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Title: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: amptech on November 17, 2013, 06:05:51 AM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350906856451&item=350906856451&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466

:mrgreen:

Worn well by Popeye!
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Denis on November 17, 2013, 07:16:33 AM
It looks like a crayon that was left in a car during a hot summer day!
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: godofthunder on November 17, 2013, 07:36:16 AM
 I saw this and want to save it and give it a good home but I can't get past the opening bid. :(
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: amptech on November 17, 2013, 08:22:45 AM
Yeah, I really like these early ones best, great project. But too expensive for me too.
Just got me a ´67 project so I should stay away from ´bay.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Dave W on November 17, 2013, 08:54:22 AM
That's got way too much wrong with it to even fool with. Parts value only.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: TBird1958 on November 17, 2013, 09:07:10 AM

Somebody needs a beating!


Poor bass.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Grog on November 17, 2013, 09:08:37 AM
The strap looks original..............
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Granny Gremlin on November 17, 2013, 05:56:25 PM
 looks like it was pulled from a fire just a little too late.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: godofthunder on November 18, 2013, 05:56:11 AM
  And they call me a butcher  :rolleyes: Looks like it will be coming to my land of misfit toys  ;D made a deal outside of ebay.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: TBird1958 on November 18, 2013, 07:59:05 AM
 Give it some love Scott!
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: uwe on November 18, 2013, 01:44:22 PM
Quote from: godofthunder on November 18, 2013, 05:56:11 AM
 And they call me a butcher  :rolleyes: Looks like it will be coming to my land of misfit toys  ;D made a deal outside of ebay.

If you resurrect that one, then all your previous sins will be absolved ... from Saul(dust) to Paul!!!
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Pilgrim on November 18, 2013, 02:03:42 PM
Quote from: godofthunder on November 18, 2013, 05:56:11 AM
 And they call me a butcher  :rolleyes: Looks like it will be coming to my land of misfit toys  ;D made a deal outside of ebay.

Break out the bandsaw and get ready to hone your body-creating skills!
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: TBird1958 on November 18, 2013, 06:42:00 PM


Didn't one of the guys in Devo have that bass reshaped like a..............



Man part?  ;)
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: godofthunder on November 19, 2013, 06:59:39 AM
Quote from: TBird1958 on November 18, 2013, 06:42:00 PM

Didn't one of the guys in Devo have that bass reshaped like a..............



Man part?  ;)
Didn't it look like a 20/20? maybe that's where Gibson got the idea?  ;D
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: TBird1958 on November 19, 2013, 07:57:24 AM
Quote from: godofthunder on November 19, 2013, 06:59:39 AM
Didn't it look like a 20/20? maybe that's where Gibson got the idea?  ;D

Like a 20/20 with a full sack  :o
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: godofthunder on November 19, 2013, 07:59:50 AM
Ha!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: gearHed289 on November 19, 2013, 09:43:07 AM
Maybe something like this?

(http://images.epiphone.com.s3.amazonaws.com/News/2003/newxbass.jpg)

Or maybe not...  8)
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: godofthunder on November 19, 2013, 10:21:36 AM
 I'm kinda bummed the seller says he didn't receive payment. I check paypal and there it is siting unclaimed. It went to the address he gave me no typos. I canceled the transaction and asked him to send me a invoice. I have not heard back. I am thinking he got a better offer. Oh well.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: TBird1958 on November 19, 2013, 11:26:29 AM
Quote from: gearHed289 on November 19, 2013, 09:43:07 AM
Maybe something like this?

(http://images.epiphone.com.s3.amazonaws.com/News/2003/newxbass.jpg)

Or maybe not...  8)



That's the Uwe Hornung signature model. All black hardware  ;)




Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Dave W on November 19, 2013, 01:15:31 PM
IIRC Jerry Casale's bass in when Devo hit it big was his spudbass, the Ripper with the horns sawn off. He did have a red plywood bass that was sort of phallic, it was the shape of an upside down T. It had a neck from an EB-3 he had played early on.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Denis on November 20, 2013, 06:34:10 AM
Hey Scott, here's your donor body!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/60s-Gibson-EB-Bass-aBody-only-/281210559267?pt=Guitar&hash=item4179749b23
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: amptech on November 20, 2013, 06:44:43 AM
Quote from: Denis on November 20, 2013, 06:34:10 AM
Hey Scott, here's your donor body!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/60s-Gibson-EB-Bass-aBody-only-/281210559267?pt=Guitar&hash=item4179749b23

When even a piece of mahogany like this is tempting, you know it's time to see your shrink.. must...not...bid...
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: uwe on November 20, 2013, 08:16:56 AM
Quote from: gearHed289 on November 19, 2013, 09:43:07 AM
Maybe something like this?

(http://images.epiphone.com.s3.amazonaws.com/News/2003/newxbass.jpg)

Or maybe not...  8)

You keep the Goth Extreme out of this!!! That wasn't a bad bass by any means, just too long designed for any primates other than Gibbons and Orang-Utans.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Grog on November 20, 2013, 05:20:53 PM
Here is another shot at saving a bass just for the humanity of it...............

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-GIBSON-BASS-PRE-1980-MADE-IN-USA-PLEASE-READ-/171174866678?pt=Guitar&hash=item27dad12ef6
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: godofthunder on November 21, 2013, 09:43:28 AM
 Seller has gone cold, I give up. Oh well I just saved myself $425.00
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Granny Gremlin on November 21, 2013, 01:14:50 PM
Quote from: Grog on November 20, 2013, 05:20:53 PM
Here is another shot at saving a bass just for the humanity of it...............

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-GIBSON-BASS-PRE-1980-MADE-IN-USA-PLEASE-READ-/171174866678?pt=Guitar&hash=item27dad12ef6

I might have risked spousal ire for that one for the current price (fix n flip locally) but the seller won't ship.  Looks weird but good without the binding on the body.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: hollowbody on November 21, 2013, 03:22:11 PM
Quote from: Grog on November 20, 2013, 05:20:53 PM
Here is another shot at saving a bass just for the humanity of it...............

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-GIBSON-BASS-PRE-1980-MADE-IN-USA-PLEASE-READ-/171174866678?pt=Guitar&hash=item27dad12ef6

I put the first bid on that, but I'm not pursuing it any further. I'd like the electronics from it for a build but have no use for the rest of it. I picked up a Triumph a month or so ago and it's all that I've been playing on gigs.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: hollowbody on November 21, 2013, 03:25:55 PM
Quote from: Denis on November 20, 2013, 06:34:10 AM
Hey Scott, here's your donor body!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/60s-Gibson-EB-Bass-aBody-only-/281210559267?pt=Guitar&hash=item4179749b23

I have a 71 Body that is all intact that I'll probably get on ebay this weekend. If anyone's interested I'll put up pics in the classifieds.
Title: Re: What a great Gibson mod!!
Post by: Granny Gremlin on November 21, 2013, 05:35:43 PM
Quote from: hollowbody on November 21, 2013, 03:22:11 PM
I picked up a Triumph a month or so ago and it's all that I've been playing on gigs.

They do that to you.