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wints wrote:Absolute steal Tony...!!!

My only worry here is that someone will mail him and tell him it's worth much more...

Close it out quick...

Thanks Wints, I knew it was worth more than my 73, but I didn't know just how much more. I'm just hoping it is a great player.
If it is, I'll get the chrome re-plated and just play the heck out of it.

The seller knows it is worth more and that he just wanted to get rid of it. He said he saw the 73MG on Ebay but didn't care. He just wanted it gone.
He said he is a guitarist, and the thing has been sitting there for years, unplayed.

I'm hoping all the good things you guys say about these old ones are true!

Here is the real kicker, I DIDN'T FIND IT, Janey did!

ajish4 wrote: Ok, to REALLY show my ignorance, didn't these early ones have a HS or was that the 60's models?

Thanks agian eveyrone, I'm going on what you vintage players keep raving about.

Tony, that bass has the original high-gain p/up in the bridge position, the h/s's went away sometime in '68.

Wow, Tony, what a deal and what a wife!! Yup, you got a deal and we all expect good pics when it's all cleaned up and a report on how it plays sooner.

Interesting she was on the lookout for Ricks considering the recent sales.... Sly one, her.

johnallg wrote:Wow, Tony, what a deal and what a wife!! Yup, you got a deal and we all expect good pics when it's all cleaned up and a report on how it plays sooner.

Interesting she was on the lookout for Ricks considering the recent sales.... Sly one, her.

LOL, funny huh John? She promised me she wasn't looking at them at all!

She just said that IF I like it, and really want to keep it, just to PLEASE sell SOMETHING one I'm not using.

Hey, if you're planning a winter retreat, you can SHOW me how to do all this good stuff! LOL

Thanks to you too John, glad of that. I thought it might have been missing the shoes!

Checkerboard ! Nice !

Congratulations, Tony! That's a top score and it could not have gone to a more deserving bloke. Well done mate!

Personally, I wouldn't restore anything on it. It has mojo galore!

rick_ovic wrote: Personally, I wouldn't restore anything on it. It has mojo galore!

Right on! This was such a great pick-up Tony.

ajish4 wrote: Here is the real kicker, I DIDN'T FIND IT, Janey did!

Someone better be extra nice to Janey this weekend and for Christmas!!

Beautiful bass and a GREAT deal! I wouldn't restore much on that thing. Sometimes these things need to simply be what they are, and let them tell their tales.

Looks like a good deal to me.

rick_ovic wrote:Congratulations, Tony! That's a top score and it could not have gone to a more deserving bloke. Well done mate!

Personally, I wouldn't restore anything on it. It has mojo galore!

Thanks Darren for the kind words!

I'm kind of in Dane's camp, my OCD will probably get the better of me, I LIKE CLEAN CHROME, but I'll follow your lead as of many of the other members and just leave it alone for now.

I will clean it up and see just how good the 'ol Scratch X & Zymol treatment will do.

I SHOULD have it by mid-week if all goes well.

I'll post some nice big, clear pictures ASAP.

Thanks again everyone,

Congrats, Tony.

ajish4 wrote:I'm kind of in Dane's camp, my OCD will probably get the better of me, I LIKE CLEAN CHROME, but I'll follow your lead as of many of the other members and just leave it alone for now.

I will clean it up and see just how good the 'ol Scratch X & Zymol treatment will do.

I'll post some nice big, clear pictures ASAP.

Tony, if you need help cleaning it up, you could always have it sent to my place first!

"Tony, if you need help cleaning it up, you could always have it sent to my place first! "

Hey Joey,

You are the BEST!

Hey, guess what, you aren't too far from it you know....