tulk1 Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 You sure don't. And hardly any with the gray goo finish removed. Looks good.
Sundown Posted August 30, 2017 Author Posted August 30, 2017 A wise man never drives by a Pawn Shop without checking out the goodies inside
tulk1 Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 A wise man never drives by a Pawn Shop without checking out the goodies inside You and Shundog will get along just fine! He's a Pawn Shop Junkie, too. So, you found this is a PS? Whats the story here?
Sundown Posted August 30, 2017 Author Posted August 30, 2017 Empire Gun & Pawn in Tampa Florida. Hanging on the wall with a $199 price tag on it. Offered the guy $150......sold it to me for $175. It was difficult keeping a straight face during the transaction. Never seen one of these for sale anywhere at any price.
PunkKitty Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Jeez! I'm another pawn shop junkie. I would have liked to find this. Congrats!
kidsmoke Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Empire Gun & Pawn in Tampa Florida. Hanging on the wall with a $199 price tag on it. Offered the guy $150......sold it to me for $175. It was difficult keeping a straight face during the transaction. Never seen one of these for sale anywhere at any price. Dude, your'e cruel. Lie. Tell us you paid 299, 399, hell, 599. But 175...that's just not even right. congrats!! Hope it turns out to be functionally perfect. Major score.
TalismanRich Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 . Son, you're wanted down at the station for robbery, first class!!!! That is one colossal score on a Heritage bass. I know a fellow Tampa bay area resident that is going to be REALLY jealous.
bolero Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 congrats!! that is a sweet looking bass curious who made the pickups? and is it passive, or active? happy NBD
MisterG Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 What a sweet find! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
flammandolin Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 Nice find sundown. From what I gather not many in existence. Keep us posted on performance and playability... Congrats.
Sundown Posted August 31, 2017 Author Posted August 31, 2017 Talked to Ren at heritage. He doesn't think they made more than 20 of these. Most made in 1987 were the single pickup model. He sent me a picture of the only Bass he could find in the catalog.
DetroitBlues Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 Looks awesome. There was a small run of basses a couple years ago I remember seeing at PSP IIX. But I never found out where they went or who bought them. Most important thing is, how does it sound???
Sundown Posted August 31, 2017 Author Posted August 31, 2017 I am not a Bass player so I don't have an amp to test it on. That being said......I plugged it into my 100 watt amp with 4-12s just to test the controls. Both pickups work. Selector switch works. Volume and tone work. Next step is to take it into Sam Ash this weekend and plug it into an Ampeg.
tulk1 Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 Looks awesome. There was a small run of basses a couple years ago I remember seeing at PSP IIX. But I never found out where they went or who bought them. Most important thing is, how does it sound??? Yeah, would have been cool to get in on those few that were made. Not sure they were the same beasts as these late '80s basses, tho'. Should be pics somewhere, wouldn't you think?
Gitfiddler Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 There are a few Heritage basses floating around... And Ren has one of his bass creations... And as stated above, this looks like the single p'up version of the one recently 'stolen' from a Florida pawnshop.
High Flying Bird Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 I like the shape of the first one. Me too Paul. As soon as I saw it I was hearing Wayman Tisdale in my head.
Gitfiddler Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 Me too Paul. As soon as I saw it I was hearing Wayman Tisdale in my head. Who dat?
skydog52 Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 Me too Paul. As soon as I saw it I was hearing Wayman Tisdale in my head. I always thought Wayman Tisdale was a killer player. Gone way to soon.
Sundown Posted September 8, 2017 Author Posted September 8, 2017 Quick update. Found a bass player who took it for a test drive.After a couple of minutes he asked if it for sale. Not right now was the answer. Who ever tried to refinish this thing did a horrible job. Looks like he used a 4" paint brush and didn't believe in sand paper. Got one hell of a storm headed this way (Hurricane Irma) Might be off line for a while.
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