http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-Gibson-EB-1-Electric-Bass-guitar-/321082924227?pt=Guitar&hash=item4ac2089cc3
Wow what a mess!
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...thud...
Unrealistic opening bid. The good news is it looks like that wacky tuner set up at the bridge can easily be removed, the thumb rest no big deal. The biggest issue is the rectangular inlays, that's a tough fix, could be done but I'm not sure it's worth it. Having said all that if it had a realistic BIN I'd hit it just cause it's a '54.
Got pretty temted myself, just to experience this pickup.
I do wind pickups myself, and really like old gibsons..
Never heard these early ones 'live' , though.
Seems to be this person's first sales item on ebay.
But at least it's an honest description: 'It looks used' :)
If it were more realistic, I'd be on it! A fun looking project.
Think Ricky Nelson got it right the first time: Fools rush in!
Anyone else notice it's a lefty? Whaddya bet this isn't the first time that bass has made an appearance here?
Looks like a righty to me. ???
It's a righty, when you look closely at some of the shots. The first full body shot does make it seem like a lefty.
I thought I was f'ng losing my mind, like having a massive senior moment not being able to tell a righty from a lefty. Glad it's wasn't me having that problem ;)
Quote from: amptech on March 05, 2013, 06:19:57 AM
Got pretty temted myself, just to experience this pickup.
I do wind pickups myself, and really like old gibsons..
Never heard these early ones 'live' , though.
Buy the Cream Reunion DVD Royal Albert Hall then, it's all over it.
"It's just a flesh wound!"
I tried to see it all ways but I just can't manage to see it as a lefty? :rolleyes:
Needs more tuners.
We have seen worse traversties, haven't we...?
Hm.. this is a tricky one.
I´d have to use both hands on this bass.
It's Ter's - reloaded.
Still looks better than those things sound *ducking*
As has already been referred to here: Jack--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUxYzfLZkpc
I was looking at the first shot, but even on the detail pics the "E" and the "G" string look to be close to the same diameter. That's what got me. I was just thinking 'butchered old EB...that's a familiar tale.'
There´s all sorts of reasons why people butcher their instruments. No wonder, who better to turn to when you´re about to turn crazy
than your guitar? There is no better friend than an old gibson bass, and being a bit messed up might turn your personalized axe into something quite different too - it´s become your therapist , doctor or whatever. That´s no bad medicine at all :)
When I grew up, there was this puzzled old man who claimed to know a hundred different A7 voicings. I never recall seeing him
with a guitar or met someone who heard him play. But one day his fender twin reverb came in for repair in the local guitar store,
and it was painted with dots of different colours all over... And of course, it wasn´t a cosmetic modification.
He said that they coloured the tone of the amp just the way he liked it.
My guess is someone figured out a long time ago that too much tension from a heavier bass string on the old banjo pegs causes the shaft gear to pull away from the knob gear - tuners don't work. So, instead of reaming it out for Schallers, or subbing in Grover Imperials (no reaming, same ferrules) they improvised a very complicated hunk o' stuff. I like it! Thumb rest/handle is fun too.
ALSO - that is about the best Jack Bruce ever sounded, tone wise, live. Old EB1s sound wonderous. Go buy a real EB!