A creamed 1964 Headstock T bird...REALLY???

[Bionic-Joe]

At this price? Really???

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1964-GIBSON-THUNDERBIRD-II-BASS-GUITAR-T-BIRD-project-fender-jazz-j-p-NR-/120938186163?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c287a45b3#ht_500wt_1189

[gweimer]

" I removed the braces and had a luthier fill the screw holes and and repair the headstock the right way. This was done in 2006. He glued and clamped it all back together using modern, very high strength resin. He also needed to add a few pieces of wood to the headstock, he said partly to brace it and partly to replace the pieces that were missing (see pics). But, he was able to keep the original shape of the headstock."

And yet, his camera was unable or unwilling to photograph the headstock with any detail.

[godofthunder]

 The headstock angle looks wrong.

[Basvarken]

And yet, his camera was unable or unwilling to photograph the headstock with any detail.

What do you mean? There's plenty of pics of the headstock!

[gweimer]

Note to self - use scroll down bar....    

Having done that, the guy that has worked on my basses the past decade is good enough to be able to repair that without making it look like a butcher job.  He's done complete headstock separation repairs that are nearly undetectable.  This repair was not what I would call professional.  Functionally, maybe.

[Spiritbass]

Amazing. I never thought I'd see it again, but I'm 99% sure that used to be mine. When I traded a jazz bass and a $20 bill for it, the headstock had already been 'repaired' once with glue and aluminum plates. The one on the front followed the shape of the raised area on the headstock. I had a replacement made of plexiglass. The headstock 'repair' malfunctioned again and the owner of the music store where I worked said he could fix it permanently. His bright idea was to route across the face of the headstock there above the 'E' tuner and glue in that piece of walnut. This is without first consulting me. I didn't die of a heart attack or soil my pants when I walked in to work and saw what he'd done, but I was stunned and shocked. I couldn't unload on him verbally because I wanted to keep my job. His repair was NOT permanent. Another good old Thunderbird that's had a very hard life. No temptation to buy it back....

Why does most of my old gear end up in California???

[Highlander]

I wish they all could be Californian...

[Dave W]

At this price? Really???

How high was the starting price? This has been bid up.

[sniper]

just click on the bids and it will give you the bid history. in this case it started @ 1295.

[godofthunder]

  The higher it goes the less attractive it becomes.

[Highlander]

Low rated (shill) bidders ...?