The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: Bionic-Joe on February 01, 2012, 07:25:59 PM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-Custom-Sunset-Yellow-Epiphone-Embassy-Bass-like-Gibson-Thunderbird-IV-Bass-/230740316796?pt=Guitar&hash=item35b931d27c#ht_500wt_1156
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I don't have anything nice to say......................
So, I'll be down here, doing this instead :puke:
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Thing looks like it's got a hard on lasting longer than 4 hours, quick get a Dr.
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I'll bet the guy that was hired to do the work was crying the whole time. It would be so much easier and cheaper to use an S strap or hang a Crown Royal Bag for ballast.
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We've all seen a lot worse things done to basses. At least the original bass is still there, it just has "enhancement."
From the pics, it looks professionally done, I recognize the names of those who did the work, they're all established businesses.
All depends on the reserve. They won't get anywhere near what an all-original would get, but maybe they're not expecting to.
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It took a lot of time, money and well-know talent to turn that into a piece of crap.
I guess you could remove the prosthetic boner.
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Definitely puts the Fender "boner bass" to shame. More "bass enhancement" would be needed to catch up.
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Its a bananabass! :D
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A great bass is hiding in that ugly m-f! What a stupid idea! As Gary says, there's ways to avoid any form of neck-heavyness...
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Should have just been a MAN about it and left it alone. Any real T Bird owners know how to deal with this problem...it's called...Manning up!!!
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Gave it manhood or a banana.
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I bet it's a great bass if you just have your eyes surgically removed.
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Looking at it again, if the extended horn had curved inwards, it wouldn't look quite so bad. Sticking out to the side like that, it looks sort of like a Wankwick Corvette. Ugh.
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It looks like a Big Penis...they should have painted it pink for cryin' out loud...lame lame lame...the problem is....is the original hoprn still there???? or did the wanker chop it off and graft that Penis onto it?
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It looks like a Big Penis...they should have painted it pink for cryin' out loud...lame lame lame...the problem is....is the original hoprn still there???? or did the wanker chop it off and graft that Penis onto it?
Sex Change anyone? ;)
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Or at least..Penile Reduction!!! (Is there even such a thing??? I mean..really?????? If there was such an operation.....Who would????)
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Well, it’s got a bigger dick then most Warwicks I’ve seen
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Sex Change anyone? ;)
It already has a front entry into the control cavity.
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Crazy! I've sometimes wondered why some people are so concerned with neck dive? I mean - you're holding onto the neck when you're playing anyway, what's the big deal? How many people are just standing in front of the mirror with a Thunderbird strapped on and NOT playing it? WTF? Rant over.
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Mark's already got a big pinkie...
As for trans-gender, my RD's already suffered enough...
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Crazy! I've sometimes wondered why some people are so concerned with neck dive? I mean - you're holding onto the neck when you're playing anyway, what's the big deal? How many people are just standing in front of the mirror with a Thunderbird strapped on and NOT playing it? WTF? Rant over.
It's a big deal to me. I want to play it, not to have to hold it in position to keep it from heading to the floor. YMMV.
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Neck dive is not a big deal to me .........................a bass feels weird to me if it doesn't ;)
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It looks a little funny but I kinda like it. I suspect it plays and sounds great whilst hanging well. I wouldn't pay what I expect the reserve is though. Vintage guys would know better than me, but I would guess that it has little to no extra value for being "vintage", except maybe for some of the parts.
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Neck dive is not a big deal to me .........................a bass feels weird to me if it doesn't ;)
I suspect that's a requisite attitude for T-Bird owners. ;)
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Could always convert it back, but who knows whats under that paint?
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Could always convert it back, but who knows whats under that paint?
Goo............Lots of hardend goo.
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I'm fully erect at the sight of it. Doesn't look half-bad and makes ergonomic sense.
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Germans and good taste dont mix :P
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It's like being Greek and only spending what you've actually got, really. Opposite concepts. ; - )
Exilearch€uro ...
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Lifes short, go get another loan/credit card/whatever :D
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What "No" in 1940? Didn't we only come to unselfishly help out - as we tend to do - in 1941? How you ruined Operation Barbarossa for us too! :-\
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Hey when times are hard you can always trust us to do the right thing! :D