Genesis on the bay!

shadowcastaz · February 20, 2011, 02:04:22 PM

Check 'er out!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-Genesis-4-string-Bass-Guitar-/270707491821?pt=Guitar&hash=item3f076c83ed

Dave W · February 20, 2011, 02:08:51 PM

Current bid of 202.50 is already too high.

Basvarken · February 20, 2011, 03:14:54 PM

Never seen a black one with a blank neck

shadowcastaz · February 20, 2011, 04:15:22 PM

True neck looks like a swop maybe.Mine the head stock is shorter,diff logo.just thought Id give a heads up because there always seem to be an interest

uwe · February 21, 2011, 04:56:21 AM

Quote from: Dave W on February 20, 2011, 02:08:51 PM
Current bid of 202.50 is already too high.

That's harsh, Dave, those were (again) good basses, not the Epi trash from the early seventies.

Dave W · February 21, 2011, 08:33:54 AM

It's not that bad, I just don't think it's worth more than $200.

uwe · February 21, 2011, 09:02:04 AM

Not as a collector's piece, but as a player/tool.

Basvarken · February 21, 2011, 09:39:11 AM

Quote from: shadowcastaz on February 20, 2011, 04:15:22 PM
True neck looks like a swop maybe.Mine the head stock is shorter,diff logo.

Yes, that's what might be it. Logo looks like a fake to me.

weekend warrior · February 27, 2011, 03:26:29 AM

OK.I bought this bass this morning and picked it up this evening.It is 100 percent original!It is however i feel a real early one.There are some differences between this one and later ones.I did a little research and from what i gathered these were mostly mohagany.This one is all maple!including the body,wich is a factory black paint job.the logo is different as well but factory just the same.This i think is a very early production Genesis.HUGE neck and weighs about the same as a kia.....More to come including pics....

Bionic-Joe · February 27, 2011, 01:31:40 PM

Congrats!!! I know a Chicago Luthier, Geoff Benge who has a Genesis Bass prototype and HE RAVES about the bass!!!!!!!

weekend warrior · February 27, 2011, 05:57:45 PM

ok! this is a late one and not early.Serial dates it too 83 wich is the last year Gibson was in Kalamazoo,MI.the neck is typical Gibson of the era.Three ply maple,Big volute,its exactly like an RD Artist neck only with a different peghead.Made at the Gibson factory!full pics tomorrow so stay tuned..

Dave W · February 27, 2011, 06:41:37 PM

Whoa! A US-made Epi in 1983? Set neck? Tell us more.

I take back what I said about the price.

shadowcastaz · February 27, 2011, 08:07:42 PM

Huh!

uwe · February 28, 2011, 04:53:46 AM

All Genesis basses were set neck, Dave. And mine is maple too. I've read about maho ones, but never really seen one or had confirmation from someone that his specimen is maho. Those basses sound like angry, high-output Rippers to me which indicates that they mostly have an all maple structure.

gweimer · February 28, 2011, 06:17:25 AM

I've always been curious about those. USA made is a definite plus. The Holy Crap bass is the neck-through model Epi did in the '70s, built by Matsumoku(?). The neck on that one is about as beefy as it gets.

BTW - if anyone ever wondered what the Holy Crap bass sounded like, go to 12:25 on the video link