I've been trying to catch a decent deal on a lefty Mustang for quite awhile- I recall there was somebody selling a refinished red one on craigslist a year ago or longer(?) for about $1650, and I remember thinking that was a bit high at the time for a refinished Mustang. But this one...I see it has a bid now. I guess if you could live with it "as is", that'd be one thing-- but by my calculations I'd be looking at 70000+ yen for the bass ($900+), then the shipping and fees ($200+),re-fretting the neck ($300+), another re-finish to get rid of that fugly green color ($200+) and I'd be right back up to $1600+ again-- with the added grief of a lot of work to do before I'd be happy with it. If it was just the refinish or the refret I might be tempted to go for it... but both?...that's tough :(

Author:  Matt R. [ July 31st, 2011, 1:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '72 Mustang Bass Fretless Japan Yahoo Auction!

I like everything about that bass. :twisted:

Author:  Frenchy-Lefty [ July 31st, 2011, 11:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '72 Mustang Bass Fretless Japan Yahoo Auction!

That's a lot of dough when you think that there is a righty mustang from 1971 for $695 in a store by my house. I was almost considering buying it and playing it upside down.

Author:  bigevilrobot [ July 31st, 2011, 11:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '72 Mustang Bass Fretless Japan Yahoo Auction!

In it's defense, I don't think the green is all that fugly. I like the character of it.

The having to re-fret on the other hand, very unattractive at that price point

Author:  glefty5 [ August 2nd, 2011, 8:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '72 Mustang Bass Fretless Japan Yahoo Auction!

Hi Carmine,
how are you going? Looks like it sold for ¥120,000, about $1500 so well over priced I now know. I couldn't have bought it anyway & wasn't interested in it at that price but still, it'd be cool to have a short scale, but not in fretless.

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