My Vacation Souvenir
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:21 am
Greetings all!
I just got back from a vacation with the family and am somehow still sane after dealing with the kids all week. We went to Atlanta and Myrtle Beach (yes, I was there during Ernesto) and saw the Georgia Aquarium and some of the Myrtle Beach family attractions. So the kids had a blast and I'm a bit ragged from all the driving and corralng little ones.
Nonetheless, that's not why I'm posting. I made my obligatory stop by the Atlanta Bass Gallery to see what was going on when a Map;eglo 4003s5 caught my attention. I asked the owner what he wanted for it. Get this - $800!!!!!!!! The serial number number checked to January '97 and it was in really great shape - no major marks on the body, everything worked. and the case was the original. I think a tuner may have been replaced since the graphics on one looked different than the other 4, but it was the same style of Schaller tuner as the others.
So I played it for a while and for some reason, I could work with the narrow string spacing on it. It wasn't too bad. It sounded fine and I figured at the least, I could flip it if I didn't want to keep it. So I verified the price again while not letting on that I thought it was WAY underpriced and whipped out the old MasterCard.
I picked up a few CD's and strings and left for dinner with the family. I later checked the receipt and the dealer had picked up the sales tax, so the sales price written on the receipt was $750!!!!!!! How cool is that?
Before anyone asks, I'm planning to hold onto it for a while. My new band likes Rickenbackers and so I may take it to a practice or two to see how it works out. But it's nice to have a workable Ric 5-string in the arsenal to balance out my tonal pallette. It was getting a bit Fender-ish with the Mike Lulls I've been using.
I just got back from a vacation with the family and am somehow still sane after dealing with the kids all week. We went to Atlanta and Myrtle Beach (yes, I was there during Ernesto) and saw the Georgia Aquarium and some of the Myrtle Beach family attractions. So the kids had a blast and I'm a bit ragged from all the driving and corralng little ones.
Nonetheless, that's not why I'm posting. I made my obligatory stop by the Atlanta Bass Gallery to see what was going on when a Map;eglo 4003s5 caught my attention. I asked the owner what he wanted for it. Get this - $800!!!!!!!! The serial number number checked to January '97 and it was in really great shape - no major marks on the body, everything worked. and the case was the original. I think a tuner may have been replaced since the graphics on one looked different than the other 4, but it was the same style of Schaller tuner as the others.
So I played it for a while and for some reason, I could work with the narrow string spacing on it. It wasn't too bad. It sounded fine and I figured at the least, I could flip it if I didn't want to keep it. So I verified the price again while not letting on that I thought it was WAY underpriced and whipped out the old MasterCard.
I picked up a few CD's and strings and left for dinner with the family. I later checked the receipt and the dealer had picked up the sales tax, so the sales price written on the receipt was $750!!!!!!! How cool is that?
Before anyone asks, I'm planning to hold onto it for a while. My new band likes Rickenbackers and so I may take it to a practice or two to see how it works out. But it's nice to have a workable Ric 5-string in the arsenal to balance out my tonal pallette. It was getting a bit Fender-ish with the Mike Lulls I've been using.
