Sundown Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Don't see many of these rare guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulk1 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 You sure don't. And hardly any with the gray goo finish removed. Looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundown Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 A wise man never drives by a Pawn Shop without checking out the goodies inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulk1 Posted August 30, 2017 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundown Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkKitty Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Jeez! I'm another pawn shop junkie. I would have liked to find this. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsmoke Posted August 30, 2017 Share 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. Â Â 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRich Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 . Son, you're wanted down at the station for robbery, first class!!!! Â Â Â That is one colossal score on a Heritage bass. I know a fellow Tampa bay area resident that is going to be REALLY jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 congrats!!   that is a sweet looking bass  curious who made the pickups? and is it passive, or active?  happy NBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterG Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 What a sweet find! Â Â Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammandolin Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Nice find sundown. From what I gather not many in existence. Keep us posted on performance and playability... Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundown Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share 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. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genericmusic Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Looks awesome. Â 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. Â Most important thing is, how does it sound??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwinking Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Not fair!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundown Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulk1 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Looks awesome. Â 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. Â 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 There are a few Heritage basses floating around... Â Â And Ren has one of his bass creations... Â And as stated above, this looks like the single p'up version of the one recently 'stolen' from a Florida pawnshop. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog52 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 One of the new ones Jim Deurloo made for me. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog52 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I like the shape of the first one. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Flying Bird Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I like the shape of the first one. Â Me too Paul. As soon as I saw it I was hearing Wayman Tisdale in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Me too Paul. As soon as I saw it I was hearing Wayman Tisdale in my head. Who dat? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog52 Posted September 1, 2017 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundown Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Stay safe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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