TheGreek Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Check out the 5th picture.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-Precision-Copy-Bass-Guitar-/371244616141?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item566fe749cd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I think all the pictures are pretty horrific! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Look at the pics carefully, kids - this is exactly the kind of unplayable crap that would have been available to you in the 1970s if you couldn't afford a Fender or a Gibson! There were no decent affordable basses [i]at all[/i]. I don't know - you tell the young people of today and they won't believe you. Edited February 5, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I'm not convinced the neck & the body are in any way related. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I not convinced it sold for £77. Must be a mistake or I'm having a flashback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1423162594' post='2681682'] Look at the pics carefully, kids - this is exactly the kind of unplayable crap that would have been available to you in the 1970s if you couldn't afford a Fender or a Gibson! There were no decent affordable basses [i]at all[/i]. I don't know - you tell the young people of today and they won't believe you. [/quote] Actually that's not quite true IME. There were decent basses available provided you bought second hand and didn't want something that looked like a Fender, Gibson or Rickenbacker. I got my Burns in 1981 for £60 including the original hard case. A few years earlier I could have bought either a Microfrets or Hayman bass for about £80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1423177820' post='2682011'] Actually that's not quite true IME. There were decent basses available provided you bought second hand and didn't want something that looked like a Fender, Gibson or Rickenbacker. I got my Burns in 1981 for £60 including the original hard case. A few years earlier I could have bought either a Microfrets or Hayman bass for about £80. [/quote] Quite true, but even £60 or £80 was a lot of money for the average teenager in 1981. Though I was lucky enough to acquire a new USA Precision in 1976, for what was about a month and a half's wages at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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