Buying a Music Man Saber

[dpab]

Well sometimes I think about selling mine .
Its a first year first edition Sabre .. white and maple ...now creamy yellow and golden...Im the original purchaser in late 78 or early 79.
Its only going to be worth more ....just like the pre CBS fenders and stuff.
As of right now I would not part with it for anything less 3000.
Dave

[spencer]

Well sometimes I think about selling mine .
Its a first year first edition Sabre .. white and maple ...now creamy yellow and golden...Im the original purchaser in late 78 or early 79.
Its only going to be worth more ....just like the pre CBS fenders and stuff.
As of right now I would not part with it for anything less 3000.
Dave

Its only worth more if people want to pay more. The pre CBS fenders are only expensive because there vintage and they were supposed to be very high quality compared to todays fenders..

With ernieball its a little different..

Basses are actually better today, built better designed better and have better quality control then they did in the past, and even if they didn't new Ernieballs are greater or equal to Pre Ernieball Musicman, which is why the resale value is so low, there not in demand, nobody really wants them, when they can have a better quality new instrument for less...

[Caca de Kick]

...Pre Ernieball Musicman, which is why the resale value is so low, there not in demand, nobody really wants them, when they can have a better quality new instrument for less...

No way is that statement true. I have bought and sold alot and still watch alot of vintage sales, and I deal with two local vintage shops alot...and preEB's sell for quite a big chunk of change. It's even crazier what vintage dealers are getting for them, typically more than ebay sales.
Now, I love my EBMM's and I love my preEB basses, but those old things are in demand, and keep going up every year...in fact they have more than doubled in prices since y2k. I'm not here to argue which is better, I'm just reporting what I see.

dpab,
Sorry, but you'll never see 3k anytime soon for a Sabre. StingRays still command more $ than Sabres do.