Part out White Pauly

[Barklessdog]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1973-GIBSON-LES-PAUL-BASS-PROJECT-BODY-NECK_W0QQitemZ300289401999QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item300289401999&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A2%7C294%3A50

Tempting & the BIN could be OK if the neck is not horrible.

[godofthunder]

Looks like he parted it out, geeze I hate that.

[uwe]

Cue: Dave does his little freedom of private ownership ditty! 

[godofthunder]

If there are tons of a particular bass or if it is unplayable or can't be repaired I don't care so much. But to take a somewhat rare playable vintage bass and part it out I think is asinine im(not so)ho.

[Dave W]

If there are tons of a particular bass or if it is unplayable or can't be repaired I don't care so much. But to take a somewhat rare playable vintage bass and part it out I think is asinine im(not so)ho.

Then you'd better head across town and stop Bill from parting out his Mosrite Celebrity. 

[godofthunder]

fortunatley i don't like Moserites !

[Dave W]

fortunatley i don't like Moserites !

He doesn't, either. It just took him a while to find out. 

[drbassman]

He doesn't, either. It just took him a while to find out. 

I agree with Scott and Dave.  Ita bass isn't rare or is a wreck, it doesn't wake any difference to me. My Mosie was a dog and I realized it would need more work than it was worth to me. I've sold all of it but the body and there are some really happy collectors in Japan right now.  Even if their wallets are a lot lighter. I made a much greater profit than I had even imagined possible.  my work is done here.   

[Basvarken]

The white Les Paul Bass does have a seriously warped neck. I guess that is one of the reasons this bass is being parted out (apart from the obvious avarice of the seller)

[sniper]

i do thank you for the little adventure into the mosey though = i got a great T-Bird repop tail piece out of the deal. glad you made money.

[EvilLordJuju]

Can a neck be twisted back at all? Are there tools and techniques (however expensive) that can do this

I'm talking hypothetically rather than devising a plan here

[godofthunder]

OK I'll back off a bit I didn't read that the neck was twisted.

[shadowcastaz]

Speaking of white pauly's. i have one that is natural with a buggered looking neck repair. It would be easier to make it  a whitey. She is a player and i bought it right .
What color would I use to match the  orig white.(please dont say "white dumbass")

[uwe]

Can a neck be twisted back at all? Are there tools and techniques (however expensive) that can do this

I'm talking hypothetically rather than devising a plan here

It can be honed down to a level fretboard, you can replace the original fretboard with a fretboard adjusted to the twist, you can take off the fretboard, heat the neck, untwist it and stick the fretboard back on (hoping it will stay in place). There are means to do it. My luthier experience (and the experience in the projects corner here) tells me that there is no repair you cannot do if you are willing to spend the time, money and effort on it. 

I have an originally badly twisted 1973 maple board Ripper (the moldy verdisgris one that must have been rotting in a damp cellar for decades) and my luthier took off the fretboard, honed the neck ("there is enough meat to a Ripper neck", he said, though he preferred to refer to it as the "kitchen board"), reboarded and -fretted it. It now has an action lower (and buzzless) than my untwisted Rippers do.

[drbassman]

Yep, I had a mildly twisted one shaved down and a new board put on.  It worked great.  Not even noticeable afterwards either.