This looks fun: "Vintage GIBSON Les Paul bass 1969 possible prototype" on ebay

[ZezozeceGlutz]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-GIBSON-Les-Paul-bass-1969-possible-prototype_W0QQitemZ260229675160QQihZ016QQcategoryZ118984QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

So, hackjob or no?  I like the pickguard...

[gweimer]

This place will be the death of me.   

[eb2]

Well, it could be.  Or maybe not.  Gibson peghead overlay seems legit.  Beyond that, who knows?

[Chris P.]

I'm no expter, so I dunno what it is. But I like the bodyshape and pickguard shape.

[drbassman]

Oh my, I'm gonna have to step up to this one.  Legit or not, I like it.

[godofthunder]

 My guess is it is not original Gibson, neat bass none the less. Bill I bet you could build a nicer one and do it for less.

[ZezozeceGlutz]

Is it just me or does this look like a neck break that took out a chunk of the body along with it?

[Dave W]

Nothing about the looks of this makes me think it's a real Gibson. OTOH if it's a cheap knockoff, why would someone scratch off the s/n? In any case, that serial number "defect" says it was stolen at some point.

[Barklessdog]

looks like an old project bass, with a stolen neck?

[Dave W]

That just might be it.

[Basvarken]

Interesting nonetheless

[chromium]

It kinda resembles a Sonex in some ways:





Bet that one has some stories to tell.

[Basvarken]

looks like an old project bass, with a stolen neck?

No I don't think so. The neck heel follows the assymetrical shape of the body. It looks original to me.

[uwe]

A real curio, more likely employee-built than a prototype, that much routing would be very unusual for late sixties Gibson.

Is anyone from you bidding on this? I might go after it if no one else does.

Uwe

[Basvarken]

I'd be tempted to join in too. But only if it doesn't go bezerk.
Now that I think of it, of course it belongs in ze kollekshun