The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: gweimer on July 31, 2009, 08:44:12 AM
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This should be interesting. Too bad I'm tapped out. It's right downtown from me - I can go look it over, and then pick it up if I had the winning bid
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370234690792&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123
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Wow it went for 680 USD
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I would of have to added a p pickup
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That looks very cool. I have never come across one to try but I like the simple body lines and the Muddy. Gary, are they as bad with the neck dive as ppl say? The dont look it from pics. I would have thought the long top horn would give it the balance it needs.
P.S. you are an evil man John ;D
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The Embassy had the neck dive. The Newport is a short-scale bass. The Epi version of the EB-0.
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Thanks, as I said, they are not a bass I've seen up close. Wouldn't be too many over here I would expect.
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Not as Muddy as one would think.
One of my bass heroes Colin Molding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYq6Z7HERjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKBgbS53Pyk&feature=related
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Not what I would call well balanced but not a big neck diver either.
Seller might have gotten more if he had put a definite "no neck breaks" statement and a better closeup of the neck/headstock transition. Or maybe not. Maybe it's just the economy.
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Seller is a local pawn shop chain. They probably put their standard pricing on everything, and let things take their course. I had a feeling that with over 700 hits on the listing, it might go up. It was at $400 until the last 15 min. or so.
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thanks for the xtc clips.i mixed their support band(the mockers)in wellington in 1980.i was greatly impressed with the tone of his bass and his urei parametric equaliser too.good gig.
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Funny how for all the talk of Andy Partridge having stage fright, for how many clips of them playing live there are.
What huge influential band they were. Colin Molding claiming he has given up music.
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They did tour quite a bit before Andy's nervous breakdown.
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Wow it went for 680 USD
Sounds about right to me. I really don't think they are worth more than that.
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A year ago, they were sitting at about $1200 or so. Funny how Newports have tanked while Embassies have skyrocketed.
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About 1995 you could find them in EX condition for 400-500. About 2005 they took a jump from the 700 range up to about 1200. Couldn't figure that out. Now it's beginning to look about right again.
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A year ago, they were sitting at about $1200 or so. Funny how Newports have tanked while Embassies have skyrocketed.
IMO, Not really - It's like comparing a T-Bird to an EB-0
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IMO, Not really - It's like comparing a T-Bird to an EB-0
True, but they were both rising rapidly. I haven't seen prices tank on the EB-0, so why on the Newport?
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True, but they were both rising rapidly. I haven't seen prices tank on the EB-0, so why on the Newport?
I just think vintage EB-3s and T-Birds, as a rule, will go up more rapidly than any other high-production Gibson basses. Embassies are like ultra rare T-Birds but Newports are not so rare and will never fetch the same as EB-0s - Neither will come close to an EB-3. That's how they sit in my mind anyway.
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The really cool Newport Basses are the 2x2 peghead, early 60's versions. The most desirable and the highest order of those are the Epiphone Newport Deluxe basses...basically the coolest EB-3 going. if you believe what you read they only made 89 of these...ah but they sound sooooo good!
In some ways the Epiphone Newport Deluxe is better than an old EB-3 in that there is no rotary switch. It is a simple toggle switch for pickup selection. Problem is these early Newports, in any configuration, are generally all pricey.
Here's a recent cool old 1962 Newport:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300335495288&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1115
Info on Newport Deluxe basses:
http://www.flyguitars.com/epiphone/bass/1962EpiphoneNewportDeluxe.php
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I can tell you he ain't getting $1900 for that '62 Newport.
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I can tell you he ain't getting $1900 for that '62 Newport.
You wouldn't think so. But if some wacky collector distinguished gentleman from Frankfurt is willing to pay $1125 for a late 70s EB-3, that means there might be someone else out there loco enough willing to pay $1900 for a 62 Newport. 8)
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How often do you see the E logo on the scratch plate? Assuming it is original, that is quite special. I really dig those early ones. Where are all the fuzzports?
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You wouldn't think so. But if some wacky collector distinguished gentleman from Frankfurt is willing to pay $1125 for a late 70s EB-3, that means there might be someone else out there loco enough willing to pay $1900 for a 62 Newport. 8)
The amount of undilutedly vitriolic derision that accompanies my earnest and selfless efforts to put together a comprehensive gathering of Nashville's (and Kalamazoo's) finest four-stringed products ... :sad:
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The amount of undilutedly vitriolic derision that accompanies my earnest and selfless efforts to put together a comprehensive gathering of Nashville's (and Kalamazoo's) finest four-stringed products ... :sad:
Do you have a separate gathering of the not-so-finest ones? :mrgreen:
I'm only deriding you paying so much, not for rescuing it.
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Deficit-spending!
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Your very own Cash for Clunkers program! :mrgreen: