dudewheresmybass Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) I was in town yesterday and went for my usual stroll around cash converters. To my surprise I saw a boss hm2 with box for £10!! Needless to say it left with me. This now means that I now have four! They all sound different too! There are three MIT and one mij. I know these threads are worthless without pics, so Img/http://s178.photobucket.com/user/dudewheresmybass/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/1E3D5C1D-FAC4-4697-8DBA-38AE2983EC78.jpg.html%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w262/dudewheresmybass/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/1E3D5C1D-FAC4-4697-8DBA-38AE2983EC78.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D/img What other bargains have you lovely people found in cash converters and the like? Edited February 14, 2014 by dudewheresmybass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immo Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Unfortunately, in Polish pawn shops they usually only have cr*ppy, finger-hurting basses made by Chinese corporations I need to take a serious pawn shop stroll, though, maybe I'll get lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I once bought a sansamp in cash converters for £45 because it had a knob missing. I was well pleased! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster135 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm sure someone on here found a Sandberg in a Cash Converters for about £200 or something!?...That would be a good day! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 That would be someone boss hm2 that probably got nicked. The biggest legalised fences in your local town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesXP Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I got me Squier Jazz in there for £60! Tort guard and all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I wish someone would nick our guitarist's HM2. Bloody awful pedals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 For guitar- usually they are. The only exception being 'at the gates' type Gothenburg style metal. Bass however is a different story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 A friend of a now deceased friend apparently bagged an old Smith BSR6 bass from a pawn shop in Cardiff for (I think) £600. I don't shop much in pawn shops because they very rarely sell anything worth keeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) My best find was a Kat Midi Kiti Pro (drum trigger to midi converter) for £15. They didn't have a clue what it was. Sold it on ebay a few years later for quite a lot more. My local CC don't tend to have bargains though. It currently has a nice looking Squire PJ. Black/tort/rosewood for £150. If it had been a maple board it'd be in my house by now They did sell and Orange Dark Terror head for £99 though Edited February 19, 2014 by bartelby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) [quote name='dudewheresmybass' timestamp='1392773007' post='2372667'] The only exception being 'at the gates' type Gothenburg style metal. [/quote] From the ages of 13 to 16 I only listened to At the Gates... In my mind at the time everything else was inferior so why bother? Edited February 19, 2014 by CamdenRob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 Soo true rob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I once got a Trace Elliott 715 combo in a local Cash Converters - [b]price on the ticket was [u]£200[/u][/b] - "[i]I'll take it...what's the best price?[/i]" says I - "[i]I'll take £160..[/i]." replies the Salesman (remember I was going to take it at £200)... You can see why he's a Salesman in CC and not a Rocket Scientist!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1392742134' post='2372219'] I wish someone would nick our guitarist's HM2. Bloody awful pedals. [/quote] I'll pay good money for a HM-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 [quote name='tayste_2000' timestamp='1393033565' post='2375579'] I'll pay good money for a HM-2 [/quote] They're far too light to use as anchors. Not too bad for chocking car wheels though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntLockyer Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster135 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I'm pretty sure this is well worth it! http://webshop.cashconverters.co.uk/auction-item/654783/dod-fx25-guitar-pedal-envelope-filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1393087754' post='2376094'] They're far too light to use as anchors. Not too bad for chocking car wheels though. [/quote] So you won't be wanting this then http://wrenandcuff.com/site/the-stompboxes/the-hangman-2d/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) eBay has pretty much killed the Cash Converters bargain. The only exception I've had recently was a Logan String Melody II, an almost forty year old string synthesiser, that must have been obscure enough that they didn't know what it was. The guy in the shop thought it was some sort of electronic organ, and I got it for £75. Stick it through a phaser pedal and it sounds awesome. And on the subject of the HM2 pedal, a 12 string electric guitar sounds great through one of those. A more typical distortion pedal just turns a 12 string into a wall of toneless noise, but the HM2 kind of makes it "sizzle". Edited February 28, 2014 by chriswareham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I got a tatty Japan Squier short scale HB Strat for £26 a couple of years ago. Really nice guitar, I sold it on ebay for £117. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster135 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 [quote name='tayste_2000' timestamp='1393529627' post='2381578'] So you won't be wanting this then http://wrenandcuff.com/site/the-stompboxes/the-hangman-2d/ [/quote] This sounds pretty good on bass actually, couldn't ever get the HM-2 I had to sound like that! But good lord, the price!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenitram Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 [quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1393545562' post='2381870'] Logan String Melody II... I got it for £75[/quote] [b]Wow![/b] Nicely done. I've often tried to buy a Logan (for cheap). I have a Roland RS-09 which I like a lot, but would very happily own more string synths, especially the Logan. Back in the day, when I lived in Spain, a friend once told me his family had some old "Yamaha organ" in their garage from some embargo case ages ago (his dad was a lawyer), and that it had been sitting on a shelf in a bin bag for years. I said, oh, yeah, great, would love to take a look. The next time we were up there at their house, I mentioned it, and he said, oh, yes, let's take a look. Here it is, you have it, it's no use to us. It was a Korg MS-20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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