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Am I missing something?
« on: April 04, 2018, 01:13:01 PM »
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2018, 01:43:56 PM »
No not really.
Not a Gibson.
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2018, 02:12:16 PM »
I used to love it back in the days where eBay were a little more open about what people had bought and sold.

You'd find idiots buying old Tokai basses and sticking on Gibson truss rod covers or replacing decals and flipping them to unsuspecting punters.  We have a guy over here in the UK who sells this sort of junk...the most ridiculous customisation/conversions. 
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2018, 08:48:55 PM »
9 bids already?  :o

Seller has 100% feedback but only 1 as a seller. That doesn't prove anything but I suspect he knows what he has.
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2018, 06:55:19 AM »

What exactly would that be?  Seller claims it is neck-thru.   I'm not aware of any knock-offs exactly like that one.  Perhaps Chinese?
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2018, 07:09:54 AM »
What are those pickups? I think I see something like a Gibson logo on one but they don't even fit the routes, and of course TB pickups never had logos that I've seen.
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2018, 01:41:09 PM »
Quote from: slinkp on April 07, 2018, 07:09:54 AM
What are those pickups? I think I see something like a Gibson logo on one but they don't even fit the routes, and of course TB pickups never had logos that I've seen.

They are embossed BARTOLINI so I'd say one of these types:https://www.bartolini.net/product-category/bass-pickup/4-string-bass-pickup/soapbar-4-string-bass-pickup/

Probably not the Thunderbird one because they look slimmer and the routing also looks like it's been filled.
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2018, 01:59:19 PM »
Quote from: FrankieTbird on April 07, 2018, 06:55:19 AM
What exactly would that be?  Seller claims it is neck-thru.   I'm not aware of any knock-offs exactly like that one.  Perhaps Chinese?

Tokai made neck thru, set neck and bolt on versions in the 90s. I don't remember seeing one with binding though.

That body wood doesn't look like real mahogany to me.
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2018, 02:32:49 PM »

I was gonna bid til I saw the pink strings.  Everyone knows ya don't put pink strings on a sunburst bass.  Major faux pas.  What is wrong with people?
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2018, 05:50:14 AM »
The American Association for the Advancement of Colour-Blind Citzens will hate you for what you just wrote.
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2018, 06:57:22 AM »
Current bid 700 USD. Somebody's gonna get cheated.
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2018, 08:09:12 AM »
Could be worse. The strings could be purple.   :-\ :P
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2018, 11:12:36 AM »
I resent that remark.  8)
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2018, 01:12:38 PM »
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Re: Am I missing something?
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2018, 03:22:41 PM »
Wasted on the EU folks... :vader:
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