A Funny thing Happened on my way to the Forum...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:19 pm

After spending a fustrating day looking locally for black scratchplate screws, found myself in one of the local 'high end' shops.

After finding out that the JTM45 offset stack was sold I found myself staring at this,

I was not looking for another five'er, but for $864-SOLD!

Guy played it 2x, needed an amp more than this.

Gotta love being lucky! Now for that Blackstar...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:54 pm

You got that for under $900 ... what a bleeeping steal!!!!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:40 pm

WOW! $864! I'll give you $875 plus shipping!

Jared, you know I love the blue/white combo, let me know if you wanna flip it. I could probably do a little better than $875!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:21 pm

A five string Ric is very hard to pass up ... especially with a below market value price ... Man if I ever see one in a local store ... it will be sold immediately ...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:12 pm

"Funny" thing is the guy was asking $950, I took a chance and he bit!

Whew!

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:18 pm

U lucky dawg! I want it too...did they have any more?!!!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:40 pm

it would have been a steal at $950 ... that baby is worth $1500 easy ...

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:38 pm

What a great score!

marty · Post by **marty** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:59 am

Sweet!

In the UK, I've never even seen a 5 string Ric, but I imagine if one did crop up at a dealers somewhere the price would easily be 3 times what you paid.

Looks like you got yourself a real nice bass at a bargain price!

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:50 am

Congrats Jared!!

I'm glad it happened to a forumite!!

See, it really DOES happen.....

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:57 am

This is why I can't pass up a yard sale, pawn shop or ANY music stores....

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:47 am

This is why I HAVE to pass up a yard sales, pawn shops or music stores.... I'd be broke if I didn't! It's bad enough having ebay in your office...

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:16 am

I AM broke...lol!!

That is an unbelievable find....too good to resist!! I would've done the same thing for THAT price!!

marc67 · Post by **marc67** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:22 am

Nice buy Jared. Never played a Ric fiver but I can imagine what to expect.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:35 am

Reminds me of the time I saw a '74 Les Paul Sunburst in a pawn shop for $250 and walked out with it in the case....ahhhhh...those were the days....