Nice (re)fin for a Bass IV ...

uwe · September 29, 2015, 05:33:59 PM

It looks nice in cherry and a IV will make a good fretless but absence of a serial no (even if you ignore moved input jack and J pup replacement plus what seems like an Epi trc) leads me to think that this is all after-market and therefore severely overpriced ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-1980s-Gibson-IV-Fretless-Electric-Bass-Guitar-USA-Crimson-Mahogany-w-HSC-/181880488334?hash=item2a58ec018e

Dave W · September 29, 2015, 05:42:21 PM

No serial number, refin, too many mods, priced at twice what an unmodded one would go for.

"These basses are becoming incredibly rare"

They always were rare because they were major sales duds.

uwe · September 29, 2015, 07:36:02 PM

George's immortal "TBird in Clark Kent mode" sums them up.

neepheid · September 30, 2015, 03:18:57 AM

Which "professional" put the jack socket there?

Does look good in cherry, but then again I am biased given what I had done to my Ripper

uwe · September 30, 2015, 03:39:51 AM

I hate input jacks on the face of a bass body - catastrophies waiting to happen.

neepheid · September 30, 2015, 04:54:54 AM

Quote from: uwe on September 30, 2015, 03:39:51 AM
I hate input jacks on the face of a bass body - catastrophies waiting to happen.

I'm not as averse to them as that (right angle jack, cable tucked into the strap, no worries), but why this one so damn close to the knobs? Looks weird and if you're not using a right angle jack plug, probably gets in the way too.

66Atlas · September 30, 2015, 05:12:38 AM

The red is pretty, it's a shame that wasn't offered as a color. But if you're going to put all that time, effort and money into a project I cant understand why anyone would do that with the output jack and randomly throw in J-pickup in the existing route.

And it's priced about 1K too high!

Pilgrim · September 30, 2015, 10:09:18 AM

That J-pickup looks plan nasty in there.