Uwe! Gibson 20/20

TBird1958 · October 26, 2009, 03:23:01 PM

Hey at least they have chrome hardware on them!

ya s'pose Gibson will try to copyright the shape?

doombass · October 26, 2009, 03:31:31 PM

Quote from: Dave W on October 26, 2009, 02:51:31 PM
Uh oh. I can almost hear the wheels turning in Frankfurt.

Will Uwe be forced to wear a teddy bear outfit in order to get a Gibson rectangle bass? Stay tuned...

Hello Hr Juszkiewicz! Zis is Klas Åhlund from Teddybears Sthlm (now Teddybears Frfrt). I haff ze need off yet anozzer of doze double necks. As you see we haff relocated to Frankfurt so just sent it hier thank you.

Grog · October 26, 2009, 03:59:58 PM

I recieved an answer from Walter Carter first thing this morning on how many 20/20's he thought were produced................... His response............

"My guess would be a dozen or so. I think I've only seen two."

I was guessing more like 200, it might be one of the rarest Gibson Basses due to it's unique style!
I know of five or six including the three on this board. Here is a picture of it next to it's equally odd partner, the 1985 Gibson Futura.

Pilgrim · October 26, 2009, 05:06:14 PM

I think I like Los Straitjackets' Mexican wrestling masks better.

Highlander · October 29, 2009, 02:10:58 PM

"If U(we) goes down to the woods today, he's sure of a big surprise..."

Grog · January 31, 2010, 04:17:00 PM

I Just came in second best again on a bid for two pickups, sold together for a pair of guitars that I have.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130361627218&_trksid=p2759.l1259
I don't think anybody else has both of these. (Most likely by poular demand) & I believe the buyer thinks that they are for an RD Artist bass. I contacked the seller & gave him the info I had, then decided to bid on them..........coincidence, I think not!

Nocturnal · January 31, 2010, 05:26:54 PM

I saw those and was going to send him a link to Jules site showing them on a 20/20, but then I forgot when I got home from work. Getting old sucks........... $:-\$

uwe · February 01, 2010, 03:29:00 AM

He wasn't that far off. The 20/20 pups with the Gibson logo are either identical with or a development from the RD Artist pups without the Gibson logo. They certainly sound similar.

Grog · February 01, 2010, 05:27:10 PM

They must have used the same plastic cover for many different pickups. I would have never guessed the one was for the Futura, but after googling the part number, a couple posts popped up with the part number for the Futura pickups. My newest parts book is 1981, so I have no reference to anything newer than that. It did have the RD Artist pickup part numbers...........