The evil that men do ...

[uwe]

I marvel at something like that: The Epi Explorer's neck is maple, you need some brute force and ignorance for it to look "lightning struck" like this:



In the next pic you can clearly see that the Epi's neck is scarfed which in theory should make a split beyond the scarf joint unimaginable, not so:



Seller hasn't lost his caustic wit though:

"You are bidding on a a used Epiphone Korina Explorer electric bass guitar that the boys at FEDEX Ground turned into a Who concert souvenir."


http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-Korina-Explorer-Bass-Guitar-By-Gibson-Damaged_W0QQitemZ140252238332QQihZ004QQcategoryZ64402QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's probably an easy and comparatively stable repair though, not that there are a lot of new Epi resurrecters out there.

[Basvarken]

Looks more like the result of a domestic dispute... (with an axe)

[Barklessdog]

Or a hockey stick from a NHL game , Aye?

[Dave W]

Dropped head first from on high, I'd guess. But the packing may not have been adequate.

[Chris P.]

well, the:

"You are bidding on a a used Epiphone Korina Explorer electric bass guitar that the boys at FEDEX Ground turned into a Who concert souvenir."

sure is original:)

[chromium]

Gah!  Now that's not gonna buff out...

[Freuds_Cat]

Hey its interesting that the split continued straight through the spliced join!  Man thats been hit hard. 

Are the Knobs,Bridge and pickguard original issue?  I like the look of the black Pickguard.

[eb2]

Even more disturbing is that if you look close at the neck body joint, it looks like it ate a lot of the impact there as well.  Inadequate packing is probable, but what do you have to do to smack it head-first, split down through a glued joint, and also put a stress fracture through the body joint?  Shoot it out of a cannon?

[Dave W]

Remember the Samsonite Gorilla? I think we know where he works now.

You never know. It could have been in a truck accident and got hit on the headstock with enough force to cause all that.

[eb2]

Gorilla, meet Gorilla glue.

[poomwah]

ever seen billy sheehan back in the talas days... the way he'd put the head stock against the ground and push on it to get that "dive bomb" effect
  this is what I was always expecting to happen to him

[godofthunder]

I used to go see Talas back in the day ! Rochester NY at the Penny Arcade, must have been '75-'78. I was in awe of him !

[Granny Gremlin]

Or a hockey stick from a NHL game , Aye?

I just had to drop in to correct John here: it's 'eh' buddy.

(Hi guys).

[ramone57]

how's the house and married life, granny?  stop in once in a while!

[Granny Gremlin]

I've been around lurking, just not posting. I'll try to be more visible.

I won't be married until Sept 13th (a Saturday, but it is the anniversery of our first date.... which was a Friday). Looking forward to it (actually the honeymoon - we've been so crazy busy with work and putting the wedding together).

The house is good.  Just got new windows top to bottom and we're looking at gutting the upstairs (gay porn star) bathroom (looks all blingy, but many underlying issues).