Hi guys,
I recognize quite a few familiar names on this board. I used to post quite a bit about a decade or more ago on the Dudepit or whatever it used to be called. The reason I joined this page is because I found that my old Les Paul Signature Bass just sold at a shop outside of Frankfurt, Germany.
https://shop.guitarpoint.de/en/Gibson/1974-Gibson-Les-Paul-Signature-Bass-Goldmetallic#lg=1&slide=0
I am hoping certain German Gibson bass enthusiast might have picked this one up...
Dennis C.
Welcome!
It's possible that Uwe bought it, but I doubt it. He already has one.
OTOH one of my sons is in Germany on a work assignment. Maybe he stopped over in Frankfurt to buy a little souvenir for me. ;)
Welcome (back) Dennis.
What is that black pickup? Is it original? Lo-z?
Wow that's really nice.
Welcome back Dennis! I reme,ber when you went hunting for a pickup for that bass. Ended up with a Grabber pickup IIRC.
It does look like a Grabber pickup yes.
In that case the description of guitarpoint is incorrect. They claim it's a lo-z pickup.
Happens quite often with this shop... They don't know or they don't care. Or both...
Yup, it was a pickup from a 1976 or 1977 Ripper. I got the bass without any electronics at all. The guys at Elderly wired it up for me. I absolutely loved that bass and it killed me to have to sell it, but I was a poor-ass grad student and rent was due. It was either that one or my beloved 1974 EB-3L that I've had since was 18 and will never sell.
One of these days I will get her back, I hope. But when I see the price keep climbing like that...yikes.
Yes, and considering it does'nt have the original electronics I'd say it was way overpriced.