Afternoon all, I'm mainly a guitar/6 string player, but I'm recording an EP at home at the mo', so have been laying bass tracks down too.
I've only ever had one bass guitar, which I bought from a guy about 10 years ago.
I'm told it's a 70s hondo p bass body, but with 80s MIJ hardware/pickups.
It's had a brass nut fitted and all the paint stripped (not a great job with the stripping, but I find it kind of cool)
The previous owner also put a Fender decal on the headstock.
I've had a couple of issues with it since putting heavier strings on it (as some of my tunes are in drop D); the low E keeps slipping out of the nut when I slightly bed in drop down tuning) and now the D string has started slipping out of the string guide (prob just need to tighten the string guide screw)
It's got me thinking of buying another bass and maybe selling/trading this to somone who appreciates it's vintageness a bit more.
So, I wanted to ask for some advice; is this bass worth anything?; if so, how much for the purpose of a sale/trade?
Many thanks in advance,
Dennis
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But I'm no expert on basses
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Still probably in the £50-£100 range at most though. Fully functional maybe around £125, but probably not more than that.
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