NR Replica Project Ebay

dadagoboi · December 18, 2010, 07:58:49 AM

Could be good...anybody know this guy?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320632236395&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Lightyear · December 18, 2010, 09:47:51 AM

It looks pretty nice. But maple neck+ash body will mean a heavy, fenderish sounding bass. The bass is already at 9 lbs. so it'll probably be 10 pounder - still not a bad weight but not light.

Dave W · December 18, 2010, 09:48:04 AM

Don't know him, looks good.

Which one of you is going to test his reserve?

Pilgrim · December 18, 2010, 09:49:44 AM

That would be a good candidate for the Ampeg scroll bass body treatment to take some wood and weight off the body - and end up with a unique bass that has a T-bird outline but Ampeg cutouts.

Lightyear · December 18, 2010, 09:58:48 AM

Great idea Pilgrim!

So, Carlo, when are you going to bid?

chromium · December 18, 2010, 10:14:34 AM

Remember that custom made frost blue NR clone?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&hash=item3a5ffc7648&item=250718484040&nma=true&pt=Guitar&rt=nc&si=TSENOShAd63vIuj3QO9Tgy9DyCQ%253D

Interesting to note that this project bass is within 50 miles of where that one was listed. Big assumption, but I was wondering if they might be of the same origins...

dadagoboi · December 18, 2010, 10:39:50 AM

This is going to go for more than I'd be willing to pay. I've got too much stuff going on to pursue it but it would be nice if one of us got it and finished it.

Chromium could be on to something.

drbassman · December 18, 2010, 01:31:23 PM

I've bought some odds and ends form him before, I think. Looks nice. I've got too many irons in the fire to even think about it!

the mojo hobo · December 18, 2010, 07:08:56 PM

Quote from: chromium on December 18, 2010, 10:14:34 AM
Remember that custom made frost blue NR clone?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&hash=item3a5ffc7648&item=250718484040&nma=true&pt=Guitar&rt=nc&si=TSENOShAd63vIuj3QO9Tgy9DyCQ%253D

Interesting to note that this project bass is within 50 miles of where that one was listed. Big assumption, but I was wondering if they might be of the same origins...

There is one big difference and that is the area where the neck joins the body. The one currently on ebay has an extension very reminiscent of the neck joint on Warmoth Tbird bodies, while the completed one looks true to the Gibson original. Not saying that it may have been an earlier attempt by the same person. (Noting also that the completed version has no mention of weight or wood but why would you go to the trouble and not use mahogany?)

the mojo hobo · December 18, 2010, 07:11:24 PM

Oh and BTW, I am close enough to drive up there to pick it up. If it were mahogany I would really be tempted.

dadagoboi · December 18, 2010, 07:27:09 PM

Quote from: the mojo hobo on December 18, 2010, 07:08:56 PM
...why would you go to the trouble and not use mahogany?)

Ask BaCH. Their basses are definitely NOT the same species of mahogany, Swietenia macrophylla, as 60s and '70s Thunderbirds. Anyone who has a passing acquaintance with the real stuff can tell at a glance. Sorry to get so picky.

This guy says his is ash, from the look and weight Northern Ash.

drbassman · December 19, 2010, 10:07:40 AM

I'm not an ash fan.

Dave W · December 19, 2010, 11:05:22 AM

The neck is maple, so it's only a half-ashed bass.

Highlander · December 19, 2010, 01:17:02 PM

I'm ash shocked as the next man by that comment...

(the Demetriou I'm leaving to suffer an unspeakable fate in the cold, cruel shed is an ash/maple combo...)

drbassman · December 19, 2010, 02:43:27 PM

Well, you could kiss my ash if you like, but I'm still not a fan!

Sorry I'm not as good at these as some of you blokes!