I'm sure this will end up going for more than I can swing at the moment, but it's only about 20 min away from me so I messaged the seller to see if I can go check it out in person. The pup & bridge cover look like possibly they are either repros, or maybe they had been removed ages ago and kept in the case - not tarnishing like the rest of the hardware. Super cool T-bird!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250794659833
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Just off the phone with the seller - and he's already had several offers. Yep wayyy out of my range!
No surprise there!
Wow! Just wow. Beautiful.
Bet Tom Petersson will buy it!
The seller isn't exactly filling me with confidence, 11 transactions and the only other bass sold is a $159 Squier. This auction is a BIG step up from what he is used to. After reading his auction copy and feed back I would think twice about handing over the $ this Bird is going to go for. My 2 cents ever the skeptic.
Hey- its almost $400 already!
Hey Stiles, what is he asking for it?
i would never buy anything from a person who writes a run on sentence like that. :P
That thing is damn pretty!
I had my fingers crossed hoping that he didn't know what he had (like on one of those American Pickers shows ;) ) but he knew what it was, and said he was hoping to get $7,500 for it. He said everything was original, including the covers and the finish.
I don't get it. Why did it end less than 24 hours after it started? His other auctions are 7 day; it doesn't say it was ended early to sell to the highest bidder. It sure does look like chrome covers when the rest of the hardware is nickle. Why no picture of the serial number? Call me skeptical.
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When I looked at this I could have sworn it had 6 days to go - Now it says sold for 3,550.00.
If it is what he claims, he sure undersold.
I was surprised it went that long. He said in the listing to email him if you wanted a buy it now price, obviously he got some offers and took one. Wouldn't be out of the question he took one and lowballed Ebay. What's the quote? "Everything's negotiable"?
Wasn't me, looked like a refin and replacement chrome or replated nickel covers and no neck joint closeups. But if I wanted it I sure as hell would have made an offer...Baz?
Quote from: Baz Cooper on March 26, 2011, 01:01:13 PM
Bet Tom Petersson will buy it!
Hopefully he's short from just buying something else :)
Not me. But if it was an all original unbroken one, I would have taken out a loan. However, I am moving wednesday so it may have hurt my mortgage on my house! Not enough information or close up photos.
I think that was an original finish because Gibson painted the sides of the necks all the way up to the top of the fingerboard, not where the fingerboard starts on the side like many unknowledgeable refinners do!!!! Yikes!!! DOH!!!! !!!!! damn!!!!!!
Quote from: Baz Cooper on March 27, 2011, 12:04:49 PM
I think that was an original finish because Gibson painted the sides of the necks all the way up to the top of the fingerboard, not where the fingerboard starts on the side like many unknowledgeable refinners do!!!! Yikes!!! DOH!!!! !!!!! damn!!!!!!
Totally painted headstock?
Yes, I've seen this as well as the black raised section.
:o
Quote from: Baz Cooper on March 27, 2011, 12:04:49 PM
I think that was an original finish because Gibson painted the sides of the necks all the way up to the top of the fingerboard, not where the fingerboard starts on the side like many unknowledgeable refinners do!!!! Yikes!!! DOH!!!! !!!!! damn!!!!!!
Uh Oh......that's the way my white one is. Please don't hate me
Dammit!!!! I don't hate you. I sometimes get too wrapped up in fanatical Thunderbird obsessive aficionado-ism. That Bass plays and sounds great. You just wait until you string it up!!! It's a Killer. And Phil Petillo, from New York, who is suppossed to be an engineer, repaired it. My luthier/repair guy Joe checked it out after I got it. It's a good solid repair.
Agreed. The multiple laminations on the hs repair are rock solid. Probably 20 times stronger than the original unbroken neck!
FYI, Phil Petillo passed away last fall.
That sucks! He did some nice work.