What's happening to the EB Bass ...

[uwe]

Ebay is awash with listings of EB carcasses like this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-USA-EB-Bass-5-String-BODY-NECK-Project-American-Fireburst-Ash-Rosewood-/191187949060?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2c83b09604

Is Gibson already giving up on the model?

[Dave W]

No, that's just thestratosphere's business model: buying new guitars and parting them out. Fender and Gibson seem okay with it. You pay as much or more as you would buying the whole thing complete but if you want to mix and match (with Fenders) or supply your own electronics and hardware, they're the place to go.

[eb2]

He doesn't just buy new guitars. He seems to have found a way to tap into the damaged/returned market, and also buys stuff off ebay and parts out or flips them a few weeks later. I got outbid on a Fender thing, and knew the serial number when he sold it a month later. But I have no problem with that. I have bought several things from him, and always get a decent deal, and all the right stuff sent fast, etc.

[Basvarken]

I have no problem with damaged basses or guitars being parted out. But to tear a perfectly fine vintage instrument apart, just to part it out for more profit is sickening.

About the new EB; I don't think Gibson is going to give up soon on this bass. I see more and more bassists on stage with this model.
They're great basses.

[Dave W]

Used parts are only a tiny part of thestratosphere's business. There are many more sellers parting out much more vintage stuff than he does.

Here's his current Gibson section. All or virtually all are either new parted out pieces or new parts.