VG's 25 Most Valuable Basses.......... 10 are Gibsons

Grog · June 11, 2011, 02:45:23 PM

The current Vintage Guitar Magazine has a listing of the 25 most valuable basses. Of the 25, Gibson basses made up 10 of the guitars listed. Fender had the most valuable with it's 1960 to 1962 Jazz Bass, but only had a showing of 5 basses in the list.

http://www.vintageguitar.com/special-features/25-most-valuable-basses/

TBird1958 · June 11, 2011, 02:56:49 PM

Much Gibson coolness!

dadagoboi · June 11, 2011, 03:32:33 PM

My '60 EBO is so rare they don't even have a picture

OldManC · June 11, 2011, 04:03:20 PM

Ahem...

Quote8. 1965-'66 Gibson Thunderbird IV
($8,000 to $12,000, custom color)

The second generation Thunderbird, launched in the summer of '65, switched to a "non-reverse" body (with more-prominent upper horn) and abandoned the neck-through design. While not as favored by collectors, these T-birds are even less common than the first series – the two-pickup IV especially. Any finish other than sunburst (which sell for $4,000 to $5,000) is seriously rare.

godofthunder · June 11, 2011, 04:18:55 PM

Quote from: OldManC on June 11, 2011, 04:03:20 PM

Ahem...

That's no IV it's a II

dadagoboi · June 11, 2011, 05:00:03 PM

Quote from: godofthunder on June 11, 2011, 04:18:55 PM
That's no IV it's a II

We have ways of fixing that pretty convincingly.

Highlander · June 11, 2011, 05:04:23 PM

Carlo... PUT... THE... ROUTER... DOWN... NOW...

dadagoboi · June 11, 2011, 06:01:18 PM

Quote from: BUFF on June 11, 2011, 05:04:23 PM
Carlo... PUT... THE... ROUTER... DOWN... NOW...

Put it down? I can barely lift it after the beating I took at TB today.

Dave W · June 11, 2011, 11:00:44 PM

Gibson has many more market failures that are now cool than Fender ever did. Maybe there was a method to the madness.

bassvirtuoso · June 12, 2011, 12:58:42 AM

Where's the 20/20?

Denis · June 12, 2011, 06:25:22 AM

Quote from: Grog on June 11, 2011, 02:45:23 PM
The current Vintage Guitar Magazine has a listing of the 25 most valuable basses. Of the 25, Gibson basses made up 10 of the guitars listed. Fender had the most valuable with it's 1960 to 1962 Jazz Bass, but only had a showing of 5 basses in the list.

http://www.vintageguitar.com/special-features/25-most-valuable-basses/

More valuable than ANY of those would be the lefty versions!

Stjofön Big · June 12, 2011, 07:28:58 AM

Bu-bu-bu-bu-but where's the Embassy? (Doors open to genetic discussion).

Highlander · June 12, 2011, 08:35:12 AM

Quote from: bassvirtuoso on June 12, 2011, 12:58:42 AM
Where's the 20/20?

With hindsight...

Grog · June 12, 2011, 08:57:43 AM

Quote from: bassvirtuoso on June 12, 2011, 12:58:42 AM
Where's the 20/20?

That was a shock to me also............... I have 15 Gibson basses & none of them made the list, a couple a year or two off. I don't think that the people at VG think much of the 20/20 anyway. I've sent several photos in to them for the magazines "Readers Gallery", three out of three times, they published my photo in the next issue. Shortly after I bought the second 20/20, I sent in a photo of the two of them, (the same photo I have for my avatar), it was rejected!! I don't think they consider it to be the LLoyd Loar of basses by a long shot, or was it just hindsight?

Dave W · June 12, 2011, 09:02:07 AM

Quote from: bassvirtuoso on June 12, 2011, 12:58:42 AM
Where's the 20/20?

On the rare list, not the most valuable.

Quote from: Stjofön Big on June 12, 2011, 07:28:58 AM
Bu-bu-bu-bu-but where's the Embassy? (Doors open to genetic discussion).

Good point. It may outrank the Höfner. We know recent asking prices are higher, not sure about actual sales.