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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: gweimer on September 02, 2008, 08:13:02 PM
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I just came across this. All I can say is....OUCH....
http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Vintage-Long-Scale-Gibson-Bass-in-Original-Case_W0QQitemZ190248455482QQihZ009QQcategoryZ64402QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
It looks like someone took a guitar body, spliced a neck on it, put something resembling a serial number on the headstock, and then left it to die. At least the asking price is right. The case should be worth that much.
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Saw that last night... made me sad.
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yeah sad is the word. i looked at it a long time last night and decided i have too many irons in the fire now.
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Actually I think its been in a fire.............so sad :-\
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i don't think thats a gibson while the body could be an EB4L the maple board should not be there.the head stock looks wrong and the "serial #" looks like it was cut from a different bass and glued on!maybe original neck broke and was replaced with this along with all the extra routs
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i don't think thats a gibson while the body could be an EB4L the maple board should not be there.the head stock looks wrong and the "serial #" looks like it was cut from a different bass and glued on!maybe original neck broke and was replaced with this along with all the extra routs
You're right. Mid-70s Japanese bass with the top part of a Gibson headstock glued on. And probably shortscale.
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Wow...
Now I don't feel so bad about mine.
:-\
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Looks like some routed it for a Hipshot tremolo?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/082508003.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/082508002.jpg)
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It certainly has an EB4L body. I wonder what the next owner will do with (to) this
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Almost ugly enough for me to take a shot at! :P
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MAKE A MUTT FOR MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I shot a question to the seller, asking him to measure from the fret nut to the 12th fret.
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i called Gibson, the number is valid for an early 70's axe, sent pics but have not got the answer back yet. talked to Darrel when i called.
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i called Gibson, the number is valid for an early 70's axe, sent pics but have not got the answer back yet. talked to Darrel when i called.
I don't doubt the S/N is valid but the top part of the headstock is clearly grafted on. It doesn't belong to that neck.
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Although, the wood laminates in the headstock do line up - which could maybeeee happen if the headstock was from another bass. But the tone of the wood looks the same too. Leaving the odd possibility of a Nashville dumpster oddball. But a tighter better pic would help.
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Hello,
Thanks for writing!! Unfortunately, in the condition ( ??? ??? :o :o :-\ i cannot copy the entire email so i am putting these faces in here to modify the original text and not infringe on any copyrights crap from Gibson!!!) that that bass is in, we cannot verify that it is indeed a genuine Gibson.
Best regards,
Vincent
Vincent Wynne
Gibson Customer Service
1.800.4GIBSON
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The seller states 16 1/2" from the nut to the middle of the two dots. Either he really doesn't know much about guitars, or he knows how to answer a loaded question.
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"--- On Fri, 9/5/08, Vincent Wynne <Vincent.Wynne@gibson.com> wrote:
> From: Vincent Wynne <Vincent.Wynne@gibson.com>
> Subject: RE: identity of old bass
> To: "'Secret Agent X'" <wadcutterxxxx@yahpuke.com>
> Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 4:39 PM
> We do not have ledgers from the 1970s. Unfortunately,
> there's no way for me to check the number and access the
> model assigned to this number. More smiley faces for text change purposes :P :P :P
>
>
> Best regards,
> Vincent
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Surely they would have records of all their maple necked EB-series models with spliced headstock tops. :mrgreen:
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Surely they would have records of all their maple necked EB-series models with spliced headstock tops. :mrgreen:
Right next to the file cabinet with the three sets of serial numbers needed for the Explorers from this thread!!...http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=1093.0
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: