Yikes, what a hack job!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hacked-Gibson-Grabber-Custom-4-String-Bass-/230804238592?pt=Guitar&hash=item35bd013100#ht_894wt_966
Ha-ha-ha-ha! What the f...??? :mrgreen: That gave me the laugh for the day!
At least he is being realistic about the price :rolleyes:
And the body is (where) not even original...donno 'bout (what's left of) the neck..
Needs some burnin', it's been 'loved' enough.
Definitely NOT a Gibson. Not a Gibson body, not a Gibson neck. Putting a Grabber pickup, nameplate and Gibson-branded Schallers on a homebuilt POS and calling it a "vintage Gibson Grabber" is fraud. OTOH it's not worth pursuing because nobody in his right mind would buy it except for parts, and not at anywhere near that price.
Move the decimal point to the left.
Quote from: gweimer on June 13, 2012, 09:13:19 AM
Move the decimal point to the left.
Yep. And have him ship the electronics and hardware only. Let him burn the rest in his fireplace next winter.
That is at the very least no Gibson Grabber body even in its unmolested state. Gibson Grabbers, Rippers and G-3s have huge routings underneath the pg (probably not only for production reasons, but also to reduce weight, my unrouted prototype sans pg weighs a ton),
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Gibson-Vintage-Original-Bass-Parts-Part-G3-Grabber-Maple-Body-1975-/00/s/ODE5WDY5MA==/$(KGrHqRHJE8E-vUM27SJBP1mM9DqN!~~60_12.JPG)
those are missing here (the upper cutaway of the "Hacker" is also not wide enough).
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Hacked-Gibson-Grabber-Custom-4-String-Bass-/00/s/MTYwMFg5NTQ=/$(KGrHqR,!gwE+HIYW15MBPzshg2VJ!~~60_58.JPG)
Perhaps a body of a Ho Grabber if at all.
Excellent job authenticating this turkey! Yuo guys are sharp!
The headstock might have been bitten off by Gene though, so that adds value.
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/warriorbass05/Basses/gene_simmons_shoving_a_bass_guitar_.jpg)
(picture stolen from a prominent member here caught AWOL in another forum which shall remain eternally nameless ...)
Except for the fact that it has 4-in-line tuners.
Quote from: the mojo hobo on June 13, 2012, 05:46:53 PM
Except for the fact that it has 4-in-line tuners.
And it's obviously not maple.
Quote from: the mojo hobo on June 13, 2012, 05:46:53 PM
Except for the fact that it has 4-in-line tuners.
i believe that model of Schaller is reversible
Quote from: Dave W on June 13, 2012, 05:57:14 PM
And it's obviously not maple.
Looks like ash to me, a wood that Gibson never ever used.
Quote from: uwe on June 14, 2012, 05:33:13 AM
Looks like ash to me, a wood that Gibson never ever used.
It could be. I was talking about the neck, though. That headstock looks like a bogus mahogany substitute.