The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: uwe on June 10, 2008, 03:49:36 AM
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can bear responsibility for this (a former 2006 SG RI, would you believe?) here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2006-GIBSON-SG-EB3-EB-3-BASS-GUITAR-REISSUE-MAHOGANY-NR_W0QQitemZ380035693294QQihZ025QQcategoryZ64402QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
(http://a763.g.akamai.net/7/763/1644/2/app.infopia.com/img/image/fp/VPID/5415252/img2/img.jpg)
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Granted, it is as well done as it is radical with attention to detail (brass nut, vintage screws, the fake croc at the back), but still gut-wrenching. And now he's even flipping it!
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I like it ! At least he didn't cut up a vintage EB3 ! ;)
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I knew you would have something kind to say, Butcher Boy! :-*
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I am fascinated with the positioning of the badass. That is a whole lotta saddle travel that will never be used. Nothing surprises me, but I admit to some pensive head scratching on buying a new bass and doing that kind of stuff. Times is good for some people.
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:puke:
Yeah, I mean it!
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On top of everything else, it was stripped and has a lousy refin.
Oh well, at least there's no reserve. The only travesty would be if someone pays good money for it.
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this thing may appeal to watt, add decals and play.
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Nine bids
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I thought of Watt too!
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This reminds me of that poor Thunderbird that had been "reworked" a couple of months ago. Same part of town, same type of ebay store. I wouldn't be suprised to learn that the basses owner was the same person. Maybe it time for Me & Joe (Chromium) to do some investigating? I'll start polishing up my lead pipe when I get home tonite.
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I might take a crack at it if it stays under $400. It's something I wouldn't feel too terribly about cutting up and stickering myself. Maybe put some hot Rio Grands in place of those barts.
Edit: But that guard goes away, I don't care if it looks all Van Halen.
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This reminds me of that poor Thunderbird that had been "reworked" a couple of months ago. Same part of town, same type of ebay store. I wouldn't be suprised to learn that the basses owner was the same person. Maybe it time for Me & Joe (Chromium) to do some investigating? I'll start polishing up my lead pipe when I get home tonite.
It almost makes that Tbird (w/leather tassles, if I recall?) look good!
Despite my local efforts in trying to raise the bar for humane treatment of the Gibson bass species, the greater Phoenix area bass butchers persist... Have they no souls??? ;D
Might make a good project/player if the price is right. That Rorschach-inkblot-test-pickguard, however, gots to go!
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I might bid, I have a number in mind, we'll see where it goes.
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Lord, that is horrible.
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wonder if it is going to debut in the new Batman movie?
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I was thinking that a fun project for that beast might be to fill those pickup routes, sell off the barts, dowel the extra control holes, veneer the top, finish it in some opaque color and make an SG-0 out of it - a minimalist SG bass with a single neck pickup. That EBized TB+ pickup sounded good soloed when I had a chance to tool around on one of these a while back.
Then again, it's already up to $200 with four days left :-\
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As bad as it looks, it might actually sound pretty cool. I'm sure if The Tractor were to turn up now, the Fender gang would gasp in horror, as well. Hell, the parts alone might be worth the low bids on this beast so far.
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I am thinking it may be a good platform for this finish:
http://www.krylon.com/products/glowz_brushon
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I am thinking it may be a good platform for this finish:
http://www.krylon.com/products/glowz_brushon
Mmmmmm.....I see. Paint it with a wisk broom and dry it by rubbing vigorously with a gunny sack ;)
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I am a firm believer in varying degrees of wrong, (wrongness? wrongitude?). And as bad as this creature is, I don't think it compares to this (http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-1967-Gibson-Thunderbird-Tbird-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ290237886911QQihZ019QQcategoryZ64402QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem).
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Poor Thing! :-[ The atrocities.....the unspeakable experiments. My eyes! Please make it stop!
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What about this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-1967-Gibson-Thunderbird-Tbird-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ290237886911QQihZ019QQcategoryZ64402QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Place this one under idiotic.
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ah man thats sad.those pickups ripped from that poor thunderbird would have sounded great .
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Poor Thing! :-[ The atrocities.....the unspeakable experiments. My eyes! Please make it stop!
More atrocities here:
(http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/images/bass/fbird/fenderbird_rsg-1.jpg)
;)
Dr Frankenwhistle I believe?
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yeah,that seahorse is pretty lame.
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I was checkin' out the wallpaper myself :mrgreen:
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yeah,that seahorse is pretty lame.
That's a body for the next project, right? Holy Neptune!
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Seafoam Green, or Coral Pink anyone? ;)
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What about this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-1967-Gibson-Thunderbird-Tbird-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ290237886911QQihZ019QQcategoryZ64402QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Place this one under idiotic.
When you say idiotic I hope you are referring to the asking price. Let's remember that all Sixties basses survived the Sixties, a time of testing boundaries, experimentation and individualism. It is not surprising that many were modified.
Actually the NR reminds me of my own Thunderbird that was just a two year old used TB II in Cardinal Red that I stripped, stained, broke, fixed, and modified. (It still sports 2 Dimarzio Model 1's) Should I have just put it under the bed and not used it? No, I think not.
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"Should I have just put it under the bed and not used it?"
Uhm, yes! And sell it to me 40 years later. ;D
Just joking, young men are free to channel their sexual aggressions and frustrations into the alteration of inanimate objects, but did it really have to be DiMarzio Model 1s? Was the the sound of the original sixties pup that bad to your ears?
Uwe
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but did it really have to be DiMarzio Model 1s?
That's what I did not understand. Also Model I's were from the 70's or 80's?
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"Should I have just put it under the bed and not used it?"
Uhm, yes! And sell it to me 40 years later. ;D
Just joking, young men are free to channel their sexual aggressions and frustrations into the alteration of inanimate objects, but did it really have to be DiMarzio Model 1s? Was the the sound of the original sixties pup that bad to your ears?
Uwe
No, it's not that the original pickup was bad, in fact it wouldn't have happened had not the headstock broke. When I took it to the butcher shop for repair somehow it sounded good at the time to add a pickup, and replace the original so they'd both be the same. That was about 1978 and maybe the Model 1 was just coming out. It seemed a good idea at the time. And it did work well for me for years.
But now with modern amplification I don't like it so much anymore, and often think of reverting it back, but that would mean refinishing and everyone asking what happened to it, loss of mojo, etc.
And Uwe, it doesn't matter if it sat under the bed unused, or got modified and much used, if you want to buy it you will have to talk to my kids after I am gone because I'm not selling it. (unless under the most dire of circumstances)
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I ask my kids if they wanted or even thought of keeping my basses after I leave the building. First thing my son asks is "How much my Non Reverses worth?" and said he would sell it, so I guess I should and at least enjoy the money down the road somewhere.
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Granted, Model 1s were all the rage in the late seventies - you are absolved ...
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That brings up the question: what is this NR on ebay now worth. The only original and unmodified parts left are the tuners, truss rod cover, and electronics cover. The headstock has been repaired. I don't think I'd offer more than half of the buy it now.
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Granted, Model 1s were all the rage in the late seventies - you are absolved ...
Thank You, but you I'm still not selling. ;D
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I would think it's worth $1000 to $1200, but I would not pay more than $800-$900 personally.