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Title: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: chromium on May 04, 2008, 09:24:54 AM

USD $510 and two hours left in the auction!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280221974128&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018

(http://www.threesources.com/simmons.jpg)

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: Chris P. on May 04, 2008, 10:30:36 AM

 :o

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: Dave W on May 04, 2008, 12:04:46 PM

That's insane.

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: drbassman on May 04, 2008, 12:37:09 PM

I've got one in a box that I'm gonna polish up right now for eBay!  Yahoo!

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: Chris P. on May 04, 2008, 01:29:52 PM

I need one! But I'm not going to pay you 500 dollars;)

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: eb2 on May 04, 2008, 06:21:13 PM

Well, if some sucker is determined, I am not surprised.  I don't discount seller shill bids, but who knows?  Later Kalamazoo basses have new organ-donor appeal.

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: uwe on May 05, 2008, 04:26:05 AM

I suspect EB 2 is behind it. Coerced by Herr Westheimer. It's all a revisionist ploy to undo the bridge development of the last three decades.

But I am not fooled.

Uwe

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: Barklessdog on May 05, 2008, 04:30:54 AM

Thats just ludicrous!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_BX6GB-b00

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: SKATE RAT on May 05, 2008, 05:28:06 AM

we've gone plaid!!!!

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: Dave W on May 05, 2008, 08:26:24 AM

Spaceballs....now I'll be thinking of Daphne Zuniga all day. Yummm.

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: SKATE RAT on May 05, 2008, 07:31:35 PM

why would anyone pay so much for a stupid bridge?

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: eb2 on May 05, 2008, 10:19:27 PM

I can see paying a lot for one, especially if you had a particularly clean old beast that had lost its Evertilt.  My definition of a lot being based on my giving one away a couple of years back.  But at a certain price point, it makes not too much sense.  They typically have been trading hands at less than two bones, so I would imagine that will shake out as the new dollar level for a while.  Hopefully they will become like most things that inch up in the price category, where the new demand is met by increased supply.

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: Bart! on May 06, 2008, 03:41:02 AM

You could do worse...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-1954-FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-BRIDGE-COMPLETE_W0QQitemZ380022942083QQihZ025QQcategoryZ118984QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: eb2 on May 06, 2008, 12:46:00 PM

In the case of a Kalamazoo, you could probably buy the whole bass for less than that particular bridge.  Can't do that with a 50s Fender. 

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: doombass on May 06, 2008, 01:39:21 PM

Looks like it was down to two bidders battling for it. Sometimes one is lucky. Oh, and I like the name Evertilt.

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: Dave W on May 06, 2008, 03:25:01 PM

I predict that the Evertilt name will stick. Like Mudbucker.

The jury is still out on the LP Monkey Bass.

Title: Re: The Evertilt - Worth Its Weight In Gold?
Post by: godofthunder on May 06, 2008, 04:16:29 PM

 The three point bridge I have always called the turd-o-matic, the two point the tilt-o-matic.