Is this still worth something?

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sxaxsx said:
Do you often throw away $100 dollar bills? o_O
Rather than letting it become trash, if you aren't interested in the effort of cleaning it and selling it for a couple $100s, how about donating it to a high school music program.
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I don't throw away bills, but I do throw away old computers and stuff that might still be worth something, an old bass that is n't worth much I treat the same :) I thought with the cutout on the body it may have been a more exotic Dean bass, but it apparently isn't.

RobTheRiot said:
The body actually looks pretty cool, not sure about headstock.

I second what’s been said: if a couple hundred bux isn’t worth the effort of cleaning it, at least try to donate it to school, Music School, religious facility... hell, find a kid on your street and give it to him/her. (Just don’t be creepy when doing it!)

May be out of your way but start someone else on a new path. (Or not, but why not try...)
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Not sure if I can get the pots working again, in it's current state the volume only works full open so that pot will probably have to be replaced. In it's current condition it can't really be used at a school.
 
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WhenTheDrumsStops said:
I can't really be bothered with shipping and stuff. If you would live closeby you could pick it up.
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Ahhh, so you thought you had some kind of goldmine. Not sure why you think a Dean would be that, but whatever. But, now that you find out it isn’t, you can’t be bothered with solutions people are offering you...got it.
 
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It's a fairly old bass, that, if the neck is straight, and it don't have dead spots or other issues, might be a good player, and if so, it worth about what you'd pay for a good player nowadays - Squier kinda money. But it's not going to fetch any collector's value from being part of some magical time period. So, no, not "vintage".
 
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Ductapeman said:
If you're going to just toss it, ask around at the LGSes and find a kid who is learning and needs a decent beginner's bass, he'll be thrilled with it and you will earn many karma points--
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If the bass is nothing special and not interesting for collectors I was thinking about tossing it. I would give it to a beginner or a school if the electronics were working properly, but it probably needs at least 1 new pot and the E string tuner needs to be replaced. It is also probably not the easiest beginners bass to play on. I tried to play on it and the neck cramped up my left hand after a while, but maybe thats because I have been spoiled with the good fast bass I play on now. The bass does have quite a punchy agressive sound, reminds me of the old Muzz Skillings sound.

mdogs said:
Ahhh, so you thought you had some kind of goldmine. Not sure why you think a Dean would be that, but whatever. But, now that you find out it isn’t, you can’t be bothered with solutions people are offering you...got it.
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I wasn't sure what I had as for value hence this topic. What solutions exactly? I don't have a problem. I just asked the question if this bass is worth to keep and repair (and then maybe sell) or if it is a tosser. If the bass would not need any work I would give it to a school or something... if thats the solution you are aiming at.
 
#33
WhenTheDrumsStops said:
In it's current condition it can't really be used at a school.
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My sister teaches at a school. With the lack of funding, the idea of sinking $30 worth of parts and strings into an instrument so kids actually get the chance to play is more important than a "perfect" specimen being donated. She regularly spends her own money on repairs like this so that the kids get a chance to play.

But, it sounds like you aren't really interested in anything other than throwing it away so this post was probably pointless.
 
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Paulabass said:
Vintage is a word that has become more perverted than 'political integrity'. Yesterday Craiglist had a '97 'vintage' bass.
Even 70's Fender basses, and Gibson guitars, once poo-pooed as being junk, and now being called vintage, and collectable. 2008 kicked the crap out of the vintage market, and collectors lost their shirts, but still prices have crept up, not to their pre '08 value.
Nowadays, since vintage means nothing, it's a matter of supply and demand. If you own it, and somebody wants it- it's collectable, if it's old, and nobody wants it- it's worthless.
To more serious collectors, only made in U.S.A. (with some exceptions- Ibanez law-suit etc.) made before about 1965 qualify as gems.
IMHO your bass is just a funky old used guitar. Play it, or sell it for SOMETHING. Don't bank your retirement on it
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I love the mystique that surrounds the early 80s Boss pedals, it's like people think ICs from that era had magic dust in them. And as for the amounts asked for old tube PA heads marketed as guitar or bass amps (with 6 channels and little or no EQ)...
 
#35
sxaxsx said:
Do you often throw away $100 dollar bills? o_O
Rather than letting it become trash, if you aren't interested in the effort of cleaning it and selling it for a couple $100s, how about donating it to a high school music program.
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+1 What I was going to suggest too. I've given away more than a few instruments to students that couldn't swing one on their own. I always found that more gratifying than the cash I would have received.
 
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Cowboy in Latvia said:
My sister teaches at a school. With the lack of funding, the idea of sinking $30 worth of parts and strings into an instrument so kids actually get the chance to play is more important than a "perfect" specimen being donated. She regularly spends her own money on repairs like this so that the kids get a chance to play.

But, it sounds like you aren't really interested in anything other than throwing it away so this post was probably pointless.
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I really don't get the passive agression towards me, but okay. Yes I was thinking about tossing it as it is indeed not operating condition, but the idea of donating it to a school or something is nice.... I already acknowledged that in my previous comment!
 
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Id say not worth much, especially as its basically a knockoff soundgear. Like others said, donate to a school. Im sure some high school shop teacher would love to show a kid how to get the electronics sorted and do a set up.
 
#39
sonic 7 said:
Where was it made?
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Not sure really, I assume it's made in the USA. I bought it new from a store that also was the official importer of Alembic basses in my country so I am assuming that he imported those Deans from the USA aswell.

MordBass said:
Id say not worth much, especially as its basically a knockoff soundgear. Like others said, donate to a school. Im sure some high school shop teacher would love to show a kid how to get the electronics sorted and do a set up.
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Yeah I will have a look if a local school is interested in a bass that needs repairs :)
 
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WhenTheDrumsStops said:
I really don't get the passive agression towards me, but okay. Yes I was thinking about tossing it as it is indeed not operating condition, but the idea of donating it to a school or something is nice.... I already acknowledged that in my previous comment!
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It's not passive aggression, it's disgust. You had several recommendations to give it to a school or kid but you consistently responded that you would throw it out instead. See the following quotes for what I mean. All of these were from before my own response.

EDIT: I am glad you are finally considering the idea of donation.

WhenTheDrumsStops said:
Yeah if that is the price range then the bass will become trash soon.
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WhenTheDrumsStops said:
In it's current condition it can't really be used at a school.
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WhenTheDrumsStops said:
I don't throw away bills, but I do throw away old computers and stuff that might still be worth something, an old bass that is n't worth much I treat the same
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WhenTheDrumsStops said:
If the bass is nothing special and not interesting for collectors I was thinking about tossing it
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WhenTheDrumsStops said:
If the bass would not need any work I would give it to a school or something
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