so the question is: what do you do when you are desperately longing for something you can't find?
and the answer is: change the keywords in google.
instead of searching for
guild starfire bass I thought "some are old, old instruments, maybe someone had one and didn't even know the model name (and possibly the market value)".
so I typed
guild hollow bass found this '60s "Guild hollow body bass" with original pickups and natural finish.
price 1500$.
too good to be true.
I look up the date: november 6th... it's gonna be long gone...
yesterday night I sent an email to the seller... no luck.
I call him this morning... and the bass is still there!!!
looks like the G string saddle is cracked (sounded like he didn't really know a whole lot about bass, he kept calling it the "movable wood bridge", but I'm pretty sure that's what he was referring to), but everything else should be ok (maybe one of the knobs is missing, but the picture on CL wasn't clear and I forgot to ask).
he is going to send me pictures tonight.
and he is open to offers.
what do you guys think of the price?
we didn't discuss it, but he sounded willing to include shipping.
I'm gonna ask him to use paypal, hoping he's familiar with it.
are there other secure payment methods?
first time I buy from a distant private in the US.
the funny thing is that, being that the ad was posted on the 6th, it expired after midnight tonight, and I found it at like 11PM!
I'm still to excited, too good to be true.
I know one of you guys is gonna track him down and take the bass.
let's see how it turns out.