Older Gibson case in a BC Rich auction

Nocturnal · June 05, 2008, 01:27:31 PM

I saw this posting and thought I'd share it here. Looks like an old Thunderbird case included in the auction. I don't know what these cases usually go for, but someone may be able to flip the bass to offset some of the costs towards the case? I thought about going for it and selling the case to someone here that might need it and and keeping the bass as a beater/project but not sure if anyone else would want the case?

http://cgi.ebay.com/B-C-Rich-80s-Bass_W0QQitemZ120268780326QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Barklessdog · June 05, 2008, 01:29:48 PM

Almost looks like an old RD case

chromium · June 05, 2008, 01:35:46 PM

That's a deal on a number of levels.

Looks like the bass has an Alembic Activator P setup too (or "Olympic" pickup, as he calls it

). $825 retail on one of those, according to Alembic's site.

Chris P. · June 05, 2008, 01:47:32 PM

It's an exact copy of my 70s T-bird case. The rounded edge on the right fits the rounded back of the T-bird body.

eb2 · June 06, 2008, 08:57:23 AM

It would be fun if whoever won it told the guy to send the pups and the case and keep the bass.

chromium · June 06, 2008, 09:24:01 AM

Getting to the point where we almost need a shortcut button to insert the vulture/hyena pics!

sniper · June 06, 2008, 09:54:53 AM

are we getting that bad? before too long gonna have to have an NSC clearance to log onto Gibson Bass bay!!!

chromium · June 16, 2008, 12:42:00 PM

Quote from: chromium on June 05, 2008, 01:35:46 PM
That's a deal on a number of levels.

Looks like the bass has an Alembic Activator P setup too (or "Olympic" pickup, as he calls it ). $825 retail on one of those, according to Alembic's site.

This auction just ended - $362 for a similar Alembic P setup:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170227618961&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123

Nocturnal · June 16, 2008, 12:53:26 PM

Someone was probably after the pickups in that B C Rich auction I posted. That went for $305. Way more than anyone would normally pay for that bass.

Dave W · June 16, 2008, 06:07:12 PM

Quote from: Nokturnal on June 16, 2008, 12:53:26 PM
Someone was probably after the pickups in that B C Rich auction I posted. That went for $305. Way more than anyone would normally pay for that bass.

I don't know about that, it's not one of the fancy neck-thru series but it is a US-made BC Rich. Someone may have actually wanted the bass.