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Gibson Basses / Re: The white '61 EB0 that was on eBay
« on: February 09, 2011, 11:57:26 AM »
Just because one of us paid $1280.00 for a 20/20 doesn't mean we'd jump on this at that price!! 
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: I bought a dog food factory
« on: February 08, 2011, 06:50:42 PM »
Good Luck!! I've been hearing that pet related stuff, is one of the few markets that are actually growing in these tough economic times. 
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: [rant] Rage against THE machine... [/rant] - AKA *.pst HELL
« on: February 06, 2011, 08:57:16 PM »Hey now, that's high fashion for most Lesbians here in the Pacific Northwest.
Does that mean that my Doc Martens have lost favor?
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 06, 2011, 08:52:28 PM »
A multi purpose device that doubles as a bass, ingenious! 
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 06, 2011, 06:17:17 PM »
Perfect vision................ 
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 06, 2011, 05:37:04 PM »
The Futura was designed to be a headless guitar. It was going to have Steinberger like tuners in the can opener cut out. Gibson marketing people got involved & decided that a headless guitar was a bad idea, so they put a headstock on this model and it's bolt on cousin, the Corvus. The result was a confusing guitar design. I kind of look at the 20/20 the same way. It was built around the same time.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: RIP Gary Moore?
« on: February 06, 2011, 01:58:14 PM »
Major bummer............. I had read somewhere, not too long ago that he had to sell Peter Greens Les Paul to pay medical bills. He must have been dealing with some major health issues to make a choice like that. RIP Mr Moore... 
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 06, 2011, 01:28:24 PM »
mine ends 794...
Thanks for checking! I checked the pictures you had posted and I could read all of the numbers but the last 2. These 3 basses are within sequence of 6 serial numbers. If Uwe's is close also, it could lead some insight into how rare these dogs really are.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 06, 2011, 01:01:47 PM »You must be - and no doubt will remanin - the only person on earth to own two of these beasts. Love it! I don't feel so weird now anymore.
In an odd way, I was drawn to these............ To keep my collection from getting way out of hand, I only collect Gibson stuff. The 20/20 kinda let me sneak off into Steinberger territory.
Here is my 1985 Futura, another unique mutant.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 06, 2011, 08:56:19 AM »
She did, but it was 3 to 4 years ago. I think she's lost track of my GAS problem. She was even less impressed when I showed her the silver one.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 05, 2011, 10:15:49 PM »
The Ferrari Red 20/20 arrived today. It was extremely well packed & had no issues, (except my wife thought it was the ugliest bass I'd ever dragged home!). I mentioned earlier that my Luna Silver bass wanted to be re-united with it's Redneck brother. As it turns out, the serial numbers were only 2 numbers apart! The Luna Silver ended in 89 & The Ferrari Red ended in 91. All of the other numbers matched. Uwe & Jules, when you get a chance, check your serial no's & see how close they are to these.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibby choke tester needed
« on: February 04, 2011, 06:15:25 PM »
Were the original chokes that consistant? Or was the "Old Lady Syndrome" a factor in these as it was in so many other aspects of guitar building in Kalamazoo.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 04, 2011, 05:02:59 AM »
I missed a Luna Silver one a few months back. It was on Craigslist for $250.00.
http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4760.0
http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4760.0
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 03, 2011, 05:49:35 PM »Congrats! Yes, do post pics when you get it!
How many 20/20s did Gibson make?
About a year and a half ago, I emailed Walter Carter at Gruhn's Guitars and asked him what his guess was as to how many 20/20 were produced. His answer was that he'd only seen two, that he thought only about 12 had been produced total. I think that might be a bit low, I've run into about 8. But I'm sure there aren't many out there.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 20/20 on Ebay No reserve
« on: February 03, 2011, 05:49:36 AM »Gongrats! Now, go buy a boat!
I have a boat, it's full of lawn furnature & crap. "Oh Sole Mio"! Most of my guitars were at one time or another concidered odd. The RD's and the Low Impedance stuff is slowly coming around. The 20/20 is almost the Flying V of the bass line. The Flying V was a joke when it was introduced. But it gained popularity sooner than the 20/20 ever will. One local store owner once told me, "It would have to have three horns on it before you'd by it!"