91 Stanley Clark BIN $3000

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Author Message inthelows Advanced Member Username: inthelows Post Number: 253 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 7:59 am:    This looks tempting for those looking! Says headstock repair. Hard to tell from these pics! NLP link (Message edited by inthelows on January 03, 2007) kungfusheriff Senior Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 580 Registered: 8-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 10:05 am:    Him again? I wrote back and forth with the seller, a semi-literate youngun, for months last year and hammered out a deal to buy the bass at roughly half that price. I got cold feet when he let slip the bass belongs to his brother, who is in the military and deployed overseas. Proceed with caution... j_gary Advanced Member Username: j_gary Post Number: 226 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 10:47 am:    I'm out, thank you sir! bumhucker Member Username: bumhucker Post Number: 99 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 1:15 pm:    i asked him what the weight was and he said he didn't have a scale but he thought about 25 lbs (!). must be including the case.. kungfusheriff Senior Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 581 Registered: 8-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 3:14 pm:    Didn't I tell you he was a bright bulb? Drama ahoy! inthelows Advanced Member Username: inthelows Post Number: 257 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 4:45 pm:    I've sent email asking how long has he had it and when was it repaired. No response yet. NLP pmoran Intermediate Member Username: pmoran Post Number: 187 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 5:30 pm:    is it just me and my half-century old eyes, or is the headstock slightly bent toward the E string side of the neck? i've bought alot of alembics. i think i've owned between 5-7 of them; however, i can't ever recall seeing an "optical illusion" that made me believe the headstock is off-center to the neck on any ebay ad pic before! could be the power of suggestion since seller admits to a repair, but i swear that headstock is skewed off-center in the pic from the back. i've looked closely to see if the purpleheart laminate looks out of line, but there's a flashpoint obscuring where i think it would be. thoughts? bsee Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 1436 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 5:39 pm:    $3K for a headstock repair is a bit much, straight or not... inthelows Advanced Member Username: inthelows Post Number: 263 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 5:39 pm:    It is hard to tell from those pics! The guy will not respond to my emails. I just don't like to see people get burned. NLP inthelows Advanced Member Username: inthelows Post Number: 264 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 7:18 am:    Here's his response to my email.. "I acquired the bass five years ago, and the repair was done two years ago. As I said in the listing, the bass is not new, perfect, excellent, mint, or in very good condition. The brass needs to be polished. That is the only cosmetic issue, and other than that the bass is in good working order." I don't know about this one! NLP