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 Post subject: Late 70's - Vantage - MIJ - Ebay
PostPosted: January 5th, 2017, 9:53 am 
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/VANTAGE-VP-795B ... Sw44BYbZz6


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 Post subject: Re: Late 70's - Vantage - MIJ - Ebay
PostPosted: January 5th, 2017, 10:21 am 
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I want one of these.

(Stupid post-holiday belt tightening.)


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 Post subject: Re: Late 70's - Vantage - MIJ - Ebay
PostPosted: January 5th, 2017, 11:15 am 
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tim wrote:
I want one of these.

(Stupid post-holiday belt tightening.)


It looks well worn but if it's functional and you can get it set up to your liking, that's a darn good price... still somewhat risky if you can't try it out first...

EDIT: Proceed with caution... it looks like that top heel might have cracked off right above the toggle switch... or at minimum it's a bad crack through the finish... definitely would want to hold this one first cause even $150-200 is too much to spend on a disaster. :-)


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 Post subject: Re: Late 70's - Vantage - MIJ - Ebay
PostPosted: January 5th, 2017, 11:43 am 
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Huh, seller pulled it. Hasn't popped back up yet.


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PostPosted: January 7th, 2017, 9:48 am 
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It was relisted then sold, anyone here got it?


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PostPosted: January 7th, 2017, 3:00 pm 
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What happened there is some "Frankenbass surgery" where someone actually grafted an upper horn from some other bass onto the original Vantage body.


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The original VP795B body was symmetrical, as seen in the pic of mine below:

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The only thing I can say in defense of that surgical procedure is that a VP795B is a vastly underrated, absolutely killer sounding bass- so if "amputation and attachment of an artificial limb" were an absolute last resort to "save the patient" :roll: I have some sympathy for it.


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