550 venus

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:41 pm

http://reverb.com/item/35580893-squier ... -1996-1998

Some goof cant wire it.

Buy it, wire it, flip it for 300 more!

kim · Post by **kim** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:20 pm

Looks like many things he can't do.
Seat a neck for proper string alignment is another one of them.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:08 pm

It's missing the high E string.

In local listings that's often described as a defect by the noobs selling the guitars.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:13 pm

Yeah, I don't know if this is a flip so much as a player grade version of an otherwise overpriced model. It's probably overpriced right now IMHO, might be worth $500-$550 shipped on a good day.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:18 pm

also described as "non-functioning" and has problems with the electronics.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:01 pm

Fakir Mustache wrote:also described as "non-functioning" and has problems with the electronics.

I said he cant wire it. What more do you want from me

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:49 pm

Well yeah, but is it really worth that much in that condition? It's kind of beat up as well.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:01 am

I think people are just pointing out that the profit margin of wiring this thing and immediately flipping it won't be as favorable as you think, rob. You can get cleaner and more original sunburst Venuses for under $850 all day long.

Fakir Mustache wrote:It's missing the high E string.

Kim is correct that the neck is visibly on crooked as well though, look at the inlays between the D and G. This whole guitar is a mess.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:37 am

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paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:13 am

^I think of that scene so many damn times a week. Either that or Murray's reaction to whether or not the boy can tell time at the press conference.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:38 pm

Might as well make an offer. For cheap enough, it's a hell of a mod platform..

Update. Offer made and countered with a ridiculous counteroffer.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:11 pm

mkt3000 wrote:Might as well make an offer. For cheap enough, it's a hell of a mod platform..

Update. Offer made and countered with a ridiculous counteroffer.

NEED JUICY DETAILS

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:21 pm

robroe wrote:
mkt3000 wrote:Might as well make an offer. For cheap enough, it's a hell of a mod platform..

Update. Offer made and countered with a ridiculous counteroffer.
NEED JUICY DETAILS

Backstory. I am effectively unemployed, so my idea was to get it cheap enough to fix and flip while still making a profit, since without an income, the limited money I have has to work for me. I also live in Miami, and have adopted the hard haggle style people have down here.

The idea was buy it, return it to as stock as possible, set it up and clean it.

I made a lowball offer at $200, hoping to meet in the middle at $350-400. I've done this before when buying gear locally, and it's been mostly successful. He countered with $2000, so I didn't even bother countering.

I laughed, the seller (probably) laughed. Good times were (hopefully) had by all.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:15 pm

ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s actually far more likely at this point that the seller was a massive dumbass who doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t know anything about guitars or money and also has self-esteem/anger issues. A lot of that stuff is hard to decipher through text, though.

Post by **dots** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 4:38 pm

$550 for a busted ass guitar likely requiring hours of effort and maybe a tech to get right is way outta line. $350 max.

dude prolly saw the average sale going between 7 and 8 hundo and figured 150 for someone's trouble was worth it. WRONG.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:33 pm

dots wrote:$550 for a busted ass guitar likely requiring hours of effort and maybe a tech to get right is way outta line. $350 max.

dude prolly saw the average sale going between 7 and 8 hundo and figured 150 for someone's trouble was worth it. WRONG.

And his counteroffers are absolutely ridiculous.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:37 am

I don't know why you think wiring a humbucker and a single coil to a toggley and a volume knob takes hours of work. It takes 10 minutes

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:31 am

Has a concentric knob so probably a tone control as well.

Also the neck looks fucked, probably not a good fit in the pocket for whatever reason (whether a lemon from the factory or dicked with in unseen ways)